Gathering of Dutch Cousins
The Gathering of Dutch Cousins will be at Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Kentucky, Sept 23 to 25. This is for people who descend from Dutch families who travelled from NJ to Conewago, PA to Mercer Co., Henry Co., and Shelvy Co., KY with the Low Dutch group in the last part of the 18th century. Send an email to Buffalo234@aol.com for more information and for an attachment with all of the reunion info in it.
Interment.net - Update (May 31, 2005)
Interment.net - Update (May 30, 2005)
 Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Assumption Cemetery - (USA, Minnesota, Marshall County) - 450 records Saint Edward Cemetery - (USA, Minnesota, Marshall County) - 64 records
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Interment.net - Update (May 29, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Dils Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Wood County) - 118 records
Butler County, Missouri, Funeral Home Records
Fitch-Hillis Funeral Home, located in Popular Bluff, Missouri (Butler County) has published a name index of funerals on its website, ranging from the period of 1906 to 1937. If you had an ancestor that died during this period in Butler County, you might want to check this online resource. If you find your ancestor listed there, you can contact Fitch-Hillis Funeral Home, and they will provide you with what information they have. Visit Fitch-Hillis' genealogy page at: http://www.fitchhillisfuneralhome.com/GenealogySection.html
Interment.net - Update (May 27, 2005)
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ARCHIVES MAY BE HISTORY
Archivists are trying to keep a line item in President Bush's proposed 2006 budget from making fewer historical records available to you in the future. According to a National Archives and Records Administration press release, "the President's budget also recommends an end to all grant funding and staff support for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)." NHPRC, an arm of NARA that makes grants for preserving and publishing historical records, has awarded $153 million to 4,000 state and local government archives, colleges and universities, and individuals over the past 40 years. The money has supported projects to publish papers of notables such as John Adams, George Washington and Eleanor Roosevelt;improve your access to collections such as the Nevada Women's Archives (http://www.library.unr.edu/specoll/womarchp.html) and help states preserve their electronic records. See a list of NHPRC-funded project at http://www.archives.gov/grants/funded_endorsed_projects/funded_endorsed_projects.html Even if the proposed budget passes unchanged, NHPRC will continue to fund multiple-year grants until the awarded funding has been used. Efforts are underway to persuade Congress to restore NHPRC funding. A joint task force of the Society of American Archivists, Council of State Historical Records Coordinators and National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators is urging researchers to fax letters to Congressional representatives. See http://www.archivists.org/news/nhprc-FY2006.asp for more information. You also can sign an online petition at http://www.savearchives.og. *** Reprinted with permission from Family Tree Magazine Email Update, copyright 2005 F+W Publications Inc. To subscribe to this free weekly e-mail newsletter, go to http://www.familytreemagazine.com/newsletter.asp. For a free sample copy of the print Family Tree Magazine, America's #1 family history magazine, go to http://www.familytreemagazine.com/specialoffers.asp?FAMfreeissue ***
Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania
 DistantCousin.com announced that it has scanned the entire copy of an old historical reference book entitled, "Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania", and placed the images on its website here: http://distantcousin.com/other/nepabio/This book was originally published in 1900 by J.H. Beers & Co., of Chicago. It contains biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settled families in northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna and Wayne. The book consists of more than two thousand pages of local history and family history for many individuals. Additionally the work includes numerous portraits of some of the persons who were prominent citizens of the area. In addition to publishing these images online, DistantCousin.com has created a surname index to every person profiled in this book. As always, you can access this for free.
Interment.net - Update (May 25, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Bill Huss Chapel Cemetery - (USA, Illinois, Champaign County) - 63 records Breffa Cemetery - (Ireland, County Clare) - 82 records
Rootsweb Plus - A New Search Tool from Steve Morse
If any of you have done extensive lookups in the social security death index (SSDI), you'll know that there are several SSDI websites and each one has a different set of limitations. Several years ago Steve Morse made it easy for us by developing a single search form that could search any SSDI site that you specify. That way you could go back and forth between the different sites without having to reenter you data on a new form. Steve has now come up with a single search method that combines all the desirable features of the various sites. He did so by using the rootsweb site as his starting point and then wrote code to get rid of the following limitations in rootsweb ~ Rootsweb requires at least three characters for partial names ~ Rootsweb does not allow you to search on a range of years ~ Rootsweb does not allow you to search on age ~ Rootsweb does not allow you to search on a foreign last residence ~ Rootsweb does not allow you to specify day of month for death Steve calls his search method "RootsWeb Plus" and it is now the default choice on his SSDI search form. If you'd like to try it, go to Steve's site at http://www.stevemorse.org and select "Social Security Death Records" in his "Births and Deaths" section.
