Connect with Ancestors and Share Family Stories (FamilySearch Tree App)

I started using this app a few weeks ago and I’ve found it very easy and convenient. I can use my existing FamilySearch.org Family Tree account to view the details of my family tree, plus add photos and stories to family branches.

Feel a compelling connection with your ancestors as you discover the important events and stories of their lives. As your heart turns to them, begin to collect and add your own favorite family memories to the tree for others to enjoy for generations to come. Share your family legacy with others in person or through popular social networks...

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Rhode Island Family Histories #1, 1600s-1800s

These books contain family history articles on Rhode Island families published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. This collection contains some of the best genealogical articles pertaining to Rhode Island of the past 140 years. 

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Have You Visited Angel Island?

San Francisco is known as one of America’s loveliest tourist destinations. The bustling city offers lovely natural scenery, stunning Bay Views and a variety of interesting sites. During one of our family field trips we visited one of the most historic and often overlooked parts of San Francisco, Angel Island. Located in the San Francisco Bay, Angel Island is actually the Bay’s biggest island and it has an impressive history to match...

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Connecticut Family Histories #1, 1600s-1800s

The materials cover the entire state of Connecticut and even include information on some families whose ancestry is associated with other areas, largely Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, and the Midwest. What you can learn about each listed individual varies, depending on the original article. However, in this collection you will find birth, death, marriage, probate, land, and court records. These records may provide you with information such as the dates and locations of important family events, as well as the names of the participants, witnesses, or other family members. 

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A Treasure Trove of Colonial History

The Massachusetts Bay Colony, and Boston itself, date back to 1620. The entire New England area is rich in colonial history, much of it faithfully documented by local historians. You’ll find a treasure trove of research resources in Boston. The major resources for genealogical research in the city include the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston Public Library and the State of Massachusetts Archives. These institutions offer a wealth of resources to help you trace your ancestry and build your family tree — and much of it is free...

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Maryland and Delaware, 1600s-1800s Church Records

Together, these texts reference approximately 263,000 individuals. The records were primarily gathered from Maryland and Delaware churches and include birth, baptism, marriage, and burial records. You’ll also find information taken from family histories, miscellaneous articles, abstracts from meeting minutes, monthly meeting registers, court records, and land records. 
  
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Getting Kids Into Genealogy

Genealogy research is a fun activity that can bring families closer together. It’s a good idea to start early, as young as 3 to 4 years old, when a child is most receptive to new (and fun) ideas. Keep the focus on fun and save the searches of birth, marriage, death and immigration records for when your children are older and have developed a sense of history... 

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Ohio Vital Records #2, 1770s-1880s

The records referenced in this title date mainly from 1750 to 1880 and name approximately 70,000 individuals. The information was collected from a great variety of resources including marriage records, gravestone inscriptions, local histories, newspaper abstracts, tax lists, settlements of estates, will abstracts, bible records, family histories, and land records. 
  
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Courthouse Research for Family Historians: Your Guide to Genealogical Treasures

Finally–the only guidebook devoted exclusively to research in America’s courthouses. Full of essentials starting with preparation, interacting with the clerks, using the indexes, and what to expect to find in each courthouse office. But it doesn’t stop there. Evaluating the records and using them to solve genealogical problems are included. For those who can’t travel to the courthouse personally, use of the Internet, microfilm, and published books of abstracts are discussed.

Tips galore from an author who has researched in more than 500 courthouses…

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Tracing Your Family Origins

If you’ve ever wondered about past relatives, you’re not alone. I’ve always been curious about my ancestors. Knowing where you come from is a wonderful feeling because it provides for you a sense of context, stability, and pride in your heritage… and it’s just plain old fun...

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Get With the Plan: Breaking Bad Genealogy Habits

Researching family history and exploring ancestry is a hobby for a growing number of people. Many dip in and out, take sketchy notes, and randomly research birth records, death records, marriage records, and maybe immigration records. That approach will reap some rewards, some information. Notes may be scattered and sketchy... 

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Edward Rutherfurd on New York

Strangely, I suspect it was Viking ancestors who drew me to New York.

For centuries my father’s family lived on Britain’s biggest tidal river, the Severn, on which there was a huge trade with the interior, and through the port of Bristol with America. In the nineteenth century they were in shipping from the Baltic to the Black Sea... Read More

Mount a Charge to Research Military Posts

“The men are healthy looking . . . and soldierly in appearance. They march and maneuver well on foot, less so mounted, because many of them ride indifferently . . . The horses are generally indifferent.”... Read More

Ohio Vital Records #1, 1790s-1870s

Here you’ll find more than 93,000 individuals referenced. The majority of the materials cover the years 1800 to 1850 and represent 76 of Ohio’s 88 counties. What you can learn about each listed individual varies according to the original record, but this data offers a wide variety of important genealogical source materials. 

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The First Air Force One

In 1953 a near mid-air collision took place over New York City...

