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2009-11-26 :

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Index to New Jersey Marriage Records, 1666-1799. All references are to records held at the New Jersey State Archives.

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Bastrop County, Texas Confederate Indigent Families

District of Columbia Executions 1853-1957

El Dorado County, California Enlistees, World War II

City of Nampa, Idaho Cemetery Interment Database

Geneva County, Alabama Index to Reconstructed Federal Land Tract Book. The index includes all Federal land grants before 1908 located in present day Geneva County which were paid for with cash or were homesteaded.

Septfontaines, Luxembourg Misc. Records. Census and vital records.

Famous and Remarkable Adoptees, Foster Children and Others: A Biographical Directory


2009-11-22 :

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Lists of Inhabitants of Colonial New York

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Collin County, Texas Cemeteries

Russell County, Alabama 1850 Census

Index to New Jersey Supreme Court Cases, 1704-1844

Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy. Users can locate individual slaves who lived in Louisiana between the years of 1718 and 1820 through this easy-to-use, free, public database. Find valuable historical data from over 100,000 descriptions of slaves found in documents in Louisiana between 1718 and 1821.

Bradley County, Arkansas Military Records

Table des actes de Mélicourt. Births, marriages, and deaths 1658-1792 of Mélicourt, Eure Department (27), France.

Fajardo, Puerto Rico 1820 Census


2009-11-11 :

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The Immigrant Ancestors Project. The Immigrant Ancestors Project, sponsored by the Center for Family History and Genealogy at Brigham Young University, uses emigration registers to locate information about the birthplaces of immigrants in their native countries, which is not found in the port registers and naturalization documents in the destination countries. Volunteers working with scholars and researchers at Brigham Young University are creating a database of millions of immigrants based on these emigration registers.

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Washington County, Georgia 1920 Census

Texas Patriots. Extracted from John Henry Brown's History of Texas, 1685-1892

1850 Pendleton County, West Virginia Census Search

Bronx Borough Naturalization Index Project (New York). Naturalization Records held by the Bronx County Clerk’s Office. These naturalization records are for the period of 1914 to 1952. The database contains over 240,000 records.

1860 Barbour County, Alabama Deaths (pdf document).

1874 Borisov Revision List, Belarus. These Revision Lists for Borisov Uyezd contain names from the following towns in Belarus: Berezino, Borisov, Dokshitsy, Es'mony, Kholopenichi, Krasnolutsk, Logoysk, Nestanovichi, Okolovo, Pleshchenitsy, Shamok (Shamki), Smolevichi, Velyatichi, Zembin.

Births, Deaths, Marriages, Funerals and Accidents from the Terang Express 1888-1889, Victoria, Australia


2009-10-30 :

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Texas Family Group Sheets

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Sonoma County, California Cemeteries

Randolph County, Alabama Cemeteries

The Dillon Herald Marriages Index, Dillon County, South Carolina. Primarily covers marriages found in The Dillon Herald from 1904 through 1929.

Arkansas Spanish American War Rosters

1820 Census Town of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

1905 South Dakota State Census. Individual census cards arranged in alphabetical order.

Tables décennales d'Aullène et de Monacia d'Aullène, Corse-du-Sud, France. Aullène and Mocacia, Island of Corsica vital record index 1802-1902.

Hawkesbury Region of New South Wales, Australia Church Registers


2009-10-23 :

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Alabama 1867 Voter Registration Records Database. Currently all entries for Wilcox, Winston, Walker, Tuscaloosa, Tallapoosa, Talladega, Sumter, St. Clair, Shelby, Russell and Pike Counties are available.

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Mitochondrial Database. A Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation database. You may search the database by entering mtDNA results obtained from any commercial lab.

The 1849 Minnesota Territorial Census

Index to St. Louis (Missouri) News Columns in La Revue de l’Ouest (The Review of the West) Newspaper. La Revue de l’Ouest (The Review of the West) was a French-language newspaper published in 1854, and possibly other years, in St. Louis, Missouri. However the only existing copies that have been found are for the year 1854. This is an index to the St. Louis news columns for the 1854 issues on microfilm.

Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records 1908-1949

Washington County, Alabama 1830 Census

Germany, Posen, Church Book Duplicates, 1800-1874. Images of the state copies of some parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials. Most of the Posen villages are now in Poland.

Names from New Zealand Burial, Baptism and Marriage Records. From Coromandel, Howick, Kaipara, Kaitaia, Mangonui, Parengarenga, Remuera Auckland, Russell, Tamaki, Thames, Te Kao and Whangarei.


2009-10-18 :

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Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles. Historical and biographical articles preserved in scrapbooks at the Wisconsin Historical Society in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Scope: 16,000 articles on 50,000 pages. The entire collection is now available online.

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Randolph County, Georgia 1870 Census

Colorado County, Texas Census Records 1823-1930

1883 Pensions for Hamilton County, New York

Franklin , Pike County, Alabama 1830 Census

International Genealogy Community pages : Chile. Click on 'Chile Genealogy Search' to access a custom search engines using the power of google to search 160 websites related to doing genealogy in Chile.

L'Anse, Baraga County, Michigan 1937 Census for the Credit Division for the Bureau of Indian Affairs


2009-10-17 :

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1880 Idaho Census - 1900 Idaho Census

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Caroline County, Virginia 1860 Census

Bibliography Index Extracted from California och dess Svenska Befolkning. The names and brief background information on 335 Swedes and Swede-Finns who were living in California between 1900 and 1910.

Washington County, Iowa Biographies. From the book History of Washington County, Iowa published in 1880.