Interment.net - Update (May 24, 2005)
Military Ancestors & Naturalization Records
© Lorine McGinnis Schulze http://olivetreegenealogy.com/An 1862 law allowed honorably discharged Army veterans of any war to petition for naturalization, without having filed a declaration of intent, after only 1 year of residence in the United States. Variations of this special treatment continued throughout the years. The wording of the 1862 Act stated that any alien, age 21 or up "...who has enlisted, or may enlist in the armies of the United States...." It was designed to encourage enlistment during the Civil War. Aliens serving in the US military did not gain citizenship through service alone. The naturalization of soldiers was performed under certain provisions of nationality law facilitating thenaturalization of members of the US armed forces. These provisions waived the Declaration of Intention requirement and waived or reduced the residency requirement. Many soldiers filed petitions and were naturalized the same day. See SPECIAL CASES: Military at http://naturalizationrecords.com/usa/ for more details Instead of naturalization "first papers", some courts filed military discharges. Sometimes you will have to consult separate military indexes but you should start looking in the usual places first. Military naturalizations were included in the WPA Project indexes. You can read about the WPA Project and naturalization indexes, and view an online one for all of Arkansas for 1809-1906, at Arkansas Naturalization Indexes If the naturalization took place in a Federal court, naturalization indexes, declarations of intent, and petitions will usually be in the NARA regional facility serving the State in which the Federal court is located. Some of these indexes and records have been microfilmed. Naturalization records from county courts may be at the county court, in a county or State archives, or at aregional archives serving several counties within a State. Some county court naturalization records have been donated to the National Archives and are available as National Archives microfilm publications. These are listed under the state in which they occurred, at http://naturalizationrecords.com/usa/ Scroll down to the state list at the bottom of the page.
Interment.net - Update (May 23, 2005)
Interment.net - Update (May 20, 2005)
Battle Over Pioneer Cemetery in Southern Ontario
The City of Hamilton has declared the recently discovered Cooley Pioneer cemetery to be an "Unapproved Cemetery." The land owners want to relocate this cemetery for the purpose of development. Many of those buried are most likely Loyalists who settled in this part of Upper Canada (present day Ontario) after 1783. An archeology firm hired by the developers believes the cemetery might contain as many as 102 bodies, and dates from the late 1700s. Please see notice below: Re: Burial Site located at the Proposed Lime Kiln Road Subdivision, Part of Lots 48 & 49, Concession 2 and the Wildwood Estates 5 (Block 3, 62M-898), Part of Lot 48, Concession 2 (Formerly within the Township of Ancaster), City of Hamilton. (Physically located in a field off Rousseaux St. between Greenravine Dr. and Lime Kiln Rd.) Take notice that on November 30, 2004 a burial site at the above location was reported to the Registrar of the Cemeteris Act (Revised). An investigation conducted under the provisions of the Cemeteries Act (Revised) indicates the discovery of 99 distinct grave shafts. This early pioneer cemetery circa 1786-1824, now archaeologically known as the Cooley Cemetery, is likely the original cemetery for the Ancaster community. Members of the Cooley and Hatt families are known to be buried here. The Registrar hereby gives notice of the intention to declare the site to be an "Unapproved Cemetery," and invites representatives of persons whose remains are still interred to contact the Registrar in writing within two weeks after May 13, 2005. Dated at Toronto this 6th day of May 2005. Michael D'Mello Registrar, Cemeteries Act (Revised) Cemeteries Regulation Unit Ministry of Consumer and Business Services 250 Yonge Street, 32nd Floor Toronto, Ontario M5B 2N5 Telephone: 416-326-8393, Fax: 416-326-8406 Contact Michael D'Mello before May 27, 2005 if you object to this cemetery being declared an unapproved cemetery, and wish the graves to remain undisturbed Further Reading: HERITAGE CEMETERY HOLDS 100 BODIES Author: Daniel Nolan Source: Hamilton Spectator, The (ON); 27/11/2004 Descendants Face off with Developer By Daniel Nolan in The Hamilton Spectator
New Canadian Immigration Records Online
Olive Tree Genealogy has the start of a free new database online. It is a Return of Emigrants Landed at the Port of Kingston Ontario, Canada 1861-1882 The information found for each individual is Date of Landing Name of Emigrant or Head of Family From what Country Via what Seaport Town Destination Condition,general appearnace, health No. of male adults No. of Female adults No. under 6 years No. over 6 years and under 12 in what Township Employed as Servants In what Township settled, or bought land Amount of passage tickets issued Amount of provisions Amount of Medical aid amount of Capital brought by them General Remarks The ledger pages these names were taken from consists of two pages facing each other containing information provided for each individual recorded. I have only extracted partial information from the left side of the facing ledger pages. There is still much detail on each individual to be found on the facing (right) side pages and in comments inserted on both sides. These details are available from microfilm, and details on how to order the film is given online You can browse the records at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/kingston1861oct-1862may.shtml
Interment.net - Update (May 17, 2005)
Interment.net - Update (May 16, 2005)
Interment.net - Update (May 14, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Derver Graveyard - (Ireland, County Cavan) - 38 records Rennoe Family Cemetery - (USA, Maryland, Charles County) - 6 records
Interment.net - Update (May 13, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Cheslatta Cemetery - (Canada, British Columbia, Bulkley-Nechako Region) - 15 records Grassy Plains Cemetery - (Canada, British Columbia, Bulkley-Nechako Region) - 41 records Wisteria Cemetery - (Canada, British Columbia, Bulkley-Nechako Region) - 15 records Union Cemetery - (USA, Kentucky, Butler County) - 771 records Miller Cemetery - (USA, Virginia, Westmoreland County) - 4 records
Interment.net - Update (May 11, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Sutton Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Braxton County) - 1,212 records
Genealogist's Address Book
 The fifth edition of the popular Genealogist's Address Book is now available in both paperback and CD-ROM versions. It is greatly expanded over the previous edition, and should rightly be renamed The Genealogist's and Historian's Address Book, because it now includes many more primarily historical resources, such as the New York State town and village historians and various museum libraries. The publisher's prices are $49.99 plus $4.00 shipping and handling for the paperback (three-column format, 791 pp., 8 1/4 x 11 1/2 inch trim size) and $19.99 plus $4.00 s&h for the CD-ROM (single-column format, 2,684 pp.) You may, however, order either version at a savings directly from the authir. She is offering the paperback at $45.00 postpaid, the CD-ROM at $19.99 ppd., or both together for $60.00 ppd. until June 30. Individuals may order by sending a check to Elizabeth Bentley, PO Box 58, Woodsboro, MD 21798 or by using Pay Pal at her web site. Libraries, societies, and bookstores may send a purchase order to her PO address or via email to epbentley@hotmail.com. She will ship immediately with an invoice. Societies or bookstores ordering copies for resale should inquire about special trade terms.
