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2007-06-30 :

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Virginia Surname Register. A place to find email addresses and/or webpage addresses for researchers of Virginia Surnames.

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U.S. Ship Register Search 1857-1900. Search for a vessel or a shipmaster. You may also browse register lists included in the database.

Old Protestant Cemetery in Bangalore at Agram (India)

Early Settlers, Welsh Congregational Church of Richville, St. Lawrence County, New York

Cleveland Lutheran Cemetery, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Index to the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary Death Records, Panama Canal Zone, 1906 - 1991. This series is a necrology and partial index to the mortuary's registers and contains records of 26,213 U.S. military personnel, employees of the Panama Canal Commission and its predecessors, and Canal Zone civilians processed through the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary between 1906 and 1991.

West Lyon Herald (Inwood, Lyon County, Iowa) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 1987.


2007-06-28 :

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Michigan Early Birth Records. The births contained in this database have been submitted by researchers in hopes of helping others find where a record might be and to also help connect people who are researching the same family lines. E-mail addresses or contact information are contained with each record that has been submitted as personal family research.

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Pottawattamie County, Iowa 1870 Census (US Census Project)

Old Tishomingo County, Mississippi Minute Book No. 1 1836-1844 : Alcorn, Prentiss, and Tishomingo were formed out of Old Tishomingo County.

Victorian Local History Database (Australia). A regional database containing records from societies affiliated with the Royal Historical Society of Victoria and not involved in other regional database projects.

Bond County, Illinois 1830 Census

Lincoln County, Arkansas WWII Enlistees

Western Kansas World (WaKeeney, Trego County, Kansas) (Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 1950.


2007-06-26 :

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Illinois Family Group Sheets

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1910 Fannin County, Georgia Census : Noontootla District

1860 Slave Schedule Macon County, North Carolina

JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry. The JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR) is a database of names and other identifying information from cemeteries and burial records worldwide, from the earliest records to the present.

Bedford County, Tennessee Clerk and Master's Office : Indices to Chancery Court Minutes 1830-1868

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

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


2007-06-25 :

Featured Database :

Ohio Family Group Sheets

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1910 Walker County Alabama Census Images, Volume 109

Birth information from the 1917-1918 civilian draft registration cards for Sierra County, California

Orange County, Virginia Road Orders 1734-1749 (A large 218 page pdf document). Includes the names of all the able-bodied men (the "Labouring Male Tithables") living on or near the roads. Name index near the end of the document.

Circuit Rider Database. The purpose of this database is to compile information on the early pastors in pioneer churches all over the United States--circuit riders as well as those who stayed at one station (pre-1920), otherwise known as a "settled pastor." This will allow researchers to track that pastor from church to church, county to county, and state to state.

Passenger list : the Buckinghamshire, London to South Australia, 1839

Boyle County, Kentucky Births

West Seattle Herald (Seattle, King County, Washington) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1923.


2007-06-23 :

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FoundDogTags.com. This site has been created for the purpose of returning dog tags found from Vietnam to their respective families.

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Briscoe County, Texas Marriages

Jackson County, Oklahoma 1920 Census (US Census Project)

1870 Federal Census Mohave Territory, Arizona Territory

Database of Zimbabwe Cricket Players Past and present.

1840-1889 Church Book of the Reformed and Lutheran Churches: Plum Creek Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Wilmot Enterprise (Wilmot, Roberts County, South Dakota) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 1915.


2007-06-21 :

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

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Braxton County, West Virginia African American Resources. Births 1853-1860; 1836 Tax List; 1840, 1870 and 1880 Census; Deaths 1853-1880.

New Jersey Civil War Cartes de Visite. Over 400 portraits of New Jersey Civil War soldiers, mostly officers.

Victoria, Australia : Fawkner Memorial Park, Northern Memorial Park and Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery Decased Enguiries

Miltonville Cemetery, Butler County, Ohio

New York State Executions 1646-1963

Chatfield News (Chatfield, Fillmore County, Minnesota) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Record) : Search of browse issues back to 1941.


2007-06-20 :

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Arizona Marriage Project. This project endeavors to provide actual transcriptions of Marriage Applications, and other Marriage Records, as found recorded in county court houses and state archives.