Tallapoosa County, Alabama Civil War Rosters

Surnames Being Researched by Members of the Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut

Queensland, Australia Historical Indexes Online. Free online historical index search function of all births, deaths and marriages that occurred in Queensland from 1829 to 1914.

Généalogie Clamartoise. A GEDCOM database of individuals with connections to the commune of Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine Department, France. Over 48000 entries.


2009-10-09 :

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U.S. National Cemetery Administration Nationwide Gravesite Locator. Search for burial locations of veterans and their family members in Veterans Affairs National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various other military and Department of Interior cemeteries, and for veterans buried in private cemeteries when the grave is marked with a government grave marker.

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Plumas County, California Index to Federal Land Records

Walker County, Alabama 1850 Census

Index to Essex Funeral Home Records, Dewitt, Arkansas County, Arkansas 1915-1995.

Membership of the First Presbyterian Church 1818-1849, St. Charles County, Missouri

Table alphabétiques et anciens registres paroissiaux de Buissonville : Buissonville, Namur, Belgium index to parish registers of births, marriages, and deaths 1600-1796. Free registration required.

Report of state commission for erection of monument to Ninth New Jersey volunteers at New Berne, North Carolina. List of names at the end of the document.


2009-10-08 :

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West Virginia Births 1853-1930 : Name index of West Virginia county birth records.
West Virginia Deaths 1853-1970 : Name index and images of West Virginia statewide and county death records.
West Virginia Marriages 1853-1970 : Name index of West Virginia county marriage records.

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Calhoun County, Texas Cemeteries

New Orleans (Louisiana) Insane Asylum Record of next of kin, 1875-1877

Oconto County, Wisconsin Petitions and Naturalization for Citizenship

History of Logan County, Ohio. Free online edition of this book published in 1880. Includes several biographical sketches.

Randolph County, Alabama Obituaries

Yizkor Books Online : 650 of the 700 postwar yizkor (Holocaust memorial) books at The New York Public Library are accessible online in their entirety.


2009-10-07 :

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Case Files for Early Immigrants to San Francisco and Hawaii : Record Search 1882-1955. This website can help you find out what cases are available at the NARA archives.

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Bolivar, Allegany County, New York 1860 Census

Douglas County, South Dakota 1890 Veterans Census Images Online

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama 1850 Census

1776 St. Louis, Missouri Census

Putnam County, Georgia 1860 Slaveholders and surname matches for African Americans in the 1870 Census

Death Records of Infants from Paris in Saint-Felix, Oise Department, France 1675-1824

Passengers to Napier, New Zealand 1853-1879


2009-10-06 :

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Kentucky Cemetery Records Database. This Kentucky Historical Society database contains 179,750 grave records from 3,170 cemeteries.

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Franklin County, Mississippi birth information from civilian draft registrations in 1917-1918

Alabama Land Patents Database: Perry County. These land records represent the transfer of public lands to private ownership. In most cases they represent purchase of the land by individuals from the United States Government.

Searcy County, Arkansas Federal Land Records. This file was compiled from the Bureau of Land Management land records and includes Homestead and Cash Entry Patents before 1908 for what is now Searcy Co, AR.

Oceana County, Michigan Native American Death Index 1867-1875

Deaths at the Luçon Hospital, Vendée, France 1690-1791

Passenger Arrivals and Departures George Town, Northern Tasmania, March-December 1843


2009-10-02 :

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Virginia Land Office Patents & Grants/Northern Neck Grants & Surveys. A fully-searchable index to: land patents issued prior to 1779; land grants issued by the Virginia Land Office after 1779; grants issued in the Northern Neck from 1692-1862; and original and recorded Northern Neck surveys. Images for the land patents, Land Office grants, Northern Neck grants, and recorded Northern Neck surveys (1786-1874) are available online. The unrecorded Northern Neck surveys prior to 1782 are available on microfilm.

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Burnet County, Texas Funeral Notices 1950s - mid 1980s

Index to individuals buried in the Fron Lutheran Cemetery in Torning Township, Ward County, North Dakota

American Women Who Died in the Vietnam War

Pike County, Alabama Land Records. These land records represent the transfer of public lands to private ownership. In most cases they represent purchase of the land by individuals from the United States Government.

1868 Post Office Directory St Lawrence, Queensland, Australia

Passenger List of the Brother Jonathan On her final voyage just before sinking. During a summer storm in 1865, the Brother Jonathan struck an uncharted rock trying to make safe harbor at Crescent City, California. The ship had left San Francisco and was heading north. Of the 244 people on board, only 19 survived.


2009-09-29 :

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Idaho, 1890: A Reconstructed Census. Created from County Records, Local Newspapers, and Nationally Distributed Genealogical Publications Relating to Idaho, 1885-1894

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Morgan County, Alabama 1850 Census

Pike County, Arkansas 1860 Census (US GenWeb Archives)

Boone and Van Meter Townships, Dallas County, Iowa 1879 Biographical Directory

Norwegians in the U.S. Civil War

Girls Orphaned by Irish Famine. A list of four hundred names of Irish Famine female orphans inscribed on a monument unveiled in Sydney, Australia, commemorating their arrival there in the late 1840s.

Leelanau County, Michigan Native American Births 1867 - 1920

Vital Records of Lure, Haute-Saône Department (70), France 1717-1832


2009-09-26 :

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Georgia Confederate Pension Applications Supplements, 1879-1960. Applications, supporting documentation, and correspondence for indigent or maimed Confederate veterans or indigent widows of Confederate soldiers. Some of these files were never microfilmed.

