New York Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1840

This data set includes information gathered from a great variety of sources including muster and pay rolls, historical essays, biographies, meeting minutes, correspondence, land records, and town records. With this data set, you have a wide assortment of detailed Revolutionary War records at your fingertips. The type of information you will find varies depending on the record type but you may discover the following information about your ancestor: full name, age, occupation, value of real estate, value of personal estate, taxes owed, and military rank...

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California State History and Genealogy - Collection of 48 Books From the 18th to 20th Century

The California State Historic Genealogy Collection is 48 books relating to the people of the State of California in the 18th to 20th centuries. Some of these digital reproductions include illustrations and portraits. All of the volumes in this collection are in Adobe PDF format and can be searched and printed. This DVD-ROM collection will work on both Windows and Mac.

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Veterans' Schedules: U.S. Selected States, 1890

Veteran's schedules were forms that the census takers had with them when they were taking the regular population count. In 1890, these extra veterans' schedules were meant only to record information about Union soldiers and their widows. However, many census takers also recorded information about Confederate soldiers, as well as soldiers who served in different wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War. You should note that these veterans' schedules are often used as a partial substitute for the 1890 federal census, because the federal government's copy was destroyed by fire. Fragments of the 1890 census may exist in state and local repositories throughout the U.S., but they are difficult to locate and not complete. While not listing everyone who would have been included in the 1890 census, the veterans' schedules are a partial head-of-household list for those who were old enough to have served in the Union Army during the Civil War. States represented include AL, D.C. IL, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY. In addition, there are a few records from the states of CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS, MA, NY, OH, and PA...

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Pennsylvania German Church Records, 1729-1870

This collection is indispensable if you are interested in Pennsylvania German origins. Documenting births, baptisms, marriages, and burials, these records identify people and their relationships to one another - not only parents and children, husbands and wives, but witnesses and sponsors as well...

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Church Records: Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania, 1729-1881

Church records such as those included here are among the best sources for information on births, marriages, and deaths for the period of time before widespread civil registration of vital statistics. This database contains information on approximately 180,000 individuals mentioned in abstracts of baptisms, births, marriages, and deaths from the registers of more than fifty local Pennsylvania churches. The information was extracted from microfilm records of transcriptions of the original records.

Each unique event documented in this database was assigned a unique "Record ID"; every individual associated with the event shares its unique Record ID. With this record ID, you can quickly identify all of the individuals involved in a particular baptism, birth, marriage, or dearth...

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The Most Scenic Drives in America, Newly Revised and Updated: 120 Spectacular Road Trips

The all-in-one trip planner and travel guide-now totally revised and updated-will steer you down the most scenic road every time. From Florida's Road to Flamingo to Hawaii's Oahu Coastal Loop . . . from British Columbia's Sea to Sky Highway to Cape Cod's Sandy Shores . . . each featured road trip is pictured in stunning full color and described in vivid text, keyed to an easy-to-follow newly revised map. Whether you choose a drive in a far corner of the continent or a back road in your own state, this book is your ticket to North America's most beautiful byways.

Drives are grouped in four pictured-packed sections-Western, Mountain, Central, and Eastern states and provinces-and are accompanied by detailed, easy-to-use maps. New drives featuring some of Canada's most stunning destinations have been added. As a bonus, handy Trip Tip sidebars include:

• Mileage
• best season to travel
• nearby attractions
• special events
• "learn more" contact information including website addresses

A special feature called Star Routes offers thumbnail sketches of shorter but especially scenic roads located in the same region as the main tours. Additional boxes highlight distinctive characteristics of the areas, including local plants, animals, customs, foods, and a variety of historical events.

Whether on the road or in the comfort of your easy chair, this newly revised Reader's Digest travel guide will be a welcome companion.

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Virginia in the Revolution and War of 1812 Military Records

The records collected within these eleven books were extracted from sources ranging from local court houses to national archives. Original sources include bounty land applications, militia rosters, pension applications, muster and pay rolls, depositions, petitions, militia lists, orderly books, and service records.