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1860 Census - Township of Scott , Brown County, Wisconsin

St. Antönien, Canton of Grisons, Switzerland 1835 Census

St. Louis, Missouri Enlistees Extracted from Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914 (Regular Army)

1830 Census of Quincy, Adams County, Illinois (Heads of Household Only)

Lafayette County, Arkansas 1850 Census

Carlisle Citizen (Carlisle, Warren County, Iowa) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Record) : Search of browse issues back to 1969.


2007-06-18 :

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Iowa Family Group Sheets

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Bayview Cemetery, Columbia County, Oregon

Franklin County, Alabama 1850 Census

Passenger List : 1737 Three Sisters. From Rotterdam, by way of Cowes. Arrival: Tybee Island (Georgia) on the Savannah River, 21 Dec 1737.

Anderson County, Tennessee 1830 Census

Passenger List : the Simon Taylor, London to Western Australia 1842. Passenger list and passenger biographies.

The Western Star (Coldwater, Comanche County, Kansas) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2006.


2007-06-17 :

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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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Santa Clara County, California Cemeteries

Caroline County, Virginia 1810 Census

Boyd County, Kentucky 1860-1930 Census Files

Index of Southwest Michigan Marriages, Anniversaries, Engagements and Divorces. Extracted from local newspapers, the index pertains to residents of the Michigan counties of Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo and Van Buren.

Catálogo de extranjeros residentes en Puerto Rico en el Siglo XIX. Foreigners residing in Puerto Rico in the 19th century. Organized in alphabetical order by country of origin.

Weston County Gazette (Upton, Wyoming) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 1936.


2007-06-16 :

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1885 Dakota Territory Census. The database includes only the counties in northern Dakota Territory (present-day North Dakota). This 1885 Dakota Territory census index contains over 150,000 names.

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Routt County, Colorado Ditch Claim Statements 1902-1903

Wheat Cemetery, Millican, Brazos County, Texas

Rutherford County, North Carolina 1860 Census

The Book of Prominent Pennsylvanians; a standard reference. Images online of this book published in 1913.

A who's who of military interments at the Brighton General Cemetery (Victoria, Australia)

Woodinville Weekly (Woodinville, King County, Washington) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2005.


2007-06-14 :

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New Zealand Genealogy 1840s to 1980s. These Genealogy pages cover Funeral Notices, Memorium, News Items, Obituaries, Shipping, Te Maori, the Smith Surname, Recent Deaths, Missing People, Cemetery Lists and Worldwide Industrial Weavers Lists.

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

Misc. Maricopa County, Arizona Marriages : Brides - Grooms

1880 Belmont County, Ohio Head of Household Census Index : Part 1 - Part 2

1883 Pension List - Clinton County, New York

The Fons Wiltgen Genealogy Project. A database of over 100,000 individuals from Diekirch, Ettelbruck, Mersch and Septfontaines in Luxembourg.

Brooke County Review (Wellsburg, West Virginia) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 1994.


2007-06-13 :

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

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Index to Iroquois County, Illinois Probate Files circa 1911-1924 Reels 51-75 : A thru K, L thru Z

Fayette County, Alabama 1840 Census

Johnson County, Arkansas Cemeteries

WW1 Soldiers Enlisted or Born in Boulder, Western Australia

Pottawattamie County, Iowa Biographies from the book History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, published in 1907. :Part 1 - Part 2

1880 US Census - Idaho (Free Database Online - World Vital Records) : The 1880 Idaho Census contains more than 33,000 records. Each record contains information such as gender, race, age, birth place, education, marital status, and occupation, city, county, father's birthplace, and mother's birthplace. The records were compiled by students at Idaho State University in 1975.

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Will County, Illinois Marriage Index 1854-1910 : Surnames A-L, Surnames M-Z


2007-06-12 :

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GeneaSeek. GeneaSeek is a genealogy specific internet search engine. It currently indexes over 4,200,000 genealogy pages all over the web.

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Wilkinson County, Georgia 1820 Census

Monroe County, Tennessee 1850 Census

Dakota County, Minnesota Census Search; 1857, 1865, 1880, 1885, 1900, 1920, and 1930.

