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2007-04-30 :

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Mississippi Marriages Database Index

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Persons Buried In St.Michael's Cemetery, Iron River, Bayfield County, Wisconsin. These records span a period from 1892, when the township was founded, to date.

City of Fredericksburg, Virginia : Personal Property Tax List for 1798

1850 Adair County, Kentucky Census

List of Persons of Portuguese Descent who left Trinidad to serve in the Great War

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

Arapahoe County, Colorado Poor Records, 1895-1899 (Free Database Online - World Vital Records) : Index was compiled from the official record of the Poor Records granted by Arapahoe County from 1895 to 1899.


2007-04-28 :

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Index To Brooklyn Naturalization Records, Kings County, New York 1907-1924. This database includes 253,403 names of individuals (including 162 military records) who were either naturalized or filed Declarations of Intention to become naturalized citizens in State Supreme Court, Kings County, during the years 1907-1924.

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Covington County, Alabama 1840 Census

Bandera County, Texas Cemeteries

Berks County, Pennsylvania Pension Roll of 1883

Underwriters Inspection Bureau of New Orleans, Louisiana Street rate slips, 1897

Alma Enterprise (Alma, Wabaunsee County, Kansas) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Browse or search issues from 1908, 1909, 1918, 1919, 1935, and 1936.

Victoria, Australia : Index to inward correspondence regarding publicans in VPRS 7 Inward Correspondence (Bound). This database gives access to the Treasurer’s inward correspondence (1838–1855) that details publicans’ names, hotel names, hotel addresses, and the names of persons to whom hotels were transferred (if applicable).


2007-04-26 :

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South Carolina Department of Archives and History On-Line Index Search. The following databases are online:
- Combined Index to 30 Record Series ca. 1675-1929 : 172,703 items
- Index to Will Transcripts 1782-1855 : 11,059 items
- Confederate Pension Applications 1919-1938 : 10,242 items
- Plats for State Land Grants 1784-1868 : 51,809 items
- Legislative Papers 1776-1877 : 52,802 items
- Criminal Journals 1769-1776 : 2,087 items
- Insurance File Photographs : 2,662 items
- National Register Properties : 311 items.

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Early Families of Broome County, New York

Napa County, California Marriage Index 1850 - 1905

1820 Federal Census Madison Township, Fairfield County, Ohio Index

Most frequent surnames in Hungary in 1891

Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883 : Wabash County, Indiana

Allegan, Michigan Naturalization Records (Index) (Free Database Online - World Vital Records)


2007-04-25 :

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Louisiana Land Records -- Interactive Search. An interface to the Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patents from the Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office (GLO) Automated Records Project.

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Rhode Island Depreciation Claims List as of January 1, 1797. Shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War an attempt was made to obtain additional pay, on account of the depreciation of the currency, for the soldiers serving in the Rhode Island Regiments.

Hazelwood Cemetery, Alexander County, Illinois

Hemstead County, Arkansas 1850 Census (USGenWeb Project)

Extracts from the Nelson Evening Mail 1870-1874 (New Zealand)

Lincoln County, West Virginia 1870 Census Images Online

Akron Hometowner (Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Browse or search issues back to 2006.


2007-04-24 :

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Behind the Name. The Etymology and History of First Names

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Tennessee World War I Veterans

Naturalizations from the Commissioners Law and Probate Index, Clatsop County, Oregon.The dates go from about 1850 to 1906.

1860 Mortality Schedule Rabun County, Georgia

Ottawa County, Michigan 1860 Census Images Online

Ajo Copper News (Ajo, Pima County, Arizona) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Browse or search issues back to 1971.


2007-04-23 :

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The US Tombstone Transcription Project. Misc. cemetery transcriptions listed by state.

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Coffee County, Alabama 1860 Census Images Online

Members of the German Pioneer Club of Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky in 1877

Floyd County, Virginia Births 1853-1855, 1858, 1864-1868

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin 1870 Census (partial)

Afton-Fairland American (Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Browse or search issues back to 2006.

