Interment.net - Update (July 31, 2005)

Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries:

Rocky Branch Cemetery - (USA, Mississippi, Lamar County), Contributed by D. Christopher Watts, 76 records

Olive Tree Genealogy (Update July 30, 2005)

Olive Tree Genealogy has just uploaded more Missouri Newspaper Transcriptions.

One batch is for Jefferson County Record for the April 1911 issue

Second batch of uploaded files is for Jefferson Democrat issues April, May, Aug, Sept & Oct. 1883

These uploads add to the existing newspaper transcriptions online from 1866-1911. You can view the index of what is available

Family Tree Connection - Update (29/Jul/2005)

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

The Railway Conductor, Vol. XXXVI, No. Eight - The Railway Conductor, August, 1919. Published Monthly at Cedar Rapids, IA. By Order of Railway Conductors. Includes a mortuary record of deaths of members from around the country.

The Railway Conductor, Vol. XXXVI, No. Seven - The Railway Conductor, July, 1919. Published Monthly at Cedar Rapids, IA. By Order of Railway Conductors. Includes a mortuary record of deaths of members from around the country.

The Railway Conductor, Vol. XXXVI, No. Six - The Railway Conductor, June, 1919. Published Monthly at Cedar Rapids, IA. By Order of Railway Conductors. Includes a mortuary record of deaths of members from around the country.

The Railway Conductor, Vol. XXXVI, No. Five - The Railway Conductor, May, 1919. Published Monthly at Cedar Rapids, IA. By Order of Railway Conductors. Includes a mortuary record of deaths of members from around the country.

The Railway Conductor, Vol. XXXVI, No. Four - The Railway Conductor, April, 1919. Published Monthly at Cedar Rapids, IA. By Order of Railway Conductors. Includes a mortuary record of deaths of members from around the country.

The Railway Conductor, Vol. XXXVI, No. Three - The Railway Conductor, March, 1919. Published Monthly at Cedar Rapids, IA. By Order of Railway Conductors. Includes a mortuary record of deaths of members from around the country.

The Railway Conductor, Vol. XXXVI, No. Two - The Railway Conductor, February, 1919. Published Monthly at Cedar Rapids, IA. By Order of Railway Conductors. Includes a mortuary record of deaths of members from around the country.

Interment.net - Update (July 28, 2005)

Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries:

Purissima Cemetery - (USA, California, San Mateo County), Contributed by Dayna Chalif, 58 records

Genealogy and How's New Format

Well, it's not really a new format. Somehow, someway, Blogger lost the page template for GAH. The template that I worked so hard on perfecting, just simply vanished, and was replaced by one of Blogger's default templates. That's why you're seeing the different colors and page design on GAH.

To make matters worse, I've come to discover that I don't have a backup copy of the template. Damn!!

However, THANK GOD FOR GOOGLE! They still have a cached copy of the webpage, and I was able to recover the template through them. Though, it is an HTML version of the template, as opposed to the XML version that Blogger users. I'll have to spend some time converting it.

But I just wanted to explain why you're seeing this funky blue page.

UPDATE: It's been about 40 minutes since I posted the above, and was able to get the old template restored. I had to convert Google's cached-copy of the page, which represented an HTML-rendered version of the template. The actual template has to be in a 50/50 XML & HTML version, which I spent the last several minutes converting to. Everything seems to look the way it used to be. Now, I'll just start keeping backup copies of Blogger templates!

Castle Garden Immigration WebSite to launch Aug. 1, 2005

The Battery Conservancy is preparing to launch CastleGarden.org on August 1, 2005 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the immigrant depot at Castle Garden on August 1, 1855.

The electronic database project (with a database of 10 million names) is led by Dr. Ira Glazier, former Director of The Center for Migration Research at The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies and Immigration. CastleGarden.org will be a vital resource for the general public and for scholars interested in the history of immigration through the Port of New York.

Also see Castle Garden Ships Passenger Lists 1855-1890 online. More names of passengers on Ships to New York for other years can be viewed at Ships Passenger Lists to New York.

Family Tree Connection - Update (28/Jul/2005)

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Phi Beta Kappa, Univ of Wa. 1915 Roster - University of Washington, The Phi Beta Kappa Society, Alpha Chapter in the State of Washington, Installation Number, April 29, 1914, Constitution, History and Members.

The Kohler Woman's Club 1923-1924 - The Kohler Woman's Club, Kohler, Wisconsin, 1923-1924. Organized in 1917. Includes program and list of members.

1933-37 West Virginia Penitentiary Official Report - Official Report and Statistics of West Virginia Penitentiary, Moundsville, W. Va. For Period July 1, 1933 to June 30, 1937. Souvenir Copy - 25 Cents. Includes listing of Wardens and Official Staff.

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 1856 Catalogue - Charter, Laws and Code of Ethics of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, with Lists of Officers, Members and Graduates and the Announcement of The School of Pharmacy, &c. Philadelphia, Penna.

Centre College 1865 Catalogue - The Forty-First Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Centre College For the Year 1865, Danville, Kentucky.

Hampden Sidney College 1823 Catalogue - Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Hampden Sidney College, December, 1823, Hampden-Sidney, Virginia.