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Malone, Franklin County, New York Marriages 1847-1848

Freed Men and Women of Burleson County, Texas 1867-1877

White County, Georgia 1860 Census

Scott County, Arkansas Pre-1882 Marriages

Perry County, Alabama 1830 Census

Dictionnaire généalogique des habitants de La Frette sur Seine 1674-1802. Genealogical dictionary of the inhabitants of La Frette-sur-Seine, Val-d'Oise Department (95), France (pdf document, in French)


2009-09-23 :

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1870 United States Census : Search or browse images.

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Tacoma Area, Washington Obituaries. A database of the Tacoma Public Library (Pierce County.)

Globe, Gila County, Arizona in Polk's Arizona Pictorial Gazetteer And Business Directory for 1912

Talladega County, Alabama 1850 Census

Record of Indiana Volunteers in the Spanish American War 1898-1899

Dargo Cemetery, Victoria, Australia

St. Paul's Lutheran Church Records (Des Peres, St. Louis County, Missouri). Baptisms 1849-1909, deaths 1851-1891.

Polish war graves in Wellshill Cemetery, Perth, Scotland. Commemorating members of the Polish Armed Forces and those who served in the Polish Resettlement Corps, including post-war graves up to 1948.


2009-09-21 :

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Utah Cemeteries and Burials Database. The Utah State Historical Society makes grants to Utah cemetery operators, allowing them to automate their records. Part of the data collected is included in this statewide database.

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Confederate Veterans Living in Childress County, Texas

Temporary directory of San Francisco business and professional men (1906)

Alabama Land Patents Database: Montgomery County. These land records represent the transfer of public lands to private ownership. In most cases they represent purchase of the land by individuals from the United States Government.

University High School, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana : Alumni lists 1939-1975.

Esmeralda County, Nevada 1870 Census

International Genealogy Community pages : Denmark. Click on 'Denmark Genealogy Search' to access a custom search engines using the power of google to search 670 websites related to doing genealogy in Denmark.


2009-09-19 :

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Norway Heritage. The transcriptions are done by a group of volunteers and is dedicated to get all (most) of the pre 1875 Norwegian emigrants listed in the database. There are currently 57878 passengers from 409 journeys in this database.

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Shelby County, Alabama Marriages 1891-1896 : Brides - Grooms

Saline County, Arkansas 1850 Census

Merchants Exchange Members’ Deaths, 1875–1910, St. Louis, Missouri

Freedmen's Bureau Virginia Marriages ca. 1815-1866. Legalized marriages of former slaves from the counties of Augusta, Goochland, Louisa, Nelson and Rockbridge.

Washington Death Certificates 1907-1960. Name index of Washington statewide death certificates.


2009-09-17 :

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Mexican Border Campaign Veterans' Card File (Pennsylvania). These cards, bearing the title "Mexican Emergency, Call of President, June 18, 1916," contain the following information about veterans: name and rank, regiment and company, age and place of birth, a physical description (height, complexion, hair and eye color), date of commission or enlistment into service, home station and date of rendezvous, and date of acceptance into United States service. Additional remarks may indicate the date that the soldier's enlistment was to expire and the name and address of a person to be contacted in case of an emergency.

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Whitfield County, Georgia 1860 Census

Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia

1816 Census of Monroe County, Alabama

Madison County, Florida 1860 Largest Slaveholders and Surname Matches for African Americans on 1870 Census

Westchester County, New York Naturalization Records, 1808-1927 -- Personal Name Index


2009-09-14 :

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Arizona Gravestone Photo Project. Browse over 68,000 gravestone photo records from across Arizona.

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Wyoming County, West Virginia 1900 Census Images Online

Monroe County, Alabama 1850 Census

Who's Who in South Dakota. Free online edition of this book published in 1912.

Guide to similar surnames : for use in the Adjutant-General's Office, War Department. Free online edition of this booklet published in 1920.

Gonzales County, Texas 1850 Census

Gen Francesa. Several databases related to French immigrants to the Río de la Plata region of South America (Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay). Web site in Spanish.

New South Wales 1826 Convict Tickets & Certificates Index


2009-09-11 :

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Michigan Family Group Sheet Project

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Placer County, California Marriages 1940-1945 (partial)

Connecticut Executions 1639-1960

1848 Treaty Settlement Report for Mixed Blood Menominee. Transcriptions of the 1849 payout for Menominee mixed blood individuals and families chosing White status, according to the 1848 US Government Treaty.

Minutes of the Old Mission and New Mission (Grove Hill) Church (Michigan). The Mission Church was organized on 3 Jun 1843 in the present town of Old Mission, Grand Traverse County, Michigan. When the Indians moved across Grand Traverse Bay to Leelanau County, Rev. Dougherty moved the Mission to the present town of Omena.

WWII Veterans, Yuma County, Colorado

Mobile County, Alabama 1830 Census

Department of Nièvre, France Genealogical Database. A database of hundreds of thousands of vital, census, and notarial records. Web site in French.

Sydney Dead Persons Society members' Interests (New South Wales, Australia)


2009-09-09 :

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Historic Washington State Newspapers. Search and view a growing collection of Washington newspapers dating back to 1852.

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Genealogies of Pioneer Families of Highland County, Virginia

4th Alabama Batallion (Love's) Cavalry, Confederate States of America

Codington County, South Dakota 1890 Veterans Census Images Online

West Des Moines High School 1905 Annual (Polk County, Iowa)

Australasia Births, Deaths and Marriages Exchange. A free resource for genealogists to share information from Australian and New Zealand vital records. Registration required.

Anderson County, Texas 1860 Census Images Online


2009-09-07 :

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Arkansas Land Records. The records range in date from 1853 to 1956 and include Land Donation Applications, Swamp Land Applications, Swamp Land Patents, Proof of Internal Improvement Papers, Proof of Loss Documents, Forfeited Deeds, Relinquishment Papers, and other legal documents generated by the State Land Commissioner's Department.

