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By an Act of Congress in 1907 and “In order to permanently to preserve the valuable but vanishing census records which still remain, relating to the first year of constitutional government, and in response to urgent requests from many patriotic Continue reading Examining U.S. Population Growth 1790–1900
The following teaser is from the October 16, 2011 edition of the Southeast Missourian. The John Guild Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution and the Cape Girardeau County Archives are teaming up to help preserve local history by digitizing old Continue reading Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Family Bible Digitizing Project
The following news release was received from GenesReunited staff on October 14, 2011: UK family history site Genes Reunited have added Parish records to their growing record collection. Today sees the launch of over 35 million baptism, marriage and burial Continue reading Parish Records Added at GenesReunited.co.uk
Here at the Genealogy Blog we do our best to keep you updated to changes and additions to collections on the major family history research websites. For example, we regularly post updates to the five major collection areas for U.S. Continue reading FamilySearch.org Primer: Browsing Collections
The title of this book pretty much says it all. 10,000 Vital Records includes 5,192 marriage and 4,920 death (for an actual total of 10,112) records pulled from newspaper columns published before 1835 in Eastern New York. Counties covered in Continue reading 10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York: 1777–1834
If you are lucky enough to be Irish, you are Lucky enough. Author David S. Ouimette uses this Irish proverb to portray the joy of finding your Irish ancestor. His book, Finding Your Irish Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide, was written Continue reading Will Your Lucky Irish Blood Help You Find Your Ancestors?
Perhaps one of the most overlooked or undervalued areas of American ancestral research are church records. While many genealogist are familiar with church records and have used them extensively, especially in European research, many overlook the value of these records Continue reading Researching American Religious Records
There have been a number of recent updates at FamilySearch in the past few weeks. Here is the break down of those updates: Civil War Records Texas, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 – 28 Sep 2011; 956,501 indexed Continue reading More Civil War and Other Great Records Added at FamilySearch
Abstracts of Obituaries in the Western Christian Advocate 1834–1850 and Lands of the German Empire and Before have nothing in common; except, each is pure in its own simplicity. Each book was compiled to fill a very specific research need. Continue reading Two Books Reviewed: Both Simple and Direct but Completely Different
Carol McGinnis, author of Virginia Genealogy Sources & Resources, states very clearly in her introduction: “this [book] is not a ‘how-to’ guide…this volume is not on the strategies of Virginia research…this book does not list every source in the state; Continue reading Genealogical Sources & Resources for the State of Virginia
If FamilySearch only provided images, without indexes, how would that affect your research? Every birth record, death certificate, tax list, or any other document would have to be hunted down, one by one, through millions of images. Forget finding a Continue reading Volunteers Make it Possible — You Can Too!
Some Early Scots in Maritime Canada, a two-volume set by Terrence M. Punch. Referring to the Maritime Provinces of Canada, specifically New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Price Edward Island, this book covers the immigration of Scottish settlers into this region. Continue reading Some Early Scots in the Maritime Provinces of Canada
The Mohawk Valley is a geographically isolated, at least by eighteenth and nineteenth century standards, section of central New York. So named after the Mohawk Indians, members of the Iroquois Confederacy, who inhabited the region. Early fur traders established the Continue reading A Compendium of Early Mohawk Valley Families
Across the country there are a number of well-known genealogical libraries. Each year, thousands of genealogists will travel to these libraries to spend a precious few days conducting research. Library visits are so popular genealogical societies and organizations will often Continue reading Allen County Public Library — A Genealogical Treasure
While most of the country took the day off, FamilySearch.org posted and/or updated four U.S. databases. The Labor Day additions include: Illinois State Census, 1865 — Name index and images of the Illinois state census taken on 3 July 1865. Continue reading FamilySearch.org has a Busy Labor Day