Family Tree Connection - Update (27/Jul/2005)

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Minn. School for the Deaf 1884 Closing Exercises - The Annual Closing Exercises of The Minnesota School for the Deaf at the Institution, Faribault, Tuesday, June 10th, 1884, From 1-30 to 3-30 P.M.

Margaret College 1908-09 Spring Bulletin - Catalogue of Margaret College (Incorporated), Versailles, Kentucky, and The School For Girls of the Diocese of Lexington, 1908-1909. Includes a list of officers and faculty.

North Carolina College 1885-1886 Catalogue - Catalogue of the Officers and Students of North Carolina College, Mount Pleasant, N. C., For the College Year 1885-1886.

Society of the Army of the Tennessee 30th Meeting - Report of the Proceedings of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at the Thirtieth Meeting, held at Toledo, Ohio, October 26-27, 1898.

Interment.net - Update (July 26, 2005)

Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries:

Russell Cemetery - (USA, Mississippi, Lamar County), Contributed by D. Christopher Watts, 123 records

Raybourn Cemetery - (USA, Mississippi, Marion County), Contributed by Chris Watts, 6 records

Danskin Mennonite Cemetery - (Canada, British Columbia, Bulkley-Nechako), Contributed by Julia Smith, 2 records

Atlanta Methodist Cemetery - (USA, Arkansas, Columbia County), Contributed by Richard N Foreman, 173 records

Gould Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Stanstead County), Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 146 records

Family Tree Connection - Update (26/Jul/2005)

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Chicago Piano College 1906-7 Catalogue - Chicago Piano College Annual Annoucement, 1906-1907, Kimball Hall Building, 243 Wabash Avenue, Corner Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Ill.

Portland Council R. & S. M. 1929 By-Laws - By-Laws of Portland Council of Royal and Select Masters. Chartered January 1, 1855. Portland, Maine. Includes a list of members.

Connecticut Normal School 1880 Catalogue - Catalogue and Circular of the Connecticut State Normal School at New Britain for the Year Ending June 25, 1880.

Hartford 1st Church of Christ 1904 Year Book - Year Book of the First Church of Christ in Hartford, Conn. Reports of the Church for the Year 1904. Includes a directory of the Church.

Congregational Church 1893 Members - Manual of the Congregational Church of North Greenwich, Conn. Containing Records of Officers and Members. January, 1893.

University of Vermont 1850 Catalogue - A Catalogue of the Corporation, Officers and Students of the University of Vermont, October, 1850.

1st Annual Worthington Military Academy Catalogue - First Annual Catalogue of the Worthington Military Academy, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1893.

Ancestry.com Update - July 10-16, 2005

Approximately 3.3 million names released over the last week. 5 new titles released. 5 titles updated.

Highlights

• 1861 England and Wales Census - major maintenance release, see details below.
• WWI Draft Cards - maintenance release fixing 250,000 illegible images.
• Vital Records books - five new titles, adding 100,000 names.
• Obituaries - update, adding 440,000 new names.
• Customer Created Content – 2.8 million Message Boards, Trees, and Customer corrections names added.

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U.S. Records Collection

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Released Last Week

• Obituary Collection (http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/) - Updated (438,240 new names added for a total of 55,435,410) - 7/9/2005
• Marriage records of Shasta County, California, 1852-1904 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=30202) - New (4,550 names) - 7/11/2005
• Vital records of Abington, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=25992) - New (12,300 names) - 7/12/2005
• Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10001) - New (47,950 names) - 7/13/2005
• Vital records of Acton, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10002) - New (15,300 names) - 7/14/2005
• Vital records of Ashfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10003) - New (13,500 names) - 7/15/2005

Scheduled for this week

• City Directories rollup
• Indiana Marriages
• North Carolina Births
• SSDI - June deaths

Coming soon

• Washington Marriages
• Delaware Marriages
• Nebraska Marriages
• North Carolina Deaths

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U.S. Census Images and Indexes

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• No Release Scheduled.

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• 1790 Maintenance release
• 1810 Maintenance

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• Florida State Census

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U.K. & Ireland Records Collection

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• 1861 England and Wales Census (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8767) - maintenance update correcting the following errors.

• Majority of missing or mis-linked images fixed.
• changed piece from 1199 to 1200, also subdistrict
• changed piece from 1974 to 1975
• changed piece from 2772 to 2773
• changed piece from 3459 to 3460, also subdistrict
• changed piece from 3659 to 3660, also regdistrict & subdistrict
• changed piece from 4456 to 4457
• changed piece from 4522 to 4523
• changed county from Berkshire to Oxfordshire for parishes of Bensington and Kelmscott, also F7

