Interment.net - Update (Dec 31, 2004)
 Interment.net published transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Tricker Cemetery - (USA, Virginia, King George County) - Contributed by Anne Braun, 17 records Pindell Family Cemetery - (USA, Maryland, Anne Arundel County) - Contributed by Anne Braun, 5 records
Origins Network Releases New Databases
 The Origins Network issued a press release this morning about the addition of some new databases to their website: British Origins Image Gallery - Initial collections include Costumes in England, Coaching Days & Ways, Something for Everyone, The Universal Pocket Companion, England & Wales Gazetteer Maps and the Pictorial Description of Great Britain & Ireland. All include high quality images and illustrations from the 18th and 19th centuries. British Militia Records– Suffolk and Middlesex. Over 29,000 new Militia records covering Suffolk and Middlesex counties; available exclusively on British Origins Suffolk Regiment & Suffolk Royal Garrison Artillery- Index of attestations for 3,450 recruits to the Suffolk Regiment and 2,170 recruits to the Suffolk Royal Garrison Artillery, 1887 to 1908. 24% of militia also recruited from Cambridgeshire. Middlesex Regiment– Attestations Index for 11,500 recruits. Covers 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th Battalions of the Middlesex Regiment, for the period 1860 to 1901 1871 England & Wales Census– Surrey (ex Metro) records. Over 364,000 names from the 1871 Census records for Surrey.
Interment.net - Update (Dec 30, 2004)
Interment.net publishes transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Greater Christian Chapel Cemetery - (USA, North Carolina, Wake County) - Contributed by Shirley Olson, 204 records Mount Olivet Cemetery - (USA, Maryland, Calvert County) - Contributed by Anne Braun, 51 records Robinson Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Wayne County) - Contributed by Glenna Wilson, 61 records
Gem State Rural's 1918-19 Farm Directory of Owyhee County Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon
Broken Ankle Takes Down RootsWeb
If you have tried to set up a free website on Rootsweb, or apply for a new mailing list, you will have received the following e-mail from the person who handles all this stuff: Due to a broken ankle, I will be unable to create new web accounts, new mailing lists, change passwords, transfer accounts, etc. in a timely manner for the next six (6) weeks beginning 10 December 2004 as I'm unable to sit at my regular workstation. Following is text you need to know and follow to get solutions to immediate problems. First of all, I'm not complaining about a broken ankle. This person can only do what she can do, and I hope she gets better soon. I just find it odd that this mighty new frontier we call "The Internet" can be crippled by a broken ankle. Why isn't there a backup plan? I mean, the folks at Rootsweb did a pretty good job of designing a user-driven website, and did a pretty good job of securing it from hackers. But they forgot about the broken ankle. Is it just me, or does this sound too similar to "Achilles Heel" of Greek Mythology? Everything else on Rootsweb seems to be strong. But they left the ankle vulnerable.
Massachusetts Name Change Database
Just about every genealogist will find an ancestor that seemingly was planted on Earth by aliens. That is, there is just no documentation that accounts for that person's birth. But maybe the reason for this is because that ancestor had changed his or her name. The reasons why someone changes their name are many. Ancestry.com has had a little known database of court records focusing on name changes that took place in Massachusetts between the years of 1780 and 1892. This database called, " Massachusetts Name Changes, 1780-1892 " contains nearly 40,000 records, with each entry giving the original name, the date, and place of person's residence. Perhaps the biggest reason why a person's name changes is because of marriage. But perusing through this database, I found that many name changes in women are considerably different. For example, here is one of the records: Date of Decree.: Nov. 4,
Original Name.: Nellie Folger Prouty,*
Name Decreed.: Nellie Eudora Johnson,
Residence.: New Bedford. The reasons why a woman changes both her middle and last names, could be many. But, if you happen to be tracing an ancestor named Nellie Eudora Johnson, you might want to try searching for Nellie Folger Prouty instead. If you are having difficulty tracing an ancestor's origins in Massachusetts, you might try giving this database a search. Note: This database requires the purchase of a subscription to Ancestry's " U.S. Records Collection " at $29.95 per quarter.
