January 31, 2013

Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families

This is the most comprehensive register of Plymouth families ever assembled. It has the names of thousands of Mayflower and sistership antecedents. The data is based largely on records of the town of Plymouth and draws on all marriage and birth records to the last quarter of the 19th century. Also, there is material from other town records, family Bibles, probate records, and the Registry of Deeds...

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January 30, 2013

Marriage Index: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee, 1720-1926

This database contains indexes to marriage records for selected years from 221 selected counties in five states: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. There are approximately 369,000 records dating from as early as 1720 and continuing to the early 1900s. Records indexed may not be comprehensive for the time and region covered...

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January 28, 2013

Marriage Index: Louisiana, 1718-1925

This database contains indexes to approximately 285,000 marriage records from 58 selected parishes (counties) in Louisiana. Records begin as early as 1718 in St. Helens Parish. There are no records for any parishes for the years 1719-1727 and 1729-1733. After 1734, there is a general increase in records throughout the state, and the collection continues into the mid-1900s. Most of these records were compiled from courthouse marriage records. Records indexed may not be comprehensive for the time and region covered...

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Land Records: Pennsylvania Bucks and Lancaster Co., 1682-1825

This database contains information on approximately 12,690 individuals mentioned in land record abstracts for Bucks and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania. While the land records are from Pennsylvania, often the individuals listed resided in neighboring Mid-Atlantic States. For the family historian, land records provide two important types of information. First, land records help determine relationships between people. Second, they place an individual in a specific time and place. This allows you to group people not only into families but, often, neighborhoods as well. Knowing where a person lived at a particular time is important because it helps you direct future family history research and provides clues as to where you may wish to search for additional family history records.

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- Name of every person listed in the record
- Date on which the land transaction took place
- Descriptive information about the property involved
- Role of each person in the land transaction (for example, the grantor, grantee, neighbors, and witnesses)
- Volume and page number of microfilm copies of the original manuscripts on which you'll be able to confirm this information

January 26, 2013

Genealogy Fast Fun Free

How do you do Internet genealogy? By doing it. You type and click. It is that simple. You learn by looking at actual records.

 Most family information that is fee-based online is also available free if you know where to look. So let’s get started on one of life’s greatest adventures, finding your family and their stories. Yes, you can find stories. And, photographs too. Not every time of course, but when you do it is a thrill beyond any history book you have ever read. They are your family. Their stories are unique; just like the journey you are about to take. With the click of a button you can begin to know who they are for free. All you need to know is where to go, which is explained below...

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Land and Tax Records: Ohio, 1787-1840

A public-domain state, Ohio's early land and tax records document not only state history but family history as well. The records here can serve as substitutes for state census records and include the period of time before Ohio was granted statehood in 1803.

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- Full name
- Place of residence
- Date of land purchase
- Name of agency or person involved in the transaction
- Location of purchased land
- Date of land record
- Whether the individual was in the military

January 24, 2013

Kentucky, 1774-1924 Land Records

Land records are important in genealogy research because they place an individual in a specific location at a specific time. They are especially important when researching ancestors who lived prior to the Civil War since most free adult white males owned land at that time.

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 Listings Can Include:
- Number of acres held
- Record entry date
- Landholder's residence
- Nearest watercourse to the landholding
- Information on military service (for those individuals who were granted land based upon their service in the Revolutionary or French and Indian Wars)

 The Kentucky Land Grants:
A Systematic Index to All of the Land Grants Recorded in the State Land Office at Frankfort, Kentucky, 1782-1924 Usually the first book used by anyone researching Kentucky ancestors, this standard two-volume reference work contains abstracts of approximately 150,000 Kentucky land grants. Arranged alphabetically according to the type of grant, it provides the full name of the grantee, number of acres, date of survey, name of county, watercourse, and the volume and page number of the original entry.

 Early Kentucky Landholders, 1787-1811
This volume lists 17,000 landholders, individuals who claimed land but did not necessarily occupy land, whose names appeared in the annual tax lists for Lincoln County, Kentucky, between 1787 and 1811. Information includes the date of the tax list, the number of the tax book, the page number of the original entry, the amount of acreage, the nearest watercourse, and the name of the prior assignee.

