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2007-10-31 :

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The Library of Virginia Coat of Arms Index collection. This finding aid indexes 32 published sources containing information and illustrations pertaining to family coats of arms.

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Placer County, California Cemeteries

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Surname Index 1800 - 1850 Federal Census

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

Trammel Trace Tribune (Tatum, Rusk County, Texas) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2006.

Passenger list of the Suffolk 1874 from England to Queensland, Australia


2007-10-29 :

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Digitised Parish Registers from the National Archival Services of Norway. The microfilm department of The National Archives of Norway holds close to all parish registers delivered from the priests´ office to The Regional State Archives, ie. nearly 11 000 registers with a total of 1,85 millions of microfilmed pages. A work in progress, all the material should be published by 2008.

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Ashland County, Ohio Misc. Marriage Records

Franklin County, New York Deaths in 1875

Surname Index to the book Index to Historia de Familias Cubanas Vols 1-9 : This 9-volume work represents the most extensive collection ever compiled of Cuban genealogies. It has 841 surname entries.

Summit County, Colorado Naturalizations 1881-1919

Elk Horn Kimballton Review (Elk Horn, Shelby County, Iowa) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues from 1933 to 1974.


2007-10-28 :

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County Index to the Ohio Marriages Database

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Lincoln County, Arkansas Cemeteries

Berlin Public Schools - Berlin, Green Lake County, Wisconsin 1882-1883. Reproduction of a list of the names of teachers, staff and pupils for the 1882-1883 school year for the town of Berlin. Included is a list of graduates from the years 1865-1882 and where they were in 1882.

Carroll County, Illinois Marriages 1839-1847

Edmonds Beacon (Edmonds, Snohomish County, Washington) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2005.

Mangawai, Auckland Residents 1898 from the Auckland Directory (New Zealand)

Tennessee Executions 1782-1960


2007-10-26 :

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Missouri Pioneers. A compilation of settlers that settled in the state of Missouri by 1890 submitted by people doing historical research and family histories. Email contact information is provided.

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Newport County, Rhode Island 1920 Census Images Online

1860 Franklin County Georgia Census Images

Durham Skywriter (Durham County, North Carolina) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2002.

Bulgarian Jewish Names


2007-10-25 :

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Pensioners of Revolutionary War—Struck Off the Roll. A list of the names of pensioners, under the act of 18th of March, 1818, whose names were struck off the list by act of 1st May, 1820, and subsequently restored (5,417 pensioners)

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Marriages to 1825, Greene County, Alabama.

Albemarle County, Virginia Road Orders, 1744-1748 (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.

1870 Bell County, Kentucky Census

Delhi Express (Delhi, Merced County, California) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1968.

Port Fairy & Portland Passengers 1843 (Victoria, Australia) : Index 1 - Index 2 - Index 3 - Index 4


2007-10-23 :

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Alphabetical Rent Roll of Virginia 1704/05

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The Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project. The Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project is a full text digital library composed of The Jewish Criterion (1895-1962), The American Jewish Outlook (1934-1962), and The Jewish Chronicle (1962-Present). This project serves as both an online reference source and as a digitized historical documentation of the Jewish community of Pittsburgh and its outlying areas.

1836 Census Quebradillas, Puerto Rico : Part 1 - Part 2

Reconstructed Brazos Land District Records (Brazos County, Texas)

Name Index to the book Fifty Years on the Mississippi. Lists many Riverboat Captains. 700+ entries.

Drumright Gusher (Drumright, Creek County, Oklahoma) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2005.


2007-10-22 :

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State Archives of Michigan Naturalization Record Indexes. Naturalization indexes for several counties are now on-line.

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Town of Leon, Cattaraugus County, New York Biographies

Allen County, Ohio Permanent Settlers of the Pioneer Period

Branxholm Cemetery, Tasmania, Australia

Acadians who Sailed to Louisiana in 1785. An alphabetical listing of the Acadian Exiles who sailed from France to Louisiana in 1785.