for imagefile BRKRG9_739_742-0256 set parish to Ewelme

• changed parish of Wakefield to Wokefield
• changed images BRKRG9_742_744-0299 and BRKRG9_742_744-0300 to Mortimer West End, Hampshire
• changed Holton to Halton, deleted second dummy desc page
• moved Shotton, Ewloe Wood, & Saltney from Cheshire to Flintshire
• changed Caldicote to Caldicott
• changed Notton to Hooton, deleted second dummy desc page
• changed Marion Lass to Meirion Lass
• changed county to Staffordshire for parishes of Colwich, Prestwood, Ramshorn, Stanton (subdist Mayfield), and Wootton
• changed Colwich to Calwich
• changed county from Derbyshire to Leicestershire to parish Appleby, ed 6
• changed county from Derbyshire to Leicestershire for parish Hemington
• changed county from Dorset to Devon for parishes Ashprington, Berry Pomeroy, Buckfastleigh, Churston Ferrers, Dartington, Dittisham, Kingswear, Staverton, and Totnes

changed county from Durham to Yorkshire for parishes Egglestone Abbey, Gilmonby, Holwick, Hope, Hunderthwaite, Linthorpe, Low Worsall, Mickleton, Scargill, Thorpe

• changed county from Gloucestershire (and Durham) to Cumberland for vessels in piece 4524
• changed Morborn, Huntingdonshire to Morborne, Huntingdonshire, deleted second dummy desc page
• changed St Neot, Huntingdonshire to St Neots, Huntingdonshire
• changed county from Lancashire to Yorkshire for parishes of Middop, Newsholme, and Paythorne
• changed county from Lancashire to Cheshire for parishes of Godley, Hattersley, Hollingworth, Latchford, Stayley, Tintwistle
• changed county from Lincolnshire to Nottinghamshire for parish of West Stockwith
• changed county from Lincolnshire to Northamptonshire for parishes of Ashton, Pilsgate, and Southorpe (subdistrict of Barnack)
• changed vessel # to accommodate upcoming county shift
• changed county from Northamptonshire to Hampshire for vessels in pieces 4483 and 4484
• changed Sandon, Northumberland to Sandoe, Northumberland
• changed Wellington, Northumberland to Willington, Northumberland
• changed county from Rutland to Leicestershire for parishes of Drayton, Great Easton, Nevill Holt
• changed French and Wellington, Shropshire to Trench Wellington, Shropshire
• changed Wigton, Shropshire to Hopton, Shropshire
• changed Lincoln, Shropshire to Lineal, Shropshire
• changed Henley, Shropshire to Kenley, Shropshire
• changed parish to Hughley for imagefile SALRG9_1859_1863-0272
• changed Bramfield, Shropshire to Bromfield, Shropshire, deleted second dummy desc page
• changed county from Shropshire to Cheshire for parishes Bickley, Bradley, Chidlow, Edge, Larkton, Tushingham
• changed county from Shropshire to Staffordshire for parishes Mucklestone, Pattingham, Weston Jones
• moved the parishes of Bodlith, Moelfre, Priddbwll, Rhiwlas Isfoel, Bettisfield, Bronington, Halghton, Tybroughton, Willington to Wales
• changed county from Shropshire to Denbighshire for parishes of Bodlith, Moelfre, Priddbwll, Rhiwlas Isfoel
• changed county from Shropshire to Flintshire for parishes of Bettisfield, Bronington, Halghton, Tybroughton, Willington
• changed Willington, Somerset to Wellington, Somerset
• changed Stretton, Staffordshire to Shelton, Staffordshire
• changed county from Staffordshire to Derbyshire for the parishes of Ash, Bearwardcote, Bretby, Burnaston, Castle Gresley, Cauldwell, Coton in the Elms, Drakelow, Hatton, Hoon, Ingleby, Linton, Newhall, Osleston and Thurvaston, Stanton, Sutton on the Hill,
• changed county from Staffordshire to Shropshire for the parishes of Little Drayton, Rudge, Sutton
• changed Cransley, Surrey to Cranley, Surrey
• changed county from Surrey to Hampshire for parish of Yateley
• changed Northam, Sussex to Horsham, Sussex, deleted second dummy desc page
• changed county from Wiltshire to Berkshire for parish of West Woodhay
• changed Sibthorpe, Yorkshire to Tibthorpe, Yorkshire
• changed Bratton, Yorkshire to Brotton, Yorkshire, deleted second dummy desc page
• changed Royston, Yorkshire to Roystone, Yorkshire
• changed county from Yorkshire to Durham for the parishes of Barmpton, Blackwell, Coatham Mundeville, Coniscliffe, Dinsdale, Great Aycliffe, Great Burdon, Haughton le Skerne, Heighington, Houghton le Side, Hurworth, Middleton St George, Morton Palms, Neash
• changed RegDistrict to Malton and SubDist to Hovingham for Brawdy, Yorkshire, ed 3, piece 3627
• changed RegDistrict to Malton and SubDist to Hovingham for Butterwick, Yorkshire, ed 3, piece 3627
• changed RegDistrict to Malton and SubDist to Hovingham for Barton le Street, Yorkshire, ed 3, piece 3627
• changed parish to Much Dewchurch for images HEFRG9_1815_1818-0246 to HEFRG9_1815_1818-0254
• changed Rhuallt, Denbighshire to Rhydallt, Denbighshire
• changed Rhosymedre, Denbighshire to Ruabon, Denbighshire, deleted second dummy desc page
• changed Christyonedd Kenrick, Denbighshire to Ruabon, Denbighshire
• changed Christyonedd Kenrick and Ruabon, Denbighshire to Ruabon, Denbighshire, deleted second dummy desc page
• changed parish to Dynhyllisa for image DENRG9_4279_4283-0394
• changed Anglewrwm, Denbighshire to Morton Anglecorum, Denbighshire
• changed ed from 7 to 8 for Ruabon, Denbighshire
• changed parish from Rhosllanerchrugog to Moreton Above for image DENRG9_4279_4283-0745
• changed county from Merionethshire to Denbighshire for the parishes of Llanarmon, Llantysilio, Moelfre
• moved parish of Aylburton, Wales to England
• changed county from Monmouthshire to Gloucestershire for the parish of Aylburton
• changed RegDistrict to Malton and SubDist to Hovingham for Yorkshire, ed 1 and ed 2, piece 3627