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Webster County, Mississippi birth information from civilian registration cards completed in 1917-1918

Rabun County, Georgia 1830 Census

Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683–1809

Dale County, Alabama 1850 Census (US Census Project)

Beaver Island, Charlevoix County, Michigan Civil Marriages 1894 - 1924

South Africa Genealogy Search at GeneaNet


2009-09-06 :

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Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names. The Central Database of Holocaust Victims is an international undertaking led by Yad Vashem, from Jerusalem. It is the attempt to reconstruct the names and life stories of all the Jews who perished in the Shoah.

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Hennepin County, Minnesota List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883

Lafayette Parish, Louisiana 1840 Census

Russell County, Alabama Obituaries

Campbell County, Tennessee Probate Records

1860 Federal Census Upshur County, Texas (partial)

Reverse Western Australia Marriage Lookup 1906-1947

Condé-les-Vouziers, Ardennes Department (08), France Misc. Records : Vital records, 1914 electoral list, and more.


2009-09-05 :

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Virginia Confederate Soldiers, Surnames : A-B, C-D, E-F, G-I, J-K, L-M, N-Q, R-S, T-Z

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Arizona Executions 1865-1963

Perry County, Arkansas Federal Land Records. This file was compiled from the Bureau of Land Management land records and includes Homestead and Cash Entry Patents before 1908 for what is now Perry Co, AR.

Alameda County, California School Yearbooks

Cherokee County, Alabama Cemeteries Page

Utah Death Certificates 1904-1956. Name index and images of Utah statewide death certificates.

Colorado County, Texas Cemetery Records

Départs de passagers Commingeois par le port de Bordeaux au XVIIIème siècle 1728-1790 : Passengers from the Comminges leaving from the port of Bordeaux in the 18th Century for various destinations (mainly the Caribbean). The Comminges is an ancient feudal county located in the south of the Haute-Garonne Department in southern France.


2009-09-04 :

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American Historical Society of Germans from Russia - Ancestors List. This genealogy database has been developed from the family history data submitted by members of AHSGR.

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Marysville Globe, Marysville, Snohomish County, Washington extraction of 1917 and 1918

Washabaugh County, South Dakota 1930 Census

Dale County, Alabama Index to Reconstructed Federal Land Tract Book. The index includes all Federal land grants before 1908 located in present day Dale County which were paid for with cash or were homesteaded.

Saline County, Arkansas 1860 Census

Emmet County, Michigan Native Americans Deaths 1867-1875

Calhoun County, Texas 1930 Census Surname Index

Index to the 1930 U. S. Census for Clermont County, Ohio

Deaths at the Saint-Louis Hospital, Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France 1785-1792

Indexes from The Newzealander Newspaper 1856


2009-09-03 :

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Utah Census Search 1850-1880.

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Strong, Franklin County, Maine Early Families

Misc. Pima County, Arizona Marriages

Greensville County, Virginia 1900 Census Images

Marshall County, Alabama 1850 Census Index (Surnames only)

Brown County, Texas CSA Pension Applications

An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris


2009-09-02 :

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Indiana naturalization records prior to 1951

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Index to Early Cleveland County, Arkansas Wills

1850 Federal Census for the town of Angelica, Allegany County, New York

Harris County, Georgia 1860 slaveholders and surname matches for African Americans in the 1870 census

Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Missouri : Burial Search

Twin Cemetery : Honaker and Murchison Cemeteries, Collin County, Texas

Civil War Soldiers Buried Winston County, Alabama

Gold Diggers from South Australia 1852-53. Searchable database of gold diggers from South Australia who brought or sent their gold home from the Victorian goldfields.

Vernon County, Missouri Probate Index


2009-09-01 :

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Before the Needles : Executions in America before lethal injection : 1608-1977. A detailed State by State listing of 14,490 executions that occurred under civil authority in the United States or within territory that later became the United States.

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Alabama Land Patents Database: Greene County. These land records represent the transfer of public lands to private ownership. In most cases they represent purchase of the land by individuals from the United States Government. Others are the result of homesteading, Indian cessions or treaties, or bounty lands given to military veterans.

Newton County, Arkansas 1900 Census Index

New Orleans, Louisiana Notaries 1731-1970

Ward County, North Dakota Marriage License Applications 1901-1902

Wood County, Wisconsin WWI Draft Lists

Chambers County, Texas Marriages 1875 - 1899

Norway Vital Records 1700-1900. Data submitted by volunteers over the past 30 years : Baptisms - Marriages - Burials

New South Wales 1822 Passenger Index & Ship's Crews. An index to newspaper references for passengers and crew on ships arriving and departing Sydney for the year 1822.


2009-08-31 :

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DAR Library GRC Online Index. An every-name index of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Genealogical Records Committee (GRC) Reports. These reports (17,000 volumes) represent one of the most important and unique segments of the collection of the DAR Library in Washington, D.C. This is an on-going project.

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Alabama Land Patents Database: Marion County. These land records represent the transfer of public lands to private ownership. In most cases they represent purchase of the land by individuals from the United States Government.

Tennessee Lynchings 1882-1929

1820 Census Wayne County, Michigan

Ventura County, California Index to Federal Land Records

Baxter County, Arkansas 1880 Census Index

Brazos County, Texas Estray Notices 1857-1860

Queensland, Australia Teachers 1860-1904


2009-08-30 :

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Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows. Searchable database of pension applications and amended applications filed by resident Virginia Confederate veterans and their widows.

