Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Coffin Plate Death Records Online - B Surnames

Coffin plates are an overlooked free genealogical resource. They often contain the Birth Record and Death Record and can be used as a substitute for vital records. (Well technically they are not a substitute for vital records as the person giving the info might not have known for sure when the deceased was born or died. But it's a good place to start.)

In some rare cases the plates can contain even more information like place of birth or the occupation of the deceased. Unfortunately these valuable resources are scattered and there has not been a single repository for this valuable free genealogy resource until now. It is my intention to create a coffin plate database and a home for the unwanted plates themselves.

Here are the B SURNAMES I have online for Coffin Plates. I'll continue with the rest of my Coffin Plate Surnames over the next few days.

Coffin Plate Records on Ancestors At Rest Master Index

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestSarah E Bailey 1833~1889 Found in Connecticut

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestAda L Baker died 1865 Found in U.S.A.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestJacob Baker Found in New Hampshire

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestEmma Ball 1870~1934 Found in NY, NY. USA.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestJames Banks 1826~1868 Found in Maine.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestPeter Banta 1866~1889

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestLucy Dell Barnett 1878~1881 Found in RI.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestMary Etta Barker 1851~1898 Found in Ohio.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestWilliam Barry 1811~1850 Found in New York

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestEdith E Barton 1863~1863 Found in Maine

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestEliza P Barton 1822~1897 Windsor, Kennebec, Maine

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestRufus P Barton 1817~1896 Windsor, Kennebec, Maine

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestSarah K Basford 1785~1859 Found in New Hampshire.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestBelinda Bean 1814~1891 Found in NH

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestSamuel Bicknell age 83

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestBenjamin Birdsall 1786~1818 New York

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestJames Bigalow 1821~1844 Found in U.S.A.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestVera Irene Bigham 1901~1904 East Zorra, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestJennie S Bigham age 19 Found in Kansas USA

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestMary Billings 1824~1854 Massachusetts

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestTheophilus Blake 1774~1863 New Hampshire

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestPhilander Bodwell 1818~1863 Born in Vermont or New Hampshire died in Massachusetts

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestWilliam Bohen Died in 1886 Found in Connecticut

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestCarmela Bonello 1900 ~1935 Found in N.C, U.S.A.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestMichele Bonello 1898 ~1924 Found in N.C, U.S.A.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestBenjamin Boothby May be from Maine.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestMargaret Boothby May be from Maine.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestBertha Bownes 1889~1905 Found in Connecticut.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestLyman P Bradley 1815~1875 Found in the U.S.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestFrances M Brenon Found in the NJ.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestBenjamin A Bridges died 1860 Massachusetts and Maine.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestGeo E Bridges died 1870 Massachusetts and Maine.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestGeorge A Briggs 1849~1871 W Greenwich, Rhode Island.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestJohn Burton Briggs 1852~1871 W Greenwich, Rhode Island.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestLyman Briggs 1840~1912 New York State

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestWilliam Broderick 1823 ~ 1870 Found in U.S.A.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestCharles N Brown 1853~1880 Found in Mass.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestJoseph Brown Found in New York State U.S.A.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestSamuel Brown Found in Illinois

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestMary J Brownell Found in Illinois

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestAlbert Bruner died 1894

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestConrad B Bue died 1892

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestWingas Buragas 1867~1904 Found in Pa

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestMark Burgess 1825~1886 Found in Maine

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestSabrina E. Burnham 1853~1870 Milford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestNancey E. Burnham 1827~1871 Milford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestEddie G Butler 1875~1877 Found in Rochester, New York

Find Death Records on Ancestors at RestElmer A Butler 1873~1875 Found in Rochester, New York

Monday, February 11, 2008

Coffin Plate Death Records Online - A Surnames

Coffin plates are an overlooked free genealogical resource. They often contain the Birth Record and Death Record and can be used as a substitute for vital records. (Well technically they are not a substitute for vital records as the person giving the info might not have known for sure when the deceased was born or died. But it's a good place to start.)

In some rare cases the plates can contain even more information like place of birth or the occupation of the deceased. Unfortunately these valuable resources are scattered and there has not been a single repository for this valuable free genealogy resource until now. It is my intention to create a coffin plate database and a home for the unwanted plates themselves.

Here are the A SURNAMES I have online for Coffin Plates. I'll continue with the rest of my Coffin Plate Surnames over the next few days.

Coffin Plate Records on Ancestors At Rest Master Index

Coffin Plate George W Abbott 1860~1879 Found in U.S.A.

Coffin Plate Henry M Adams 1838~1900 Found in U.S.A.

Coffin Plate Sarah A Adams 1824~1877 Found in U.S.A.

Coffin Plate Lauuelina Jane Armand 1841~1866 Massachusetts.

Coffin Plate Mary M Atherton Found in New England

Coffin Plate Wilbert Avery 1860~1890 Found in Massachusetts.