Scheduled for this week

• No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

• 1901 Maintenance release.

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Newspapers

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• Obituary Collection (http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/) - Updated (438,240 new names added for a total of 55,435,410) - 7/9/2005

Scheduled for this week

• Obituaries Collection – will continue to update

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U.S. Immigration Collection

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• No Release Scheduled.

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• No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

• New York Petitions for Naturalization

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Family and Local Histories

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• No Release Scheduled.

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• Ancestry/RW Message Boards (http://www.ancestry.com/share/) - (331,750 names added)
• Contributed Trees (AWT/WC) (http://www.ancestry.com/trees/awt/main.htm) - (2,459,624 names added for a total of 390,745,326)
• Customer Corrections - No new corrections added this week.

Interment.net - Update (Jul 25, 2005)

Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries:

Mary's Cemetery - (USA, California, Yolo County), Contributed by Fred Kemmerle, 61 records

Family Tree Connection - Update (25/Jul/2005)

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Moravia High School 1928 Commencement Program - Commencement Program of the Class of 1928 of Moravia High School, High School Auditorium, Moravia, N. Y., Monday Evening, June 25, 1928, Eight O'clock.

McLaughlin School 1920 Souvenir - Souvenir for McLaughlin School, District No. 4, Hornby Twp., Steuven Co., New York. 1920. Includes names of teacher and pupils.

Massillon School 1907-08 Souvenir - Souvenir for Massillon School, District No. 3, Massillon Twp., Cedar Co., Iowa, 1907-1908. Includes names of teacher and pupils.

Philadelphia Trades School 1916 Commencement - Commencement Exercises of the Philadelphia Trades School, held at the William Penn High School, Fifteenth and Wallace Streets, Thursday, June 15, 1916, 8:15 O'clock.

Interment.net - Update (Jul 24, 2005)

Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries:

Cedar Forks Cemetery - (USA, North Carolina, Durham County), Contributed by Shirley Olson, 103 records

Weatherspoon Cemetery - (USA, North Carolina, Durham County), Contributed by Shirley Olson, 16 records

Bethel Cemetery - (USA, Georgia, Cobb County), Contributed by Valerie Craft, 258 records

Saint John Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Compton County), Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 177 records

Little Hope Cemetery - (USA, Louisiana, Bienville Parish), Contributed by Doug McBroom, 126 records

Interment.net - Update (Jul 23, 2005)

Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries:

Grandview Memorial Gardens - (USA, Illinois, Champaign County), Contributed by Joe Borsinger, 73 records

Bishop Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Compton County), Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 8 records

Cochrane Sleeper Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Compton County), Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 148 records

New Boston Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Stanstead County), Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown. 10 records

Westbury Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Compton County), Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 527 records

Family Tree Connection - Update (22/Jul/2005)

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Delaware College 1915 Commencement - Class of Nineteen Fifteen, Delaware College, Commencement Exercises, Newark, Delaware, June sixth to ninth.

Portland Chamber of Commerce 1920 Report - Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Maine. 1921. Includes a listing of the officers, board of managers and members.

18th Annual South Jersey Institute Catalogue - Eightenth Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the South Jersey Institute, Bridgeton, N. J., 1887 - 88.

Dakota Wesleyan University 1914 Bulletin - Dakota Wesleyan University Bulletin, Annual Catalogue, 1913 - 1914. Vol. XI, No. 7, Mitchell, South Dakota. Issued Monthly. Subscription Price 50 Cents Per Year.

1911 Canadian Census Now Online

The 1911 census (images only) is now online at Library & Archives Canada.

This database of 1911 census data allows researchers to search by geographic location only. As this is not a nominally indexed database, it is not searchable by family name.

Family Tree Connection - Update (21/Jul/2005)

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Middletown First Church of Christ 1891 Member List - Manual of the First Church of Christ in Middletown, Conn. 1891.

Lawrence Academy 1848 Catalogue - Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Lawrence Academy from the Time of Its Incorporation. Groton, Mass., 1848.

Santee Normal Training School 1896 Catalogue (Woonspe Wankantu) - Woonspe Wankantu. Santee Normal Training School, Santee Agency, Neb. For the Year Ending June 30, 1896. Includes listing of teachers (waonspekiyapi) and pupils (wayawa unpi). Shows both english and Dakota names of students.