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Westliche Post Obituaries 1880-1884 (St. Louis, Missouri German-language newspaper)

Oconto County, Wisconsin Obituaries

Leelanau County, Michigan Native American Death Index 1867-1900

Newcomers in Elgin and McDade, Bastrop County, Texas in 1942. This list was maintained by the Elgin Courier and included people who came to live in Elgin and McDade in 1942 – either as workers to construct and/or work in Camp Swift or as military men in the Camp.

Alabama Land Patents Database: Randolph County. These land records represent the transfer of public lands to private ownership. In most cases they represent purchase of the land by individuals from the United States Government.

Chicot County, Arkansas Marriage Records

International Genealogy Community pages : Philippines. Click on 'Philippines Genealogy Search' to access a custom search engines using the power of google to search 90 websites related to doing genealogy in Philippines.


2009-08-29 :

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Georgia Deaths 1914-1927. Name index and images of Georgia statewide death certificates.

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St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Denver, Maxfield Township, Bremer County, Iowa Marriages Index 1863-1900

Iron Range Research Center Database. The Iron Range Research Center is a library and archival facility located at the Ironworld Discovery Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

New Orleans (Louisiana) Department of Police and Public Buildings : Registers of indigent insane, 1888-1912

Virginia, Fluvanna County Colbert Funeral Home Records 1929-1976. Browsable but not searchable.

1907 Confederate Soldiers Census, Winston County, Alabama

Clark County, Arkansas 1850 Census

1831 Convict Absconders Index, New South Wales : Part 1 - Part 2

Mariages de La Norville 1620 - 1792 : Marriages of La Norville, Essone Department (91), France.


2009-08-28 :

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The Maritime Heritage Project Web Site. Search some 30,000 ships, captains and passengers. Focus of the site is on the West Coast of the United States.

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Mobile County, Alabama Marriages to 1825

Pike County, Arkansas 1840 Census

Généalogie Essonne (France). Birth, marriage, and death records for over 20 communes of the French Department of Essone (91). Over 150,000 records. Web site in French.

Orleans Parish (Louisiana) Registrar of Voters : Index to registration of foreign born persons, 1880-1916

Burleson County, Texas : Misc. Civil War Records

Alexandrina Council, South Australia Cemetery Search


2009-08-27 :

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Colorado State Archives Historical Records Index Search. This searchable database provides an index that is searchable by name, record type or by time span. It is especially valuable to researchers and family historians.

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Town of Yorkshire, Cattaraugus County, New York Biographies

Brooks County, Texas Marriages 1966-2002

Marengo County, Alabama Directory for 1860-1861

Ware County, Georgia 1860 Census

Scott County, Arkansas Federal Land Records. This file was compiled from the Bureau of Land Management land records and includes Homestead and Cash Entry Patents before 1908 for what is now Scott Co, AR.

References to Bermudians in South Carolina Archives (1700-1800's)

Parisian Civilians Killed Following the December 2, 1851 Coup d'Etat in France. Web site in French.


2009-08-26 :

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Castle Garden Passenger Lists Search. CastleGarden.org offers free access to an extraordinary database of information on 10 million immigrants from 1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened. Over 73 million Americans can trace their ancestors to this early immigration period.

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Missouri Coroner's Inquest Database. The Coroner’s Inquest Database is an abstract of records that have been indexed and are available for online research. The original records are available on microfilm at the Missouri State Archives. The database contains records from various counties, the City of St. Louis, and the St. Louis Medical Examiner.

St. Augustine Cemetery, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Directory of Plymouth High School Alumni Association 1931 Edition, Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan

San Luis Obispo County, California Cemeteries

Index of the Coleman County, Texas 1880 Census Records And images of actual census pages.

Crawford County, Arkansas 1870 Census (partial)

Roster of the Perry County, Alabama Volunteers who served in the Mexicans War 1846-1847

Dammarie-lès-Lys, Seine-et-Marne, France. A database of families with connections to the commune of Dammarie-lès-Lys in the Seine-et-Marne Department of France.

Passenger List : the Minden, England to Western Australia, 1851 : 115 passengers and 301 convicts.


2009-08-25 :

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West Virginia Vital Research Records Project. The Vital Research Records Project is placing Birth, Death, and Marriage certificates on-line. Users can search the records and view scanned images of the original records.

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Colorado County, Texas Cemeteries

Saline County, Arkansas Obituary Index

Buchanan, Outagamie County, Wisconsin 1880 Census

Blount County, Alabama 1830 Census : Images online, pdf document.

The Oregon Daily Emerald Index 1900-1979 (Eugene, Oregon). University of Oregon campus newspaper. Articles indexed were those pertaining to the University, to students, or faculty.

Spaniards in Haute-Garonne, France 1888 - 1904


2009-08-24 :

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Idaho State Death Index 1911-1956

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Nevada County, California Index to Federal Land Records

Modern Woodmen of America Membership, St. Louis, Missouri 1883-1915

Oklahoma District Court Records. Search District Court Public Records from Participating Oklahoma District Courts.

Harrison County, Iowa Misc. Records

Sumter County, Alabama 1870 Census

Dallas County, Arkansas 1900 Census : Partial : enumeration district 20.

Department of Loiret (45), France Parish and Civil Register Abstracts. Well over 100,000 birth, marriage, and death records extracted so far thanks to the work of volunteers.


2009-08-23 :

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SouthCarolinaGenWeb Archives : Marriage Records 1641 - 1929. Well over 10,000 marriages currently online.

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1840 Census of Madison County, Alabama

New Jersey Executions 1690-1963

The Frisco Employee Cards (Saint Louis - San Francisco Railway). These employee cards, dating from 1940 forward, include the employee's name, address, birth date, race, gender, parents' names, location of assignment and job title. Not all Frisco employees are represented.

Chippewa County, Michigan Native American Death Index 1869-1876

Early Colorado County, Texas Citizens : A 1876 list of men 50 and over.