Ships to New Orleans Louisiana online
14 new ships sailing to the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana, have been added to Olive Tree Genealogy's free set of Louisiana ships passenger lists. You can view the list of passengers for each ship by starting at the index to Ships Arriving in New Orleans at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tousa_la1820.shtmlLet the page load. Then scroll down to the list of ships,and click on the links provided for each. The ships are:
- Ship June Anni Bordeaux France to New Orleans Louisiana1820
- Ship Missouri Bordeaux France to New Orleans Louisiana1820
- Brig Commerce London England to New Orleans Louisiana1820
- Brig Monitor Port of Port au Prince Haiti to New Orleans Louisiana 1820
- Schooner Cadmus Port au Prince Haiti to New Orleans Louisiana 1820
- Schooner Brisk Campeche Mexico to New Orleans Louisiana 1820
- Schooner Thorn Campeche Mexico to New Orleans Louisiana 1820
- Schooner Atheman Port of Pensacola FLorida to New Orleans Louisiana 1820
- Schooner Mary & Sally Port of Pensacola FLorida to New Orleans Louisiana 1820
- Brig Alexander Dublin Ireland to New Orleans Louisiana 1820
- Brig Mary Ann Port of Havana Cuba to New Orleans Louisiana 1820
- Brig Gustave Port of Martinez, California to New Orleans Louisiana 1820
- Galliote Fortuna Bremen Germany to New Orleans Louisiana 1820
- Schooner Brutus Port of Havana, Cuba, to New Orleans Louisiana 1820
Interment.net - Update (May 9, 2005)
Interment.net - Update (May 8, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Dents Level Cemetery - (USA, Maryland, Charles County) - 2 records Bethany Cemetery - (USA, Kansas, Smith County) - 312 records
New York Naturalization Petitions Indexes 1844-1851 online
Olive Tree Genealogy recently uploaded several more files of surnames in their free online New York Naturalizations records at http://naturalizationrecords.com/These new records consist of the following additions to the previously uploaded files: New York Naturalization Petitions Indexes to Books 10-12, 1844-1851. The new additions today are for surnames D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, & M. The total number of names of individuals in the new uploads is 1,015. The start of this project is at http://naturalizationrecords.com/usa/natpet1834-60a.shtmlThe new database is Naturalization Petitions Indexes. New York. Books 3-9, 1834-1844. The surnames completed today and uploaded are M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V Total number of names uploaded today for these years is 1,556 The start of 1834-1844 project is at http://naturalizationrecords.com/usa/natpet1834-44m.shtmlOnce you find a name of interest in the index, please read the instructions on how to get the rest of the details on your ancestor. Olive Tree volunteers are indexing this database, but the full petitions are available on microfilm from any Family History Centre
Interment.net - Update (May 7, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Saint John Cemetery - (USA, North Dakota, Walsh County) - 641 records Lands Cemetery - (USA, Minnesota, Grant County) - 482 records
Interment.net - Update (May 6, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Bonesteel Cemetery - (USA, Wisconsin, Green Lake County) - 7 records Leek Cemetery - (USA, Michigan, Ingham County) - 1,331 records
Interment.net - Update (May 4, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Ayers Cliff Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Stanstead County) - 1,022 records Fairview Cemetery - (USA, Kansas, Osborne County) - 405 records Rathbran Cemetery - (Ireland, County Wicklow) - 114 records
Interment.net - Update (May 3, 2005)
Interment.net - Update (May 2, 2005)
Interment.net - Update (May 1, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Oakwood Cemetery - (USA, Virginia, Richmond City) - 8 records
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