Among the unique resources collected here, you'll find one of the most ambitious collections of Revolutionary War source materials ever published (Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh's Revolutionary War Records: Virginia) along with information on all regiment members who served under George Washington. In addition, you'll find record of all Virginia soldiers and sailors who received land warrants in present-day Kentucky...

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Petrus Romanus: The Final Pope Is Here

For more than 800 years scholars have pointed to the dark augury having to do with "the last Pope." The prophecy, taken from St. Malachy's "Prophecy of the Popes," is among a list of verses predicting each of the Roman Catholic popes from Pope Celestine II to the final pope, "Peter the Roman," whose reign would end in the destruction of Rome. First published in 1595, the prophecies were attributed to St. Malachy by a Benedictine historian named Arnold de Wyon, who recorded them in his book, Lignum Vitæ. Tradition holds that Malachy had been called to Rome by Pope Innocent II, and while there, he experienced the vision of the future popes, including the last one, which he wrote down in a series of cryptic phrases. According to the prophecy, the next pope (following Benedict XVI) is to be the final pontiff, Petrus Romanus or Peter the Roman. The idea by some Catholics that the next pope on St. Malachy's list heralds the beginning of "great apostasy" followed by "great tribulation" sets the stage for the imminent unfolding of apocalyptic events, something many non-Catholics would agree with. This would give rise to a false prophet, who according to the book of Revelation leads the world's religious communities into embracing a political leader known as Antichrist. In recent history, several Catholic priests--some deceased now--have been surprisingly outspoken on what they have seen as this inevitable danger rising from within the ranks of Catholicism as a result of secret satanic "Illuminati-Masonic" influences. These priests claim secret knowledge of an multinational power elite and occult hierarchy operating behind supranatural and global political machinations. Among this secret society are sinister false Catholic infiltrators who understand that, as the Roman Catholic Church represents one-sixth of the world's population and over half of all Christians, it is indispensable for controlling future global elements in matters of church and state and the fulfillment of a diabolical plan they call "Alta Vendita," which is set to assume control of the papacy and to help the False Prophet deceive the world's faithful (including Catholics) into worshipping Antichrist. As stated by Dr. Michael Lake on the front cover, Catholic and evangelical scholars have dreaded this moment for centuries. Unfortunately, as readers will learn, time for avoiding Peter the Roman just ran out... Read More

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Connecticut Officers and Soldiers, 1700s-1800s Military Records

Reach further into your family tree's Connecticut branches! This unique and comprehensive collection of Connecticut military records from the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War references approximately 167,000 individuals.

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Books Included:
- Rolls of Connecticut Men in the French and Indian War, 1755-1762 (Two Volumes)
- Connecticut Revolutionary Pensioners
- Connecticut Society Daughters of the American Revolution
- The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783
- Supplement to the 'The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783'
- Volume I: Rolls and Lists of Connecticut Men in the Revolution, 1775-1783
- Volume II: Lists and Returns of Connecticut Men in the Revolution, 1775-1783

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Up From Slavery

The Dramatic story of Black Slavery in America from the first arrival of African slaves at Jamestown in 1619 to the Civil War and the ratification of the 15th Amendment in 1870 which prohibits the government from denying a citizen the vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude (i.e., slavery) - the third of the Reconstruction Amendments which finally ended the legitimacy of Slavery in the United States. 

• 1619 Virginia - The First African Slaves arrive. 
• 18th Century Colonial America and Slavery under the rule of the British Empire. 
• Slavery in the United States after the Revolution. 
• Nat Turner s Rebellion, 1831. 
• Abolition from the North grows. The Civil War. 
• Emancipation Proclamation. Aftermath of the Civil War and new freedom.

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Canadian Genealogy Index, 600s-1900s

This database contains over two million records referencing individuals from all regions of Canada, as well as early Alaska. The vast majority of the records fall between 1600 and 1984, although some records date before the 1500s. Gathered over twenty years of research from over one thousand different sources (including city directories, marriage records, birth records, land records, census records, and more) this collection of names represents one of the largest indexes to historical Canadian records available.