 A Calendar of the Warrants for Land in Kentucky, Granted for Service in the French and Indian War
This is a complete list of the land surveys made in Kentucky, at the time still a part of the Virginia Colony, on behalf of men who fought in the French and Indian War. Each entry gives the name of the soldier, his rank, acreage, date of the survey, and various notes by the surveyor indicating where the land was situated and, when available, to whom it was subsequently assigned.

 Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds:
A Complete Index to All of the Earliest Land Entries, Military Warrants, Deeds and Wills of the Commonwealth of Kentucky For a grantee listed in this index, you can learn the number of acres granted, dates, locations, and references to the pages in the original records (held in the Land Office at Frankfort, Kentucky). The 45,000+ entries are concentrated in Fayette, Lincoln, and Jefferson Counties. The volume also includes information on military warrants (1782-1793), Court of Appeals deeds-grantees (1783-1846), grantors (1783-1846), wills (1769-1850), and attorneys (1781-1853).

January 23, 2013

The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America (10th Edition)

The highly anticipated 10th edition of Everton's Handybook for Genealogists is one of the most valuable genealogy bibliography collections currently available. It is an indispensable resource for any genealogist attempting to trace their heritage using the county record system of the United States.

 The Handybook contains: well-researched histories of each state, state capital and the territories

 descriptions and addresses for each state's major record collections and protocol for requesting vital records information on researching records for nineteen foreign countries complete contact information for libraries, repositories, and historical/genealogical societies detailed county maps and over 120 migration trail maps

 The Handybook also incorporates an in-depth tracking system for every county in each state, including counties that no longer exist, to help genealogists determine which county records to research. This timesaving feature makes this volume the most comprehensive resource for county information in the United States available today.

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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index: 1500s-1900s (2000 Supplement)

A supplement to the 1999 Edition of Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, this database contains information on approximately 293,000 individuals. Compiled by P. William Filby and published by Gale Research, these records can provide valuable family history information to those with immigrant ancestors. This information was collected from published passenger lists, naturalization records, church records, family and local histories, as well as voter and land registrations. Because it has been indexed by name and is searchable by keyword, this outstanding supplementary resource is now more accessible than ever.

 The knowledge provided here may help you determine additional information such as the name of the ship on which your ancestors sailed and the location of their naturalization.

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- Name and age of immigrant
- Year and place of immigration
- Full source information
- Source code of immigration record
- Names of family members with whom they traveled


January 22, 2013

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1538-1940 (1999 Supplement)

A supplement to the original Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, this database contains information on approximately 245,880 individuals who arrived in United States and Canadian ports between 1538 and 1940. Compiled by P. William Filby and published by Gale Research, these records can provide valuable family history information to those with immigrant ancestors. This information was collected from published passenger lists, naturalization records, church records, family and local histories, as well as voter and land registrations.

 This knowledge may help you determine additional information such as the name of the ship on which your ancestors sailed and the location of their naturalization.

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- Name and age of immigrant
- Year and place of immigration
- Full source information
- Source code of immigration record
- Names of family members with whom they traveled

George Clooney is distant cousin of Abraham Lincoln

Aunt Rosemary was not George Clooney's only famous relative. You can add a certain Civil War American president to the Oscar-winning actor's family tree.

 Politics has apparently run in the activist actor's blood for centuries, as website Ancestry.com on Thursday revealed that the "Ocean's 11" star is distantly related to President Abraham Lincoln...

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January 21, 2013

Virginia Genealogies and Biographies, 1500s-1900s

A rare five-volume Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, spanning three centuries. Also note the two-volume Maryland and Virginia Colonials, providing detailed, well-documented genealogies on 22 colonial families and hundreds of affiliated families. Within this database, you'll find an incredible variety of genealogical source material, including private and public records - family Bibles, newspaper excerpts, parish notices, gravestone inscriptions, wills, inventories.

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 Books Included:
- Virginia Historical Genealogies
- Virginia and Virginians, 2 volumes
- Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial Families, 2 volumes
- Some Prominent Virginia Families, 4 volumes
- Virginia Genealogies
- Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, 2 volumes
- The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, 4 volumes
- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, 5 volumes
- Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives

Study exposes hole in gene security

A new study has shown that it is possible to determine the identities of people who have anonymously contributed genetic material for research, exposing gaps in existing security structures for personal genetic information.