Drew County, Arkansas Federal Land Records. This file was compiled from the Bureau of Land Management land records and includes Homestead and Cash Entry Patents before 1908 for what is now Drew Co, AR.

Passenger list : the Java, London to South Australia, 1839-1840


2009-08-22 :

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Boston Passenger Manifests 1848-1891. Over one million immigrants came through the Port of Boston during this time period. Through the Massachusetts Archives Volunteer program volunteers are entering this information into a computerized database.

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Partial Index Of Death, Obituary and Funeral Notices that have appeared since 9-2-1998 on the Martinsville Bulletin website (Henry County, Virginia)

Marriages to 1825, Wilcox County, Alabama

Campbell County, Tennessee Surnames. A database for genealogical researchers to connect with other researchers.

Iowa Old Press

New Mt. Sinai Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri Death Register 1850-2004 : Jewish cemetery, (pdf documents).

Spain, Albacete Diocese, Catholic Parish Records 1550-1930. Images of Catholic parish registers recording baptisms, marriages, burials and other ecclesiastical documents. Browsable but not searchable.

Portland Bay and Port Fairy, Victoria Passenger List 1847 : Portland Guardian & Belfast Gazette


2009-08-21 :

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California Bound 1848 - 1873. Ship Passenger Lists, Wagon Train Lists, Isthmus of Panama Passenger Information.

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Kennedy's 1860 St. Louis, Missouri City Directory

Pickens County, Georgia 1860 Census

Coke County, Texas School Records

Saline County, Arkansas Cemeteries

Morgan County, Alabama 1900 Census

1930 Mexico Census


2009-08-20 :

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Library of Michigan 1870 Census Index. The Michigan 1870 Census Index is a searchable database of the head of household of families residing in every county and township in Michigan in 1870. Results allow you to view scanned images of the microfilmed census pages.

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Deuel County, South Dakota 1890 Veterans Census Images Online

Winona Newspaper Project (Minnesota). An online archive of three late 19th century and early 20th century Winona newspapers. This archive includes available issues of the Winona Argus, the Winona Daily Republican and the Winona Republican Herald. When complete, the archive will include issues up to 1946 and include over 150,000 pages of text.

List of Civil War Soldiers Residing in Monroe County, Iowa Who Enlisted from Other Localities

Clinton County, New York Naturalization Records. This index contains 1,409 records from 1865 to 1906.

Shelby County, Alabama Marriages 1860-1869 : Grooms - Brides

Parker County, Texas 1860 Census Images Online

Goodspeeds' Biographies of Madison County, Arkansas People (1889) : Part 1 - Part 2

Victoria, Australia : Register of Patients, Bendigo Receiving Ward, 1874-1908


2009-08-19 :

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Texas Confederate Indigent Families Lists (1863-1865) : Index of Names

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Scott County, Mississippi birth information from civilian registration cards completed in 1917-1918

Alabama Land Patents Database: Macon County. These land records represent the transfer of public lands to private ownership. In most cases they represent purchase of the land by individuals from the United States Government.

Washington County, Virginia 1870 Census (partial)

Greene County, Arkansas Obituaries

Liste des sépultures catholiques en Tunisie de 1756 à 1831. Tunisia Catholic Burial Index 1756-1831 (Web site in French)


2009-08-18 :

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USGenWeb Archives Digital Library : Search by State. The USGenWeb Archives are a "virtual library" of historical documents that have been transcribed and donated by folks like you. you may find items such as wills, obituaries, letters, biographical sketches, county and township histories, census, cemeteries, etc. This will vary by state and county, dependant upon what has been submitted.

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Records of the Deaths and Burials at the Kansas State Soldiers Home, Fort Dodge, Ford County, Kansas 1891-1928

Connecticut General Assembly Members 1776 to date. Members of the 1902 and 1965 Constitutional Conventions are also included. The database may be searched by last name or town.

Misc. Arkansas Civil War Records

1820 Census Brown County, Michigan

Cemeteries of Bailey County, Texas

Morgan County, Alabama Cemeteries

Relevés de la paroisse de Chambourcy. Chambourcy, Yvelines Department, France marriage index 1661 to 1792, birth and death index 1677 to 1695.

Crew on ships departing Hobart, Tasmania : 1824 - 1825


2009-08-17 :

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Colorado Historical Newspaper Collection. This project serves as the foundation for a statewide historic newspaper database, beginning with newspapers dating from 1859 to 1923. The database includes full text indexing of articles, graphics, letters to the editor, and advertising.

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Alabama Executions 1812-1965

Field, Staff And Band, First Regiment of California United States Volunteer Infantry, Spanish War

Orleans Parish, Louisiana Civil and Criminal Courts Finding Aids, Inventories, and Indexes

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes 1885-1951. Browsable but not searchable.

Liberty/Chambers County, Republic of Texas Militia 1842

Les rôles d'imposition de Crespières 1740, 1787 : 1740 and 1787 tax lists of Crespières, Yvelines Department (78), France.

Hawkesbury Region of New South Wales, Australia Cemetery Register


2009-08-16 :

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1860 United States Census Search

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Lake County, Colorado School Census Records

1820 Census Oakland County, Michigan

Newton County, Georgia 1860 Census

1860 Census, Randolph County, Arkansas

1900 Census of Madison County, Alabama

Coleman County, Texas 1870 Census

Relevés généalogiques des registres paroissiaux : Ville d'Aubervilliers (France). Aubervilliers, Department of Seine-Saint-Denis (93), France Catholic registers of births, marriages, and burials 1552-1792 : scanned original documents and indexes. Web site in French.

