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2007-12-31 :

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World Descendant Charts Genealogy Web Project. Linked Descendant Charts of Virginia and West Virginia Families and Their ancestors where ever they came from - Their descendants where ever they went covering many countries of the World and most all of the United States

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Some Civil War Soldiers In Elmore County, Alabama

Shasta County, California Index to Federal Land Records

Evangelical St. Peters Church of Champaign County, Illinois Index to Birthplaces 1866-1915

Hollis Brookline Journal (Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1997.

List of Korean family names. This is a list of Korean names, in Hangul alphabetical order.


2007-12-30 :

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Maryland State Archives Census Indexes (1776, 1778, 1870, 1880). Search the following Census Indexes available at the Maryland State Archives: 1776 (Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Caroline, Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, Prince George's, Queen Anne, and Talbot Counties), 1778 (Caroline, Charles, and Queen Anne's Counties), 1870 (Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince George's, Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, Somerset, Talbot, Washington, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties and Baltimore City) and 1880 (Anne Arundel County only).

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Alabama Land Patents Database: Limestone 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.

Persons Buried In City Cemetery, Iron River, Bayfield County, Wisconsin. These records span a period from the late 1800s to the year 2001.

Reeves Chapel (UMC) Cemetery, Camp County, Texas

High Plains Sentinel (Wright, Campbell County, Wyoming) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2006.

Coolgardie, Western Australia 1899 Directory


2007-12-28 :

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Ships to Pennsylvania and Oaths of Allegiance, 1727-1738

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Newton County, Arkansas 1850 Census

Anderson County, Tennessee 1840 Census

Delta County, Michigan 1930 Census

Heppner Gazette-Times (Heppner, Morrow County, Oregon) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1926.

Polish Declarations of Admiration and Friendship for the United States, Volumes 1-13. Polish Declarations of Admiration and Friendship for the United States was compiled in 1926 and delivered to President Calvin Coolidge to honor the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The collection includes the greetings and signatures of national, provincial, and local government officials, representatives of religious, social, business, academic, and military institutions. Volumes 7 through 13 present the signatures of students and faculty of secondary schools, as well as some elementary schools.


2007-12-27 :

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Popular Given Names in the US, 1801-1999

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Cochise County, Arizona Cemeteries

Western North Carolina 1883 Pensioners Roll. Pensioners listed for the following counties : Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, and Transylvania.

Barrington Area Cemeteries, Cook and Lake Counties, Illinois

Gridley Herald (Gridley, Butte County, California) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1922.

Extracts from the Nelson Evening Mail 1875-1877 (New Zealand)


2007-12-26 :

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Maine Deaths 1960-1996 (Free Database Online - World Vital Records) : This index, made available by the Maine Department of Human Services, contains an individual’s name, date of death, death certificate number, age, and the location where the death occurred. Data for 1996 is not complete. Later data is not currently available from the Archives in electronic form.

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1820 Federal Census Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, Ohio Index

Boone County, Kentucky Officials from 1798 to 1874

Calhoun County, Texas 1850 Census

Heritage Florida Jewish News (Fern Park, Florida) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Covers Central Florida. Search or browse selected issues back to 1976.

Divorce Case Papers, New South Wales, Australia 1873-1923


2007-12-24 :

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Bible Records Online : Currently 1158 Bibles online, 5703 instances of 3469 different surnames.

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Bibb County, Alabama 1830 Census

Virginians Who Died Outside of Virginia, 1870-1945. Information mostly from obituaries in various Virginia and Washington, D. C. newspapers and transportation death permit indexes of Virginia.

Herald Reporter (Brewster, Okanogan County, Washington). (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1956.

Venezuelan Genealogy - Obituaries 1997-2001

Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône : Registres paroissiaux et état civil 1501-1904. Browse parish and civil registers of births, marriages and deaths held by the Departmental Archives of Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Web site in French.


2007-12-23 :

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Nebraska territorial & state census extractions 1854-1870. Extractions published in the journal of the Nebraska Genealogical Society.

