Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Revised Edition Van Slyke Family in America NOW AVAILABLE!

The Van Slyke Family in America: A Genealogy of Cornelise Antonissen Van Slyke, 1604-1676 and his Mohawk Wife Ots-Toch, including the story of Jacques Hertel, 1603-1651,
Father of Ots-Toch and Interpreter to Samuel de Champlain REVISED EDITION by Lorine McGinnis Schulze is now available for purchase.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Irish Famine Migration to New Brunswick, 1845-1852

I spoted this on the Olive Tree Genealogy Blog Weekly Featured Database. In the Wake of Dark Passage: Irish Famine Migration to New Brunswick, 1845-1852 is a fantastic new database that is worth a look.

* Saint John Almshouse Records
* Brenan Funeral Home Records: Traces of Ireland
* Fitzwilliam Estate Emigration Books 1847-1856
* RS555 Provincial Secretary: Immigration Administration Records
* Immigrant Letters
* Newspapers
* Passenger Lists
* Teachers Petition Database
* Irish Immigrants in the New Brunswick Census of 1851 and 1861

Monday, May 17, 2010

Help Find a WW2 Soldier from Illinois

The Olive Tree Genealogy Blog has another interesting little puzzle. Jill in Australia found another Dog Tag belonging to an American WW2 soldier. This military identification tag belonged to Randall E. Packard. His next of kin was Margaret [L.?] Packard of 406 Ash Street in Carbondale Illinois. Can you help with this?

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

More Coffin Plates Added

I have added a few more coffin plates to the database today. Julia M Morrison, Alice Burke, Celia Connelly, Thomas Kelly and Mary Foley. You can search the index to coffin plates at Coffin Plates

Sunday, May 09, 2010

Coal miners' grave sites tell a little-known story

The Newcastle Historic Coal Miner's Cemetery is the kind of place familiar to a few local kids and invisible to most everyone else. It's tucked up on a hill and secured by a locked gate. The closest most visitors get is a sign that says "King County Historical Site."

But a couple of years ago, some curious genealogists from the Seattle Genealogical Society were drawn to the 2-acre site where tall trees shade crumbling headstones. They don't have ancestors of their own buried there, but they wanted to document the cemetery, which hadn't been mapped since the 1960s. The city of Newcastle granted them access.

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Thursday, May 06, 2010

Over 300 Million New Names Added Online

There were over 150 new collections added or enhanced this week at
FamilySearch.org. FamilySearch volunteers indexed over 120 million
records—over 300 million new names—from original source documents to
accomplish this great feat. The massive release was announced this
past week at the National Genealogical Society annual conference in
Salt Lake City, Utah.

The records can be found at FamilySearch’s Record Search pilot
http://pilot.familysearch.org/ (FamilySearch.org, click Search
Records, and then click Record Search pilot) or Beta.FamilySearch.org.
http://beta.familysearch.org/Be sure to share the good news with
family and friends.