Germania Lodge, No. 11, A.O.U.W. Member List - List of Members of Germania Lodge, No. 11, A.O.U.W. (Ancient Order of United Workmen). [No location is listed on this item]

Family Tree Connection - Update (20/Jul/2005)

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

I.O.O.F. Brothers Lodge, No. 132, 1907 Members - Constitution, Bylaws and Rules of Brothers Lodge, No. 132 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the State of Kentucky, Working at Owensboro, Ky. Revised and Adopted October 1907.

55th Shippensburg Teachers College Commencement - Fifty-Fifth Annual Commencment, State Teachers College, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, Monday, June 4th, 1928, At 9:30 O'clock A. M.

12th Annual Spearfish State Normal School Commencement - State Normal School, Spearfish, South Dakota, Twelfth Annual Commencement, Graduating Exercises, Normal Hall, Thursday Evening, June 15, 1899.

Bailey Avenue School 1929 Commencement - Commencement Exercises of The Class of 1929 of Bailey Avenue School, Number Nine, Plattsburgh, NY. Tuesday Evening, June Twenty-Fifth Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Nine, Hutchinson High School, at Eight o'Clock.

Cony High School 1903 Graduation - Cony High School, Class of 1903, Graduation Exercises, City Hall, Augusta, Maine, Wednesday, June 24, 8 o'clock P. M.

1911 Western Saving Fund Society Report - The Western Saving Fund Society of Philadelphia, Incorprated February 8, 1847. Report and Statement for January 1, 1911. Main Office, Tenth and Walnut Streets. Includes a list of the officers and managers.

7th Annual Nevada High School Commencement - Seventh Annual Commencement of the High School at Opera Hall, Nevada, Iowa, Friday, June 13, 1884, Eight O'clock P. M.

Richmond Public School 1912 Souvenir - Christmas 1912 Souvenir for Richmond Public School, 2nd Room, Grant Twp., Ind. Co., Pa.

Grinnell High School 1888 Graduation - Nineteenth Graduating Exercises of the Grinnell Public Schools, At the Cong'l Church, Grinnell, Iowa, Friday, June 1, 1888, at 2:30 P. M.

Randolph State Normal 1893 Graduation - Graduating Exercises of the Randolph State Normal in Town Hall, Randolph, Vermont, Friday, June 23, at 10:30 A. M., 1893.

37th E. M. C. Seminary Annual Commencement - E. M. C. Seminary, 37th Commencement Exercises, Bucksport, Me. June 7th, 1888, 9 A. M.

Interment.net - Update (Jul 19, 2005)

Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries:

Cooke Burial Ground - (USA, Pennsylvania, Washington County), Contributed by Gina G. Nestor, 21 records

Matsen Cemetery - (USA, Wisconsin, Dane County), Contributed by Kathy Waddell, 8 records

Linthorpe Old Cemetery - (UK, England, Cleveland), Contributed by Fiona Shakspeare, 266 records

Grove Hill Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Compton County), Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 389 records

Maple Leaf Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Compton County), Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 389 records

Blacksheep Ancestors - (Update July 19, 2005)

BlacksheepAncestors.com recently added the following databases:

Florida State Road Camp
1930 index of prisoners

San Quentin Prison, California, Surnames A-I
1900 index of prisoners

San Quentin Prison, California, Surnames J-Z
1900 index of prisoners

Chatham County Convict Farm, Georgia
1900 index of prisoners

Arkansas State Convict Farm #1
1930 index of prisoners

Arkansas State Convict Farm #2
1930 index of prisoners

Fulton County Convict Camp, Georgia
1900 index of prisoners

Vermont State Prison
1930 index of prisoners

Pueblo County Jail, Colorado
1930 index of prisoners

Douglas County Jail, Wisconsin
1930 index of prisoners

Boone County Jail, West Virginia
1930 index of prisoners

Family Tree Connection - Update (19/Jul/2005)

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Connecticut Normal School 1882 Catalogue - Catalogue of the Connecticut State Normal School at New Britain for the Year Ending June 23, 1882.

Vermont Bar Association 1929 Officers and Members - Vermont Bar Association, Officers and Members, 1929, Report of Proceedings of the Fifty-First Annual Meeting, January 9-10, 1929. Volume XXII.

Town & Country Club 1928 Member List - Town & Country Club, 218 Stockton Street, San Francisco, Calif. List of Members, 1928.

Amaranthe O. E. S. Grand Chapter 1929 Roster - Roster of Amaranthe Grand Chapter, O. E. S., 1929-1930, for the State of Ohio and Jurisdiction. Incorporated November 21, 1925.

Interment.net - Update (Jul 18, 2005)

Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries:

Glenbrook Cemetery - (USA, Quebec, Brome County), Contributed by Joan Cruickshank, 76 records

Broome Road Cemetery - (USA, Mississippi, Jefferson Davis County), Contributed by Chris Watts, 22 records

Herrin-Lott Cemetery - (USA, Mississippi, Marion County), Contributed by Chris Watts, 24 records

Ancestry.com Update - July 3-9, 2005

Highlights

• City Directories - two new titles, adding 30,000 names.
• Newspapers - update, three titles in New York, 11.4 million names.
• England & Wales Civil Registration Death Index - maintenance, removing confusing duplicate database. No new names.
• Obituaries - update, adding 450,000 new names.
• Family & Local Histories – three new titles, adding 18,000 names.
• Customer Created Content – 1.3 million Message Boards, Trees, and Customer corrections names added.