 A team of US scientists has combined genomic information with Internet search tools and public databases to identify nearly 50 individuals in America who had provided their genetic material as participants in genomic studies...

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January 20, 2013

Ohio Soldiers in World War I Military Records

Investigate your Ohio family's participation in the Great War. Because genealogical records for this time period are somewhat limited, the excellent coverage provided in this database can be especially significant. Here you'll uncover page images from all twenty-three volumes of The Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the World War, 1917-18. In all, the military records in these volumes reference approximately 250,000 individuals who served in World War I.

 Because they include each individual's name, address, and age, these records can be a helpful finding aid for your Ohio ancestors. Use these details to link back to additional genealogical archives like birth certificates and 1900 U.S. Census data.

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 What you may find:
- Name and age
- Residence
- Branch of service and date of enlistment
- Military rank and discharge status
- Brief history of military career
- Date and cause of death (if it occurred during enlistment)


Ancestral Trails. The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History

This is the second edition of the book that has been called the Bible of British genealogy. Originally published in 1997 in association with the Society of Genealogists (London), and now revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, Ancestral Trails enables the researcher to form a coherent picture of past generations by describing virtually every class of record in every repository and library in Britain. The early chapters help beginners take their first steps by dealing with such matters as obtaining information from living relatives, drawing family trees, and starting research in the records of birth, marriage, and death, or in census records. Later chapters guide researchers to the records that are more difficult to find and use, such as wills, parish records, civil and ecclesiastical court records, poll books, and property records. So the book is ideal for the beginner and the experienced researcher alike, and will enable those who are persistent enough to trace their ancestry back to the Middle Ages...

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Fairfax Genealogical Society Call for Papers

The following announcement was written by the Fairfax Genealogical Society: 

 Call for Proposals for the Fairfax Genealogical Society 2013-14 Programs (Fairfax, Virginia)—The Fairfax Genealogical Society is pleased to announce that it is currently accepting speaker proposals for its 2013-14 programs. Proposals are being sought for monthly general meetings September 2013 through May 2014, monthly education classes September 2013 through April 2014, a one-day fair to be held 26 October 2013, and a two-day conference to be held 28-29 March 2014. All events are held in Fairfax County, which is in northern Virginia, just west of Washington, D.C. The Society is...

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January 19, 2013

Pennsylvania Biographies and Genealogies, 1600s-1800s

Approximately 315,000 individuals referenced. Genealogically valuable because neither the State of Pennsylvania nor its individual counties had a centralized system of collecting vital information prior to late 1800s. Also valuable because you'll discover many hard to find and out-of-print volumes...

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 Books Included:
- Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes I, II, and III
- Pennsylvania Genealogies, Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German. 2nd Edition
- Ohio Valley Genealogies
- Some of the First Settlers of 'The Forks of the Delaware' and their Descendants, Baptisms - giving parents' names, infant's name, date of birth, and names of godparents
- Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks with Some Account of Their Descendants
- A Genealogical and Biographical History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- A Genealogical and Personal History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Two Volumes
- Biographical and Genealogical Sketches from Pennsylvania, Excerpted from "Chronicles of Central Pennsylvania Volume IV. Personal and Family History"
- A Biographical History of York County, Pennsylvania
- A Biographical History of Lancaster County [Pennsylvania]: Being a History of the Eminent Men of the County
- A Biographical history of Greene County, Pennsylvania
- Index to the Encyclopedia to Pennsylvania Biography, Two Volumes
- Fayette County, Pennsylvania Biographies
- Families of Beaver County, Pennsylvania

January 16, 2013

Early Alabama, Arkansas, & Mississippi Settlers, 1700s-1800s

Most of the books reference early settlers of Alabama. Among them, you'll find a transcription of Alabama's only remaining 1820 census return, an index to thousands of wills, and a collection of courthouse records of important events (for example, births, marriages, land transactions, deaths, etc.). Some of the most unique resources include a series of newspaper articles published between 1880 and 1899 on Alabama's earliest families.

Mississippi settlers are identified in three volumes of court records that represent a virtual census for the state while it was still a territory. You'll also find historical and genealogical information on Mississippi's participation in the War of 1812. Finally, early settlers of Arkansas are identified in one of the most important works on early pioneers and prominent families called Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas.