Rootsweb Database Update December 29, 2004
The following files were added this week:
Cemetery Records
NORTH CAROLINA. Pitt County. Bethel. Bethel Cemetery; 1,709 records; contributed by Annette Roebuck Naturalization Records
IDAHO. Payette County. Declaration and Naturalizations, 1918-1929; 46 records; contributed by Patty Theurer for the Payette County Historical Society Newspaper Indexes
NEW YORK. Genesee County. Batavia. Daily News, 1928; 8,248 records; contributed by Leilani Spring, Volunteer of the Genesee County Historian's office
Clearfield, Pennsylvania 1928 City Directory
Interment.net - Update (Dec 28, 2004)
Interment.net published transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Pilarcitos Cemetery - (USA, California, San Mateo County) - Contributed by Dayna Chalif, 233 records Lowe Family Cemetery - (USA, Maryland, Baltimore County) - Contributed by Nancy Simmers, 38 records Centerary Methodist Cemetery - (USA, Maryland, Anne Arundel County) - Contributed by Anne Braun, 33 records
FamilyTrackers
FamilyTrackers automatically matches genealogists' searches with current and future publications, distant relatives, genealogy societies, professional genealogists, and discussion groups. The site specializes in accurate searches that produce a manageable number of hits. Societies and professionals can promote their services on the site, publish small lookups or large projects for distribution to a world-wide audience. Publishers continue to own copyrights to their published materials.
Interment.net - Update (Dec 27, 2004)
Interment.net published transcriptions for the following cemeteries: Sunshine Cemetery - (USA, Texas, Nueces County) - Contributed by Charlie Ward, 57 records Saint Paul Cemetery - (USA, Texas, Nueces County) - Contributed by Charlie Ward, 203 records
Behold - A New Concept For Genealogy
New family tree software is in the works that claims to focus on getting your data out, as opposed to getting it in. Entitled, " Behold", it appears to look much different than conventional family tree software according to the screenshots. The author of Behold, Louis Kessler, says the first beta release is scheduled for July of 2005, with the full release scheduled for December 2005. One of Kessler's primary impetus for creating Behold is to produce better reports. "Too often in genealogy programs, the reports are an afterthought, and only the "standard" ancestor, descendant, and family group reports are available", says Kessler on his website. "To print info on a whole family is often impossible". His software will feature an "Everything Report" which outputs everything in one report, including a Table of Contents, a table-structured family listing, complete details for a single person in a single place, and an integrated name index. Kessler is currently seeking beta testers. You can also follow the development of Behold through Kessler's weblog.
Hartford, Connecticut 1828, 1861-62, 1873-74, 1875 City Directories
Interment.net Now Available via RSS Newsfeed
Genealogists can now keep track of the latest cemetery transcriptions published on Interment.net through an RSS newsfeed. The website, which has published transcriptions of tombstones and sexton records from over 8,300 cemeteries around the world, has dropped its mailing list in favor of RSS news delivery. Details of its RSS newsfeed can be found here: http://www.interment.net/newsfeed.htmAccording to Interment.net, the mailing list has become too expensive and too unreliable, with about 50% of the e-mails being undeliverable due to tougher spam filters and bad e-mail addresses. Note this website also carries announcements of new transcriptions published on Interment.net.
Encyclopedia of Genealogy
One of newest genealogy websites worth visiting is Encyclopedia of Genealogy. This website contains a large list of words and phrases that you may see during the course of genealogical research, whether online, in books and magazines, and historical documents. Each entry has a definition. According to the website: The Encyclopedia of Genealogy serves as a compendium of genealogical tools and techniques. It provides reference information about everything in genealogy except people. Look to the Encyclopedia of Genealogy to provide explanations of how to look up your family tree, explanations of terms found in genealogy research, including obsolete medical and legal terms. It will describe locations where records may be found. It also will describe how to research Italian, German, Polish, French-Canadian, Jewish, Black, Indian and other ancestors. In short, the Encyclopedia of Genealogy will serve as your standard genealogy reference manual. The most interesting facet of Encyclopedia of Genealogy is that it is entirely user-created. It is based on the "wiki" architecture, which allow users to create and edit its content. If you're familiar with Wikipedia, then you're already familiar with Encyclopedia of Genealogy. The website is operated by Dick Eastman, the author of Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, one of the most widely read publication for genealogy news. At this moment, Eastman is asking for genealogists to visit the new Encyclopedia of Genealogy to add new genealogy terms and definitions.
