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Connecticut & Rhode Island, 1850 Census Microfilm Records

2013-05-20T14:18:00.000-07:00

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Fireside Folklore of West Virginia, Vol. I

2013-05-20T08:59:00.000-07:00

Fireside Folklore of West Virginia Vol. 1 is the first in a new spellbinding series focusing on the state's ghost stories, legends and haunted locations. Readers will recognize familiar tales and will learn of the authors own paranormal experiences while searching for ghosts, urban legends and other entities.

At the old Whipple Store in Fayette County mystery abounds.
What is it about this building that draws investigators?

Why does the Granny Witch mysteriously appear to hikers?

Who is Deloris and does she really appear in the small community of Burnt House?

Who commited the violent murders at the old farmhouse?

The 174 pages feature over 120 images including photographs and old folklore woodcuts. The 24 intriguing chapters are based on Sherri Brake's popular column appearing in West Virginia's largest independent publication, Two-Lane Livin'. Each story features extra details and photographs not seen in the original columns debuting from 2010-2012... Read More

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Indian Nations of North America

2013-05-20T08:46:00.002-07:00

Walk with the indigenous people who settled North America —and with their descendants, whose more than 500 tribes range from the Arctic Circle across the Great Plains and to the Eastern Seaboard. Lakota, Cherokee, Navajo, Haida: these groups and many others are profiled in engaging entries and portrayed in magnificent images and maps that authentically evoke each tribe's history and character. Organized into eight geographical regions, this encyclopedic reference gives fascinating details about key tribes within each area: their beliefs, sustenance, shelter, alliances, interaction with nature, historic events, and more. Learn about the spiritual and cultural traditions of Native Americans across the continent...investigate how and when each tribe came into contact with Europeans, and how their lives changed. This is the definitive, insightful reference on Native Americans —captivating and informative for all who appreciate history, diverse cultures, stunning images, and the artistry of maps... Read More

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Massachusetts, 1850 Census Microfilm Records

2013-05-19T13:16:00.000-07:00

This data set includes an index to the 1850 census of the actual records themselves — in the census taker's own handwriting! The index references more than 385,000 Massachusetts heads-of-household counted in this especially valuable census...

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North Carolina, 1850 Census Microfilm Records

2013-05-18T12:14:00.000-07:00

This data set includes an index to the 1850 census of the actual records themselves — in the census taker's own handwriting! The index references more than 140,000 North Carolina heads-of-household counted in this especially valuable census...

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Pennsylvania, 1850 Census Microfilm Records

2013-05-17T10:12:00.000-07:00

Often referred to as the first modern census, the 1850 census employed improved techniques for collecting information. For the first time, enumerators were provided printed instructions that explained their responsibilities, census procedures, and the intent behind census questions. These instructions accounted for a greater degree of accuracy in the census record...

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Indiana Census Records: 1860

2013-05-16T08:10:00.000-07:00

With the information provided in the census (names, ages, birthplaces and more, depending on the census year), you can immediately fill in holes in your family tree. Censuses help you pinpoint a family's location at a particular time. When you know where a family lived, you know where to look for other important records, such as county records of births, marriages, and deaths...

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Kentucky, 1850 Census Microfilm Records

2013-05-15T11:10:00.000-07:00

This data set includes an index to the 1850 census of the actual records themselves — in the census taker's own handwriting! The index references almost 192,000 Kentucky heads-of-household counted in this especially valuable census...

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Genealogy: Search for a grave leads to a family he never knew

2013-05-15T08:12:00.000-07:00

Bill Shehan started out looking for his sister. He found a family.

A mourning dove calls as he tells the story, seated on a wicker chair on a porch outside his home on Waverly Road. It isn’t an easy story. Shehan, now 73, was placed in an orphanage with his brother and sister after their parents divorced when he was a year old. His brother, who was older, was adopted. His little sister, Mary Jane, died in 1951 at age 10.

Shehan remembered the open coffin, her pigtails and her blue dress. He remembered the cemetery was on a hill outside the town where his father was from, Erwin, Tenn. Those were memories that didn’t lend themselves to casual conversation. “Sad memories,” he said...

