Interment.net - Update (Jan 31, 2005)
 Interment.net published transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Saint James Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Stanstead County) - Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 511 records Greenwood Cemetery - (USA, California, El Dorado County) - Contributed by Candis Ward, 176 records Cedar Park Cemetery - (USA, Illinois, Cook County) - Contributed by Edward R Sandstrom III, 10 records Waring Family Cemetery - (USA, Maryland, Prince George County) - Contributed by Anne Braun, 6 records Smithville United Methodist Cemetery - (USA, Maryland, Calvert County) - Contributed by Anne Braun, 28 records Jacobsburg Cemetery - (USA, Ohio, Belmont County) - Contributed by Julie Miller, 39 records Ross Family Cemetery - (USA, Oklahoma, Mayes County) - Contributed by Jo Melton, 13 records Cole Family Cemetery - (USA, Oklahoma, Mayes County) - Contributed by Jo Melton, 15 records Bryan-Lindsey Family Cemetery - (USA, Oklahoma, Mayes County) - Contributed by Jo L. Melton, 38 records Old Church Cemetery - (USA, Virginia, King and Queen County) - Contributed by Jeannette Seitz, 225 records DeShazo Cemetery - (USA, Virginia, King George County) - Contributed by Anne Braun, 5 records Marshville Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Harrison County) - Contributed by Susan L Ritter, 35 records Ash Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Harrison County) - Contributed by Susan L Ritter, 8 records
Sumner County, Tennessee Genealogists Companion
Sumner County, Tennessee Genealogists Companion is a collection of various compiled transcribed documents acquired from micro-film and original records, including but not limited to: Bible, Cemetery, Census, Church, Community, Deed, Family Lineage & Photo's, Funeral Home, Marriage, Military, Obituary, Scholastic, Tax, Voter Lists and Records.
Library Dust
Michael McGrorty, the blogger behind "Library Dust" is creating a list of endangered libraries. So far, there are four library systems listed, and it's interesting to note that the reasons are all having to do with shortfall of available funds. In many cases, ballot initiatives to raise taxes for libraries are being voted down. For whatever the reasons, voters are not seeing public libraries as important enough to warrant higher taxes. Could it be that taxes are too high as it is? Could it be that people are finding the Internet as adequate for research? Could it be that people have less time to visit libraries? It's probably all of the above. I certainly don't want to see libraries turn to dust. But I think the old model of having local governments manage and fund libraries is coming to an end. Instead, I would like to see private organizations step up to create collections that they take an interest in. Historical societies already do this. How about helping our local churches do this too? How about helping local Chambers of Commerce create business libraries? I would like to see our lawmakers create legislation that removes whatever roadblocks that make it difficult for these organizatiosn to do so.
Using DNA to Identify Tsunami Victims
Sorenson Genomics issued a press release this morning announcing that it is helping the people of Thailand to identify their deceased. They create DNA profiles of the most badly decomposed bodies using tissue samples. Then, they create similar DNA profiles from living family members. By comparing similarities in the profiles, they can reasonably determine which body belongs to which family. You might know Sorenson Genomics through a couple of its subsidiary companies, Relative Genetics, which assists genealogists in validating family pedigrees, and GeneTree, which offers paternity testing. Apparently, the demand for accurate DNA analysis is reaching a new level of urgency after the Thai government instituted a death benefit of $1,000 for surviving family members of each victim. In order to claim the death benefit and to perform traditional Buddhist last rites for the victims, family members need to demonstrate a genetic relationship with the victim.
Hudson, New York 1912 Directory, including Claverack Village and Stottville
NARA Guidance on Managing Web Records
The National Archives and Records Administration released new guidelines on managing records on the Internet. The guidelines were intended for government agencies, but they might provide some tips for any website publisher in general. For example: 1.2 How can I maintain a trustworthy web site?
For web site records to have integrity and remain reliable, authentic, and useable for as long as they are needed, you must maintain the content, context, and sometimes structure of the site. A trustworthy web site includes not only the content pages but also information about the web site that relates to the context in which it was created and used. Specific contextual information varies depending upon the business, legal, and regulatory requirements of the business activity. Structural information on the organization of the web site supports its long-term integrity. Huh?? If you think this is for you, enjoy.