January 15, 2013

Houston County Archive Volunteers passionate for genealogy

Local women donate their free time in
helping preserve the county's history.
ERIN, TENN. — With more than 140 years worth of records to organize, Melissa Barker, Houston County archivist, is thrilled to have two hardworking volunteers who freely donate their time. 

Anne Sykes and Leah Baggett donate their time to preserve, protect and help make information easy accessible to the public. 

 “They have been a huge help,” said Barker, who refers to the two women as the “backbone of the archives.”  

 After attending one of Barker’s genealogy classes at the Houston County Library, Sykes and Baggett were more than happy to lend a helping hand with the archives...

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January 14, 2013

Massachusetts Genealogical Records, 1600s-1800s

Containing 24 volumes of vital records, family histories, passenger lists, military records, census data, and cemetery records, this collection provides an excellent cross-section of early Massachusetts genealogical data.

Comprehensive in its coverage of Boston marriages from 1630-1809, Massachusetts Genealogical Records also includes census information for both 1790 and 1800, the first two taken in the United States.


This wide variety of records might provide you with the following details:
- Name of individual and age
- Residence information
- Names and relationships of family members
- Immigration dates and details
- Occupation
- Dates and places of birth, marriage, and death
- Military service details



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January 13, 2013

Early Louisiana Settlers, 1600s-1800s

Comprehensive in its coverage of early Louisiana, this unique collection of census records, family histories, military records, and immigration records references approximately 57,000 individuals.

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 Books Included:
- Louisiana Census Records (Two Volumes) by Robert Bruce L. Ardoin
- Old Families of Louisiana Stanley C. Arthur and George Campbell Huchet de Kernion
- The Settlement of the German Coast of Louisiana and Creoles of German Descent
- Gulf Coast Colonials A Compendium of French Families in Early Eighteenth Century Louisiana by Winston De Ville
- Louisiana Colonials: Soldiers and Vagabonds Winston De Ville
- Louisiana Troops 1720-1770 by Winston De Ville
- The New Orleans French, 1720-1733: A Collection of Marriage Records Relating to the First Colonists of the Louisiana Province by Winston De Ville
- The Census Tables for the French Colony of Louisiana from 1699 Through 1732 by Charles R. Maduell, Jr
- Louisiana Soldiers in the War of 1812 by Marion John Bennett Pierson
- The Canary Islands Migration to Louisiana, 1778-1783 Sidney L. Villere
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January 12, 2013

McDaniel students research long-forgotten African-American cemetery

On a steep hillside up the street from an auto repair shop, a group of McDaniel College in Baltimore students are piecing together long-forgotten lives.

 The students pull back bramble, trim branches and press flour into tombstones carved a century or more ago. They are trying to uncover the details of the lives of some of the early African-American residents of this small Frederick County town.
"They were forgotten, but we're bringing their names back," said junior Emoff Amofa, 21, who is taking professor Rick Smith's January session class on tracing family histories.
Among those buried on this hillside are Alfred B. Roberts, a sergeant who fought with the United States Colored Infantry in Civil War; Ellen Mayberry, who died in 1885 "in hope of a glorious resurrection"; and little Margaret E. Stanton, who was just 3 when she died in 1886...

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Early North Carolina Settlers, 1700s-1900s

This unique collection is comprehensive in its coverage of early North Carolina marriage records, death records, land records, historical sketches, and biographies referencing approximately 200,000 individuals. While the books focus on North Carolina genealogy and history, you'll often find record of South Carolina ancestors.

 Books Included:
- Marriage and Death Notices from 'Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette, 1799-1825,1826-1845, 1846-1867 by Carrie L. Broughton
- North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register 11 Volumes by James Robert Bent Hathaway
- North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina by Brent H. Holcomb
- Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical by Cyrus L. Hunter
- Historical Sketches of North Carolina from 1584 to 1851 by John Hill Wheeler
- Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians by John Hill Wheeler

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January 11, 2013

White Mountain Wilderness: A Photographic Journey to New Hampshire's Most Rugged Places

From the early nineteenth century to the present day, visual artists have been attracted by the variety, majesty, and beauty of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. During that time, the landscape of the region has changed considerably, from the massive deforestation produced by logging in the late nineteenth century to the forest's remarkable regrowth in recent decades.