Index to the Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children, 1852-1915, New South Wales, Australia


2007-04-21 :

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Kentucky Biographies

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Roster of the 34th Texas Cavalry, Confederate States Army

1880 Petition of the Inhabitants of Anson County, North Carolina. This petition was filed in response to a petition of Inhabitants of "upperend" Anson County.

World War I Washington State Servicemen's Cards. Cards include information about individual soldiers such as service dates, rank, and branch of service.

Afro-Louisiana History & Genealogy 1719-1820 (Free Database Online - World Vital Record) : Distinguished New Orleans writer and historian, Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, has dedicated her time and expertise to discover and reveal the background of 100,000 slaves who were brought to Louisiana in the 18th and 19th centuries. Documents and archives collected from France, Spain, Texas and Louisiana uncover African slave names, genders, ages, occupations, illnesses, family relationships, ethnicity, places of origin, prices paid by slave owners, and slaves' testimony and emancipations.

1800 Census, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Brazil Genealogy Search. This search engine currently searches 90 websites related to doing genealogy in Brazil.


2007-04-20 :

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Index to Virginia Wills and Administrations. A fully-searchable index to the administrations, inventories, wills, and other documents relating to the estates of individuals as contained in Will Books and Order Books for the period to 1800. This on-going project includes 52 counties and cities.

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Dickinson, Franklin County, New York Pensioners - 1883

Monterey County, California Cemeteries

Richland Parish, Louisiana 1880 Census

Adams County, Colorado Pensions, 1933-1936. (Free Database Online - World Vital Records) : This index was compiled from the official record of the Old Age Pension applications granted by the Adams County Commissioners during the Depression years.

Clark County, Ohio Old Settlers & Recent Inhabitants. Extracted from the book '20th Century History of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio' bu William M. Rockel, published in 1908 : German Township - Green Township - Madison Township - Mad River Township - Moorefield Township - Pleasant Township

Index to the 1835 Molotschna Census (Mennonites, Russia)


2007-04-19 :

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Unclaimed Civil War Medals. In 1866, the state of West Virginia authorized the minting of over 26,000 medals to honor its Union Civil War soldiers. Today, over 4,000 medals remain unclaimed. In order to claim an ancestor's medal, a claimant must submit his or her line of descent from the veteran along with documentation to support this line of descent.

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Some Farmington, Franklin County, Maine Births

Cleveland County, Arkansas 1880 Census : Lee Township

Passenger List : Ship St Nicholas, Havre to New York, Jan 5, 1848. 211 passengers, mainly from Germany.

Brookfield Citizen (Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2006.

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Will County, Illinois Baptisms 1854-1910. Surnames : A-G, H-N, O-Z

Misc. Wellington Area, New Zealand Partial Cemetery Transcriptions


2007-04-17 :

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Indexes of Tasmanian Convicts

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White County, Tennessee 1825 Tax lists

Clay County, Alabama Marriages Book D January 5, 1888 - December 28, 1890.

Oglethorpe County, Georgia 1900 Census, Enumeration District 97

Puerto Rico National Cemetery, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Records of burials provided by the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs, on July 2, 2000. This is not a complete list of burials, only those that are on file with the VA.

Aberdeen Times (Aberdeen, Bingham County, Idaho) (Free newspaper online - World Vital Records) : Search of browse issues back to 1937.


2007-04-16 :

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Unclaimed Persons.com. The purpose of this web site is to provide information to the public regarding a deceased loved one for whom next of kin has never been located.

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Oklahoma Marriage Project. This project endeavors to provide actual transcriptions of Marriage Applications and other Marriage Records.