Listings Include:- Individual's name
- Type of event (married, living, born, etc.).
- Date and location of event.
- Province and county associated with the original record.
- Source and page number where you can find the original record.

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New England Family Histories #1, 1600s-1800s

This database contains images of the pages of 13 books covering New England family histories and genealogies spanning the 1600s to the 1800s. The books reference approximately 140,000 names. This database can save you research time by telling you about an individual with your ancestor's name who lived in New England during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Please note that some of the individuals included on the database may not have lived in New England in this time period, but were mentioned in the genealogy of someone who did...

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Trail of Tears: A Native American Documentary Collection

Native Americans have experienced a history full of oppression and racism. Since the period when Native tribes were found on this continent at the time of its "discovery", the British and American governments disregarded Native Americans as the owners of the territory they occupied and used aggressive force to take their lands and destroy their people. 

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Social Security Death Benefit Records Index

This Index is one of the most important research tools available for verifying deaths and death locations. As such, it can serve as the foundation to your family history research. You can search 62 million individuals for the following information: name, birth date, death date, last known residence, and more...

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America Before Columbus

History books traditionally depict the pre-Columbus Americas as a pristine wilderness where small native villages lived in harmony with nature. But scientific evidence tells a very different story: When Columbus stepped ashore in 1492, millions of people were already living there. America wasn't exactly a "New World," but a very old one whose inhabitants had built a vast infrastructure of cities, orchards, canals and causeways. But after Columbus set foot in the Americas, an endless wave of explorers, conquistadors and settlers arrived, and with each of their ships came a Noah's Ark of plants, animals—and disease. In the first 100 years of contact, entire civilizations were wiped out and the landscape was changed forever. 

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The New World: Nightmare in Jamestown

It's a story of bubonic plague, starvation, espionage and cannibalism -- and the founding of America's first colony. In 1607, a handful of English adventurers set sail across the Atlantic, expecting a paradise teeming with gold and riches. Now, 400 years later, the latest discoveries reveal the true story of Jamestown--as you've never seen it before. With exclusive access to forensics and archaeology, National Geographic reveals shocking new evidence of starvation and disease, secret plots and Spanish spies. Authentic recreations bring to life one of the most dramatic chapters in America's history... Read More

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Pilgrim Genealogies and Histories, 1600s-1900s

Mayflower pilgrims are America's most famous immigrants, but what do you really know about them? Here's a great resource to help you discover the stories and timelines behind the mystique. Comprehensive in its coverage of early New England settlers, this expertly sourced database includes a wide variety of details on the lives of Pilgrims and their descendants in the New World, including approximately 248,000 individuals.

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Books Included
- The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers
- The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640
- Topographical Dictionary of 2,885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650
- The Winthrop Fleet of 1630
- The Mayflower Reader: A Selection of Articles from 'The Mayflower Descendant'
- Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families
- Signers of the Mayflower Compact
- History And Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters (2 Volumes)
- A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut
- Mayflower Descendants and their Marriages for Two Generations After the Landing
- Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (Volumes I-III)
- Records of Plymouth Colony Births, Deaths, Burials, and Other Records, 1633-1689
- The Truth About the Pilgrims
- Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers of the Colony of Plymouth From 1602 To 1625
- Cape May County Mayflower Pilgrim Descendants, 1620-1920
- Three Hundred Colonial Ancestors And War Service
- Families Directly Descended From All the Royal Families in Europe (495 To 1932) & Mayflower Descendants

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English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800 International Records

Settled by the British in 1627, Barbados was home to many inhabitants who later relocated to mainland America, settling in Virginia, Georgia, the Carolinas, and other colonies. In fact, throughout most of the 17th and 18th centuries, there was a continuous flow of settlers from Barbados to virtually every point along the Atlantic seaboard. As a result, many families can trace their origins in the New World first to Barbados.

Barbados's surviving parish registers were copied during the mid-19th century and are now housed in the Barbados Department of Archives. The information compiled and presented in these volumes was taken from those registers. Information available varies by record type, and great deal of instructive material can be found in the Foreword or Preface to each volume. Approximately 200,000 individuals are referenced in these baptism, marriage, and probate source records.