Mississippi Executions 1804-1964

County of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Birth Records Database

Canistota Clipper (Canistota, McCook County, South Dakota) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2006.

Acts of Tennessee, Campbell County : 1796-1830, 1831-1850


2007-06-10 :

Featured Database :

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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Germans in the 1880 Census for Boston, Massachusetts

Index to The Free Lance newspaper, 1885-1900 Published in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Bunurong Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia. Use the search form to locate a person interred at Bunurong Memorial Park.

Bourbon County, Kentucky Cemeteries

Antrim Review (Bellaire, Antrim County, Michigan) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2006.


2007-06-08 :

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The USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project. Misc. obituary transcriptions listed by state.

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Wisconsin BLM Land Patents by County. This database was extracted from data generously provided by the Bureau of Land Management. It included every homestead, mining and timber claim, as well as cash sales and Indian allotments. Not included are parcels still owned by the U. S. Government, including the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Forest Service, and the National Park System.

Brazoria County, Texas 1860 Census Images

1800 Census Marion District, Liberty County, South Carolina

Hungary Genealogy Search at GeneaNet

Cheney Free Press (Cheney, Spokane County, Washington) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Record) : Search of browse issues back to 1953.

Zion (Windsor Castle) UCC Cemetery, Perry Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania


2007-06-07 :

Featured Database :

Maine State Archives : Marriage Search (1892-1996)

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Clark County, Ohio Obituary Index 1920 to the present

Wyoming Names. The Wyoming Names list is intended to serve as a clue in research. it may give you an idea of where to look for records concerning your ancestor.

Etowah County, Alabama Land Patents Database

Ashland County, Ohio Obituaries

Willing, Allegany County, New York - Births, 1890-1920

Index to Tasmanian Divorces 1861 -1920

Cape Gazette (Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Record) : Search of browse issues back to 2006.


2007-06-05 :

Featured Database :

The 1864 Baltimore City Directory Project, An online version of the 1864 Baltimore City Directory originally published by John W. Woods. You will find data associated with 49,193 individuals and businesses that were present in the city during this time.

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Pleasants County, West Virginia 1890 Special Veterans' Census

Misc. Graham County, Arizona Births to 1917

Jefferson 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 Jefferson Co, AR.

Barrington Telephone Directories (Cook and Lake Counties), Illinois 1908-1926

The Palatine Project : Reconstructed Passenger Lists, 1683-1819. The Palatine Project is an attempt using sources from German speaking countries as well as early colonial American sources to reconstruct the passenger lists of Germans who came to America in the first large wave of emigration in the 18th century.

Calhoun-Liberty Journal (Bristol, Florida) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2003. Covers Calhoun and Liberty Counties, Florida.


2007-06-03 :

Featured Database :

Western States Marriage Records Index. Over the past decade, the BYU-Idaho Family History Center has been extracting early marriage records from counties in the western part of the United States. Virtually all of the pre-1900 marriages are included in the index for Arizona, Idaho and Nevada. Many Idaho and Utah counties have been extracted into the 1930’s and some, much later. A significant number of marriages from selected counties in California, western Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Utah, eastern Washington, and Wyoming are also included. Very early marriages (1700’s) in New Mexico are currently being added. As of June 3, 2007, this file contains over 500,888 marriage records with additional entries being added nearly every working day.

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Divorces in Clatsop County, Oregon 1850 to 1913

Wayne County, Georgia 1840 Census

1913 Chattanooga City, Hamilton County, Tennessee Death Records. Large file. Please be patient.

Cherokee Indian Census 1835 preparatory to the removal 1838 in what would later become Clay County, North Carolina.

Buffalo Ridge Gazette (Ruthton, Pipestone County, Minnesota) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2005.

Victoria, Australia : Index to Male and Female Case Books, Yarra Bend Asylum, 1848-1912


2007-06-01 :

Featured Database :

Bremen, Germany Passenger Lists 1920 - 1939

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A list of those who came to California via Rancho Santa Ana del Chino, California from 1849-1856

Halifax County, Virginia Cemeteries

List of Pensioners on the Roll Kent County, Michigan - 1883

Dohan, Belgium Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths 1796-1906. Today part of Bouillon. (In French)

Boone County, Kentucky Death Records 1900-1993

Cabinet (Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 1985.



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