Photographers Jerry and Marcy Monkman not only provide a full-color, visually stunning tour of the contemporary White Mountains, from the fragile environments of the alpine zones to the few remaining stands of old-growth forest, but they also document the history of human activity and its impact on the forest. Nowhere is this impact more dramatically illustrated than in the book's selection of historical photographs that are paired with views of the same landscapes as they appear today.

From rugged peaks to deep, lush valleys, from the tenacity of alpine flowers to the resilience of thriving second-growth forest, the White Mountains contain a wide variety of landscapes and ecozones within a surprisingly small area. Jerry and Marcy Monkman document this variety and its beauty in passionate words and striking photographs...

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January 9, 2013

Maine and New Hampshire Settlers, 1600s-1900s

Discover this sweeping collection of vital records, local histories, pension records, gravestone inscriptions, probate records, and census records. Comprehensive in its coverage of early Maine and New Hampshire, this database references approximately 331,000 individuals.

 Books Included:
- Vital Records of Londonderry, New Hampshire, 1719-1910 by Daniel Gage Annis
- History of York, Maine, Two Volumes by Harrie B. Coe
- An Alphabetical Index of Revolutionary Pensioners Living in Maine by Charles Alcott Flagg
- Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in the State of New Hampshire by Mrs. Charles Carpenter Goss
- Names of Soldiers of the American Revolution from Maine by Charles J. House
- Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, Nine Volumes
- Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire by Sybil Noyes, Charles T. Libby, and Walter G. Davis
- The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660 by Charles Henry Pope
- The Probate Records of Lincoln County, Maine, 1760 to 1800 by William D. Patterson
- Military History of the State of New Hampshire, from its Settlement in 1623 to the Rebellion in 1861 by Chandler E. Potter
- Maine Wills, 1640-1760 by William M. Sargent
- Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Maine
- Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: New Hampshire

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January 8, 2013

Maryland Settlers and Soldiers, 1700s-1800s

In records ranging from newspaper abstracts and marriage licenses to military diaries and cemetery transcriptions, this database identifies approximately 313,000 of Maryland's settlers and soldiers.

 Among the unique resources you'll find a two-volume set (Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources) that is said to be the most comprehensive collection of basic information ever compiled in Maryland genealogy. In addition, more than half of the books are made up of military records and identify civilian and enlisted participants in the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the War of 1812.

 Books Included:
- Marriages and Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839
- Marriages and Deaths from Baltimore Newspapers, 1796-1816
- Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources Two Volumes
- Revolutionary Records of Maryland
- Index of Marriage Licenses, Prince George's County, Maryland 1777-188
- Marriage Licenses of Caroline County, Maryland, 1774-1815
- Index to Marriages and Deaths in the 'Baltimore Sun,' 1837-1850
- Index to Marriages in the 'Baltimore Sun,' 1851-1860
- The British Invasion of Maryland, 1812-1815
- Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution, 1775-1783
- Maryland Revolutionary Records
- A Record of Interments at the Friends Burial Ground, Baltimore, Maryland
- Orderly Book of the 'Maryland Loyalists Regiment,' June 18
- Roster of Civil War Soldiers from Washington County, Maryland
- Civil War Burials in Baltimore's Loudon Park Cemetery

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January 7, 2013

Early West Virginia Settlers, 1600s-1900s

This database is comprised of fourteen books. This unique collection of family and local histories, marriage records, military records, and court records references approximately 200,000 individuals. You'll find a list of all Revolutionary War soldiers who ever lived in West Virginia and an index to civilians who participated in the War effort. You'll also find an exhaustive compilation of the state's earliest marriages and, in an interesting twist on genealogical record keeping, two volumes of genealogical and architectural histories. Such works include historical information on a building and genealogical information on its inhabitants. In combination, all of the records collected here will help you put the lives of your early West Virginia ancestors in historical context.

