How to Use Book Databases to Further Your Family History

Published: Mon, 06/08/15

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Vol. 20, No. 53 - June 8, 2015

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How to Use Book Databases to Further Your Family History
How to Use Book Databases to Further Your Family History
Are you stuck on your family history and don’t know where else to look for records? Have you tried using book databases? These databases are often treasure troves of information on your family. They can give you information on books that contain information on your family tree, and that information may contain things you would never have found otherwise. Some of these books are long out of print, too, or antique and really rare. Here’s how to use book databases to grow your family tree and which databases to use to do it...
This Week's Free Genealogy Lookups
This Week’s Free Genealogy Lookups
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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1538-1940 (1999 Supplement)

This knowledge may help you determine additional information such as the name of the ship on which your ancestors sailed and the location of their naturalization.

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index: 1500s-1900s (2000 Supplement)

his information was collected from published passenger lists, naturalization records, church records, family and local histories, as well as voter and land registrations.

Kentucky, 1774-1924 Land Records

Land records are important in genealogy research because they place an individual in a specific location at a specific time. They are especially important when researching ancestors who lived prior to the Civil War since most free adult white males owned land at that time.

Land Records: Pennsylvania Bucks and Lancaster Co., 1682-1825

This database contains information on approximately 12,690 individuals mentioned in land record abstracts for Bucks and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania.
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