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U.S. Records Collection

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Released Last Week

• Obituary Collection (http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/) - Updated (457,335 new names added for a total of 55,084,650) - 7/2/2005
• Battle Creek and Marshall city directories : with Albion village directory, including the villages of Athens, Augusta, Bedford, Bellevue, Burlington, Ceresco, Climax, and Homer, for 1883 : containing an alphabetically arranged list of business firms and private citizens, a classified list of all trades, professions and pursuits, and miscellaneous directory of city, village and county officers, public and private schools, churches, banks, etc. (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=24462) - New (16,200 names) - 7/5/2005
• The town register, Islesboro, Castine, Penobscot, Brooksville, 1906 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=25992) - New (12,300 names) - 7/6/2005

Scheduled for this week

• City Directories rollup
• Indiana Marriages
• WWI maintenance release

Coming soon

• North Carolina Births
• SSDI - June deaths
• Washington Marriages
• Delaware Marriages

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U.S. Census Images and Indexes

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• No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

• 1790 Maintenance release

Coming soon

• Florida State Census
• 1810 Maintenance

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U.K. & Ireland Records Collection

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Released last week

• England and Wales Civil Registration Death Index: 1984-2002 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5967) - maintenance update collapsing two similar database into one single db. This will reduce considerable confusion for the customer. No new names. - 7/8/2005
• The Local records, or, Historical register of remarkable events, which have occurred in Northumberland & Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Berwick-upon-Tweed (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=29673) - New (7,174 names) - 7/9/2005

Scheduled for this week

• 1861 England and Wales - major maintenance release.

Coming soon

• 1901 Maintenance release.

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Newspapers

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Released last week

• Obituary Collection (http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/) - Updated (457,335 new names added for a total of 55,084,650) - 7/2/2005
• Post Standard (Syracuse, New York) (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8130) - Updated (3,538 new names added) - 7/7/2005
• Syracuse Herald (Syracuse, New York) (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8564) - Updated (4,769,956 new names added) - 7/7/2005
• Syracuse Herald Journal (Syracuse, New York) (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8565) - Updated (6,624,112 new names added) - 7/7/2005

Scheduled for this week

• Obituaries Collection – will continue to update

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U.S. Immigration Collection

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• No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

• No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

• New York Petitions for Naturalization

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Family and Local Histories

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Released last week

• The seigneurie of Alainville on Lake Champlain : address read at the annual meeting of the New York Branch of the Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America, held in the city of New York, April 19th, 1929. (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=25968) - New (612 names) - 7/6/2005
• Fifteen years ago, or, The patriotism of Will County : designed to preserve the names and memory of Will County soldiers, both officers and privates, both living and dead : to tell something of what they did, and of what they suffered, in the great struggle to preserve our nationality. (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=27721) - New (10,132 names) - 7/8/2005
• The Local records, or, Historical register of remarkable events, which have occurred in Northumberland & Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Berwick-upon-Tweed (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=29673) - New (7,174 names) - 7/9/2005

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Customer Contributed Content

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Released last week

• Ancestry/RW Message Boards (http://www.ancestry.com/share/) - (322,910 names added)
• Contributed Trees (AWT/WC) (http://www.ancestry.com/trees/awt/main.htm) - (1,058,547 names added for a total of 388,285,702)
• Customer Corrections - No new corrections added this week.

DNA Evidence suggests the Book of Mormon is incorrect

A book entitled, "Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA and the Mormon Church" by Simon Southerton, a former LDS Bishop, claims that the Book of Mormon is false in its teaching that Native Americans and Polynesians are descended from Israelites, citing DNA evidence as proof.

Southerton, who has since quit the Church, now faces excommunication.

What makes this interesting to me, is that this is a case of the LDS Church getting shot by its own gun. It was the LDS Church, through its own Brigham Young University, that perfected the use of DNA to validate claims of descendancies.

Kudos to GenealogyBlog.com for finding this first.

Interment.net - Update (Jul 15, 2005)

Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries:

McCray Family Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Webster County), Contributed by Zelma Fisher, 6 records

Abigail Williamson Gravesite - (USA, Mississippi, Marion County), Contributed by D. Christopher Watts, 1 record

Edmond Morris Cemetery - (USA, Mississippi, Marion County), Contributed by D. Christopher Watts, 2 records

Franklin Cemetery - (USA, Maryland, Charles County), Contributed by Anne Braun, 12 records

Family Tree Connection - Update (15/Jul/2005)

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Salem Normal School 1860 Catalogue - Register and Circular of the State Normal School at Salem, Mass., for the Spring and Summer Term, 1860.

Stoneham High School 1903 Graduation Program - The Senior Class of Stoneham High School, Class Evening, June Twenty-Fourth, Nineteen Hundred and Three, Quarter Before Eight, Armory Hall, Stoneham, Mass.