New Hampshire Makes Birth Parent Search Easier
Effective January 1, 2005, adults born in New Hampshire, but adopted by another family, will be allowed to obtain their original birth certificates. A new law, Senate Bill 335, enacted last Summer, makes it easier for adoptees to learn the identity of their natural parents. New Hampshire becomes only the fifth state to allow adoptees full access to their birth records, joining Oregon, Alabama, Alaska and Kansas, according to Steve Varnum of the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire. Delaware and Tennessee also allow access, but with some restrictions. Visit " New Hampshire birth certificates" for information on how to obtain records. For information on birth parent searches visit, " New Hampshire Adoption Registry".
Internet Archive to Build Alternative to Google
The Internet Archive announced earlier this month of its plans to build a new online archive called, " Open-Access Text Archives". This new feature seeks to image and digitize books from several libraries, and make them searchable and readable online. Interestingly, this announcement came just one day after Google announced its intention to create a similar online digital book archive. If you're not familiar with Internet Archive, it is one of the largest online archives of digitized materials, ranging from books, photographs, films, and other documents of historical value. Internet Archive says it already has committed to have over one million books in the Text Archive. Currently over twenty-seven thousand are available right now, and an additional fifty thousand are expected in the first quarter of 2005. Access will be free to everyone. Among the libraries they are now working with: - Carnegie Mellon University and the Million Book Project, USA
- University of Toronto, Canada
- Library of Congress American Memory Project
- McMaster University, Canada
- University of Ottawa, Canada
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
- Indian Institute of Science, India
- International Institute of Information Technology, India
- Zhejiang University, China
- European Archive, Netherlands
- Internet Archive, San Francisco USA
The Internet Archive welcomes other libraries and archives to join, by contacting them at: info@archive.org.
Google Groups Adds New Functionality
 If you're not familiar with "Google Groups" don't feel lost, most folks haven't discovered it either. Earlier this month, Google relaunched it's Groups feature to include new functionality, mainly the ability to create your own groups. Click here to visit the Beta version of the newly redesigned Google Groups. Think of Google Groups as similar to Yahoo Groups. But, it's actually significantly different, although, you may not know it. This is because Google has a done great job of making the "Usenet" look look something similar to Yahoo Groups. The Usenet is actually the oldest form of the Internet still in existence. Born in 1979, it was initially conceived as a network of computers that allow people to post messages and exchange ideas. But since then, it has expanded globally and is now used by millions of people, though not necessarily through Google. Google doesn't own the Usenet, it just gives you an easy way to access it, and browse its archives of messages. When Google originally launched "Google Groups" in 2001, it provided basic access to search the Usenet messages, read the messages, and post new messages. But you could not create groups of your own, at least not through Google. Now, Google has added the ability to create your own "Google Group", however, any you group you create is not technically a "Usenet Group". That is, any groups created through Google do not actually become Usenet groups, they are instead groups located solely on Google's servers. But the beauty of being able to create your own groups, is that you can devote a group solely to a specific surname study. Or, you can create a group just to discuss history and genealogy in a specific county or state.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All!
Don't Park Granny on the Sofa
This little research piece comes courtesy of Friends Reunited, the owner of GenesConnected.co.uk, a genealogy website, revealing that people know very little about their grandparents: An appeal not to park elderly relatives alone on the sofa this Christmas has gone out from Friends Reunited. Families are being urged to positively encourage grandparents to reminisce about the "good old days" after the turkey and mince pies!
The appeal follows new research for the website's family history service Genes Reunited that reveals only 1% of people in Britain can name all eight of their great grandparents. More than a third can"t name any of them.
Even more (60.1%) have no idea what any of them did for a living. And a third (33.1%) don't know where any of them lived.
Yet 96 per cent of the people surveyed say that knowing their family tree is "important" to them.
