Category Archives: American

FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com Updates and Additions – May 16, 2013

FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com Updates and Additions   FamilySearch.org Argentina Argentina, Baptisms, 1645-1930 Argentina, Santa Fe, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1975 Austria Austria, Seigniorial Records, 1537-1888 Isle of Man Isle of Man, Parish Registers, 1598-1950 Italy Italy, Benevento, Arcidiocesi di Benevento, Catholic Church Records, 1575-1908 Italy, Como, Como, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929 Italy, Cosenza, Rossano, Civil Registration … Continue reading

Transcription – Death Certificate of Rebecca Ann Ott

DEATH CERTIFICATE OF Rebecca Ann Ott STATE OF OHIO BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS CERTIFICATE OF DEATH 1    PLACE OF DEATH County   Portage    Registration District No.   1058        File No.            Township                                     Primary Registration District No.   8415    Registered No.   … Continue reading

Transcription – Obituary for Doyle Clement Cadwallader

Obituary of Doyle Clement Cadwallader To access or download this image or any other image or source for this or any other individual, click on a link or the image to the left. 10/20/1944 Press Gazette OBITUARY “In the midst of life we are in death. In the moment that ye think not, In the … Continue reading

Transcription – Dr. A. D. Warner of Geauga County, Ohio – Obituary

Dr. A. D.Warner Taken By Death _________ Dr. A. D. Warner, a prominent and life-long resident of Geauga county, passed away at his home in Burton, O., Saturday at the age of 78 years. He was born at Chester, O., October 23, 1816 and married to Phila Belle Dines in 1868. To this union were … Continue reading

Transcription – Henry Jaques, Probate Record

Jaques, Henry – Probate Henry Jaques Deceased At a term of the Court of Common pleas, within and for the County of Geauga, in the state of Ohio begun and held at the Court house in Chardon, on the first day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine … Continue reading

Some skeletons in the closet are worse than others.

During my years of genealogical research, I’ve discovered numerous ‘skeletons in the closet’ and scandals that at a ‘shorter distance’ in time would be hard to deal with. Separated by decades and even centuries, however, a lot of these misdeeds become more titillating and less than scandalous. I’ve found polygamy, traitorous acts, murders, affairs, embezzlement … Continue reading

FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com Updates and Additions – April 30, 2013

  FamilySearch.org Austria Austria, Tirol, Innsbruck, Sankt Jakob Parish Register Index, 1578-1970 Austria, Upper Austria, Wels, Census Records, 1613-1900 Canada Quebec Notarial Records, 1800-1900 China China, Collection of Genealogies, 1239-2011 Colombia Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1600-2012 Czech Republic Czech Republic, Censuses, 1843-1921 Czech Republic, Land Records, 1450-1889 Germany Germany, Brandenburg, Wittenberge, City Directories and Citizen … Continue reading

OurBlackAncestry.com creates a portal for black and slave research.

OurBlackAncestry.com is working to raise $50,000 via an Indiegogo campaign for conversion their online portal into a site where subscribers will be able to research the names of their black slave ancestors. They’re planning for a June 2013 launch date. The site will be searchable using keywords to find documents for viewing online or downloading. It will also be possible for participants … Continue reading

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