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Nevada County, Arkansas Cemeteries

Hamilton County, Tennessee Soldiers of World War I

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin 1850 Census

Hendricks Pioneer (Hendricks, Lincoln County, Minnesota) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1902.

Port of Hobart, Tasmania Departures, 1829 : Mariners Index. A list of seamen on ship's cleared to depart Hobart Town in the year 1829.


2007-12-21 :

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Pennsylvania Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866 Indexes

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Dibean Michigan Marriage Collection : Oceana County

Adams County, Colorado Inheritance Tax Record 1929 - 1943

List of 1883 Pensioners, Pulaski County, Illinois

Hells Canyon Journal (Halfway, Baker County, Oregon) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2005.

Central Slavonia, Croatia Baptismal, Burial and Marriage Records c. 1700-1900. Data online for 7 parishes : Bogièevci, Cernik, Nova Gradiška, Oriovac, Staro Petrovo Selo, Štivica, Vrbje.


2007-12-20 :

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National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Locate documents in archival and manuscript collections in libraries, museums, state archives, and historical societies located throughout North America and around the world.

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Lee County, Georgia 1910 Census, Enumeration District 053 (partial)

Santa Clara County, California Marriages (partial)

Greene County, Mississippi 1840 Census (US Census Project)

Eustus, Franklin County, Maine Cemeteries

Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Van ZandtCounty, Texas) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2005.

Vaccination Records, Chortitza Colony, 1809 an 1814 (Mennonites, Russia)


2007-12-18 :

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The Family Group Sheet Project (USA). Charts that have been submitted by visitors.

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Chester County, Pennsylvania Registry of Automobiles, 1903-1905

Dutchess County, New York Pension Rolls of 1885

Misc. Bell County, Kentucky and Area Obituaries

Hart County's News-Herald (Horse Cave, Kentucky) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2006.

Honeysuckle (Cottage Creek) Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW, Australia


2007-12-17 :

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CARSURDEX : Caribbean Surname Index. Surname interests of researchers with email address.

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Frederick County, Virginia marriages in 1855

Lawrence County, Alabama : Receipts for Confederate Soldiers Warrants 1905

Monroe 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 Monroe Co, AR.

Corsican Immigrants to Puerto Rico. A list of some 403 Corsicans who immigrated to the Yauco, Guayanilla, and Guanica areas of Puerto Rico in the 19th Century.

Denver, Colorado War Insurance Applicants 1916-1919. This index was taken from book 23780N which covers World War I soldiers from Denver, Colorado, who carried risk insurance. Information in the book includes rank and unit, insurance rate and amount, and benefactor to whom the insurance benefit was to be paid.


2007-12-16 :

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GeneaNet. A world network of genealogical databases. GeneaNet's mission is to make the power of the Internet available to users by setting up a universal register of all the world's genealogical resources, whether Net-based or not, and whether free or fee-paying.

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Catalogue of the Burnet High School, 1892-93, Burnet County, Texas. A transcription of the school catalogue that lists school board members, faculty, and all students for the year.

Bond County, Illinois 1820 Census

Campbell County, Tennessee 1840 Census

Hawkeye Record (Mount Vernon, Linn County, Iowa) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1898.

Victoria, Australia Index to Special Case Files, Education Department, 1862-1977. This series allows researchers to search for a teacher's name, file title or school name to obtain a special case number.


2007-12-14 :

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1900 U.S.Military and Naval Federal Census

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1865 Census of Norway

Old St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin

Glynn County, Georgia 1830 Census Images Online

The Book of Detroiters (Wayne County, Michigan). A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Detroit, Michigan, by Albert Nelson Marquis 1908. 499 pages.

Hartford Area News (Hartford, Minnehaha County, South Dakota) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2006.


2007-12-13 :

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Lawmen and Outlaws of the Oklahoma and Indian Territory and the State of Oklahoma

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Name Index to the Book History of Arizona, Record Publishing Company, Phoenix, Az 1930

Friendship, Allegany County, New York 1855 New York State Census

1860 Slave Schedule Haywood County, North Carolina

Geyersville Press (Cloverdale, Sonoma County, California) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse 1969 and 1970 issues.