Steve Pankhurst, founder of Genes Reunited, said: "Please don't park your granny in a corner with a glass of sherry this Christmas. Ask her to help fill in your family tree instead.
"Many of us reach for the TV volume control when our grandparents start to reminisce about the good old days. But given time, I promise, you'll wish you'd paid more attention.
"Sorry to be depressing, but some half a million British people over 65 will not be around this time next year. And if they don't pass on the most basic facts about their parents and grandparents, it will put years on other families" efforts to trace their histories."
Genes Reunited has become the biggest family history site in the UK. It links different families" histories together in the same way as Friends Reunited connects old school friends.
Anthony Adolph, an expert genealogist who has studied family ancestry for over fifteen years, explained: "Tracing family history is usually a laborious and frustrating process. But if enough people enter what information they know about their families into internet sites, before long all our connections will join up.
"It"ll be genealogy's version of turning on the Christmas tree lights."
Last year, thanks to family gatherings, Christmas Day and Boxing Day proved the most popular days of the year for additions to family trees on the Genes Reunited website.
Christmas research
More than 1,800 UK adults between 18 and 66-plus were surveyed in the first week of December to find out how much people know about their eight great grandparents.
The research revealed that:
- 36.8% can't name any
- 53.9% can only name one
- 1.5% can name all eight
- 60.1% don't know what any of them did for a living
- 76.2% only know what one of them did for a living
- 33.1% don't know where any of the four sets lived
- 54% only know where one of the four sets lived
Adolph commented: "The responses are remarkably consistent throughout the age ranges. People over 65, who you'd think would be more knowledgeable, don't appear to know significantly more than 18 year olds about their respective great grandparents.
"Mind you, there's a case for saying that 18 year olds should know more as their great grandparents would have been around more recently."To help families start their family trees Genes Reunited has created a printable tree specifically for use over Christmas. It's even more fun than Monopoly and can be downloaded at www.genesreunited.co.uk
Interment.net - Update (Dec 23, 2004)
Interment.net published transcriptions for the following cemeteries: Brush Creek Cemetery - (USA, Missouri, Bollinger County) - Contributed by Barbara Henderson, 13 records Boggess Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Kanawha County) - Contributed by Crystal Clark, 105 records Sheldon Village Cemetery - (USA, Vermont, Franklin County) - Contributed by L DeForge, 152 records Tayman Cemetery - (USA, Maryland, Prince George County) - Contributed by Anne Braun, 16 records
New Haven, Connecticut 1894 City Directory
 DistantCousin.com today published scanned images of a city residential and business directory for New Haven, Connecticut, dated 1894, originally published by the Price and Lee CO. The images are accompanied by a surname index. There are more than 44,000 heads of household listed in the publication as well as over 50 pages of business listings. The reverse block directory is also included although this is not indexed. DistantCousin.com is home to one of the largest free online archives of city directories in the world, combining both scanned images of directory pages with surname indexes.
Huntington, West Virginia 1895-6 City Directory
DistantCousin.com today published scanned images of a city residential and business directory for Huntington, West Virginia for 1895-6, originally published by the W. H. Armitage. The images are accompanied by a surname index. There are more than 3,000 heads of household listed in the publication as well as about 15 pages of business listings. DistantCousin.com is home to one of the largest free online archives of city directories in the world, combining both scanned images of directory pages with surname indexes.
Rootsweb Update December 22, 2004
The following files were added this week: Book Indexes - CALIFORNIA. Sacramento County. History of Sacramento County, California — County School district clerks and lodge officers; 96 records; contributed by Lori Wicks
Census Indexes - CALIFORNIA. Monterey County. 1910 Census, Enumeration District 16; 2,384 records; contributed by M. Hellam
Naturalization Records - SOUTH DAKOTA. South Dakota and Dakota Territory federal naturalization records; 2,195 records; contributed by Mary Burtzloff for National Archives Staff
Obituaries - CALIFORNIA. Riverside County. Hemet. Hemet News; selected obituaries published December 2004; 131 records; contributed by Lucinda Helmes
West Indies Records - WEST INDIES. Dutch Reformed Church Baptisms, 1709-1713, Saint Eustatius; 55 records; contributed by Heather Nielsen
Family Tree Connection - Update (Dec 22, 2004)
 Family Tree Connection has added and indexed the following genealogy databases to its website:
Mansfield High School 1924 Senior-Alumni Banquet - Twelth Annual Senior-Alumni Banquet M.R. H. S., Saturday Evening, June Twenty-first, Nineteen hundred and twenty-four.