Hillsborough, New Hampshire Town Reports for 1900, 1903, 1905-7, 1911, 1913, 1915-18
 DistantCousin.com today published scanned images of Hillsborough, New Hampshire Town Reports for 1900, 1903, 1905-7, 1911, 1913, 1915-18. These reports contain key information for understanding the town's history as well as some information useful for performing genealogy research. DistantCousin.com is home to one of the largest free online archives of city directories and town reports in the world.
Salem County, New Jersey 1913 Farm Directory
DistantCousin.com today published scanned images of the Salem County, New Jersey 1913 Farm Directory, originally published by Wilmer Atkinson Company. 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.
GenWeekly - Update (Jan 27, 2005)
Library of Congress Seeks Public Comments on Orphaned Works
The Library of Congress today issued a public notice asking for comments regarding orphaned works. Orphaned works are considered to be those in which copyright protections theoretically remain in force, but in which the copyright holder cannot be contacted. The Copyright Office seeks to examine the issues raised by "orphan works," i.e., copyrighted works whose owners are difficult or even impossible to locate. Concerns have been raised that the uncertainty surrounding ownership of such works might needlessly discourage subsequent creators and users from incorporating such works in new creative efforts or making such works available to the public. This notice requests written comments from all interested parties. Specifically, the Office is seeking comments on whether there are compelling concerns raised by orphan works that merit a legislative, regulatory or other solution, and what type of solution could effectively address these concerns without conflicting with the legitimate interests of authors and right holders. Comments must be submitted in writing. You can e-mail your comments to: orphanworks@loc.gov. Comments must be received by March 25, 2005. Dick Eastman blogged about the issue of orphaned works earlier this month. There are several old works that could be of value to genealogists, but they cannot be republished because the copyright holder cannot be contacted. Moreover, republishing these works can generate taxable revenues for the government. Seems like this is a win-win situation waiting to happen.
Rootsweb Database Update January 26, 2005
 The following files were added this week:School Alumni Records- GEORGIA. Clarke County. Athens. University of Georgia, Class of 1914; 68 records; contributed by Meredith Clapper
- ILLINOIS. Rock Island County. Moline. Contributed by Linda P. Cohn
- Moline High School Graduates, 1876-1899; 378 records;
- Moline Public Schools Employees, 1898-1900; 154 records;
- Moline Public Schools, Roll of Honor Students 1898-1899; 353 records;
- Moline Public Schools, Superintendents (1878-1898) and Board Members (1899-1900); 13 records
Origins Network adds exclusive Irish/US passenger records at Irish Origins
Press Release: The Origins Network, specialists in British and Irish genealogy, are proud to announce the addition of key passenger lists from Irish ships bound for the United States, which are entirely exclusive to Irish Origins subscribers, available via The Origins Network. The Irish Passenger Lists of 1890, compiled directly from original lists held at The National Archives in London, contain over 45,000 names of individuals travelling from several Irish ports to the east coast of the USA and include a wealth of valuable information for the genealogist such as the ship's name, date of departure, passengers' ages, marital status and occupation. . Particularly valuable are frequent appearance of family groups emigrating to the USA. About The Origins Network The Origins Network (formerly Origins.net) was founded in 1997 and offers online access to some of the richest ancestral information available for genealogy research. Origins Network services include subscription access to exclusive English genealogy related collections on British Origins and to Irish genealogy related collections on Irish Origins, expert Scottish Old Parish records research on Scots origins, plus Free access to a state-of-the-art specialized search engine for genealogy, Origin Search. Primary genealogical data unique to The Origins Network includes marriage registers, wills, court and apprentice records, as well as downloadable online place related images such as original survey maps. Most of this information is not available anywhere else on the internet.
Hillsborough, New Hampshire Town Reports for 1900, 1903, 1905-7, 1911, 1913, 1915-18
DistantCousin.com today published scanned images of Hillsborough, New Hampshire Town Reports for 1900, 1903, 1905-7, 1911, 1913, 1915-18. These reports contain key information for understanding the town's history as well as some information useful for performing genealogy research. DistantCousin.com is home to one of the largest free online archives of city directories and town reports in the world.
Family Tree Connection - Update (Jan 24, 2005)
 Family Tree Connection has added and indexed the following genealogy databases to its website:
Second Reformed Church 1910 Pastor Installation - The Second Reformed Church of New Brunswick, N. J. Installation of Reverand John A. Ingham as Pastor by the Classis of New Brunswick. Wednesday, March 2, 1910, 7:30 p.m. Includes order of services and consistory of the church.
