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2008-04-29 :

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Obituaries 101. Links to recent newspaper obituaries broken out by state.

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Index to Life & Times from the Clay County Courier Newspaper 1893-1925 (Arkansas)

Roster of Company M and B, Fifty-First Iowa Vol. Infantry - Spanish American War 1898-1899. Mainly Montgomery County.

Sauk County, Wisconsin 1860 Census (partial)

Burnet Bulletin (Burnet County, Texas) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1983.

La FayetteGenWeb : A database of French soldiers who fought in the U.S. Revolutionary War. Web site in French.


2008-04-28 :

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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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Loris Scene (Loris, Horry County, South Carolina) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1998.

Solano County, California Biographies

University of Queensland Honour Rolls (Australia)

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

Bradley County, Tennessee Obituaries


2008-04-27 :

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New York City Death Index 1891-1948 : 1891 to 1894 Manhattan only, 1895 to 1897 Manhattan and Brooklyn only, 1898 to 1948 all boroughs.

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Long Valley Advocate (Cascade, Valley County, Idaho) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 2006.

Saint Clair County, Alabama 1860 Census

Boone County, Kentucky African American Marriages 1866-1909

Spring Valley Cemetery, Shannon, Carroll County, Illinois

Barrio Florencio, Fajardo, Puerto Rico 1910 Census


2008-04-25 :

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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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Lone Tree Reporter (Lone Tree, Iowa) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1924.

Berks County Genealogical Society Surname Index (Pennsylvania). This is a searchable data base of surnames being researched by members of the Berks County Genealogical Society.

Misc. Belmont County, Ohio Obituaries

Michigan Biographies, 1924. Including members of Congress, elective state officers, justices of the Supreme court, members of the Michigan Legislature, Board of regents of the University of Michigan, State board of agriculture and State board of education.

Hawke's Bay, New Zealand Persons Qualified as Jurors 1860-61


2008-04-22 :

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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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Long Island, New York Fire Companies Foremen in 1895

Goochland County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List 1782-1809

Williamson County, Texas 1860 Census Images Online

Meriwether Vindicator (Greenville, Meriwether County, Georgia) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 2001.


2008-04-21 :

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Names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued by the secretary of the province of New York, previous to 1784

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Banishment Act of the State of Massachusetts Passed September, 1778. An Act to prevent the return to this state of certain persons therein named and others who have left this state or either of the United States, and joined the enemies thereof.

White County, Arkansas Vital Records, Information, and Related Items

1860 Slave Schedule Jackson County, North Carolina

Haxtun Herald (Haxtun, Phillips County, Colorado) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues from 1975 to 1995.

Yass Cemeteries, NSW, Australia


2008-04-20 :

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Kansas Pioneers List. A compilation of settlers sent directly from networkers doing genealogical and historical research.

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Lincoln and Washington Townships, Dallas County, Iowa 1879 Biographical Directory

Dale County, Alabama 1870 Census - partial (US Census Project)

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

St. Croix County, Wisconsin Cemeteries

Tennessee CRHA Roster (Index) (Free Database Online - World Vital Records) : This record collection includes a list of confederates veterans compiled by the Confederate Relief and Historical Association of Memphis (CRHA) from 1865-1923.


2008-04-18 :

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Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates. Search birth certificates from 1855 to 1932 and death certificates from 1844 to 1957.

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1844 Directory, Providence, Rhode Island

California Lynchings 1875-1947

Bath County News-Outlook (Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2002.

St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, Roselle, DuPage County, Illinois Marriage Index 1855-1900

Mariners Index : Port of Hobart, Tasmania Departures, 1826


2008-04-17 :

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1882 Creek (Muskogee) Nation Census

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Lincoln County Pioneer (Hendricks, Minnesota) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues for the years 1992 to 1994.

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania 1840 Census Head of Households

Ashland County, Ohio Veterans : Revolutionary War to WWII

Pleine Selve, Aisne (02), France Marriages 1803-1912 (pdf document, in French)

Van Zandt County, Texas 1850 Census Images Online


2008-04-15 :

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U.S. Surname Distribution. Enter a surname (last name) into the form and you'll get a map of the United States showing the distribution of people with this surname within the United States in 1850, 1880, 1920 or 1990.

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1859 Binghamton Directory, Broome County, New York

1860 Grayson County, Virginia Agriculture Census

Co E 63rd Regiment Georgia Vol Infantry CSA : Marion & other Counties.

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

List of Carnamah, Western Australia Residents. Ref.: Undertakers Certificate of Burial Book Sep 1933-Apr 1947; Charges Book for Carnamah Police Station covers the period of 24 Sep 1953 to 4 Dec 1963; Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829-1888.

Archives départementales d’Eure-et-Loir (France) : Registres paroissiaux et d'état civil. Browse parish and civil registers of births, marriages and deaths (to 1882), and the decennial tables of births, marriages, and deaths (1802-1902) held by the Departmental Archives of Eure-et-Loir, France. Web site in French.