Earlham College Biblical Dept. 1892 Commencement - Commencment of Biblical Department, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, 2 O'clock P. M., Monday, June 20, 1892.
Mount Carmel High School 1922 Graduation - Graduation Exercises. Class of Nineteen Twenty-two, Mount Carmel High School. Friday evening, June 2, at 8:15, High School Auditorium.
Cedar Creek Public School 1907 Souvenir - Souvenir for Cedar Creek Public School, District No. 18, Cedar Twp., Chase Co., Kansas.
Caldwell Public School 1907 Souvenir - Souvenir for Caldwell Public School, District No. 7, Washington Twp., Linn Co., Iowa.
College Corner School 1897-1898 Souvenir - Souvenir for College Corner School, District No. 5., Harrison Township, Delaware County, Indiana. 1897-1898.
Washington R. A. Chapter, No. 2. Members - By-Laws of Washington R. A. Chapter, No. 2. of the District of Columbia.
Mt. Moriah R. A. Chapter No. 6 Members 1921 - Officers and Members of Mount Moriah R. A. Chapter No. 6, Bangor, Maine, 1921.
The 26th Annual Reunion Conn. Masons - Twenty-Sixth Annual Reunion of the Masonic Vertans of Connecticut, Held at the Masonic Home, Wallingford, Conn., Thursday, June 25th, 1896, Under the Auspices of Compass Lodge, No. 9, F. and A. M.
2nd Excelsior Normal School Reunion - Second Annual Reunion of the Excelsior Normal School, Wednesday, August 2nd, 1916, Mahaffey, Pa.
The Virginians 1925 Members - The Virginias, Constitution, By-Laws and List of Officers and Members. May 1, 1925. The society was organized many years ago as the "Old Dominion Society".
Washington Royal Arch Chapter 1860 Members - By-Laws of Washington Royal Arch Chapter, Salem, Mass. Instituted, A. D. 1811. Revised and Approved, Anno Depositionis, 2867, A. D. 1860.
Golden Rule Lodge, No. 77, F. and A. M. - Golden Rule Lodge, No. 77, F. and A. M., Hinsdale, N. H. Chartered June, A. D. 1866.
Hanover Lodge, No. 318, K. of P. - By-Laws of Hanover Lodge, No. 318, K. of P. Instituted Sept. 20, 1871. Knights of Pythias
Vermont School of Agriculture 1917-18 Catalogue - The Vermont State School of Agriculture, Seventh Annual Catalogue, Randolph Center, Vermont, 1917-1918.
County Maps Online
A new website called " My County Maps" allows you to view county maps for the States of Georgia, South Carolina, and Mississippi, and soon Tennessee. The maps are displayed as Portable Document Files (PDF) and can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat. When you zoom in on a map, you can see the names and locations of cemeteries, churches, and community names. Some of the maps provide geographical coordinates such as latitude and longitude, and township and range outlines. The maps were developed by state departments of transportation, and are current maps, not historical. Genealogists can access these maps free of charge through this website.
Dayton, Ohio History Books Online
A new website called, " Dayton History Books Online" provides old, out-of-copyright books pertaining to Dayton, Ohio's early history. The text each book is fully transcribed and can be read online, or searched by keyword. Genealogists and historians will find a long list of valuable historical reference books such as, "Pioneer Life in Dayton and Vicinity: 1796-1840" by John F. Edgar (1896), and "The Old Red Brick Schoolhouse", by Charlotte Reeve Conover. The website is the project of a local Dayton author, Curt Dalton, who saw a need for such information to be available to children and the general public in a format that can easily be read and searched. The website was launched on October 24, 2004. Most of the books on the site are out of copyright and in the public domain, while others are books that Curt himself has written. This site is free and the books can be printed out as a whole or in pages as needed by the reader. At this time, however, only the text of the books are available, no images.
