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What Can the British College of Arms Do for You? |
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The British College of Arms is a little known and little used genealogical resource for American genealogists. Yet, it has one of the richest collections of British genealogical records available, with some of them being primary source family trees begun 600 years ago or more and added to ever since. Genealogy has always been an important part of life for the British royal and noble families.
They needed to prove their ancestry for inheritance purposes, as well as to get more prestigious positions and titles and to increase their respect among their peers. A good genealogy could also secure a quality marriage for the child of a noble family. That is why these genealogies began being collected in medieval times and put into the custody of the College of Arms. The British College of Arms continues this work, and more, today. This is what the British College of Arms can do for you to
help you enhance your own British genealogy, and how to go about getting their assistance... Read More
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This resource contains seventeen volumes of the series Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. The materials date from 1775 to 1782 and follow the military careers of Massachusetts soldiers and sailors and their commanding officers.
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.
More than 338,000 individuals are referenced within this resource, 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.
This resource 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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Have you heard of Social Security applications as a means of genealogical research? If this is a new record source to you, here’s what you need to know.
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Recommended Genealogy Resources |
Here are some sources you should be using in your genealogical research. Some are free and some are fee-based. I’ll continue to make updates to this page so you may want to bookmark for future reference and convenience. |
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