2008-04-13 :

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Southern District Court of New York Naturalization Project. This database contains the naturalization records that were issued between 1907 and 1959 by the Southern District Court, which includes Manhattan and the Bronx. It contains 709,215 records.

New Links :

Lewis County Journal (Canton, Missouri) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues from October 1968 to October 1969.

Extracts from the Nelson Evening Mail 1866-1869 (New Zealand)

North Carolina Family Group Sheets

Arapahoe County, Colorado Voter Registrations 1893-1905

Bakers Chapel United Methodist, Benton County, Tennessee : Members up to September 3, 1915


2008-04-11 :

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1870 Colorado Census Index

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2001 Obituaries Indexed from the St. Charles Journal, St. Charles County, Missouri

Busau Church Records, Busau, Crimea 1884-1941 (Mennonites, Ukraine)

1810 Census for Adair County, Kentucky

Rural Home Cemetery, Big Bend, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Bulverde Standard (Canyon Lake, Comal County, Texas) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1985.


2008-04-10 :

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Index to Oklahoma Territorial Records : 1890 Oklahoma Territorial Census and Smith's First Directory of Oklahoma Territory (1890)

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North Dakota Biography Index. Searching NDBI will enable you to quickly determine which publication to consult for biographical information. The total number of biographical sketches indexed by NDBI is now over 219,000 found in some 762 publications.

Lincoln County, Idaho Carey Act Land Transfers 1909-1911 and 1916-1917. Including now Gooding and Jerome Counties.

Monroe Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania : Misc. Records

Julian News (Julian, San Diego County, California) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse issues back to 2003.

Index to Orphan School records, New South Wales, Australia 1817-33 : State Records is indexing a number of series of records relating to the Orphan Schools which were run by the colonial government of New South Wales. This is an ongoing volunteer project.


2008-04-08 :

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Index to the Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory (Dawes). Applications were submitted between 1898 and 1914 for enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes.

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Iron County, Utah 1870 Census

Students who attended Greenfield Academy, Fairfield County, Ohio 1835-1846

Misc. Virginia Obituaries, 1790-1940

Ancestral Automobile Licenses in Puerto Rico

Jones County News (Gray, Georgia) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1973.


2008-04-07 :

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Mississippi Civilian Draft Registration in 1917-1918

New Links :

Deed Book A through G, Saline County, Arkansas

Town of Machias, Cattaraugus County, New York Biographies

Lamar Democrat and Sulligent News (Vernon, Lamar County, Alabama) (Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) : Search or browse selected issues back to 1994.

Dibean Michigan Marriage Collection : Presque Isle County

Victoria, Australia : Index to VPRS 907 Examination Papers, Board of Teachers. This database gives access to examination reports on the basis of teachers’ names and school(s) where they worked. Search this database to identify records of teachers examined by the Board of Teachers prior to initial appointment and for promotion to a higher classification between 1863 and 1872.


2008-04-06 :

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1895 Kansas State Census : An ongoing transcription project. Several counties are available in an online index.

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Marble, Cherokee County, North Carolina 1920 Census

Panola County, Texas 1850 Census Images Online

Franklin County, Maine Enlistees, World War II

Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications (Index) (Free Database Online - World Vital Records) : Includes soldiers & widows. Confederate veterans applied to the pension board of the state in which they resided at the time of application, even if this was not the state from which they served.

List of French Plantation owners in Cuba in 1843


2008-04-04 :

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Index of Claims of the New York Soldiers of the War of 1812

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Misc. Yavapai County, Arizona Marriages : Brides - Grooms

Boyle County, Kentucky Biographies

Elbert County, Colorado 8th Grade Promotions, 1918-1930 (Free Database Online - World Vital Records)

New Zealand River Drownings 1840-1881


2008-04-03 :

Featured Database :

The Farber Gravestone Collection. The Farber Gravestone Collection is an unusual resource containing over 13,500 images documenting the sculpture on more than 9,000 gravestones, most of which were made prior to 1800, in the Northeastern part of the United States. The late Daniel Farber of Worcester, Massachusetts, and his wife, Jessie Lie Farber, were responsible for the largest portion of the collection. This online version is sponsored by the American Antiquarian Society.

New Links :

Orleans Parish, Louisiana City Directories 1805-1971

Register of the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of Iowa. Free online edition of this book published in 1897.

Ancestry Search - Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts. More than 50,000 Jewish names online for genealogy searches or visitation information.

St. Edward and Isadore Church Cemetery, Suamico, Brown County, Wisconsin

County of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Emigrants 1874-1924


2008-04-01 :

Featured Database :

Lutheran Roots Genealogy Exchange. Use the "Lutheran Roots" Family Registry to research family names. Scan current names listed to see if you can offer information to another genealogy buff, or list your family name to see if someone can help you.

New Links :

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

Obituary Search for the Fredericksburg, Stafford, Spotsylvania, and Westmoreland Area in Virginia

Randolph County, Alabama Marriages 1900-1905 : Grooms - Brides

Glynn County, Georgia 1870 Census Images Online

Christ Church Cathedral Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW, Australia



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