Reno, Washoe County, Carson City, Nevada 1920-21 City Directory
DistantCousin.com today published scanned images of the Reno, Washoe County, Carson City, Nevada 1920-21 City Directory, originally published by R. L. Polk & Co. The publication includes residential and business listings as well as rural route directories. Also included is much interesting information about Washoe County. The images are accompanied by a surname index. DistantCousin.com is home to one of the largest free online archives of city directories in the world, combining both scanned images of directory pages with surname indexes.
USA Geography Game
American genealogists need to know the geographic locations of all 50 states, because American history is filled with migration and western expansion. Over the decades, expanses of territories have been divied up into smaller states, requiring genealogists to memorize when and where state boundaries were defined. Think you're up for a challenge? Then try this online geography game called, " Place the States". You are given a randomly chosen state, and you must drag and drop it onto an outline of the United States. Your score depends on how precise you are able to place the state in the correct location. On my first try, I scored 96%, with an Average Error of 5 miles, and a time of 357 seconds. Think you can do better?
Interment.net - Update (Dec 20, 2004)
Interment.net published transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Grace Evangelical Cemetery - (USA, Pennsylvania, Union County) - Contributed by Daniel L Loss, 88 records Rogers Cemetery - (USA, Maryland, Anne Arundel County) - Contributed by Anne Braun, 22 records
NARA to Host Seminar on Finding Immigrant Ancestors
On Wednesday, December 22, 2004, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) will be hosting a workshop entitled, "Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors" at its branch location in Pittsfield, Massachusets. The workshop, which begins at 5:00 pm, is free and is approximately one hour in length. Call (413) 236-3600 to register and for more details. The Pittsfield branch is located at: 10 Conte Drive Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201-8230 For more information visit the Pittsfield, MA Branch Office website.
Univ. of Nevada, Sigma Nu Fraternity, New Members 1914-1917
GenealogyFinds.com published a transcription of new members of the Sigma Nu Fraternity, at the University of Nevada Reno, for the years of 1914 through 1917. You can browse this new resource here: http://genealogyfinds.com/sigmanu/sigmanu83.htmIn this transcription you will find the names of 50 persons who attended the University during those years, along with additional information such as club affiliations, and in some cases their original place of residence. This information was transcribed from "General Catalogue of the Sigma Nu Fraternity, 1918", compiled by W. J. Maxwell for the Sigma Nu Fraternity Under the Direction of the High Council.
Obituary, Newspaper and SSDI Update
Ancestry.com has updated its databases to include: Chicago Daily News 1879, (6 images, 732 names) Northwest Journal (Chicago) 1969, 1971, 1972 (2,945 images, 359,290 names) The Daily Herald Arlington Heights 1977 (189 images, 23,058 names) Cook County Herald , 1904-1910, 1921, 1934-1946, 1949, 1952-1954, 1959-1961,1965-1966 (6,234 images, 760,548 names) and added to the Obituaries Collection, adding 102,662 names. To search the collection for free, please see this site: Obituary Search - A Guide to Finding Obituary Records and Databases on the InternetAlso updated is the Social Security Death Index which can be searched from here: Social Security Death Index
New Jersey State Archives Update
Newsflash from NJ state archives: "We have recently posted a large number of finding aids to the State Archives' website. In addition to guides linked from our catalog pages (see below), we have also posted our guide "Using the Records of the East and West Jersey Proprietors." The direct link to this pdf is: http://www.njarchives.org/links/pdf/proprietors.pdfSelected collection guides are now available online for seven catalog query pages listed below. Finding aids range from simple box or reels lists to detailed guides containing content notes, institutional histories and item-level inventories. Direct links to several guides of particular genealogical value (i.e., containing name lists and/or item-level descriptions) are included at the end. Special thanks to Veronica Calder and Lois Bredlow of the State Archives staff for their continued work on html mark-up. With best wishes for a joyous holiday season, Joseph R. Klett Chief of Archives