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Books Included
- Barbados Records: Baptisms 1637-1800
- Barbados Records: Marriages 1643-1800, Volumes I and II
- Barbados Records: Wills and Administrations 1639-1725, Volumes I-III

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Ohio Census, 1880 Index

This database contains approximately 800,000 records from 87 counties in the state of Ohio. It was prepared by the Ohio Genealogical Society and represents all the Ohio counties that existed in 1880. This publication of the Index to the 1880 Federal Population Census for the State of Ohio by the Ohio Genealogical Society is the result of thousands of volunteers hours -- not only by members and friends in Ohio, but out-of-state members as well. The population of the United States more than tripled between 1850 and 1900 making the indexing of censuses for the last half of the 19th century a monumental undertaking... 

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Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s

This database contains images of the pages of William Henry Egle's Notes and Queries, regarded to be among the most important work on the genealogy, biography, and history of central Pennsylvania ever published. The columns (and offprints of the columns which appeared in pamphlet form) were reprinted in seven volumes between the years 1894 and 1896. With the five annual volumes for 1896-1900, the complete set of Notes and Queries which appears on this database totals twelve volumes. Since this database contains a great variety of information you may be able to gain a more complete understanding of your ancestors and their lives...

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Everton's Computerized "Roots" Cellar, 1640-1990 Family Queries

Family queries, such as those collected here, are useful because they help coordinate the efforts of family history researchers seeking information on the same family lines. Generally, when you find an ancestor in this data set you'll learn their birth date and location, death date and location, and residence. You'll also find out the name of the family history researcher who contributed the query. By getting in touch with that person, you may be able to combine efforts and learn even more detailed family history information...

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Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower

Drawing scenes and dialogue from the records of participants and eyewitnesses, this first-rate documentary meticulously re-creates the saga of the Pilgrims, from their extraordinary Mayflower crossing to their encounters with Native Americans. Featuring a cast of actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company, the program was filmed at Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts and locations in England, Belgium, Maryland and Virginia...

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Birth Record Index: United States/Europe, 900-1880

Over 1.8 million individuals have been located on these databases that contain both a birth year and location. Records that did not have at both a year and location were omitted from the compilation. Records with a birth year after 1880 were also omitted.

The records that were extracted include the Social Security Death Records Index (110), the Mortality Schedules (164), The lineage linked databases of 100, 101 and 102,plus the Salt Lake City Cemetery records (168). The Census index databases were not used as there was not birth information within the indexed record.

In the case of the Mortality Schedules, the birth year was estimated based upon the age in the year of death.

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Mayflower Increasings

Building on the previously published work of John Landis--the 1922 Mayflower Descendants and Their Marriages for Two Generations After the Landing--Mrs. Roser's work provides an accurate and reliable summary of all that is presently known about the passengers of the Mayflower for the first three generations in America--names, dates, places, spouses, children, etc. Unique to the Roser work, each third generation listing includes references to records or sources that will help the researcher find fourth generation children.

And new to this edition is a "Probate Appendix" which will assist the reader in identifying fourth and fifth generation children. The second edition of Mayflower Increasings is, in fact, a whole new book, not just a simple revision of an established text, and it contains at least three times as much information as the original...

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Everton's Computerized Family File, Volume 4, 1400s-present Family Pedigrees

Family group sheets, such as those collected in this database, are among the most useful types of records because they compile information on entire families. Unlike previous publications of Everton's Computerized Family File, which included just a name index, this database includes an index as well as images of the actual family group sheets.

Combined, these family group sheets provide information on approximately 389,000 individuals from all fifty United States and around the world (including Canada, England, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Prussia, Scotland, Sweden, and Switzerland)....

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Everton's Computerized Family File, Vols. 2 & 3, 1400s-present Family Pedigrees

Family group sheets, such as those collected in this database, are among the most useful types of records because they compile information on entire families. Unlike previous publications of Everton's Computerized Family File, which included just a name index, this database includes an index as well as images of the actual family group sheets.