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Indiana, 1850 Census Microfilm Records

2013-05-14T12:09:00.000-07:00

This data set includes an index to the 1850 census of the actual records themselves — in the census taker's own handwriting!! The index references almost 257,000 Indiana heads-of-household counted in this especially valuable census...

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Illinois, 1850 Census Microfilm Records

2013-05-13T13:40:00.000-07:00

This data set includes an index to the 1850 census and scanned images of the actual records themselves — in the census taker's own handwriting! The index references almost 235,000 Illinois heads-of-household counted in this especially valuable census...

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Georgia, 1870 Census Index

2013-05-12T20:38:00.000-07:00

This data set contains an alphabetical index of approximately 333,000 residents who were counted in 132 Georgia counties in the 1870 United States census...

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Finding Your Italian Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide (Finding Your Ancestors)

2013-05-12T12:02:00.000-07:00

For millions of Americans, home means Italy, where their roots started years ago. In Finding Your Italian Ancestors, you'll discover the tools you need to trace your ancestors back to the homeland. Learn how and where to find records in the United States and Italy, get practical advice on deciphering those hard-to-read documents, and explore valuable online resources. The guide also includes maps, multiple glossaries, and an extensive bibliography...

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Harvesting Your Family Tree: A Guide to Genealogy Research

2013-05-12T11:52:00.000-07:00

From beginner to accomplished, with step by step instructions to take the mystery out of tracing your roots.

The author guides you through your research with easy to follow instructions, to keep you on the right path to uncovering your family's information and ways to get around those seemingly impossible "dead ends."

Complete guides to free research websites, state by state sources, and sites that give you access to ships passenger manifests, state archives, and volumes of important sources; and all at no cost.

Advanced genealogy sites for in-depth research and record keeping at minimal costs are also explained in detail.

Learn the best and most efficient ways to make contact with distant relatives who can help with the missing pieces of your family history puzzle.

By following the steps outlined, you will be able to create and share what will become a family heirloom for your children, grandchildren, and any family members interested in learning about their roots...

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Virginia and West Virginia, 1870 Census Index

2013-05-11T20:36:00.000-07:00

This data set contains indexes to approximately 491,000 entries from 152 counties in Virginia (381,215 entries) and West Virginia (109,495 entries)...

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North Carolina and South Carolina, 1870 Census Index

2013-05-10T20:35:00.000-07:00

Explore this index for North and South Carolina in 1870. Discover an ancestor's full name, county and locality of residence, source information, plus more. This data set contains indexes to approximately 494,000 census records from 121 counties in North Carolina (295,007 entries) and South Carolina (199,064 entries)...

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Baltimore, Chicago, and St. Louis, 1870 Census Index

2013-05-09T15:29:00.000-07:00

This data set contains indexes to approximately 352,000 census records from three major cities: Baltimore, Maryland, Chicago, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri...

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Census Index: New York City, New York & Long Island, 1870

2013-05-08T12:28:00.000-07:00

This database contains indexes to approximately 500,000 census records from five counties that comprised New York City in 1870. These counties are Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond, and Suffolk...

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East Pennsylvania, 1870 Census Index

2013-05-07T14:25:00.000-07:00

This database contains more than 219,000 entries listing heads of household as well as every male over age 50, every female over age 70, and other surnames within the household...

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West Pennsylvania, 1870 Census Index

2013-05-06T13:23:00.000-07:00

This database contains indexes to approximately 312,000 census records from 26 counties in Western Pennsylvania. Contains entries listing heads of household as well as every male over 50, every female over age 70, and other surnames within the household...

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To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker

2013-05-05T11:59:00.003-07:00

What was it like for a mother to flee slavery, leaving her children behind? To Free a Family tells the remarkable story of Mary Walker, who in August 1848 fled her owner for refuge in the North and spent the next seventeen years trying to recover her family. Her freedom, like that of thousands who escaped from bondage, came at a great price—remorse at parting without a word, fear for her family’s fate.

