Illinois adoptees born before January 1, 1946 may now get copies of their original unaltered birth certificates. Those born after that date must wait until November 15, 2011. The following excerpts are from an interesting article about the first person to get access - just a couple days ago. The article, at the Examiner website, [...]
The Vital Records found at the Family Search beta website continues to grow. Millions of birth, marriage, and death records — both indexes and digitized documents can be found at the site. As of August 8, 2010, I count 64,735,265 records for United States vital records, covering 33 states and the District of [...]
The following small databases have been added at Family Tree Connection:
CONNECTICUT
Montville First Congregational Church 1875 Manual - Manual of the First Congregational Church, Montville, Conn, 1875.
Connecticut College for Women 1929-1930 Catalogue - Sixteenth Annual Catalogue of Connecticut College. Announcements for 1930-1931. Published at New London, Connecticut, March 30, 1928. Fifteenth Series, Third Number.
Connecticut [...]
The following small databases have been posted at Family Tree Connection in the last several weeks.
CONNECTICUT
Connecticut College for Women 1926-1927 Catalogue - Thirteenth Annual Catalogue of Connecticut College. Announcements for 1927-1928. Published at New London, Connecticut, March 30, 1927. Twelfth Series, Third Number.
Connecticut College for Women 1924-1925 Catalogue - Eleventh Annual Catalogue of [...]
DANVILLE [Illinois] – Some local historical organizations will join forces so people can expand their personal libraries or perhaps find a good holiday gift for someone else.
The Vermilion County Museum Society, Illiana Genealogical Historical Society and the C & EI Railroad Historical Society are hosting a holiday historical book sale from 10 a.m. [...]
The following small Illinois and Indiana databases have recently been added at Family Tree Connection:
ILLINOIS
Hahnemann Medical College 1911 Commencement - 51st Annual Commencement of the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Chicago, Thursday afternoon, May twenty-fifth, at two thirty o’clock, Abraham Lincoln Center, Cor. Oakwood Boulevard and Langley Avenue, Chicago.
Moline Woman’s Club 1929-1930 [...]
The following excerpt is from an excellent article by Adriana Colindres published in the October 3, 2009 edition of the Galesburg.com. The article is about what became known as the Cherry Mine disaster, in which about 259 men and boys were killed.
On Nov. 13, 1909, a torch ignited a load of hay 300 feet below [...]
28 September 2009: Volunteers with Rhode Island roots will be excited about the new indexing projects this week. The Rhode Island 1905 and 1935 State Censuses were added. New international projects for Argentina, Germany, Philippines, Spain, and the U.K. were also added.
Note: the links within the charts won’t work as they are just images [...]
Over several days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many new newspapers from a eighteen states. The majority of the papers posted the last few days are dated in the 1930s. Again, those interested in the early years of the depression in these areas will enjoy this data.
I am pleased to again announce that the folks at NewspaperARCHIVE.com [...]
Over several days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many new newspapers from 19 states. The majority of the papers posted the last few days are dated toward the end of the 1920s and Early 1932. Those interested in the stock market crash and the early years of the depression in these areas will enjoy this data.
I am [...]
The following items were added to the Family Tree Connection database this last week:
ILLINOIS
Chicago Registered Voters, October, 1934, Ward 40, Precinct 48 - Registered Voters, October, 1934, Ward 40, Precinct 48, Issued by Board of Election Commissioners, Edmund K. Jarecki, County Judge, John S. Rusch, Chief Clerk. Printed in Chicago. [Based on 1930 [...]
Over several days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many new newspapers from 20 states. The majority of the papers posted the last few days are dated between 1915 and 1925. I note that some South Carolina papers were included this week. This is good stuff…
I am pleased to again announce that the folks at NewspaperARCHIVE.com appreciate what [...]
The following new small databases were added at Family Tree Connection this last week.
ILLINOIS
Chicago Registered Voters, October, 1932, Ward 40, Precinct 48 - Registered Voters, October, 1932, Ward 40, Precinct 48, Issued by Board of Election Commissioners, Edmund K. Jarecki, County Judge, John S. Rusch, Chief Clerk. Printed in Chicago. [Based on 1930 [...]
Over the last four days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many new newspapers from 16 states. The majority of the papers posted the last few days are dated between 1900 and 1915. I find the Alaska newspapers to be fascinating. What a wealth of information!
I am pleased to again announce that the folks at NewspaperARCHIVE.com appreciate what [...]
There had always been rumors about an old pioneer cemetery atop a tiny hill on Walnut Street in Joliet, where the remains of Civil War veterans and some of the city’s earliest settlers were thought to have been buried beneath almost two centuries of dirt.
But since no records were known to exist, and the grassy [...]