Combined, these family group sheets provide information on approximately 389,000 individuals from all fifty United States and around the world (including Canada, England, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Prussia, Scotland, Sweden, and Switzerland)...

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Everton's Family File Vol. 1 1400-Present

Family group sheets, such as those collected in this database, are among the most useful types of records because they compile information on entire families. Unlike previous publications of Everton's Computerized Family File, which included just a name index, this database includes an index as well as images of the actual family group sheets.

Combined, these family group sheets provide information on approximately 389,000 individuals from all fifty United States and around the world (including Canada, England, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Prussia, Scotland, Sweden, and Switzerland)...

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Vital Records: New Netherland, 1600s

This data represents over 1,793 families in the present area of New York and New Jersey, as well as parts of Delaware and Pennsylvania.

Spanning 1613 to 1674, this is rich and detailed family pedigree information. Because so few American records are available from this time period, the data takes on heightened significance. Given that these records start so early in American history and are quite thorough, a large portion of United States residents will have at least one ancestor in this group.

Each page of this database shows a separate lineage with family names, head of family with personal data, a three generation genealogy, and a list of reference sources. The pedigrees are clearly well-documented and provide information on births, deaths, and marriages.

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While the information that you'll learn varies, you can often learn:
- Names of family members
- Ages of family members
- Locations of events
- Dates of vital events
- Native towns of origin
- Approximate arrival date in America

Marriage Index: Arkansas, 1779-1992

This database contains indexes to marriage records for selected counties and years from 19 counties in the state of Arkansas. The total number of records is approximately 154,000. Records indexed may not be comprehensive for the time and region covered...

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Marriage Index: Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia, 1624-1915

This database contains indexes to marriage records for selected counties and years from 179 counties in three states: Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia. There is also one collection from the Maryland Historical Society (for Maryland), and from W.M.C. (for North Carolina). Records total approximately 249,500. They begin as early as 1624 and continue to the early 1900s. Records indexed may not be comprehensive for the time and region covered...

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West Virginia Waterfalls: The New River Gorge

More than 100 waterfalls grace the cliffs and canyons of the New River Gorge and its tributaries. This book invites you to savor this untapped wealth of beauty in two enjoyable ways by viewing photographs of these waterfalls and by experiencing them for yourself.

Photographers, hikers, and nature lovers Ed Rehbein and Randy Sanger have photographed some of the most beautiful places in the New River Gorge, plus--provided maps and information on how to visit each waterfall yourself. The pull-out hiking guide will keep you on the path to your own Appalachian adventures!

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The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family

Duong Van Mai Elliott's The Sacred Willow, an extraordinary narrative woven from the lives of four generations of her family, illuminates fascinating--and until now unexplored--strands of Vietnamese history.

Beginning with her great-grandfather, who rose from rural poverty to become an influential mandarin, and continuing to the present, Mai Elliott traces her family's journey through an era of tumultuous change. She tells us of childhood hours in her grandmother's silk shop--and of hiding while French troops torched her village, watching blossoms torn by fire from the trees flutter "like hundreds of butterflies" overhead. She reveals the agonizing choices that split Vietnamese families: her eldest sister left her staunchly anti-communist home to join the Viet Minh, and spent months sleeping with her infant son in jungle camps, fearing air raids by day and tigers by night. And she follows several family members through the last, desperate hours of the fall of Saigon--including one nephew who tried to escape by grabbing the skid of a departing American helicopter.

Based on family papers, dozens of interviews, and a wealth of other research, this is not only a memorable family saga, but a record of how the Vietnamese themselves have experienced their times. At times haunting, at times heartbreaking--it is always mesmerizing--The Sacred Willow will forever change how we view the history of Vietnam and our own role in it...

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Marriage Index: Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina 1641-1944

This database contains indexes to marriage records for selected counties and years from 114 counties in Alabama and Georgia. County records were not used for South Carolina; instead, other sources containing marriage records were compiled. Records total approximately 190,000. They begin as early as 1641 and continue to the mid-1900s. Records indexed may not be comprehensive for the time and region covered...

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