23rd Annual Pawtucket Police Assoc. Ball - 23rd Annual Concert and Ball, Pawtucket Police Association, Friday Evening, February 9, 1923, State Armory, Exchange Street. Concert from 8 to 9. Dancing 9:30 to 12. Includes listing of the association officers, the concert programme, and committee members.
Directory of the Musician's Protective Assoc. - Directory of the Musician's Protective Association, Local No. 411, A. F. of M., Bethlehem, Pa. Organized November 24, 1916. Includes listing of members, with their residence and instrumentation. This item is undated.
Interment.net - Update (Jan 24, 2005)
Interment.net published transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Garden of Memories - (USA, New Mexico, Dona Ana County) - Submitted by Charlotte Farr, 1,439 records Cory Cemetery - (USA, Colorado, Delta County) - Submitted by Susan L. Ritter, 521 records Hatley United Church Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Stanstead County) - Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 298 records Forks of Cheat Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Monongalia County) - Contributed by Sarah K Holt, 371 records Fletcher Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Monongalia County) - Contributed by Sarah K Holt, 390 records Eden Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Monongalia County) - Contributed by Sarah K Holt, 312 records Blaney Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Monongalia County) - Contributed by Sarah K Holt, 139 records Bayles Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Monongalia County) - Contributed by Sarah K Holt, 16 records Baker Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Monongalia County) - Contributed by Sarah K Holt, 75 records Wolfe Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Monongalia County) - Contributed by Sarah K. Holt, 14 records Stafford Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Monongalia County) - Contributed by Sarah K. Holt, 5 records Rubles Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Monongalia County) - Contributed by Sarah K. Holt, 5 records Pierpont Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Monongalia County) - Contributed by Sarah K. Holt, 226 records Hoard Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Monongalia County) - Contributed by Sarah K Holt, 28 records DeShazo Cemetery - (USA, Virginia, Stafford County) - Submitted by Anne Braun, 31 records
Wayne County, New York 1914 Farm Directory
DistantCousin.com today published scanned images of the Wayne County, New York 1914 Farm Directory, originally published by Orange Judd Company. 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.
Ontario County, New York 1914 Farm Directory
DistantCousin.com today published scanned images of the Ontario County, New York 1914 Farm Directory, originally published by Orange Judd Company. 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.
Ancestry.com Update (Jan 15, 2005)
 The following is a list of database updates Ancestry.com made to its website, during the period of January 9 to January 15, 2005: U.S. Records Collection - Obituary Collection - Updated (115,052 names added for a total of 5,925,266) - 1/15/2005
- Pittsfield and Vicinity, Massachusetts City Directories, 1896-1965 - Updated (705,604 names added for a total of 1,003,665) - 1/14/2005
- Melrose and Vicinity, Massachusetts City Directories, 1912 - Updated (11,721 names added for a total of 17,265) - 1/13/2005
- 1900 United States Federal Census - Updated (6,002,745 names added for a total of 65,012,531) 1/13/2005
- Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) - Updated (159,248 names added for a total of 4,890,893) 1/13/2005
- Revere and Vicinity, Massachusetts City Directories, 1916 (11,796 names added) - 1/12/2005
- Hanover and Vicinity, New Hampshire City Directories, 1916- Updated (5,614 names added for a total of 8,177) - 1/11/2005
- South Kingstown and Vicinity, Rhode Island City Directories, 1925-1930 - Updated (5,255 names added for a total of 17,067) 1/10/2005
U.S. Immigration Collection Family and Local Histories 
Using GOONS To Research
It has been quite a while since I last visited the web site of The Guild of One Name Studies (GOONS). The site typically offered very little and was almost exclusively a billboard providing information about how to contact its members so you could send them your information. According to several people who e-mailed me years ago, the members typically did not share information so the GOONS site was kind of a one-way, dead-end street. I just paid a visit to the site and was pleased to see that it has changed a bit and now offers some information via its online records section. Please don't misunderstand me, there really is very little here but none of it is findable via typical search engine queries because of the way the site is designed. My reason for mentioning GOONS is twofold. First of all, I know I often stop visiting certain web sites because they don't offer very much to me at a given point in time. It is a mistake to ignore an otherwise good site from that point on because many sites add information regularly or change their focus to provide more information. It pays to visit your old favorites and see if there is anything new there. Also, I often forget that information is not always reachable by the search engines. For example, much of the USGenWeb Archives is not indexed and therefore, reachable via the search engines. Another site I know is very large and continually adds information, very little of which is ever indexed by Google or others.  So don't do the lazy thing and limit yourself to the search engines. Do yourself a favor and pay GOONS and some of your old favorite sites a visit. You may just find something you're looking for!