Non-Governmental Records - Railroad Company Records: http://www.njarchives.org/links/webcat/queries/prailroa.htmlDepartment of Agriculture and related agencies: http://www.njarchives.org/links/webcat/queries/seagricu.htmlDepartment of Defense - Adjutant General's Office and related agencies: http://www.njarchives.org/links/webcat/queries/sedefen1.htmlDepartment of Defense - Colonial Wars and Revolutionary War: http://www.njarchives.org/links/webcat/queries/sedefen2.htmlDepartment of Defense - Twentieth-Century Conflicts: http://www.njarchives.org/links/webcat/queries/sedefen6.htmlDepartment of Defense - New Jersey Militia and New Jersey Rifle Corps: http://www.njarchives.org/links/webcat/queries/sedefen7.htmlDepartment of Defense - New Jersey National Guard: http://www.njarchives.org/links/webcat/queries/sedefen8.htmlGuides containing name lists and/or item-level descriptions include: Manuscripts and Correspondence Relating to Colonial Wars, 1639-1903: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdea0001.htmlCommission and Appointment Certificates, 1745-1901: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdea0002.htmlNew Jersey Home for Disabled Soldiers / Case Files [Incomplete], ca. 1866-1920s: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sinsh001.htmlRevolutionary War / Records of Commissioners of Forfeited Estates, 1777-1795: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdea1006.htmlRevolutionary War / Loyalist Manuscripts, 1776-1783: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdea1009.htmlRevolutionary War / Loyalist Muster Rolls, ca. 1777-1783: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdea1011.htmlSpanish-American War / Pension Claim Files, 1916-1930: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdea5010.htmlWorld War I / Information Cards and Photographs of New Jersey Men Who Died in Service, 1917-1918: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdea7002.htmlSoldiers' Bonus Correspondence [incomplete], ca. 1921-1938: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdea7003.htmlNew Jersey National Guard / Officers' Descriptive Cards, 1909-1917: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdeng006.htmlNew Jersey National Guard / Records Relating to Distinguished Service Medal and Medal of Honor Recipients, 1925-1939: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdeng015.html"
Wisconsin Historical Society Puts Documents Online
If you are tracing ancestry through Wisconsin, you may be interested in browsing a new feature from the Wisconsin Historical Society entitled, "Turning Points" at: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/Turning Points was announced on November 29, 2004, as an online archive of imaged documents pertinent to Wisconsin history, including original letters, photographs, rare books, diaries, newspaper articles, museum artifacts, and maps relating to 50 pivotal historical events. Having visited the website, I found lots of valuable genealogical materials, such as journals, diaries, and biographies. Each week it seems the Society is posting new stuff. There is a search engine so that you can find items by name or keyword. For those of you with strong ties to Wisconsin, you'll probably want to bookmark this website and review the newest postings each week.
Family Tree Connection - Update (Dec 19, 2004)
Family Tree Connection has added and indexed the following genealogy databases to its website:
Orion Public School 1907 Souvenir - Souvenir for the Orion Public School, Pine Twp., Columbia Co., Penna. 1907.
Pine Run School 1894-95 Reward of Merit - Reward of Merit to Mr. Jno Welch, Pine Run School, Woodward Twp., Lyc Co., Pa., Sessions of 1894-95.
Tancred Commandery, No. 25 Membership List - Tancred Commandery,. No. 25, Knights Templar, Stationed at Moberly, Mo., 1907 A. O. 789.
Culver Military Academy 1917 Graduation - Programme, Closing Exercises, Culver Military Academy, Culver, Indiana, June 2nd to 7th, 1917.
Oak Creek Public School 1914 Souvenir - Souvenir of the Oak Creek Public School, District No. 14, Sherman Twp., Ellsworth Co., Kans.
Greencastle High School 1927 Commencement - Class of '27 Commencement Exercises Greencastle High School on Thursday evening, June the ninth at eight o'clock, Gem Theatre.
Greencastle High School 1922 Commencement - Greencastle High School Annual Commencement, Thursday evening, June the eighth, Nineteen Hundred Twenty-two, eight o'clock at the Gem Theatre.
Moorefield High School 1926 Commencement - Moorefield High School Commencement Exercises, on Friday, May twenty-eigth, Nineteen hundred and twenty-six at eight o'clock, Inskeep Hall, Moorefield, West Virginia.