2007-10-21 :

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New Zealand Surname Interest List

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Geneva County, Alabama Cemeteries

Lee 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 Lee Co, AR.

MitoSearch. With thousands of people that have tested their mtDNA with different companies, MitoSearch.org is brought to you as a free public service that allows individuals that have tested with those companies to make their results available for comparison.

Bastardy Records of Tyrrell County, North Carolina 1791-1879

Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church Baptism Record Extractions, Hensley Township, Champaign County, Illinois 1874-1927

Colorado State Penitentiary Prisoner Index 1871-1973 (Free Database Online - World Vital Records) : This is an index only. The Archives’ full Prisoner Record normally includes name, date entered, crime, sentence, county, previous record, parole date, discharge date, age, nationality, occupation, weight, and height. Mug shots also exist for most penitentiary inmates.


2007-10-19 :

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Pennsylvania Land Warrant Applications for 1748: All counties

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Winnebago County, Wisconsin 1900 Federal Census - Enumeration District 159 (US Census Project)

Georgia Lynchings 1882-1930

Roane County, Tennessee Road Orders (Dec. 1801-Dec 1805)

Dodge County Independent (Kasson, Minnesota) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1949.

Chaffers Plant Honour Roll, Boulder, Western Australia. In dedication to the Chaffers Personnel who served in WW II.

Les Archives de L'Aube, France : Tables décennales 1792-1882. Browse the 'tables décennales' (decennial tables) of the French Department of Aube. These decennial tables are alphabetical lists of births, marriages and deaths compiled by municipalities (communes) every 10 years.


2007-10-18 :

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Men and Officers who served in King Philips War (The Indian War of 1675-1677)

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A List of the Births & Deaths of the Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island From records in the Town Clerk's office. Published in The Narragansett Historical Register, Volume II. July 1883. No. 1.

Caroline County, Virginia 1830 Census

Bath County, Kentucky Obituary Index

Dispatch - Eatonville (Eatonville, Pierce County, Washington) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1970.

Sensenruth, Belgium Civil Registers of Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1796-1904 (In French.)


2007-10-16 :

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Misc. Virginia Marriages by County. Part of the USGenWeb Archives Marriage Project.

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Alabama Land Patents Database: Franklin 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.

Nevada County, California Business and Residential Directory - 1856 : Nevada City

Twin Cities News (Rochester, Haskell County, Texas) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 1981.

Tumbarumba Times Extracts from 1885 - 1915 Births-Deaths-Marriages Probates-General Information (NSW, Australia)

Armenia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania : Misc. Records


2007-10-15 :

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Kentucky Marriage Records. Part of the USGenWeb Archives Marriage Project.

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1820 Federal Census Violet Township, Fairfield County, Ohio Index

Avon, Franklin County, Maine Cemeteries

Dickey County Leader (Ellendale, North Dakota) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1911.

Southern Waldviertel Family History Project Data. The Waldviertel or "Forest Quarter" is a picturesque semi-mountainous region less than an hour's drive west of Vienna, Austria. The aim of the project is to document all families living in select Catholic parishes between 1600-1900.


2007-10-14 :

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Missouri Death Index : Over 35,000 names.

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Oktibbeha County, Mississippi transcription of the civilian draft registration cards in 1917-1918

Yancey County, North Carolina 1840 Census Index and Images Online

Bond County, Illinois 1860 Census-Marriage

DeWitt Era-Enterprise (DeWitt, Arkansas County, Arkansas) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1962.

Victoria, Australia : Index to VPRS 75 Certificate of Discharge. This index gives access to Melbourne Court of Insolvency records on the basis of company or personal name. Search this database to access records of individuals or companies that received certificates of discharge between 1848 and 1875 that are contained in VPRS 75 Certificate of Discharge.