Collection Name
Records Indexed

Argentina Baptisms , 1645—1930
4,209,653

Argentina Marriages , 1722—1911
150,895

Australia Deaths and Burials , 1816—1980
106,767

Austria Births and Baptisms , 1651—1940
88,885

Austria Burials , 1768 – 1918
31,756

Austria Marriages , 1722 — 1898
25,383

Bahamas Births , 1550—1891
53,476

Barbados Baptisms , 1739—1891
222,010

Barbados Burials , 1854—1885
92,226

Barbados Marriages , 1854—1879
15,666

Belgium Births and Baptisms , 1560—1890
354,038

Belgium Deaths and Burials , 1564—1900
67,182

Brazil Baptisms , 1688—1935
3,597,609

Brazil Deaths , 1750—1890
43,931

Brazil Marriages , 1730—1955
475,107

Canada Births and Baptisms , 1661—1959
2,160,243

Canada Deaths and Burials , 1664—1955
101,189

Canada Marriages , 1661—1949
262,982

British Columbia Death Registrations , 1872—1986
928,851

British Columbia Marriage Registrations , 1859—1932
124,593

New Brunswick Births , 1819—1899
25,414

Nova Scotia Births , 1702—1896
125,791

Nova Scotia Marriages , 1711—1909
32,245

Ontario Births , 1779—1899
455,469

Ontario Marriages , 1800—1910
28,574

Quebec Births , 1662—1898
27,212

Caribbean Births , 1590—1928
438,073

Caribbean Deaths , 1790—1906
13,088

Caribbean Marriages , 1591—1905
88,186

Costa Rica Baptisms , 1700—1915
176,574

Costa Rica Deaths , 1787—1900
31,505

Costa Rica Marriages , 1750—1920
57,849

Czech Republic Births , 1637—1889
33,062

Czech Republic Marriages , 1654—1889
12,698

Dominican Republic Baptisms , 1726—1924
114,209

Dominican Republic Deaths , 1666—1862
14,636

Dominican Republic Marriages , 1743—1929
31,992

Ecuador Baptisms , 1680—1930
593,710

Ecuador Deaths , 1800—1920
43,852

Ecuador Marriages , 1680—1930
271,061

El Salvador Baptisms , 1750—1940
218,500

El Salvador Marriages , 1810—1930
28,162

France Deaths and Burials , 1546—1960
347,368

France Marriages , 1546—1924
1,397,204

Germany Births and Baptisms , 1558—1898
33,749,332

Gibraltar Marriages , 1879—1918
2,201

Gibralter Births and Baptisms , 1704—1876
30,515

Great Britain Deaths and Burials , 1778—1988
69,278

Great Britain Marriages , 1797—1988
22,036

Channel Islands Births and Baptisms , 1820—1907
41,647

Isle of Man Births and Baptisms , 1821—1911
224,489

Isle of Man Deaths and Burials , 1844—1911
42,389

Isle of Man Marriages , 1849—1911
42,662

Wales, Births and Baptisms , 1586—1907
773,392

Wales, Deaths and Burials, 1586—1885
15,109

Wales, Marriages, 1541—1900
39,630

Grenada Births and Baptisms , 1866—1891
33,239

Guatemala Baptisms , 1730—1917
466,223

Guatemala Deaths , 1760—1880
20,921

Guatemala Marriages , 1750—1930
112,610

Hondurus Baptisms , 1730—1930
220,317

Hondurus Marriages , 1800—1910
31,686

Hungary Baptisms , 1734—1895
14,210

Iceland Marriages , 1770—1920
42,954

India Births and Baptisms , 1800—1945
887,579

India Deaths and Burials , 1800—1945
566,529

India Marriages , 1800—1945
203,970

Ireland Deaths , 1864—1870
51,249

Italy Births and Baptisms , 1806—1900
1,940,693

Italy Deaths and Burials , 1809—1900
438,494

Jamaica Births and Baptisms , 1752—1920
331,497

Luxembourg Births , 1662—1840
7,835

Luxembourg Deaths , 1702—1798
1,554

Luxembourg Marriages , 1700—1810
1471

Mexico Deaths , 1680—1940
362,067

Mexico Marriages , 1570—1950
6,232,176

Panama Baptisms , 1750—1938
269,054

Panama Deaths , 1840—1930
21,463

Panama Marriages , 1800—1950
39,839

Paraguay Baptisms , 1800—1930
101,337

Paraguay Marriages , 1800—1900
14,400

Peru Baptisms , 1556—1930
4,013,461

Peru Deaths , 1750—1930
101,257

Peru Marriages , 1600—1940
443,248

Philippines Births and Baptisms , 1642—1994
334,139

Philippines Deaths and Burials , 1726—1957
5,128,622

Philippines Marriages , 1723—1957
2,247,381

Portugal Baptisms , 1570—1910
424,354

Portugal Deaths , 1640—1910
100,234

Portugal Marriages , 1670—1910
59,735

Russia Births and Baptisms , 1755—1917
170,844

Russia Deaths and Burials , 1815—1917
100,647

Russia Marriages , 1793—1919
33,559

Samoa Baptisms , 1863—1940
28,013

Samoa Burials , 1895—1970
42,061

Spain Deaths , 1600—1920
186,259

Sweden Baptisms, 1611—1920
9,280,828

Sweden Burials, 1649-1920
1,207,501

Sweden Marriages, 1630-1920
2,243,064

Switzerland Baptisms , 1491-1940
1,001,685

Switzerland Burials , 1613-1875
138,011

Switzerland Marriages , 1532-1910
268,739

Switzerland, Basel City Church Books, 1380-1917
Images Only

Switzerland, Schaffhausen Genealogies and City Directories, 1460-1952
Images Only