School District Number Seven 1906 Souvenir - Souvenir for School District Number Seven, Kensico, New York, June 15, 1906.
Petroleum High School 1914 Commencement - Petroleum High School Commencement Exercises, Thursday evening, April thirtieth, Nineteen hundred and fourteen at eight o'clock at the High School Auditorium.
33rd Fostoria High School Commencment - The Thirty-third Commencment of the Fostoria High School, Thursday evening, June sixth, Methodist Church, Eight o'clock.
1889 Ellington Academy Annual Commencement - Ellington Academy, Ellington, N. Y., Annual Commencement, Thursday eve. June 20, 1889, Congregational Church at 8 O'clock.
17th Elmore High School Commencement - Seventeenth Annual Commencement Exercises of the Elmore High School, at the Opera House, Wednesday Evening, June Second, Eighteent Hundred and Ninety-Seven.
D. R. Cameron School 1910 Commencement - Commencement Exercises of the D. R. Cameron School, Friday Evening, June the 24th, 1910 at 8 o'clock. Monticello and Potomac Aves., Chicago, Ill.
67th Norwalk High School Commencement - The Sixty-Seventh Annual Commencementof the Norwalk High School, Norwalk, Ohio. 1927.
Interment.net - Update (Dec 19, 2004)
Interment.net published transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Mount Joy Baptist Cemetery - (USA, Alabama, Cullman County) - Contributed by Etheleen Stricklin, 376 records Marbury Baptist Cemetery - (USA, Alabama, Autauga County) - Contributed by Angela Golden, 350 records Wadsworth Baptist Cemetery - (USA, Alabama, Autauga County) - Contributed by Angela Golden, 132 records Liberty Baptist Cemetery - (USA, Alabama, Autauga County) - Contributed by Angela Golden, 375 records Boone Chapel Cemetery - (USA, Alabama, Autauga County) - Contributed by Angela Golden, 111 records Ridge Cemetery - (USA, Michigan, Gladwin County) - Contributed by Victoria Warren, 1,398 records
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Interment.net - Update (Dec 17, 2004)
Interment.net published transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Curtis United Methodist Cemetery - (USA, Maryland, Worcester County) - Contributed by Joshua Jenkins, 284 records Locust Grove Cemetery - (USA, Kentucky, Jessamine County) - Contributed by Nancy Perry, 104 records Mount Zion Baptist Cemetery - (USA, North Carolina, Wake County) - Contributed by Shirley Olson, 335 records Sacred Heart Cemetery - (USA, New Jersey, Middlesex County) - Contributed by Leon Jablonski, 7 records
Family Tree Connection - Update (Dec 17, 2004)
Family Tree Connection has added and indexed the following genealogy databases to its website:
Eggemoggin Lodge, No. 128, F. and A. M. 1892 Members - History of Eggemoggin Lodge, No. 128, Free and Accepted Masons, at Sedgwick, Maine, COmprising the period between the Years 1872 and 1892. Published by vote of the Lodge.
State Normal School 1895 Catalogue and Circular - Catalogue and Circular of the State Normal School at Castine, Maine. For the Year Enging June 6, 1895.
Catalogue of Proctor Academy for 1889-90 - Eighth Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Proctor Academy, Andover, N. H., for the Academic Year Ending June 7, 1889. With Announcements for 1889-90.
Punchard Free School 1856-1895 Catalogue - Catalogue of the Punchard Free School, Andover, Mass. 1856 to 1895.
Jayne's 1870 Index Register to Advertisements - Jayne's Index Register to Advertisements for Persons in America, Claiming Property in England and Abroad, Either as Next-of-Kin, Heirs-at-Law, Legatees or Otherwise. From 1760 to 1870. This is a list of American and British subjects who have died intestate in India, Australia, New Zealand and the Cape of Good Hope.
Interment.net - Update (Dec 16, 2004)
Interment.net published transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Masters Cemetery - (USA, Texas, Limestone County) - Contributed by Bruce Jordan, 17 records Providence Methodist Cemetery - (USA, Maryland, Harford County) - Submitted by Diana Knight, 130 records Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Megantic County) - Contributed by Joan Cruickshank, 71 records
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