Barren County, Kentucky Marriage Register 1855-1859

Cumberland County, Virginia Marriages 1748-1759

The 1930-40s German-Hungarian (Donauschwaben) Family Calendar Magazine, Subscriber List for Mercer County, New Jersey

Carrington Cemetery, Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia


2007-04-14 :

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West Virginia Genealogy Surname Exchange. The Surname Exchange is a list of surnames and researchers compiled from the West Virginia State Archives' Genealogy Exchange cards submitted since 1987. Nearly 1,800 researchers from forty-seven states and seven countries currently participate in the exchange, which is designed to allow genealogists to contact others who are conducting research on identical surnames.

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Town of Humphrey, Cattaraugus County, New York Biographies

Clarke County, Mississippi Civilian Draft Registration in 1917-1918

Ashtabula County, Ohio Marriages 1853-1878. From LDS Film #0890265.

Gisborne, New Zealand Pioneers Luncheon 1927

Mendocino County, California Index to Federal Land Patents


2007-04-12 :

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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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Atascosa County, Texas Divorces 1968-2001

Pitkin County, Colorado Probate Index 1881 - 1953

Name Index to the book Plantagenet Ancestry - A Study in Medieval and Colonial Ancestry (Royal Ancestry) (pdf document). This book is available from Amazon.com (United States), Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada)

Chester County, Pennsylvania Negro Servant Returns 1788 – 1821

County of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Probate Records Database : Indre Sogn - Other


2007-04-11 :

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Texas Migrations. A database for sharing ancestral migratory information.

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Pikens County, Alabama 1860 Slaveholders and Surname Matches for African Americans on 1870 Census

1880 Federal Census - Oak Bluff Township, Clay County, Arkansas

Massachusetts Family Group Sheets

Tables naissances de Montbliart - Hainaut (Belgique) 1608 - 1800. Montbliart, Hainaut Province, Belgium births 1608 - 1800 (in French.)

Daily Herald Index 1901-1956 (Suburban Chicago, Illinois). Covers mainly Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake and McHenry Counties.


2007-04-10 :

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Ybase : Genealogy by Numbers. Ybase is an open, global resource for genealogists. Find your genetic cousins worldwide - independently of which testing service you have used. The database is searchable on 49 Y-chromosome markers. Anyone can add to it. Anyone can search it. Search by haplotype or by surname. Ybase currently contains 9340 haplotypes and over 9157 unique surnames.

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Dibean Michigan Marriage Collection : Lenawee County

1870 Federal Summit County Census, Colorado

Jefferson County, Georgia 1840 Census

McMinn County, Tennessee 1830 Census

Index to the Book Red Cedar - Our Heritage (NSW, Australia)


2007-04-08 :

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Virginia : Index to War of 1812 Pay Rolls and Muster Rolls. A fully-searchable personal name index to Pay Rolls of Militia Entitled to Land Bounty Under the Act of Congress of Sept. 28, 1850 and its supplement, Muster Rolls of the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812. Approximately 40,000 names are indexed.

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Bastrop County, Texas Cemetery Links

Grape Creek, Cherokee County, North Carolina 1920 Census

The Forgotten Patriots of the Tom's Creek Hundred, Frederick County, Maryland. An article by John Miller. Includes list of the members of Captain Philip Maroney’s Company, in the Flying Camp, August 5, 1776, enlisted in the Middletown District and elsewhere, Frederick County, Maryland.

Indian Children Put to Service in Boston, 1676

Ukraine : Zhitomir Evangelische Lutherische Kirche : Membership list, circa 1933


2007-04-07 :

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Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Master Index. Index to over 430,000 inscriptions from 2,833 cemeteries.

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Biography Index to the book A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans - 1919 revised edition

Coosa County, Alabama 1850 Census

Southampton County, Virginia 1820 Census - partial

Ohio County, Kentucky 1870 Census (partial)

St. Vincent & the Grenadines Genealogy Research Web. The website offers visitors free access to records naming thousands of individuals who have lived in the Caribbean/West Indies island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.



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