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Here are the most recent USA Census & Tax Records AND Canadian Vital Records related databases updated at Family Search.org. We have also updated the following records on this site: USA State, Territorial & School Censuses and Tax Records Continue reading Updates to USA Census & Tax Records AND Canadian Vital Records Databases at FamilySearch.org
Earlier this year I reviewed Mastering Online Genealogy, a new book by W. Daniel Quillen. This book was the first in what Quillen was planning on as his “Essentials of Genealogy” series of genealogical primers. Well, it is officially now Continue reading Mastering Immigration & Naturalization Records
Like the other county books in this series, Tracing Your Westmeath Ancestors, by Gretta Connell, describes the records available for County Westmeath. Descriptions include the location of these resources, how they can be accessed, and how they can be used in Continue reading Tracing Your Westmeath Ancestors
To those with Irish ancestry, there is another addition to the Tracing Your Ancestors series, that is Tracing Your Sligo Ancestors, by James G. Ryan. Sligo is a “maritime” county with the Atlantic to its west/northwest, and sits nestled between Continue reading Tracing Your Sligo Ancestors
Pennsylvania has as diverse a background as any state in the Union. Comprising some of earliest settled lands by European colonists, there are over 300 years of records and historical events of genealogical interest waiting to be found. Veteran genealogist Continue reading Genealogy at a Glance: Pennsylvania Genealogy Research
Here are recent USA marriage-record related databases updated at Family Search.org. We have also updated the following records on this site: United States Marriage Documents & Indexes Found at FamilySearch.org THE FOLLOWING MARRIAGE RECORD RELATED DATABASES WERE POSTED Continue reading FamilySearch.org USA Marriage Record Databases Update
Records Of Plymouth Colony: Births, Deaths, Burials, And Other Records, 1633-1689 is a reprint of what originally published as Volume Eight of Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England: Miscellaneous Records 1633-1689. This book contains three main Continue reading Records Of Plymouth Colony: Births, Deaths, Burials, And Other Records, 1633-1689
The post-Revolutionary period in Western Massachusetts found families and settlements in constant flux. People were moving westward into New York and northward into Vermont. The transient nature of the period presents certain difficulties for genealogical research. In an attempt to Continue reading Western Massachusetts Families in 1790
Newspapers are a remarkable genealogical resource. Even before societies developed a system of daily news, criers would walk the streets “announcing births, deaths, marriages and divorces.” (History of Newspapers by Mitchell Stephens) The first daily handwritten news sheets can be Continue reading Bring Your Ancestors to Life Using Newspapers
Since its first printing in 1934, Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1666, the book has proven to be one of the most important genealogical references for colonial Virginia. The book is effectively a directory of Continue reading Cavaliers and Pioneers: Virginia Genealgoy
“This webinar changed my whole perspective on German Genealogy”—viewer comment Web seminars, or “Webinars,” have quickly become one of the most popular ways for professionals and companies to share information with large groups of individuals from across the country, or Continue reading Researching Your: German Ancestors
Here are recent birth-record related databases updated at Family Search.org. We have also updated the following records on this site: United States Birth & Christening Records Found at FamilySearch.org THE FOLLOWING BIRTH RECORD RELATED DATABASES WERE POSTED OR Continue reading Birth Record Databases Updated at FamilySearch.org
Jennifer Holik, author of the Branching Out series of genealogy lesson manuals, has now produced Engaging the Next Generation: A Guide for Genealogy Societies and Libraries. In this new book Holik sets out to help societies, clubs, organizations, and libraries Continue reading Engaging the Next Generation
The Jacobite Heritage website defines a Jacobite in the following manner: “Jacobite was the name given to that party which, after the Revolution of 1688, continued to support the Stuart dynasty, as representing the principle of divine right. It was Continue reading The Jacobite Peerage
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