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Genealogy Volunteer Opportunity

Genealogy Volunteer Opportunity

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All those records in Granite Mountain near Salt Lake City are being digitalized and will eventually be available online free. As you can imagine, there are millions of records which the LDS Church has collected over the years. They have the digitalizing down to a science and anticipate it will be completed in 10 years. That’s the worldwide collection. The indexing, which is necessary before you can search these records, is done by volunteers, checked and double checked, will take…

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FamilySearch

FamilySearch

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FamilySearch is constantly adding searchable records. I tested their records for Cook County, Illinois. I note you cannot right click and save a section but if you have Windows 7 you can use the snipping tool. If you hover over a name you get more information, perhaps spouse, parents and/or children. And if it is a vital record you can order a copy from the Cook County Clerk. It produced assorted birth, death and immigration records for the surname. I…

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Vital Records and Alternates

Vital Records and Alternates

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In 1900 only 18 states [including future states] registered vital records. It was not mandatory in all of those, but it was encouraged. Thus you might find vital records in Vermont back to 1779, Massachusetts 1842, New Jersey 1843, Connecticut 1859, Hawaii, Rhode Island and Virginia 1853, Delaware 1861, Florida 1865, Michigan 1867, Arizona, Iowa, New Hampshire, New York 1880, Illinois 1887, Maine 1892, North Dakota 1893, Maryland 1898. Illinois did not mandate the registration of vital records with the…

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MARRIAGE RECORDS IN HIDING

MARRIAGE RECORDS IN HIDING

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A common question is “why can’t I find my ancestor’s birth/death/marriage certificate?” The answer to no birth or death certificate is generally simple. The State of Illinois did not MANDATE such records prior to 1916. After that it is a bigger issue and the subject of a different post. Marriage records were always required and yet many times they cannot be located. Obviously, they may not have gotten married where you think they got married. For Illinois marriages prior to…

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