This story is anchored in two extraordinary collections of letters and diaries, that of her former North Carolina slaveholders and that of the northern family—Susan and Peter Lesley—who protected and employed her. Sydney Nathans’ sensitive and penetrating narrative reveals Mary Walker’s remarkable persistence as well as the sustained collaboration of black and white abolitionists who assisted her. Mary Walker and the Lesleys ventured half a dozen attempts at liberation, from ransom to ruse to rescue, until the end of the Civil War reunited Mary Walker with her son and daughter.

Unlike her more famous counterparts—Harriet Tubman, Harriet Jacobs, and Sojourner Truth—who wrote their own narratives and whose public defiance made them heroines, Mary Walker’s efforts were protracted, wrenching, and private. Her odyssey was more representative of women refugees from bondage who labored secretly and behind the scenes to reclaim their families from the South. In recreating Mary Walker’s journey, To Free a Family gives voice to their hidden epic of emancipation and to an untold story of the Civil War era... Read More

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The True Image: Gravestone Art and the Culture of Scotch Irish Settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina Backcountry

2013-05-05T11:51:00.000-07:00

A thousand unique gravestones cluster around old Presbyterian churches in the piedmont of the two Carolinas and in central Pennsylvania. Most are the vulnerable legacy of three generations of the Bigham family, Scotch Irish stonecutters whose workshop near Charlotte created the earliest surviving art of British settlers in the region. In The True Image, Daniel Patterson documents the craftsmanship of this group and the current appearance of the stones. In two hundred of his photographs, he records these stones for future generations and compares their iconography and inscriptions with those of other early monuments in the United States, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.

Combining his reading of the stones with historical records, previous scholarship, and rich oral lore, Patterson throws new light on the complex culture and experience of the Scotch Irish in America. In so doing, he explores the bright and the dark sides of how they coped with challenges such as backwoods conditions, religious upheavals, war, political conflicts, slavery, and land speculation. He shows that headstones, resting quietly in old graveyards, can reveal fresh insights into the character and history of an influential immigrant group... Read More

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Passenger and Immigration Lists: New York, 1820-1850

2013-05-03T13:48:00.000-07:00

Passenger lists are important primary sources of arrival data for the vast majority of immigrants to the United States in the nineteenth century. In the mid-1800s, immigrants (particularly Irish, Germans, and Italians) flocked to the port of New York. Indexed and easy to search, this database references approximately 1.6 million individuals who arrived in New York between January 7, 1820 and December 31, 1850.

The information collected for this database was taken from the National Archives Microfilm Series M237, rolls 1 through 95 (Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports, 1789-1919). While the volumes vary in dates covered and information recorded, the information you can obtain from this database can help you create a well-rounded picture of your ancestor's arrival in America.

Partly in an effort to alleviate overcrowding of passenger ships, Congress enacted legislation (3 Stat. 489) on March 2, 1819 to regulate the transport of passengers in ships arriving from foreign ports. As a provision of this act, masters of such ships were required to submit a list of all passengers to the collector of customs in the district in which the ship arrived. The legislation also provided that the collector of customs submit quarterly passenger list reports to the Secretary of State, who was, in turn, required to submit the information to Congress. The information was then published in the form of Congressional documents. These passenger lists are important primary sources of arrival data for the vast majority of immigrants to the United States in the nineteenth century.

A further Congressional act passed on May 7, 1874 repealed the legislative provision requiring collectors to send copies of passenger lists to the Secretary of State. Thereafter, collectors of customs were to send only statistical reports on passenger arrivals to the Department of Treasury...

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Census Records: United Kingdom, 1851

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A census is an official enumeration of the population in a particular area. In addition to counting the inhabitants of an area, the census generally collects other vital information. Since 1801, the United Kingdom has undertaken a census every ten years (except for 1941, during World War II).

Useful enumerations featuring the names of every resident of England and Wales began in 1841, and by 1851 the census schedule showed each person's full name, age, gender, occupation, address, relationship to the head of the household, marital status, and the exact town or parish of birth.

More than an index to the census, this database includes all of the information you'd find on the actual census page. Knowing the exact town or parish of a person's birth can be especially helpful in tracking a person's mobility and in locating the proper entries in civil registration records or parish registers.

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