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Database: California Voter Registers, 1866–1898 Records: 3,682,335 Last Update: 21 July 2011 Know as the Great Registers, an 1866 law required all counties in California to create a list of names by district of eligible voters. At that time, eligible Continue reading Ancestry Adds the California Voter Registers Database
The following news release was received from Ancestry.com. This is a good deal. If you’re looking for your ancestor’s immigration and naturalization records, this is a great time to search the millions of immigration-related records found at Ancestry.com, whether you’re Continue reading Ancestry.com Offers FREE Access to Immigration & Naturalization Records
As I commented several days ago, I’ve been a long-time subscriber to Footnote.com and have just renewed my subscription for another year, renewing this time to fold3.com. A year’s full-access subscription is only $59.95, and worth every nickel… If you’re Continue reading Free Databases Found at fold3.com
There’s nothing like an old annual to bring back memories. I just spent a few minutes browsing the 1964 Orting, Washington high school yearbook. And the memories came flooding back. Although I didn’t attend school there, many of the Orting Continue reading Ancestry.com Expands U.S. School Yearbook Collection to Include Over 150M Records
The following news release was written by Ancestry.com staff. Free through 2013 sounds really good. And the news release gives one the impression that indexes may be available at Ancestry.com “when this important collection commences streaming onto the website in Continue reading The 1940 Census to Be Free on Ancestry.com Through 2013
The following teaser is from an excellent article published in the August 14, 2011 edition of the Mail Tribune. Medford, Oregon: Thousands of volunteers across the country and perhaps around the world are helping preserve Jackson County’s historic documents. After Continue reading FamilySearch Digitizes Jackson County, Oregon Marriage Records 1855-1950
Prompted by an article posted in the July 28, 2011 edition of kval.com, I am posting links to 30 digitized historic Oregon newspaper titles, as well as links to other Oregon Newspaper resources. The University of Oregon has posted 180,000 Continue reading Oregon Historic Newspapers
The following News Release was written by USGS staff: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Historical Quadrangle Scanning Project (HQSP) is in the process of releasing all editions and all scales of more than 200,000 historic topographic maps of the United Continue reading USGS Announces Initial Availability of 200,000 Historic Topographic Quadrangle Maps of the USA – 1884-2006
The following news release is from : We’re excited to announce that today there are 17 million new U.S. vital and military records available on Archives.com! The addition of these records will help family historians trace more ancestors through than Continue reading Archives.com Adds 17M New USA Vital and Military Records
The following news release was received from Amy Sell and was written by FindMyPast.co.uk staff. Findmypast.co.uk discovers ‘real-life’ wizard in the 1911 census John Watkins Holden – conjuror of the 19th and 20th centuries On the day of the world Continue reading Real-Life Harry Potter Found in the Census
The following USA and Canadian vital records databases have been added at FamilySearch since I last blogged about the FamilySearch vital records six weeks ago or so. Note that most of the databases posted are digital images with waymarks to Continue reading New & Updated USA and Canadian Vital Records Databases at FamilySearch.org
I took a few minutes today to look up the Veteran’s Administration Pension Payment Cards for my great-grandmother, Abigail Titus Canfield Hinchey Goff, found at FamilySearch.org. Abigail was awarded a pension twice, once when my great-grandfather, Henry Canfield, died in Continue reading Using the US Veteran’s Administration Pension Payment Cards 1907-1933 Found at FamilySearch.org
AncestralScotland, the Scottish Government and ScotlandsPeople, Scotland’s official online source of genealogical information, are offering 30 FREE search credits at ScotlandsPeople, worth approximately £7GBP (over $11), to folks who sign up for the Ancestral Scotland Newsletter. It’s a tourism promotion, Continue reading 30 Free Search Credits Available for ScotlandsPeaple Available with Free Newsletter Signup
On June 29, Ancestry.com posted the Sons of the American Revolution membership applications running from 1889 to 1970. These applications are of great value to genealogists, as they include actual linages starting with the applicant, and running all the way Continue reading Using the Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications Now Posted at Ancestry.com
The following news release was written by FindMyPast staff: Over half a million records covering 100 years of the militia – the forerunner of The British Territorial Army – published online Records provide unique descriptions of what your ancestors actually Continue reading 100 Years of British Militia Records Now Posted Online