Ukraine, Births and Baptisms
14,166

Uruguay Marriages , 1840—1900
19,810

United States 1910 Federal Census (AZ, CA, DE, FL)
4,078,117

United States Births , 1867—1931
20,946

United States Deaths , 1867—1961
3,705

United States Marriages , 1733—1990
7,176

Arizona Births and Christenings , 1909—1917
27,483

Arizona Deaths , 1910—1911; 1993—1994
10,168

Arizona Marriages , 1888—1908
75,094

Arkansas Births and Christenings , 1880—1893
11,724

Arkansas Deaths and Burials, 1882—1929; 1945—1963
38,956

Arkansas Marriages , 1837—1944
1,005,608

Delaware Births and Christenings , 1710—1896
30,298

Delaware Deaths and Burials , 1815—1955
209,592

Delaware Marriages , 1713—1953
70,024

District of Columbia Births and Christenings , 1830—1955
121,224

District of Columbia Deaths and Burials , 1840—1964
372,173

District of Columbia Marriages , 1830—1921
242,760

Florida Births and Christenings , 1880—1935
28,301

Florida Deaths and Burials , 1900—1921
24,800

Florida Marriages , 1837—1974
860,110

Hawaii Births and Christenings , 1852—1933
150,992

Hawaii Deaths and Burials , 1862—1919
105,519

Hawaii Marriages , 1826—1922
103,871

Idaho Births and Christenings , 1856—1965
75,881

Idaho Deaths and Burials , 1907—1965
31,253

Idaho Marriages , 1878—1898/1903—1942
88,588

Kansas Births and Christenings , 1818—1936
59,392

Kansas Deaths and Burials , 1885—1930
39,907

Kansas Marriages , 1840—1935
378,903

Kentucky Births and Christenings , 1839—1960
547,119

Kentucky Deaths and Burials , 1843—1970
1,971,681

Kentucky Marriages , 1785—1979
1,532,718

Louisiana Births, Christenings , 1811—1830; 1854—1934
16,890

Louisiana Marriages , 1816—1906
129,641

Maine Births and Christenings , 1739—1900
940,882

Maine Deaths and Burials , 1841—1910
172,879

Maine Marriages , 1771—1907
597,508

Maryland Births and Christenings , 1650—1995
206,288

Maryland Deaths and Burials , 1877—1992
11,686

Maryland Marriages , 1666—1970
253,727

Montana Marriages , 1889—1947
197,930

New Mexico Births and Christenings , 1726—1918
435,411

New Mexico Deaths , 1788—1798; 1838—1955
9,627

New Mexico Marriages , 1751—1918
93,387

New York Births and Christenings , 1640—1962
1,351,166

New York Deaths and Burials , 1795—1952
701,396

New York Marriages , 1686—1980
859,927

North Carolina Births and Christenings , 1866—1964
156,156

North Carolina Deaths and Burials , 1898—1994
2,742,609

North Carolina Marriages , 1759—1979
2,128,391

Ohio Deaths and Burials , 1854—1997
2,535,557

Oregon Births and Christenings , 1868—1929
70,253

Oregon Deaths and Burials , 1903—1947
29,035

Oregon Marriages , 1853—1935
57,523

South Dakota State Census+B21 , 1935
673,322

Tennessee County Marriages, 1790—1950
10,145

Utah Births and Christenings , 1892—1941
48,049

Utah Deaths , 1888—1946
148,933

Utah Marriages , 1887—1966
308,854

Vermont Births and Christenings , 1765—1908
402,329

Vermont Deaths , 1871—1965
235,415

Vermont Marriages , 1791—1974
185,433

Virginia Deaths and Burials , 1853—1912
785,241

West Virginia Births and Christenings , 1853—1928
544,589

West Virginia Deaths and Burials , 1854—1932
56,688

West Virginia Marriages , 1854—1932
203,378

Wyoming Marriages , 1877—1920
14,070

World Misc Births , 1534—1983
616,742

World Misc Deaths , 1767—1950
15269

World Misc Marriages , 1662—1945
28668