Transactions of the Kansas Horticultural Society, Vol. XXII - Transactions of the Kansas State Horticultural Society containing the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, Topeka, December, 1897.

6th Annual Monmouth College Catalogue - Sixth Annual Circular and Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Monmouth College for the Academical Year ending June 26th, 1862. Monmouth, Ill.

Interment.net - Update (Jul 14, 2005)

Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries:

Gisla Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Frontenac County), Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 163 records

Gates Road Cemetery - (USA, Mississippi, Marion County), Contributed by D. Christopher Watts, 23 records

Tolar Cemetery - (USA, Mississippi, Marion County), Contributed by D. Christopher Watts, 48 records

Old Maps of Tulare County, California

Art Source International is an online dealer in old maps. They have thousands, tens of thousands of old maps, some very useful towards researching family history, and other maybe not.

But for those of you who have ties to Tulare County, California, take heart! This place has tons of maps for you. They have maps of every township and range in Tulare County, depicting the names of landowners there. Not only can you find your ancestor's farm, but you can see what other family names you recognize in nearby farms. They also sell "bird's eye views" of farms and towns in Tulare County. Really cool stuff.

Try out their search engine located at the very top of the page. I entered in "riverside", which is the name of the county I live in. I got one result, for a plot map of "Riverside Cemetery", in St. Lawrence County, New York. Just goes to show what kind of odd-ball maps are available there.

Interment.net - Update (Jul 13, 2005)

Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries:

Ardcath Cemetery - (Ireland, County Meath), Submitted by Frank Carroll, 461 records

Old Idaho State Penitentiary Cemetery - (USA, Idaho, Ada County), Contributed by Jan Duffy, 15 records

Woodlawn Cemetery - (USA, Pennsylvania, Mifflin County), Contributed by Donna Davidson, 19 records

Gilman-Knight Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Stanstead County), Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 33 records

Family Tree Connection - Update (13/Jul/2005)

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

1905-6 Inspector of Mines of Montana Report - Biennial Report of the Inspector of Coal Mines of the State of Montana for the Years 1905-6.

1900 Inspector of Mines of Kentucky Report - The Annual Report of the Inspector of Mines of the State of Kentucky for the Year 1900. Includes a listing of the fatal and non-fatal mining accidents.

Catholic Normal and Pio Nono 1915-1916 Catalogue - Catalogue of the Catholic Normal School and Pio Nono College, 1915-1916, St. Francis, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

Aetolia Lodge No. 24 K. of P. 1930 Roster - By-Laws, Lodge History and Roster of Aetolia Lodge No. 24, Knights of Pythias. Approved March 28, 1930, Akron, Ohio.

Ancestry.com Update - June 26-July 2, 2005

Approximately 3.7 million names released over the last week. 10 new titles released. 10 titles updated.

Highlights

• World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 - update, adding 1.3 million new names.
• Korean War Prisoners of War, 1950-1954 - new, adding 9,000 names.
• Korean Conflict Death Index - update, 145,000 names.
• U.S. Army Personnel and Dependent Casualties, 1961-1981 - new, adding 300,000 names.
• Panama Canal Zone, Gorgas Hospital Mortuary Records, 1906-1991 - new, adding 26,000 names.
• Vietnam War, Awards and Decorations of Honor, 1965-1972 - new, adding 80,000 names.
• Vietnam War, Casualties Returned Alive, 1962-1979 - new, adding 800 names.
• Vietnam Casualty Index - updated, 116,000 names.
• Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918 - updated, added images, no new names.
• 1870 United States Federal Census - maintenance update fixing several thousand image errors.
• Pallot's Marriage Index for England: 1780 - 1837 - update, moving from Mr. Sid to J2K images (our last db on Mr. Sid). No new names.
• City Directories - 4 new titles adding 40,000 new names in Pennsylvania.
• Obituaries - update adding 800,000 new names.
• Family & Local Histories – 1 new title adding 12,000 names.
• Customer Created Content – 870,000 Message Boards, Trees, and Customer corrections names added.

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U.S. Records Collection

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Released Last Week

• Obituary Collection (http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/) - Updated (835,193 new names added for a total of 54,655,170) - 6/25/2005
• World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482) - update, completing Alabama, North Dakota, Conneticut, Mississippi, adding 1,322,000 new names for a total of 13,605,609 names - 7/1/2005
• Korean War Prisoners of War, 1950-1954 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8850) - new, 9,159 names - 7/1/2005
• Korean Conflict Death Index (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1033) - update, 145,000 names - 7/1/2005
• Panama Canal Zone, Gorgas Hospital Mortuary Records, 1906-1991 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8848) - new, 26,205 names - 7/1/2005
• U.S. Army Personnel and Dependent Casualties, 1961-1981 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8849) - new, adding 293,856 names - 7/1/2005
• Vietnam War, Awards and Decorations of Honor, 1965-1972 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8847) - new, adding 80,700 names - 7/1/2005
• Vietnam War, Casualties Returned Alive, 1962-1979 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8846) - new, adding 772 names - 7/1/2005
• Vietnam Casualty Index (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3095) - updated, 116,371 names - 7/1/2005
• Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7895) - updated, added images, no new names - 7/1/2005
• The Titusville, Pa. directory, 1918 : containing a general directory of the citizens, sixteen years of age and over, unique street and house directory, classified business directory, a list of city, county and state officers, churches, societies, lodges, etc. : also, directories of the boroughs of Grand Valley, Hydetown, and Pleasantville, rural delivery routes out of Titusville, and directories of the townships of Athens, Oil Creek, Rome, Steuben and Troy in Crawford County, Cherrytree, Oil Creek an [sic (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=23500) Plum in Venango County, Eldred and Southwest in Warren County.] - New (10,650 records) - 7/1/2005