 

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From FDR's prop-driven Pan Am to the glimmering blue and white jumbo 747 on which George W. Bush travels, the president's plane has captured the public's awe and imagination, and is recognized around the world as a symbol of American power. In this unique book, Kenneth Walsh looks at the decisions that our last 12 presidents made on the plane; the personality traits and peccadilloes they revealed when their guard was down; and the way they each established a distinctive mood aboard that was a reflection of their times, as well as their individual personalities. Based on interviews with four living presidents, scores of past and present White House officials, and staff and crew members of Air Force One, Walsh's book reveals countless fascinating stories of life aboard the "flying White House." It also features descriptions of the food, the decor, the bedrooms, the medical clinic, and much more--as well as remarkable photos of the planes (inside and out) and the presidents... 

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Virginia Vital Records #1, 1600s-1800s

The records referenced date mainly from the 1600s to the 1800s and represent one of the largest existing collections of Virginia records. In general, the records you’ll find here will provide you with the date and location of an important family event, plus the names of the individuals involved.

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Genealogies of Long Island Families, 1600s-1800

This database contains images of both volumes of Genealogies of Long Island Families, as well as one volume of Long Island Source Records. These are composed of articles originally appearing in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, one of the foremost publishers of Long Island genealogies.

The three volumes, originally published by Genealogical Publishing Company, contain references to approximately 60,000 individuals from the present-day Suffolk, Kings, and Queens counties and represents one of the largest existing collections of Long Island genealogies and records.

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Pennsylvania Vital Records, 1700s-1800s

Pennsylvania ancestors? How about tracing them using one of the largest bodies of Pennsylvania source material ever published? More than 87,000 individuals and every article about births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths that has appeared in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography and the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. 

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Hard To Find Surnames

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One of the fastest and easiest ways to find family records is to network with other family researchers on the internet. Leave queries for every surname you are researching and see who contacts you. Make sure you keep a record of where you posted, what surname(s) you posted and when. You will want to update this periodically as you discover new information or if your email address changes.

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Cultivate the Leaves on the Family Tree: Talk to the Older Folks

Whether you’re doing serious genealogical research or just want to know, don’t forget to check with the older members of your family. That elderly great-aunt, your late grandmother’s youngest sister, would be a rich resource, for example. What you view as the black-and-white world of the past, she remembers in living color...

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Genealogies of Mayflower Families, 1500s-1800s

The volumes include a wide variety of resources pertaining to the Mayflower families which settled the southern areas of Massachusetts as well as their descendants. 

The records vary greatly in their content, but may provide birth, death, and lineage information in addition to baptismal, marriage, and probate records and cemetery inscriptions. The records mention approximately 111,000 individuals and are indispensable to anyone interested in researching the Mayflower families. 

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African Americans in the 1870 Census Index

This database contains an alphabetical index of approximately 660,000 African-American individuals who were enumerated in the 1870 federal census returns. Areas represented include Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia, as well as the counties containing the cities of Baltimore, Chicago, New York City, and St. Louis. 

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Mortality Index: United States, 1850-1880

Mortality schedules counted the number of deaths that occurred in the year before the census was taken. They exist for the 1850 through 1880 censuses. This means that there are only four schedules currently available for the U.S. census. 

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Pennsylvania Family Histories #1, pre-1600 to 1900s

Spanning over four centuries of Pennsylvania history, approximately 62,000 individuals are cited here. Several hundred family history articles included touch on families of English, Welsh, Scotch-Irish, German, Dutch, and French origins. The Bible records reference hundreds of families, many of them interrelated, who lived in Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. 

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Virginia Family Histories #1, pre-1600 to 1900s

If your family line runs through Virginia, this database is worth a look. Referencing approximately 65,000 individuals from all parts of Virginia, information included dates from 1600 to 1900...

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State Index: Upstate New York, 1685-1910

This index of New York State records consists of references to city directories, tax lists, church records, military rosters, Bible records, and much more. These documents were all published in four upstate New York quarterlies dating from the late 1600s to the early 1900s... 

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Early New York Families, 1600s-1900s

More than 338,000 individuals are referenced within this collection, covering the entire state of New York. Although especially useful for the genealogist, family histories such as these can be very difficult to locate since they are not often published for wide distribution... 
  
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6 Questions To Ask Before Using The National Archives

I’ve been researching my family history since 1995 and it’s always a joy to look through the military documents at the National Archives. It’s exciting to learn new information about your families military history. Before getting started using the National Archives, there are several questions that when answered can greatly help you in your quest... Read More

Civil War Confederate Pension Applications Index

Presented in questionnaire form, a soldier's application lists the Veteran's place of enlistment, unit, period of service, battles participated in, and whether he was wounded or captured. Pension applications also included information on place of birth, number of children, and value of personal and real property owned by Veteran...

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How I Got My Family Involved In Genealogy Research

I’ve always been interested in my family’s history. I think it’s fun to look through old records and books and photos to find out where I came from. To me, it’s even a great way to travel through our home state of Virginia. Some genealogical records are online, but there are plenty where you have to head to another city and actually thumb through old records at courthouses and other places... 

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Genealogy offline: Finding family history records that are not online

Experienced genealogists know that the vast majority of valuable family history records are NOT online, but are housed in libraries, archives, historical societies and courthouses across the nation...

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Loyalists in the American Revolution

Loyalists were American colonists who retained allegiance to the British Crown. Also known as “Tories,” Loyalists were estimated to have made up one-third of colonial America’s population. The thirteen volumes of records produced in this database comprise some of the most useful works ever published on Revolutionary War Loyalists.

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