Washoe County, Nevada 1936 Tax List
Oceana County History Needed for New Book
The Oceana County Historical and Genealogical Society is putting together Volume III of its History of Oceana County, Michigan, and will be published this year, in coordination with the county's 150th anniversary. The Society is seeking submissions for the book. Family, business, organization or church histories of up to 400 words, with one photo, will be accepted at no cost. Additional words are 15 cents and additional photos are $10. Advertising, memorial and tribute space may also be purchased. The deadline for submissions is March 31. Books may be ordered in advance at $55 per book, plus $10 shipping and handling, with expected delivery in November. After July 1, the price increases to $65. Complete information is available from the society at (231) 873-2600.
Libraries with WiFi Hot Spots
Wireless Librarian is the name of a website that provides a listing of libraries, public and private, that maintain their own wireless networks. A "wireless network" generally means free Internet access to those with laptops and handheld computers capable of accessing the Internet without the use of cables and plugs. If you bought a laptop computer in the last year or two, chances are your laptop is capable of connecting to a wireless network. Being able to connect to a wireless network means you can use the Internet on your own computer with no cables to trip over. Perhaps someday all libraries and archives will have free wireless Internet access. Then we can all bring our laptops and handheld computers and be able to access websites and online databases as we conduct our research. Imagine being able to go to a library, pull out a book of marriage records, and transcribe the records into your laptop, and upload the information to an Internet database?
Labrador and Newfoundland Archives Charges Entrance Fees
Paul Shelley, the Culture Minister for Labrador and Newfoundland announced last week that effective June 29, 2005, visitors to the Provincial Archives will have to pay a fee to enter it. The Archives was moved to a new cultural center known as, "The Rooms". The Rooms will house the Provincial Museum, the Archives, and the Art Gallery. Anyone wanting to enter The Rooms must pay an entrance fee. Previously, the Archives did not require an entrance fee. Mary Ellen Wright of the Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives is appalled at the notion that people now must pay a fee just to enter the Archives: "People have a right to look at their records. They have a right to have access to the things that pertain to them, to their history, to their culture, without having to pay money to do so." But Priscilla Renouf, who chairs the board that operates the $50-million complex, says a fee is necessary to cover operating and maintenance costs. The Rooms had been scheduled to open last year, but the government delayed the opening to save money.
Rochester, New York - Online Marriage Records
The City of Rochester, New York has put their marriage records online. You can visit their website and run a search by surname or year and view records of marriages that occurred between the years of 1876 to 1932. Over 170,000 records are available. By clicking on a resulting match, you can see information about the groom and bride, including information about their parents. There is no fee to use their website.
New Surname Law in France
Effective January 1, 2005, a new law took place in France that abolished the old requirement that babies take their father's surname. As of now, parents have a choice of giving their child the father's surname or the mother's maiden name. The change was brought about largely because so many children in France are now being born out of wedlock, as many as 45%, according to the article linked above. Hence, the old law seemed out of place with the times. On other hand, the change will also allow families protect the "family name". In aristocratic families that produced only female offspring, no longer will they have to worry about their name dying out, as mothers can now pass their surnames to their daughters.
Greene County History Books Getting Moldy
The Greene County Historical and Genealogical Society in Arkansas is meeting with the Greene County Quorum Court to discuss the fate of several county historical records. Volumes of the county's history is stored in the basement of the historic Greene County Courthouse, and are succumbing to mold due to humid air and lack of ventilation.
Rootsweb Database Update January 19, 2005
The following files were added this week:Death Records- NEW HAMPSHIRE. Grafton County. Haverhill. New Hampshire death records compiled from town reports, 1887-1901; 576 records; contributed by Connie Verratti
School Alumni Records- KENTUCKY. Barren County. Glasgow. Glasgow High School Class of 1928; 32 records; contributed by E. F. Kerley
- NORTH CAROLINA. Durham County. Durham. Watts School of Nursing, Graduates 1897-2004; 2,914 records; contributed by Gail Bullock for Watts School of Nursing
Family Tree Connection - Update (Jan 18, 2005)
Family Tree Connection has added and indexed the following genealogy databases to its website:
18th Annual Vermont Academy Commencement - Vermont Academy, Eighteenth Annual Commencement, Graduating Exercises, Class of Ninety-Four, Fuller Hall, Wednesday, June 20th, 1894, 9:30 A.M.
