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Using Cemetery Records to Uncover Unknown Ancestors |
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Cemetery records, when they exist and you can find them, can reveal a lot about your family history that you never knew. The person who originally purchased a cemetery plot or plots, the trail of ownership of the plot from the original purchaser to the present, and the people buried in the plots (including where they
were placed relative to other people in the same plot) can reveal a lot about your ancestors and their lives and relationships with one another... Read More
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This Week’s Free Genealogy Lookups |
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This database contains indexes to approximately
303,000 selected marriage records from 85 counties in the state of Ohio. Fulton and Monroe counties are not included, as records from these counties were destroyed by fires. This database contains marriage information from selected areas of New York for approximately 152,000 individuals. This database contains some of the earliest known church and government marriage information, from 1639, and continues through the 18th and 19th centuries. This database indexes nearly 100,000 individuals who were married
in the state of New York from the mid 1700s to the late 1800s. The marriage records indexed in this database have been collected from a variety of sources including church records, newspapers, census records, and state vital records. This database contains marriage record information for approximately 1,400,000 individuals from across all fifty United States and thirty-two different countries around the
world.
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Using Military Records to Construct Family Trees |
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Do you have an ancestor who is a seeming dead end on your family tree? Most genealogists have at least one of these, and usually more than one. They can be frustrating, because the record trail seems to run dry with them, making it impossible to get around them to the generations behind them. These are your brick wall
ancestors. The good news is that most genealogy brick walls can be broken down eventually, with enough time, effort, and determination (as well as a healthy amount of thinking outside of the box). Looking at alternative record sources is one way to move past a brick wall ancestor. Military records are one alternative record source that often yields very valuable information you won’t find anywhere else.... Read More
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Latest Hard To Find Surnames |
Free Genealogical Lookups |
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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