Thursday, July 19, 2007

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Funeral Card Harry and Sarah Kriner


Funeral Card

Henry Kriner
born june 7, 1827
died March 22, 1906
age 78 years

Sarah A. Kriner
born Oct. 20, 1833
died Feb. 10, 1908

Monday, July 16, 2007

1914 Funeral Card H.D. Nortrup

1914 Funeral Remembrance Mourning Cabinet card. Black with gold print and decoration. Shows a bible, dove, and scroll with verse.

In Loving Remembrance of
H. D. Nortrup
Born Dec. 12, 1854
Died Feb. 2, 1914
Age 59 yrs. 1 mo. 21 days

Sunday, July 01, 2007

How to date and identify ancestor photographs

Helping researchers identify Ancestor Photosis now online at Olive Tree Genealogy.

It is a companion project to Lost Faces - Photo Albums, which is the rescue of old albums from the mid to late 1800s

See graphic examples of

Types of Early Photographs

Hints for Dating Old Photographs

Dating Old Photographs through Clothing & Hairstyle

How Revenue Stamps Can Date Ancestor Photos

This project should help anyone who has an old photograph of an ancestor but doesn't know how old it might be.

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Friday, June 22, 2007

Funeral Card Phebe Garnett of Nantwhich 1904

Phebe Garnett of Nantwich departed this life March 10th 1904 (probably Nantwich Cheshire England)

Submitted by Chester Graham. No Photo included

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Funeral Card William Fisher, Nantwich Cheshire England 1906

William Fisher of Nantwich died 16th December 1906.

See Funeral Card for his wife Ann Fisher.

The 1891 England census shows Fisher, William born about 1823 Rixton, Lancashire, England living in Burland, Cheshire England with wife Ann born about 1824 in Acton Cheshire England and daughter Ellen born 1850 in Acton. Find this family on more census records for Cheshire England on U.K. & Ireland Genealogy Records

Submitted by Alice Fisher (no photo)

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Memorial Card Alfred Little 1882 - 1889

Framed Memorial Card

In Affectionate Remembrance of Alfred Little who died on May 29th 1889, Aged 6 years & 11 months.

The card is mounted in frame with handpainted trees, flowers and pots on the inside of the glass. The Card was framed by A Turley, Carver,Gilder & Picture Framer- A speciality in Funeral Card frames.

Submitted by Corinne Gladley (no photo)

Monday, June 18, 2007

Scottish Passenger Lists 1823-1829 Online

More Scottish Passengers Lists have been added to Olive Tree Genealogy.

These are partial lists, gathered from the names of those admitted to the New York Almshouse before 1830. The New York Almshouse records give details of the ship name, port of departure and place of origin of each individual (as well as the standard date of admission, age and so on)

This is part of an ongoing project to extract the names of passengers on board ships sailing from Canada, Scotland, Ireland, England, Germany and France, to New York. See Ships to New York 1800-1824


The following ships are now online:

* Ships Passenger List of Ship Comet Sailing from Greenock Scotland for New York
* Ships Passenger List of ship Friends sailing from Greenock Scotland arriving New York
* Ships Passenger List of Ship Camillus Sailing for New York from Greenock Scotland before
* Ships Passenger List of Ship Richmond Sailing from Greenock Scotland for New York
* Ships Passenger List of Ship Franklin sailing from Greenock Scotland arriving New York
* Passenger List of Ship Eliza Sailing from Dundee Scotland for New York
* Ships Passenger List of ship Tom sailing from Greenock Scotland arriving New York
* Ships Passenger List of Ship Hero sailing from Greenock Scotland arriving New York
* Ships Passenger List of ship Roger Stewart sailing from Greenock Scotland arriving New York
* Ships Passenger List of Ship Superior sailing from Greenock Scotland arriving New York
* Ships Passenger List of Brok or Brooke sailing from Greenock Scotland arriving New York

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Ships Passenger Lists Ireland to New York 1819-1829

27 Ships Passenger Lists Sailing from Ireland to New York between 1819 and 1829 have been added to the current ships passenger lists online at Olive Tree Genealogy.

These are partial lists gathered from the names of individuals admitted to the New York Almshouse before 1830. The New York Almshouse records give details of the ship name, port of departure and place of origin of each individual (as well as the standard date of admission, age and so on)

This is part of an ongoing project to extract the names of passengers on board ships sailing from Canada, Scotland,Ireland, England, Germany and France, to New York. See Ships to New York 1800-1824 and 1825-1849
or choose Ships From Ireland 1825-1830

The following ships lists were added today:

* Ship Otis from Dublin Ireland
* Ship Ontario from Dublin Ireland
* Ship Prince from Dublin Ireland
* Ship John & Adam from Cork Ireland
* Ship Schuykill from Cork Ireland
* Ship William from Cork Ireland
* Ship Laurel from Dublin Ireland
* Ship Lord Strangford from Dublin Ireland
* Ship Louisa from Belfast Ireland
* Ship Wilson from Cork Ireland
* Ship Ganges from Cork Ireland
* Ship Henry from Cork Ireland
* Ship Dianna from Cork Ireland
* Ship Liverpool from Cork Ireland
* Ship Union from Cork Ireland
* Ship Trio from Cork Ireland
* Ship Hope from Galway Ireland
* Ship Marcella from Galway Ireland
* Amanda from Galway Ireland
* Ship Jubilee from Galway Ireland
* Ship Newry from Newry Ireland
* Ship Mary from Dublin Ireland
* Ship New England from Dublin Ireland
* Ship Thomas from Dublin Ireland
* Ship Hibernia from Dublin Ireland
* Ship Dublin Packet from Cork Ireland
* Ship Othello from Dublin, Ireland

Friday, June 08, 2007

Burials in Milwaukee County Wisconsin Almshouse & Poor Farm Cemeteries

The Milwaukee County Farm Cemetery (a.k.a. Potter's Field) was used during the years 1872-1974. This cemetery was used for the poorhouse inmates and also for burial of other indigent people and transients for whom no funds were available for burial.