High Prairie School 1897-98 Souvenir - 1897-1989 Souvenir for High Prairie School, District No. 1, Polk Twp., Taylor Co., IA.
1918 Los Angeles Normal School Graduation - Los Angeles State Normal School Graduation Exercises, March 22, 1918, 10:40 o'clock, Normal School Assembly Hall. Includes program and list of graduates.
Interment.net - Update (Jan 17, 2005)
Interment.net published transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Fern Hill Cemetery - (USA, Washington, Grays Harbor County) - Contributed by Dorothy Hinkey, 6 records Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery - (USA, Illinois, DuPage County) - Contributed by Bonnie Dagen, 25 records Milby Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Compton County) - Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 119 records Saint John Cemetery - (USA, Maryland, Howard County) - Contributed by Barbara Rendina, 26 records Saint John Cemetery - (USA, Maryland, Prince George County) - Contributed by Barbara Rendina, 17 records Massawippi Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Stanstead County) - Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 482 records Boynton Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Stanstead County) - Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 93 records
Genealogy Events at the Indiana State Library
The Indiana State Library in Indianapolis has a couple genealogy-oriented events planned in the next week: Family History Orientation Tour - January 20 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. - Learn where different family history resources are located on the first and second floors of the Indiana State Library. This is a free orientation tour, geared toward genealogists.
Cemetery Research Workshop - January 22 at 10 a.m. - Betty Warren, Certified Genealogist, will give tips on how to plan a research trip to a cemetery and demonstrate how to do a "tombstone rubbing." Pre-registration is required for both events. Please call (317) 232-3732 or e-mail palwahaili@statelib.lib.in.us.
The Irish in America
With St. Patrick's Day coming up in a couple of months, the U.S. Census Bureau today released some statistics on Irish ancestry in America: - 34 million U.S. residents claim Irish ancestry. This number is almost nine times the population of Ireland itself (3.9 million). Irish is the nation's second most frequently reported ancestry, trailing only German.
- 24% of Massachusetts residents are of Irish ancestry, about double the national percentage.
- There are 3 states in which Irish is the leading ancestry group: Delaware, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Irish is among the top five ancestries in every state but two (Hawaii and New Mexico).
- There are 54 counties where Irish is the largest observed ancestry group. 44 of these counties are in the Northeast, with 14 in New York, 11 in Massachusetts and 5 in New Jersey.
- 348,978 residents of Middlesex County, MA are of Irish ancestry. Among the 54 counties where Irish is the largest observed ancestry group, Middlesex had the highest population of Irish-Americans, with Norfolk County, Mass., second, with 203,285.
- 31% of the population of Plymouth County, Mass., and Norfolk County, Mass., are of Irish ancestry. Among the 54 counties where Irish is the largest observed ancestry group, these two counties had the highest rate.
- There are 148,000 foreign-born U.S. residents born in Ireland.
- There are 4.8 million immigrants from Ireland admitted for lawful permanent residence since fiscal year 1820, the earliest year for which official immigration records exist. By fiscal year 1870, about half of these immigrants were admitted for lawful permanent residence. Only Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Mexico have had more immigrants admitted for permanent residence to the United States than Ireland.
- There are 1,010 immigrants from Ireland admitted for lawful permanent residence to the United States in the 2003 fiscal year.
- There were $23.0 billion worth of imports from the Republic of Ireland during a recent 10-month period (January-October 2004). Meanwhile, the United States exported $6.6 billion worth of goods to Ireland.
- There are 4 places in the United States named Shamrock, the floral emblem of Ireland. Mount Gay-Shamrock, W.Va., and Shamrock, Texas, were the most populous, with 2,623 and 1,828 residents, respectively. Shamrock Lakes, Ind., had 164 residents and Shamrock, Okla., 126. (Figure for Mount Gay-Shamrock is a Census 2000 count; the other figures in this paragraph are 2003 estimates.)
- There are 9 places in the United States that share the name of Ireland's capital, Dublin. Since Census 2000, Dublin, Calif., has surpassed Dublin, Ohio, as the most populous of these places (35,581 compared with 33,606 as of July 1, 2003).
- 22 gallons of beer is consumed per capita by Americans annually. On St. Patrick's Day, some drinking establishments offer green-dyed beer to their thirsty patrons.
