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Month: July 2006

CEMETERY, DEATH AND OBITUARY LINKS

CEMETERY, DEATH AND OBITUARY LINKS

Symbols on tombstones have you confused? There are many sites with information on the symbols found on tombstones. Like everything else in genealogy, the information should be doublechecked but here are some places to start: http://members.aol.com/TombView/symbol2.html http://www.mtsu.edu/~then/Cemetery/page3.html http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/tombstone_symbols__and_their_mea.htm http://www.angelfire.com/ky2/cemetery/reid.html http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/jun05/tombstone.asp Here’s a encyclopedic site with all sorts of information on subjects like tombstones, illnesses, occupations, etc. California Death Index1940-1997 Illinois Death Records1916-1950, some pre 1916 Kentucky Death Index1911-2000 Maine Death Index1960-1997 Texas Death Index1964-1998 Social Security Death IndexIf you don’t…

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THIS AND THAT

THIS AND THAT

OLD BOOKS At a genealogy conference a year ago I bought a two volume A BasicCourse in Genealogy. It is actually the text of the time [about 50 yearsago] for LDS genealogical training classes. Needless to say, it does notinclude computers. One of the more amazing things to me is those questions we struggle with,how to indicate this, what about this, are answered. As we struggle withthem now we are reinventing the wheel. Example, “place of birth is known butit…

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IMMIGRATION

IMMIGRATION

WHAT PORT DID THEY ARRIVE AT DJ Weber, original author of this post, kindly gave me permission to pass it along to you. I think may of you will find it interesting. Remember, this is about emigrants and NOT colonists. Their ships went to whatever colony they were going to. When you think of emigrants arriving at North American ports you need to think of the historical times of their arrivals. First, we may need to know from which port…

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CENSUS

CENSUS

Did you know you can search the 1880 Census Index at 1880 Census FREE? You won’t get to see the image free but you will get some basic information. Here’s what I got. Name: Robert DowningAge: 86Estimated birth year: abt 1794Birthplace: PennsylvaniaOccupation: Retired FarmerRelationship to head-of-household: SelfHome in 1880: Mt Pulaski, Logan, IllinoisMarital status: MarriedRace: WhiteGender: MaleSpouse’s name: Jane DowningFather’s birthplace: PAMother’s birthplace: PA The next two people I tried were not found — although I did find them on…

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THE SEARCH BEGINS

THE SEARCH BEGINS

Ancestors. We all have them. We all have about the same number of them. Why is it that some of us have found many of ours and others have found only a few? Sometimes it is where and how you were raised. I have Revolutionary War ancestors buried almost literally in the backyard where I grew up. This is not uncommon on the East Coast. People came to this country and next moved more than a few miles from where…

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