Here are some tips on creating a keepsake family history book, from Lifewire.com.
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Using the LOC Sanborn Map collection
The Library of Congress has digitized 25,000 Sanborn fire insurance maps, with many more coming in the next 3 years. The maps give you some idea of what your ancestor's home and neighborhood were like. This article explains how to use them.
Monday, July 15, 2019
US Navy Muster Rolls
The National Archives has partnered with 3 other organizations to digitize Navy muster rolls , providing the names and personal data of enlisted crewmen on various ships from 1861 through 1879. The list includes escaped slaves who served in the Union Navy during the Civil War.
Source: ResearchBuzz
Source: ResearchBuzz
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
FamilySearch records expanded
If you haven't used the FamilySearch free online archives recently, you should know that they have added 15 million new records from many countries, as well as some U.S. States.
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War of 1812 pension files
Pension files for the War of 1812 are now available at Fold3 on the library's website. 83% of the 7.2 million pages have been added so...
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Buncombe County (NC) has added 50,000 names to its Slave Deeds database. To read about it and find links to the database, click here. ...
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Sometimes information about our ancestors can come from places where we'd rather not find it, such as arrest and prison records. This ...
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Volunteers organized by the nonprofit Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund have found photos for all of the 58000 Americans who lost their lives ...