Passenger list of the Empress 1865 from England to New Zealand


2007-12-11 :

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Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters

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Lauderdale County, Alabama 1850 Census Surname Index

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Cemeteries

Harlan News-Advertiser (Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1969.

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

Bellevaux, Belgium Parish Registers : Baptisms 27/01/1669 - 01/10/1796; Marriages 11/02/1680 - 18/07/1796; Deaths 20/04/1680 - 15/09/1798. (In French.)


2007-12-10 :

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The Church Records Project of the USGenWeb Archives Project. This project and its all-volunteer staff are dedicated to free, online access to church records for the general public.

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Town of Richmond, Rhode Island Tax Book for 1872

Births/Deaths 1870 through 1889 Of people who's last residence was Miller County, Arkansas. Extracted from the Social Security Death Index.

1830 Census Index for Clark County, Ohio

Goffstown, New Hampshire, Town Records 1890-1900 (FREE Database Online - Footnote) : Annual Reports of the Selectmen and Treasurer of the Town of Goffstown.

Free Press (Buda, Hays County, Texas) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2005.

Index to the Book Maclean, The First 50 Years - 1862 to 1912 (NSW, Australia)


2007-12-08 :

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Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System : Search by Soldier. The CWSS database currently contains over 6 million soldier names from 44 states and territories.

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1859-1860 Quincy City, Adams County, Illinois Directory

Weld County, Colorado 1880 Census

Bradley County, Tennessee Chancery Court Case Files Index: 1880-1900

Hancock News (Hancock, Washington County, Maryland) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 2005.

Descendants of the HMAV Bounty Mutineers Who Moved from Pitcairn Island to Norfolk Island - 1856

IFHAA Members Surname Research Interests. Surnames being researched by members of the Internet Family History Association of Australia.


2007-12-06 :

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Virginia Historical Newspaper Index Search (1785 - 2000). Search from the following newspaper sources:
- The Fairfax Herald (1886-1973)
- The Fairfax News - Herndon Observer (1925-1943)
- The Alexandria Gazette (1785-1788), (July 25, 1854-December 31, 1855) and (May 3, 1860-December 31, 1862)
- The Arlington County Record (1932-1933)
- The Fairfax County Independent (1929-1932)
- The Fairfax City Times (1961-1968)
- The Fairfax News (1872-1875)
- The Local News (1861-1862)
- The Rambler, Washington Star (1912-1928)
- The Reston Times (1965-March 1970) and (2000)

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Free Inhabitants in Fredericksburg, in the County of Spotsylvania, State of Virginia, 1860

Anderson County, Kentucky Births 1852-1859

Rabun County, Georgia 1850 Census (us-census.org)

Greybull Standard (Greybull, Big Horn County, Wyoming) (Free Newspaper Online) : Search or browse issues back to 2006.

Muertes en Santiago de Cuba Julio 1898 - Mayo 1902. Deaths in Santiago de Cuba from July 1898 to May 1902 (in Spanish.)


2007-12-04 :

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Historic Congressional Cemetery in Washington D.C.. Search or browse obituaries, death notices, death certificates, interment lists, gravestone photos, family histories, and more.

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Alabama Land Patents Database: Lamar 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.

Murphy Township, Cherokee County, North Carolina 1860 Census

Marathon County, Wisconsin Pensioners on the Roll in 1883

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

New Zealanders who enlisted in the NZEF in London 1916 -1918. List from Archives New Zealand.


2007-12-02 :

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California Migrations. The purpose of these pages is to track those Family Members who made the trek to California.

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Steuben County, New York Census of Pensioners for Military Service in 1841

Herrick Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania : Misc. Records

Burleson County, Texas Cemeteries

Grant County Press (Petersburg, West Virginia) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1944.

Fitz-James, Oise Department, France Vital Records 1680 to 22 september 1800 (Year VIII)



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