- There were 376 breweries in 2002, down from 529 in 1997. These figures do not count microbreweries or brewpubs that serve customers on the premises. While California had the highest number of breweries (55), Colorado had the largest number of brewery employees, with more than 5,000.
Genealogy Suggest Interface
Micah Dubinko, a self-described "XML and Xforms Geek" is interested in working with someone who runs a genealogy website to experiment with creating a genealogy search word suggestion tool. If you've ever used Google's new " Search Suggest Tool", you'll know what Micah is talking about. As you enter a word to search for, Google displays a list of matching keywords, while you are typing, and lists out the number of times that keyword was searched. He's looking for genealogy sites that have their own on-site search engine. Contact him at his website.
Delicious Library - Home Based Lending Library
If you have accumulated a large number of genealogy and history books over the years, and now find that you don't refer back them as often as you used to, how would you like to join a network of home-based libraries willing to lend out books to researchers all over the country? Well, a software company based in Seattle, Washington is developing software that will set up a network of home-based libraries for the purpose of doing just that. The company is called Delicious Monster, and their software is called, "Delicious Library". Right now, Delicious Library works as a cataloguing tool for books, videos and music. However, the company is busy working on a new version of the software that will enable the creation of networked home-based lending libraries. Delicious Library is now a cataloging program, appealing to those with an obsessive, Nick Hornby-esque desire to catalog every song, book and movie on their living room shelves.
But from the start, the software was planned to be social, allowing friends, neighbors and colleagues to see what's in each others' media libraries, and turn collections into personal lending libraries.
Version two, due later this year, will allow users to browse each other's libraries. It will be location-aware, letting users know who has what in their neighborhood or city. This really could have great potential in the field of genealogy. You would be able to run a search for "anderson genealogy" and be able to find people across the country with matching books, microfilms, or CD-ROMs.
Family Tree Connection - Update (Jan 17, 2005)
Family Tree Connection has added and indexed the following genealogy databases to its website:
Second Congregational Church 1877 Catalogue of Members - Confession of Faith, Convenant, and Catalogue of Membership of the Second Congregational Church, Brookfield, Vermont. Includes listing of members that joined between 1848 and 1877. Centre Congregational Church 1836 Members List - Articles of Faith and Form of Covenant adopted by the Centre Congregational Church in Gilmanton, Together with a List of the Members. Published by order of the Church. Includes listing of members that joined between 1826 and 1836. 24th Annual St. Dominic's Academy Commencement - Twenty-Fourth Annual Commencement of St. Dominic's Academy at St. Boniface Hall, Jersey City, N. J., Thursday Evening, June the Nineteenth, Nineteen Hundred and Two, at Seven-Thirty. Includes program, names of orchestra members and name of their single graduate!
Burke's Peerage & Gentry Third Anniversary Special
To mark the third anniversary of Burke's Peerage & Gentry's online database, the annual subscription cost has been reduced from UK£64.95* to £49.95* during January and February. Since the data from Burke's Peerage & Baronetage was uploaded in 2002, the web site has been visited over 5 million times by users from around the world. A subscription to the database includes: - Burke’s Peerage & Baronetage 107th Edition -includes Scottish and Irish Chiefs and Scottish Feudal Barons - Burke’s Landed Gentry Scotland 19th Edition - Burke’s Landed Gentry Ireland 19th Edition - Burke’s Landed Gentry England & Wales 18th Edition - American families with British ancestry 19th Edition (gradually updated) - American Presidential Families - British Prime Ministers + ATAVUS - The exclusive e-magazine
http://www.burkes-peerage.net
Family Tree Connection - Update (Jan 16, 2005)
Family Tree Connection has added and indexed the following genealogy databases to its website:
Baccalaureate of Rhode Island College, 1803 - An Address Delivered to the Graduates of Rhode Island College, at the Public Commencement, September 7th, 1803. Includes a catalogue of the graduates and their home towns.
55th Annual Starling Medical College Commencement - 55th Annual Commencement of Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio at Great Southern Theater, Thursday Evening, 7:30, April 10th, 1902.
Second Presbyterian Church 1864 Catalogue - Manual and Catalogue of the Second Presbyterian Church in Cleveland, Ohio, From June, 1844, to April, 1864.
Ercildoun Boarding School 1859 Catalogue - Ercildoun Boarding School for Girls, Catalogue of the Pupils, with a Circular of the School. Chester County, Pa.