 Books Included:
- West Virginia Estate Settlements
- West Virginians in the American Revolution
- Marriage Records of Berkeley County, Virginia, 1781-1854
- Genealogy of Some Early Families in Grant and Pleasant Districts, Preston County, West Virginia
- The Soldiery of West Virginia
- Roane County, West Virginia Families
- Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes
- Pioneers and Their Homes on Upper Kanawha
- Capon Valley: Its Pioneers and Their Descendants, 1698 to 1940
- Genealogies of West Virginia Families
- West Virginia Revolutionary Ancestors - Early Records, Hampshire County, Virginia
- Mason County, West Virginia Marriages, 1806-1915
- Cabell County Annals and Families

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January 6, 2013

Early Kentucky Settlers, 1700s-1800s

Comprehensive in its coverage of early Kentucky, this database includes a unique collection of court, marriage, military, and probate records. In all, approximately 225,000 individuals are referenced within the indexed images of the pages from twelve books.

 Among the valuable resources, you'll find comprehensive accounts of Kentucky's participation in the Revolution and War of 1812. These accounts are especially useful because many of Kentucky's adult male settlers served in the Revolutionary War. Many were Virginians who were granted bounty lands for their service. In addition, you'll gain access to record of all marriages ever listed in The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society as well as an exhaustive index to individuals referenced within Kentucky's early statutes. In combination, the narrative and genealogical resources collected here will help you put the lives of your early Kentucky ancestors in historical context.

 Books Included:
- Kentucky Court and Other Records, Volume I by Mrs. William B. Ardery
- Kentucky Court and Other Records, Volume II by Mrs. William Breckenridge Ardery
- Kentucky Marriages, 1797-1865 by G. Glenn Clift
- Kentucky Obituaries, 1787-1854 by G. Glenn Clift
- Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812 Kentucky Adjutant-General's Office
- Kentucky Marriage Records
- Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories by Junie Estelle Stewart King
- Kentucky in the War of 1812 by Anderson Chenault Quisenberry
- Revolutionary Soldiers in Kentucky: Also a Roster of the Virginia Navy by Anderson Chenault Quisenberry
- A Complete Index to the Names of Persons, Places and Subjects Mentioned in Littell's Laws of Kentucky by W. T. Smith
- Remember the Raisin by G. Glenn Clift
- Kentucky Pension Roll for 1835

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January 5, 2013

Colonial New Jersey Source Records, 1600s-1800s

Comprehensive in its coverage of colonial New Jersey, this database references approximately 330,000 individuals in a unique collection of church, court, land, marriage, military, and probate records.

 Among the valuable resources, you'll find one of the most frequently consulted books in New Jersey genealogy called New Jersey Marriage Records, 1665-1800 and an authoritative roster known as the Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War. You'll also find court transcripts from America's earliest Quaker colony in The Burlington Court Book.

 Books Included:
- New Jersey Marriage Records, 1665-1800 by William Nelson
- Patents and Deeds and Other Early Records of New Jersey 1664-1703 by William Nelson
- Records of Officers and Men of New Jersey in Wars 1791-1815 New Jersey Adjutant-General's Office
- Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War by William S. Stryker
- Index to Stryker's Register of New Jersey in the Revolution New Jersey Historical Records Survey
- New Jersey Index of Wills, Inventories, Etc. (3 Volumes) New Jersey Department of State
- The Burlington Court Book: A Record of Quaker Jurisprudence in West New Jersey, 1680-1709 edited by H. Clay Reed and George J. Miller
- General Index to the Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey by Frederick W. Ricord
- Bergen Records: Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Bergen in New Jersey, 1666 to 1788 by Dingman Versteeg and Thomas Vermilye, Jr. 

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January 4, 2013

Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America

More than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and later in the bitter settlements of England’s Ulster Plantation in Northern Ireland. Between 250,000 and 400,000 Scots-Irish migrated to America in the eighteenth century, traveling in groups of families and bringing with them not only long experience as rebels and outcasts but also unparalleled skills as frontiersmen and guerrilla fighters. Their cultural identity reflected acute individualism, dislike of aristocracy and a military tradition, and, over time, the Scots-Irish defined the attitudes and values of the military, of working class America, and even of the peculiarly populist form of American democracy itself. 

Born Fighting is the first book to chronicle the full journey of this remarkable cultural group, and the profound, but unrecognized, role it has played in the shaping of America. Written with the storytelling verve that has earned his works such acclaim as “captivating . . . unforgettable” (the Wall Street Journal on Lost Soliders), Scots-Irishman James Webb, Vietnam combat veteran and former Naval Secretary, traces the history of his people, beginning nearly two thousand years ago at Hadrian’s Wall, when the nation of Scotland was formed north of the Wall through armed conflict in contrast to England’s formation to the south through commerce and trade. Webb recounts the Scots’ odyssey—their clashes with the English in Scotland and then in Ulster, their retreat from one war-ravaged land to another. Through engrossing chronicles of the challenges the Scots-Irish faced, Webb vividly portrays how they developed the qualities that helped settle the American frontier and define the American character. 

