Category Archives: Online Databases

New at Footnote.com – Indian Census Rolls – City Directories – Civil War Widows’ Pensions – Arkansas Civil War Service Records

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Footnote.com sent out an update today stating the new records that can be found at their site. The following items are new or updated for January. I added a listing of cities for which Footnote earlier posted city directories. Indian Continue reading New at Footnote.com – Indian Census Rolls – City Directories – Civil War Widows’ Pensions – Arkansas Civil War Service Records→

More New Small Databases at Family Tree Connection

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Again, more new databases have recently been added to the many other “small databases” located at Family Tree Connection. As you folks know, I highly recommend the Family Tree Connection website, as it’s one of the few places where new Continue reading More New Small Databases at Family Tree Connection→

New Small Databases at Family Tree Connection

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The following new Databases have recently been added to the many other “small databases” located at Family Tree Connection. I highly recommend the Family Tree Connection website, as it’s one of the few places where new “small databases” are consistently Continue reading New Small Databases at Family Tree Connection→

A Review of the Declaration of Intention Database Now Online for Cook County, Illinois

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In September of 2008, The Circuit Court of Cook County announced that the Declarations of Intent (1906-1929) indexed database was going online. At that time there were approximately 140,000 records indexed and posted. I see that there are now about Continue reading A Review of the Declaration of Intention Database Now Online for Cook County, Illinois→

Chinese Seamen Arriving at Philadelphia, PA 1900-1923 – Now at Ancestry.com

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Continuing with my review of new Chinese arrival data found at Ancestry.com, this afternoon I spent some time checking out the “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chinese Arrivals, 1900-1923.” According to the website, the database contains descriptive lists of Chinese seamen arriving at Continue reading Chinese Seamen Arriving at Philadelphia, PA 1900-1923 – Now at Ancestry.com→

Digital Books From the L.O.C. for Genealogists at the Internet Archive

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An article titled Scanning Project Digitizes 25,000 US Library of Congress Books, by Art Chimes, caught my eye today. I’d previously read that Library of Congress volumes were being posted at www.archive.org, but had not spent any time checking it Continue reading Digital Books From the L.O.C. for Genealogists at the Internet Archive→

Ancestry’s Updated Chinese Exclusion Index Reviewed

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Promoted by Chris Lydiksen’s Ancestry.com “Chinese New Year Brings New Records” blog, I clicked over to Ancestry this afternoon to check out some of the new and updated Chinese-related databases at Ancestry.com. One of the databases is an updated index Continue reading Ancestry’s Updated Chinese Exclusion Index Reviewed→

LibraryThing’s Product to Be Exclusively Distributed to Libraries Worldwide by Bowker

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LibraryThing is a website that I love. If you have a personal library, as I have, then it can be a great tool. I’ve signed up for the service and plan to input my own library collection when I get Continue reading LibraryThing’s Product to Be Exclusively Distributed to Libraries Worldwide by Bowker→

Wiltshire Treasures & Wiltshire Wills – New English Websites

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The staff at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham, England have posted Wiltshire Treasures, a terrific new website which incorporates the catalogs from eight local museums as well as art and photographic collections owned by Wiltshire County Council. Continue reading Wiltshire Treasures & Wiltshire Wills – New English Websites→

Connecticut Nutmegger Going Online at the NEHGS Website

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The New England Historic Genealogical Society announced this week that they are now now posting a searchable database version of the Connecticut Nutmegger. This is a collaborative project with the Connecticut Society of Genealogists. According to the news item in Continue reading Connecticut Nutmegger Going Online at the NEHGS Website→

NEHGS Adds 5 Million New Searchable Names Online

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The following was written by NEHGS staff: Boston, MA – January 2009 – New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) announces the addition of 5 million names to its databases during 2008 to help its more than 23,000 members around the Continue reading NEHGS Adds 5 Million New Searchable Names Online→

GenealogyBank.com Adds 170 Historical Newspapers in January Release

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The following announcement was released today by GenealogyBank. It seems they have added another 170 newspapers to their collection, with the total number of records posted since 2006 now estimated to be about 93 million. GenealogyBank is one of my Continue reading GenealogyBank.com Adds 170 Historical Newspapers in January Release→

Digital “Papers of the War Department 1784-1800” Now Online

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A blog announcement posted by Dick Eastman brought to my attention the fact that a new website with 55,000 early War Department digital documents has now gone online. Early War Department papers as such have been hard to come by, Continue reading Digital “Papers of the War Department 1784-1800” Now Online→