25th Orphan and Destitute Children Home Annual Report - Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Church Home for Orphan and Destitute Children, N Street, between Broadway and Fourth Street, South Boston. Read at the Annual Meeting, November 8th, 1882.
25th Wisconsin Historical Society Annual Report - State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Twenty-Fifth Annual Report. Submitted to the Annual Meeting, January 2, 1879.
Florence Crittenton Mission 23rd Annual Report - Twenty-third Annual Report of the Florence Crittenton Mission, 21 and 23 Bleeker Street, New York CIty, 1883 - 1906.
Interment.net - Update (Jan 16, 2005)
Interment.net published transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Wise McGehee Cemetery - (USA, Mississippi, Pearl River County) - Contributed by Jeff Grantham, 22 records Bohemian National Cemetery - (USA, Maryland, Baltimore City) - Submitted by Valerie Sayre, 2,306 records Johnville Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Compton County) - Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 393 records Gorman Cemetery - (USA, Missouri, Phelps County) - Contributed by Sharon Macormic, 82 records Shiloh Primitive Baptist Cemetery - (USA, Georgia, Bibb County) - Contributed by James W. Allen, 390 records
Pennsylvania State Archives Online Records
If you are tracing family history through Pennsylvania, take note that the Pennsylvania State Archives has some databases available for you to use online, for free: PA National Guard Veterans' Card File, 1867-1921Imaged database of 4" x 6" cards originally maintained by the Office of the Adjutant General, showing information about each veteran, including name, rank, age, physical description (height, complexion, hair and eye color), occupation and residence; the date and place of enlistment; the date and reason for discharge; and the unit (company and regiment) to which assigned. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866Imaged 3" x 5" cards initially prepared to serve as an index to Samuel Penniman Bates' "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865,". Mexican Border Campaign Veterans' Card FileImaged cards, bearing the title "Mexican Emergency, Call of President, June 18, 1916," containing information about veterans. World War I Service Medal Application CardsImaged cards originally submitted by veterans and their survivors who applied for service medals in accordance with the Act of April 21, 1937 P.L. 331, sections 1 and 2. Spanish American War Veterans' Card File of United States VolunteersImage cards of veterans who participated in the Spanish-American War created by the Office of the Adjutant General in 1941 from information taken from the official records of the United States War Department. Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card FileImaged cards containing transcriptions of data extracted from original records in the custody of the State Archives concerning Revolutionary War service in the Pennsylvania Militia, Pennsylvania Line, and the Navy. Militia Officers Index Cards, 1775-1800Imaged card file of the names of Pennsylvania militia officers who served during the American Revolution, in Indian campaigns in northwestern Pennsylvania, and in quelling the Whiskey Rebellion.
Family Tree Connection - Update (Jan 15, 2005)
Family Tree Connection has added and indexed the following genealogy databases to its website:
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Jubilee Souvenir - 1859 - 1909 Directory and Jubilee Souvenir of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Broadway and Emereld Street, Camden, N. J. Nov. 21-28, 1909.
71st Annual Report of Chester Co. Mutual Fire Ins. - Seventy-First Annual Report of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Chester County, Coatesville, Pa. For 1911.
Mozart Lodge, No. 436, F. & A. M. 1924 Members - By-Laws of Mozart Lodge, No. 436, F. & A. M. Held at Philadelphia, County of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania. Approved by the Grand Lodge, September 3, 1924.
Salem Female Academy 1894-95 Catalogue - Catalogue, Salem Female Academy, Salem, North Carolina, Ninety-third Annual Session. 1894-1895.
Framingham State Normal School 1890-91 Catalogue - State Normal School at Framingham, Mass. Catalogue and Circular for 1890-91. Established JUly, 1839.
Olive Tree Genealogy - Update (Jan 15, 2005)
 Olive Tree Genealogy announced today it has added new transcriptions to its website: - Baptisms for St. George's Church - Hempstead, Long Island, New York 1760-1763
- Miscellaneous Church Records from Jamaica, Flushing and Newtown New York:
- Finished New Amsterdam (New York City) New York Reformed Dutch Church Baptisms for the years 1696 to 1725. This adds to the existing online records from 1639 to 1695 and 1725 to 1760. The records start in 1639.
For an index of all free church records transcribed and published on Olive Tree Genealogy, go to: http://olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/
Chittenden County Vermont, including City of Burlington, 1902-3 Directory
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