New South Wales 1822 Old News - Index. A surname index for the Sydney Gazette (excluding passenger and shipping news).


2009-08-15 :

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Abstracts from Tennessee Newspapers. This page consists of articles abstracted from newspapers printed throughout Tennessee. All the articles abstracted are deemed to have Genealogical and History value.

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Index to the Carondelet News 1903-1905 (St. Louis, Missouri). The geographic area covered by this newspaper includes both the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County, Mo.

Civil War : Lowndes Alabama Rangers, aka Fagg's Rangers, later Co. H., Wood's Regiment, Alabama Cavalry

History and records of the First Congregational church, Hanover, Mass., 1727-1865, and inscriptions from the headstones and tombs in the cemetery at Centre Hanover, Mass., 1727-1894. Being volume I of the church and cemetery records of Hanover (Plymouth County), Mass. Free online edition of this book published in 1895.

Marshall County, West Virginia Biographies

Colorado County, Texas District Court Records : Criminal Cause File Index, 1837-1930

Hot Spring County, Arkansas 1840 Census

Marriages in South Australia 1836-52


2009-08-14 :

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Ohio Family Group Sheets

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Northern New York Families. Extracted from : Genealogical and family history of northern New York: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co. 1910.

Barrio Naranjo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico 1910 Census

Surviving Civil War Veterans and Widows, Pembina County, North Dakota, 1890

1839 Baltimore Passenger Lists Database

Cass County, Texas 1880 Census

Shelby County, Alabama Cemeteries

Howard County, Arkansas Cemeteries


2009-08-13 :

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Louisiana Biography and Obituary Index. The Louisiana Biography and Obituary Index references obituaries and death notices published in New Orleans newspapers from 1804-1972 and biographical information published in older Louisiana collective biographies. The original index, housed in the Louisiana Division of New Orleans Public Library, is an alphabetical card file of more than 650,000 names. The online version of the Obituary Index is a work in progress.

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Walker County, Alabama Cemeteries

1850 Federal Census Red River County, Texas

Rentals in St. Charles Commons 1840 - 1841, St. Charles County, Missouri

Index to Lawrence County, Arkansas, Tax Records, 1829-1838

Oconto County, Wisconsin Births. Informations of births in Oconto County history gathered from civil records, Newspapers, and state and federal government listings.

Mercer County, Ohio Early Land Purchasers

York County, Virginia Probate Inventories. The online archive of probate inventories includes transcripts of a large selection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century inventories. The collection includes probates from across York County, which in the colonial period encompassed the northern half of the city of Williamsburg as well as Yorktown and the surrounding areas.

Lignières, Aube, France Registres Paroissiaux et d'Etat Civil. Families of Lignères, Aube Department (10), France, reconsturcted from parish and civil registers 1670-1879 and listing of births, deaths, and marriages 1670-1900 in alphabetical order. (Scroll down near the bottom of the page, Web site in French.)

Erica / Moondarra Cemetery, Victoria, Australia. Register & Transcriptions.


2009-08-11 :

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Vietnam Veterans Memorialicon (FREE Database Online - Footnote) : Every-name searchable image of The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the "Wall," in Washington, DC.

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Bastrop County, Texas : Abstracts from Bastrop Advertiser 1854-1908

Pickens County, Alabama 1880 Census (USGenWeb Archives)

South Carolina Lynchings 1882-1930

South Australian Passenger Lists 1803-50

1830 Census of Michigan Territory

1910 Census Index Apache County, Arizona (large file, may take a while to load)


2009-08-10 :

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IAGenWeb Gravestone Photo Project. Browse or search over 449,000 gravestone photo records from across the state of Iowa.

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Misc. Bosque County, Texas Deaths

Articles of Interest from the Alabama Courier, Limestone County, Alabama in 1888

Pulaski County, Arkansas Federal Land Records. This file was compiled from the Bureau of Land Management land records and includes Homestead and Cash Entry Patents before 1908 for what is now Pulaski Co, AR.

St. Louis, Missouri Obituary Index : 1880 to 2006 with some gaps. This index of names was obtained from both the Death Notice and the Burial Permits listing, as well as Obituary Articles, found in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Includes WWI and WWII casualties.

Death Records of Prison Inmates Found in Toulouse Parish Registers 1598-1792 (Haute-Garonne Department, France)


2009-08-09 :

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Explore the 1930 Census for Free at Footnote - August Only icon

Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements : Currently over 6500 transcriptions posted.

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Kentucky Lynchings 1882-1929

Talladega County, Alabama Civil War Rosters

The Freemen of Massachusetts Bay 1630 - 1636

Waxhaws in the Carolinas. A site dedicated to the history and genealogy of Waxhaw or the Waxhaws located in upper Lancaster County, South Carolina and Union County, North Carolina with some surrounding counties also. Browse vital records, land records, cemetery inscriptions, and more.

Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records, 1729-1956. Browse images parish registers of baptisms, first communion, confirmation (to 1907), marriages (to 1930) and burials.

Lincoln County, Mississippi birth information from civilian draft registrations in 1917-1918

Illustrated Atlas of Washington County, Maryland 1877. The 1877 Illustrated Atlas of Washington County shows the landowners of many parcels of land in the county, as well as businesses.

Bastrop County, Texas Births 1926-1995

Jackson County, Arkansas Cemeteries

International Genealogy Community pages : Slovakia. Click on 'Slovakia Genealogy Search' to access a custom search engines using the power of google to search 110 websites related to doing genealogy in Slovakia.


2009-08-07 :

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Riders of the Pony Express : "Wanted : Young, skinny, wiry fellows, not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. Irish welcome to apply."