Born Fighting shows that the Scots-Irish were 40 percent of the Revolutionary War army; they included the pioneers Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston; they were the writers Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain; and they have given America numerous great military leaders, including Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Audie Murphy, and George S. Patton, as well as most of the soldiers of the Confederacy (only 5 percent of whom owned slaves, and who fought against what they viewed as an invading army). It illustrates how the Scots-Irish redefined American politics, creating the populist movement and giving the country a dozen presidents, including Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. And it explores how the Scots-Irish culture of isolation, hard luck, stubbornness, and mistrust of the nation’s elite formed and still dominates blue-collar America, the military services, the Bible Belt, and country music. 

Both a distinguished work of cultural history and a human drama that speaks straight to the heart of contemporary America, Born Fighting reintroduces America to its most powerful, patriotic, and individualistic cultural group—one too often ignored or taken for granted.

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Early South Carolina Settlers, 1600s-1800s

Records of approximately 120,000 individuals are available within this unique collection of passenger and naturalization records, census schedules, land grants, jury lists, and will abstracts.

 Among the unique resources included, you'll find a comprehensive account of Scotch-Irish immigration to South Carolina as well as a list of passengers who arrived in Charleston between 1820 and 1829. Among the resources is an index to all wills recorded in South Carolina before 1782.

 Books Included:
- Index to Wills of Charleston County, South Carolina, 1671-1868
- Jury Lists of South Carolina, 1778-1779
- Index to the 1800 Census of South Carolina
- South Carolina Naturalizations 1783-1850
- North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina
- Indexes to the County Wills of South Carolina
- Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Charleston, 1820-1829
- A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773
- Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: South Carolina
- Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772
- Warrants for Land in South Carolina, 1672-1711 (3 Volumes)

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January 3, 2013

Early Georgia Settlers, 1700s-1800s

Approximately 106,000 individuals are referenced within this unique collection of immigration records, biographical sketches, census records, and family histories. This collection of books is especially useful because much of the information was collected from local sources and covers the period of time before Georgia began keeping records of vital events (in 1919).

 Books Included:
- The Reconstructed 1790 Census of Georgia
- Index to United States Census of Georgia for 1820
- Index to the 1830 Census of Georgia
- A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia
- Sketches of Some of the First Settlers of Upper Georgia, of the Cherokees, and the Author 
- The Germans of Colonial Georgia, 1733-1783

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January 2, 2013

Genealogical Notes, or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts


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Connecticut, 1600s-1800s Local and Family Histories

This unique collection includes both family histories and local histories. Together, they give you the opportunity to learn not only about when and where your ancestors lived but how they lived as well.

 Books Included:
- Families of Early Milford, Connecticut
- Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut
- History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut
- Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut
- Genealogical Notes, or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts
- History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield
- Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut
- Families of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut
- Families of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut

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January 1, 2013

Early Texas Settlers, 1700s-1800s

Ranging from genealogical sketches to passenger lists and a history of the settlement of Texas, the eight books collected here are comprehensive in their coverage of early Texas. In all, approximately 94,000 early Texas settlers are referenced.Much of the importance of this collection stems from the fact that it covers a period of time before statehood and before federal record keeping was established. For example, although the first federal census was not taken in Texas until 1850, here you'll find a virtual census (recreated from poll lists) for 1846.

 Books Included:
- Republic of Texas: Poll Lists For 1846
- Austin Colony Pioneers, Including History Of Bastrop, Fayette, Grimes, Montgomery And Washington Counties, Texas
- Ancestor Lineages of Members: Texas Society/National Society Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century
- Kentucky Colonization in Texas: A History of the Peters Colony
- Character Certificates in the General Land Office of Texas
- Stephen F. Austin's Register of Families
- A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration To Texas, 1844-1847
- New Homes in a New Land: German Immigration to Texas, 1847-1861 

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