2007-10-12 :

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Pennsylvania Family Group Sheets

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Fremont County, Colorado Inheritance Tax Records 1913-1943

Jefferson County, Georgia 1820 Census

Caswell County, North Carolina 1850 Census Images Online

Oak Grove Cemetery, Carroll County, Tennessee

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

1814 Chortitza, Russia Landowners List


2007-10-11 :

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Purple Heart Recipient Database (United States)

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Halifax County, Virginia War Deaths : From Revolutionary War to Persian Gulf War (1991).

Mill Center Cemetery, Brown County, Wisconsin

Adair County, Kentucky 1880 DDD Schedule. This is an index of names found in the Adair Co KY 1880 Federal Census Supplemental Schedules 1-7 Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Classes.

DeFuniak Springs Herald (DeFuniak Springs, Walton County, Florida) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1971.

Hawke's Bay, East Coast & Wairarapa, New Zealand Newspaper Transcriptions


2007-10-09 :

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A complete index to all Virginia Confederate Soldiers and Widow Pension Applications

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Company A, 5th Alabama Cavalry, Fayette & Marion Counties

Names of Berks County, Pennsylvania residents found in the Rechen-buch of Carl Gock; Names of the people who subscribed to Carl Gock's Rechen-Buch, a small book with formulas and calculations for everyday commerce printed in Reading, Berks Co., PA March 1823

Brazoria County, Texas 1870 Census Images

Deer Park Tribune (Deer Park, Spokane County, Washington) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1955.

County of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Death Records Database


2007-10-07 :

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U.S. City Directories Database at Rootsweb. Database contains 52037 records (14462 distinct surnames). Selected countries, states, and/or counties (as contributed).

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Cincinnati and Hamilton County (Ohio) Public Library Newsdex : An Index to Local Newspaper Articles

Decorah Journal (Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2006.

1894 Baptist Church Directories, Oakland, Alameda County, California

City Directories of Rochester, Monroe County, New York : All of the existing Rochester City Directories for the years 1827–1930. Work in progress (pdf documents.)

War Memorials around Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Photos and names.


2007-10-05 :

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Emigration out of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 19th century. Recently updated this database now contains 58,000 individuals.

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Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths Recorded in Providence, Rhode Island 1636 to 1850 (Free Database Online - World Vital Records)

Lafayette 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 Lafayette Co, AR.

Trinity Lutheran Church of Golden, Adams County, Illinois : Confirmation Records 1876 to 1974

York County, Maine 1880 Census

Villiers le Sec, Aisne (02), France Births 1803-1890 (pdf document)


2007-10-04 :

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Kentucky Cemetery Photographs

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List of Honorably Discharged WWI Veterans, Etowah County, Alabama

Terang Express 1888 Old News index (Victoria, Australia)

Appling County, Georgia 1820 Census

Index to Surnames in Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society Journal Articles

Dayton Tribune (Dayton, Yamhill County, Oregon) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1970.


2007-10-02 :

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Passenger List of the Pennsylvania German Pioneers. Passenger lists from 1683-1726, 1809-1819 do not exist and are being reconstructed on this site.

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Grayson County, Virginia Birth Records 1884 to 1888

Kentucky Land Grants : Counties include Boyle, Mercer and Lincoln (partial).

Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, an Widows, Chickasaw County, Mississippi

Kit Carson County, Colorado Index to Land Registration Receipts 1913-1919 (Free Database Online - World Vital Records) : This index was compiled from the official record of Land Record Fee Book filed in the Kit Carson County, District Court during these years.

Eesti Vabariigi kaadriohvitseride saatus 1938-1996 : Destiny of Estonian officers 1938-1996 (in Estonian)


2007-10-01 :

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Obituaries Database (USA). Recently updated, this database now contains 259202 records (57453 distinct surnames). Selected records (as contributed by RootsWeb visitors).

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Clay County Leader (Henrietta, Texas) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2006.

St. Patrick's Church, Sugar Creek, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Births 1803 -1841

Misc. Bayfield County, Wisconsin Obituaries

Macon County, North Carolina 1840 Census

Index to the book Around the Channon – A history of its places & people (NSW, Australia)



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