There are nearly 6,400 names in the burial register book. The names of the deceased are now online for 1872-1974 at Burials in Milwaukee County Wisconsin Almshouse & Poor Farm Cemeteries The years 1893-1913 are missing.

Search other Almshouse records for Canada, USA & England on Olive Tree Genealogy

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

New Sections On Ancestors At Rest

I have added some new sections to Ancestors At Rest in the last little while. The New sections are Newspapers, Institution Records, School Yearbooks, Ships Passenger Lists, and Naturalization Records. The New sections are not yet finished but I have made them live so I thought it would be OK to tell you all about them. It will take me a few more days to polish them up.

You can have a peek at the new sections by using the links below.

Institution Records

Naturalization Records

School Yearbooks

Newspapers

Monday, June 04, 2007

Canadian Ships Passenger Lists being indexed

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and Ancestry.ca will focus on indexing the Quebec City passenger lists from 1870 - 1900, totalling more than 750,000 names. The digital images of these and other Canadian ships passenger lists are already on the LAC website but can only be searched by ship name or date of arrival.

The index for Quebec City will be available free of charge on LAC as well as on Ancestry.ca. Eventually the entire Canadian passenger list collection from 1865 to 1935, which includes ports in Halifax, St. John, Vancouver, Victoria and North Sydney, is digitized and indexed.

In addition to the Canadian passenger list collection, later this year Ancestry.ca and LAC will make available border crossings records from the United States to Canada that took place between 1908 and 1935.

These additions add to Ancestry.ca's current online Canadian Border Crossing Collection, which include more than 4 million names of individuals who crossed the Canadian-U.S. border between 1895 and 1956.

For more Canadian Passenger List Resources, visit Olive Tree Genealogyand Ships Lists Online

Thursday, May 31, 2007

NEW!! Civil War Records online at Footnote.com

Exciting News! Footnote.com has digitized and indexed records including Confederate Soldiers Service Records, the Southern Claims Commission Records, and the Lincoln Assassination Trial Papers.

Footnote.com brings to life these stories within millions of original Civil War documents, most of which have never been available before on the internet. This was made possible through their partnership with NARA

Footnote plans to eventually create the largest Civil War community on the web with additional options such as being able to upload their own photos and documents and create their own footnotes by annotating and commenting on the records.

Sunday, May 27, 2007

More New Data On Ancestors At Rest

Hi All
I have added more data to Ancestors At Rest

Marriages in Littleton, County Middlesex 1564 ~ 1652. This went on line the other day but I forgot to tell you all about it. Littleton Marriages


Death Records in the Emmetsburg Democrat, Wednesday, May 20, 1885. Emmetsburg Death Records


I have also updated my school yearbook section.
School Yearbooks

Good Luck
Brian

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Littleton, County Middlesex England, Genealogy

I have just added some records for Littleton in County Middlesex England. Baptisms for the years 1579 to 1652 from the Parish Register.

You can see all the genealogy records for England including the new Littleton Baptisms at

Ancestors At Rest

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Theft of 800 Gravestone Bronze Urns

Police suspect high price for bronze behind theft of 800 tombstone urns

John Willox and his girlfriend had hoped to place some flowers at her father's grave over the weekend. It was the second anniversary of his death and they wanted to mark it.

But when they arrived at Glendale Memorial Gardens in Toronto's west end they found the bronze flower vase mounted on the tombstone was gone. So were the vases on about a dozen other tombstones nearby, all part of an apparent theft of about 800 vases from the Albion Rd. cemetery.

Rest of story on The Toronto Star

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Funeral Card Elizabeth Bond 1898

Elizabeth Bond died April 22nd 1898 (probably Nantwhich Cheshire England)

Submitted by Chris Bond, no picture available

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Some More Coffin Plates

I have put some more coffin plates online in the last week or so. Some of the names are Sanborn, Micklejohn, Fitts. You can see them at

Coffin Plates

Brian

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Footnote.com Teams with FamilySearch to Release Revolutionary War Pension Files

Today, Footnote.com announced an agreement with FamilySearch, historically known as the Genealogical Society of Utah, a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. FamilySearch is the world’s largest repository of genealogical information.

This new partnership brings together two organizations that will utilize their combined resources to digitize and make available many large historical collections. The first project will be the three million U.S. Revolutionary War Pension files which will be published for the first time online in their entirety.

The Revolutionary War Pension Files feature original records that include muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns and other miscellaneous personnel pay and supply records of American Army Units from 1775-1783. They provide a wealth of new information for historians and genealogists which they can share with other colleagues and family members.