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The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: 1600-1700

Filed in Barbados, Book Reviews, Caribbean, Immigration/Emigration, Jamaica, New England, Passenger Lists on Mar.04, 2013

In another of the fantastic books reprinted in 2012 by the New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS), the 1874 book The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: 1600-1700, by John Camden Hotten, provides individual names compiled from documents listing seventeenth-century English immigrants to New England, the Chesapeake, and the Caribbean. The current reprint comes [...]

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Tracing Your Caribbean Ancestors

Filed in Bahamas, Barbados, Book Reviews, British Records, Caribbean on Jan.05, 2013

The West Indies, or Caribbean Islands, were colonized primarily by the British, Dutch, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and African (comprised of people from many different countries and cultures as represented predominately by slaves). Other ethnic groups common to the area include Danish, American, German, Lebanese, Chinese and East Indian migrants. There are, of course, many indigenous [...]

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Get 50% off Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas for 1 Week Only

Filed in American History, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia, Book Reviews, Brazil, Canada, Caribbean, Chile, Church Records, Columbia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Genealogy Research, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, United States, Uraguay, Venezuela, Vital Records, Wills & Probates on Jan.30, 2012

Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas Is available from Family Roots Publishing for only $29.98, normally $59.95, but only until Monday, February 6. See a review below: Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas: A Complete Digest of the Records of All the Countries of the Western Hemisphere is the most comprehensive collection of information on [...]

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A Look at Some Central & South American Records at FamilySearch

Filed in Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, FamilySearch, Genealogy Research, Grenada, Guatemala, Hispanic, Honduras, Immigration/Emigration, Jamaica, Migration, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, State & Territorial Censuses, Uraguay, Venezuela, World Vital Records on Sep.19, 2011

In our discussions on research topics, we so often spend a great deal of time focusing on our ancestors who have come to the United States from the East or the West. But what about those who came from the South? Fortunately, FamilySearch has not forgotten about them. While availability of European and U.S. records [...]

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Over 300 Million New Names Added Online @ the New Beta.FamilySearch.org Site

Filed in Argentina, Arizona, Arkansas, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, British Columbia, British Records, Canada, Caribbean, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Delaware, Digital Documents Online, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, FamilySearch, Florida, France, Germany, Gibralter, Grenada, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, India, Internet Genealogical Research, Ireland, Isle of Man & Channel Islands, Italy, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Luxembourg, Maine, Maryland, Mexico, Montana, New Brunswick, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Online Databases, Online Searchable Indexes, Ontario, Oregon, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Quebec, Russia, Samoa, South Dakota, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tennessee, U.S. Census, Ukraine, United States, Uraguay, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Vital Records, Wales, West Virginia, Wyoming on May.03, 2010

The following information was received this morning from Paul Nauta with FamilySearch: There were over 150 new collections added or enhanced this week at FamilySearch.org. FamilySearch volunteers indexed over 120 million records — over 300 million new names — from original source documents to accomplish this great feat. The massive release was announced this past [...]

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