• Titusville, Pa. directory, 1908 : containing a general directory of the citizens, a unique street and block directory, a classified business directory, a list of city, county and state officers, churches, societies, lodges, etc. : also, directories of the boroughs of Pleasantville, Hydetown, and Grand Valley, rural delivery routes out of Titusville and Pleasantville, and directories of the townships of Athens, Oil Creek, Rome, Steuben and Troy in Crawford County, Cherrytree, Oil Creek and Plum in Venango County, Eldred and Southwest in Warren County. Titusville, Pa. (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=23498) - New (9,550 records) - 6/30/2005

• Kirwin's Titusville, Pa. directory, 1911-12 : containing a general directory of the citizens, unique street and block directory, classified business directory, a list of city, county and state officers, churches, societies, lodges, etc. : also, directories of the boroughs of Pleasantville, Hydetown, and Grand Valley, rural delivery routes out of Titusville, and directories of the townships of Athens, Oil Creek, Rome, Steuben and Troy in Crawford County, Cherrytree, Oil Creek and Plum in Venango County, Eldred and Southwest in Warren County. Titusville, Pa. (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=23427) - New (9,100 records) - 6/29/2005

• Boyd's directory of Delaware County, Penna., 1899-1900 : containing a general directory of Chester City, and of the towns of Clifton Heights, Darby, Eddystone, Lansdowne, Media, Ridley Park, Sharon Hill, Upland and Wayne, and a business directory of the county, to which is added a large list of farmers and an appendix of useful information. (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10829) - New (12,733 records) - 6/27/2005

Scheduled for this week

• City Directories rollup
• Great Migration update

Coming soon

• Indiana Marriages maintenance update

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U.S. Census Images and Indexes

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Released last week

• 1870 United States Federal Census (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7163) - maintenance update fixing several thousand image errors - 6/27/2005

Scheduled for this week

• 1790 Maintenance release

Coming soon

• Florida State Census

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U.K. & Ireland Records Collection

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Released last week

• Pallot's Marriage Index for England: 1780 - 1837 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5967) - update, moving from Mr. Sid to J2K images (our last db on Mr. Sid). This allows us to completely shut down the Mr. Sid hardware and code base, ending over a year of effort to migrate all Mr. Sid images. No new names - 6/30/2005

• Yorkshire, England: Parish Records (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8020) - update, adding the parishes of Ledsham-1539-1812, Thornton-Lonsdale-1812, Oswaldkirk-1538-1837, StMary-Castlegate-1705, StMary-Castlegate-1837. 635,450 total names - 6/30/2005

Scheduled for this week

• 1881 England and Wales - minor maintenance release.
• Civil Registration - minor maintenance release.

Coming soon

• Maintenance releases for various census years.

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Newspapers

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• No Release Scheduled.

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• More New York papers
• Obituaries Collection – will continue to update

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U.S. Immigration Collection

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Released last week

• No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

• Great Migration update.

Coming soon

• New York Petitions for Naturalization

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Family and Local Histories

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Released last week

• The Catholic Church in New Jersey (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=11572) - New (12,053 records) - 6/28/2005

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Customer Contributed Content

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Released last week

• Ancestry/RW Message Boards (http://www.ancestry.com/share/) - (317,210 names added)
• Contributed Trees (AWT/WC) (http://www.ancestry.com/trees/awt/main.htm) - (534,702 names added for a total of 387,227,155)
• Customer Corrections - 1860 US Federal Census and 1900 US Federal Census updated. Approx. 15,000 corrected names added.

Ancestors At Rest Update (July 12, 2005)

Ancestors At Rest announces updates to the following death records:

Update to the Temple Church Cemetery Burials Database for London England. Temple Church is one of the oldest churches in London. Located between Fleet Street and the River Thames The records start back in 1628 and Brian is now up to 1736.

Updates to Bruce County Ontario Canada pages:

Photos of all the graves in the Old Methodist cemetery in Allenford, Amabel Twp, Bruce County, Ontario are now online.

Some photos of the Saugeen Indian Reserve Cenotaph in Bruce County Ontario are now online

Interment.net - Update (Jul 12, 2005)

Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries:

New Union Cemetery - (USA, Mississippi, Marion County), Contributed by D. Christopher Watts, 70 records

Buchanan Cemetery - (USA, Tennessee, Claiborne County), Contributed by Pat Lacy, 30 records

Moe's River Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Compton County), Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 282 records

Saint Luke Cemetery - (USA, North Dakota, Walsh County), Contributed by Marty C. Byzewski, 554 records