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A complete copy of the inscriptions found on the monuments, headstones, &c., in the oldest cemetery in Norwalk, Conn. September, 1892

Alabama Land Patents Database: Lauderdale County. These land records represent the transfer of public lands to private ownership. In most cases they represent purchase of the land by individuals from the United States Government.

Misc. Allegany County, New York Military Records

Maryland, Cecil County Probate Estate Files 1851-1940. Index and images of probate estate files : Search - Browse

Frank Blair Post No. 1, GAR 1905 Index, St. Louis, Missouri : Union veterans living in St. Louis in 1905.

Jefferson County, Arkansas 1830 Census

Van Zandt County, Texas 1860 Census Images Online

World War I South Australian Servicemen Deaths

Dépouillement Filiatif de Coullons (Loiret, France) de 1539 à 1870 et Tables de 1871 à 1903. Coullons, Loiret Department (45), France birth, marriage and death registers to 1870, and decennial tables from 1871 to 1903.


2009-08-06 :

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Revolutionary War Public Service Claims. A fully-searchable index to documents relating to claims for compensation made by Virginia citizens for materials, supplies, and services provided to the Virginia militia or Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. These documents, consisting of certificates, court booklets and lists, and commissioner's books, are available on microfilm.

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Confederate Soldiers killed at Antietam. This 1869 list documents the names, regiments and location of those Confederates buried where they fell after the battles in the Maryland campaign of the Civil War.

Warren County, Georgia 1860 Census

Civil War : First Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery : Names, rank in, and rank out.

Suspended Land Entries, 1891, Alabama

El Paso County Clerk (Texas) : Death Record Search. Search for deaths in El Paso County, Texas (regardless of burial place.) Death records older than 25 years are public records.

Early Marriage Database for Mackinac County, Michigan 1725-1883

Western Australian Online Indexes. Online historic index searching of births, deaths and marriages from 1841.


2009-08-05 :

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Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database

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Winston County, Alabama Cemeteries

Records of Duty Locations for Naval Intelligence Personnel 1942 - 1947. The records contain the following information about the military intelligence personnel attached to Naval Group China during World War II: name, rank or rate of pay, branch of service, muster roll date of reporting or detachment, date and duty location approximately every two weeks.

The Virginia City Pioneer Association, Nevada 1890 (Storey County)

Salem, Mass. Crew Lists Index: 1799-1879. Between 1799 and 1879 over 7900 voyages to foreign ports sailed from Salem, Massachusetts. Prior to sailing the shipmaster of each vessel was required to file a crew list. This website provides an index to those crewlists. Containing over 75,770 names, it also provides access to crew members based upon age, complexion, birthplace and residence place.

Famine Orphan Girl Ships to Adelaide, South Australia 1848-1849

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates 1803-1915

Deaths at the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France 1766-1792


2009-08-03 :

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Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868. The Mormon Overland Travel, 1847-1868, is the most complete listing of individuals and companies in which Mormon pioneer emigrants traveled west to Utah from 1847 through 1868.

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Yolo County, California Index to Federal Land Records

Clark County, South Dakota 1890 Veterans Census Images Online

Civil War Rosters The 48th Alabama Infantry, Company E-F-H-I-K. Marshall, Blount, Cherokee, and Calhoun Counties.

1921 Washington High School Annual, Linn County, Iowa

Marriage Records of Colorado County, Texas 1837-1879

Wyoming County Historical Society (Pennsylvania) Members Surname List. Surnames being researched in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.

Johnson County, Arkansas 1850 Census (US GenWeb Archives)

Swedes in Sioux City, Iowa (1938)

Queensland, Australia Divorces 1861-1899


2009-08-02 :

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List of the names found in the book Kentucky Obituaries 1787-1854. - Note : This book may be available for sale at AbeBooks

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Lawrence County, Alabama 1860 Slave Schedule

General Index to Marriage for Blanco County, Texas 1876-2001

Misc. Arizona Obituaries

Marion County, Florida 1860 Largest Slaveholders and Surname Matches for African Americans on 1870 Census

Suffolk surnames (Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts). Free online reproduction of the 1861 edition of this book by Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch.

Montrose County, Colorado Marriages 1890-1899

Lafayette County, Arkansas Cemeteries

Port Fairy Passenger List 1849. An index to references for passengers to and from Port Fairy (in Victoria, Australia) for the year 1849 from the Portland Guardian and Belfast Gazette.

Jamaica Genealogy Search at GeneaNet


2009-08-01 :

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World War II Registry. A list of individual Americans who participated in the war effort. Search for currently enrolled honorees, or enroll a family member or friend. Any U.S. citizen who helped win the war, whether a veteran or someone on the home front, is eligible for the Registry. Names in the Registry will be forever linked to the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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Misc. Chambers County, Texas WW1 Records

17th, 18th & 19th Century Cape Cod Gravestones. Gravestones Dated 1683 - 1860 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Gravestone Records from the 15 Towns of Cape Cod.

Nevada State Prison Inmate Case Files. Name index to the Nevada State Prison Inmate Case files in the State Archives, dating from 1863 to 1972.

Benton County, Arkansas Cemetery Index

List of Mobile French inhabitants who took the British Oath of Allegiance in 1763 (pdf document)

Mémoire des hommes (France). This website gives the public access to databases created from the digitalization and indexation of biographical records preserved in the services of the French ministry of defence. It also aims to honour the memory of those who took part in contemporary wars and sometimes gave their lives for their country. Web site in French, English, German, and Spanish.

Yvette's Dutch Genealogy Database. The database features almost 40,000 people and roughly covers the 1500-1900 period. Most of them are from Winterswijk, Aalten, Bredevoort and Dinxperlo. The database includes over 2,000 emigrants to the United States and their families.



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