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Genealogical Adventures in Town Halls |
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Town halls are common in individual towns and cities in the United States, but particularly in the northeast. While town halls in newer areas of the country are simply places where the municipal business of the city is conducted, northeastern town halls can often be treasure troves of genealogical
information. It’s usually easier to get information from them in person on a genealogical research trip, so put them on your list of places to visit when you go out in the field.
Here’s how to use northeastern town halls to look for genealogical information, how to approach the staff there to do searches for you, and
what types of information you may find there... Read More
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This Week’s Free Genealogy Lookups |
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resource contains indexes to approximately 375,000 records from the 1871 census of Ontario, Canada. This database indexes heads of household as well as individuals who had different last names than the head of household. This resource contains images of the pages of 13 books covering New England family histories and genealogies spanning the 1600s to the 1800s. This resource 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. This resource contains the complete index of the National Archives microfilm roll number M918, Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens Who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North 1861-1865. The collection includes the names of approximately 25,000 individuals. Request a Free Lookup
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Oklahoma, the Natives, and US Settlement |
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Anyone who has ever read the Little House on the Prairie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder knows a bit about the unique and varied history of Oklahoma. It was originally set aside by the United States government as a reservation for Native Americans of all tribes. However, American settlers with westward pioneering ambitions tried to settle it before it was legally permissible for
them to do so. The second book of Mrs. Wilder’s series discusses her family’s attempt to settle in Oklahoma when she was a child, and their subsequent ousting from the territory by American soldiers who were rounding up and evicting illegal settlers like the Ingalls family... Read More
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Some military service records from the War of 1812 are for soldiers who did not actually fight the British at all. They were mainly southern soldiers who were fighting wars with the local Indians at the time. Yet, they received War of 1812 credit and pensions. Why was this the case?
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your family’s memories. Display them on your family’s website or play them at holidays and special events! Let me create a professional slideshow that documents the most important people in your life. Click Here |
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