Friday, February 08, 2008

Lots More Wicklow County Ireland Records

I have added more to the Wicklow County Ireland records on Ancestors At Rest.

People from the Fitzwilliam Estate in Wicklow that went to Ontario Canada.
Aghold Townland County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Ardoyne Townland County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Boley Townland County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Coolattin Townland County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Coolboy Townland County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Coolboy Lower Townland, County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Coolkenna Townland County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Cronelea Townland County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Cronyhorn Townland County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Kilcavan Townland County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Kilquiggin and Quigginroe Townlands County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Knockatomcoyle Townland, County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Larragh Townland, County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Monaghullen Townland, County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Park, Coolruss and Drummin Townlands County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Raheengraney Townland, County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Just a few County Wicklow Deaths in 1900
County Wicklow Publicans in 1910
Business Owners In Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland in 1840
List Of Wicklow Ireland Noblemen, in 1746

If you want to take a look for your Wicklow ancestors just go to
Wicklow Genealogy Records

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Bluffton Alberta, St Marys Catholic Cemetery

I have added some records for the St Marys Catholic Cemetery in Bluffton, Alberta, Canada. To see what I have go to St Marys Catholic Cemetery

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

More Wicklow Ireland Data

I have added more to the Tenants renting land from Earl Fitzwilliam in County Wicklow Ireland in 1839. Anne Burgess has been transcribing the 1839 Fitzwilliam rentals records, and putting them into a spreadsheet for each townland, hoping in that way to construct a sort of census substatute for 1839 in southwest Wicklow. This is a great genealogy database.

The database now has the following Townlands.
Aghold Townland County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Ardoyne Townland County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Coolattin Townland County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Coolboy Townland County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Cronyhorn Townland County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.
Kilcavan Townland County Wicklow in 1839. A census substitute.

You can see all the Fitzwilliam records at my
Ireland Genealogy Pages

Sunday, January 06, 2008

More Ontario Death Records

Hi All

I have added a few more death records for Ontario at

Ontario Death Records

It may be worth a look if you have Ontario ancestors

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Two Widows Claimed Same Grave

The Landmark, Statesville North Carolina, 24 September 1897

Bridgeport Connecticut Dispatch to Baltimore Sun

Each of two widows yesterday claimed the same grave in Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport as the last resting place of her husband.

Mrs. otto Jones had already erected a monument over the mound in memory of the late Mr. jones, when Mrs. Charles H. Gould went to give directions for erecting a granite shaft on the same plot.

To Mrs. Gould's surprise, the grave was green, the grass neatly cut, and the headstone informed her that there rested the body of Otto Jones. Mrs. Jones was summoned, and to setle the dispute, the grave was opened.

The coffin plate bore the name of Mr. Gould. Mrs. Jones fainted on learning that through a mistake during four years she had wept over the wrong grave.

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

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Friday, November 02, 2007

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Friday, October 26, 2007

Births And Baptisms In Poplar Chapel, London County, England 1584 ~ 1799

Hi all

I have added a few more records for Poplar Chapel, London County, England.
This time it is Births And Baptisms 1584 ~ 1799. Now it is just a few records and is far from complete but it may be of interest to someone searching for ancestors in London. This new data will compliment the Poplar Chapel, London County Marriages 1670~1753 that I have had on line for some time.

If you want to have a look at the records go to Poplar Chapel Records

Good Luck
Brian

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Coffin Plates, Nason, Crawford, and Fernald.

Hi all I have added coffin plates for Mary E Crawford, George Fernald and William P Nason.

Coffin Plates


I have also updated my Ontario Birth Records and Death Records page.Death Records


Good Luck
Brian

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Minnie S Pace and Margaret C Clark Coffin Plates

I have added a few more Coffin Plates. Minnie S Pace and Margaret C Clark are two of the new plates. It looks like Minnie may be from KY. It is unusual to find plates from KY as it was not a common practice for people living in KY to keep the plates.

Coffin Plates

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Great New Irish Databases

Hi All

Lots of great new Databases added to Ancestors At Rest this week.

People from the Fitzwilliam estate who settled in Ontario, 1847-55. In
the late 1840s a program of assisted emigration was initiated by Lord
Fitzwilliam to reduce the number of tenants on his estate in southwest
County Wicklow Ireland. Most of these emigrants sailed from New Ross to
Quebec City, but few of them stayed in Quebec, where the population was
for the most part French-speaking. Instead, they continued on up the
St. Lawrence River to the province of Ontario (then called Upper
Canada) and became part of Irish communities there. The following data
was compiled by Anne Burgess. It lists many of the Irish from the
Fitzwilliam estate who settled in the West 1/2 of Ontario, from roughly
Belleville to Lake Huron.

I have also added Tenants renting land from Earl Fitzwilliam in the
townlands of Aghold, Ardoyne, Coolboy, and Kilcavan County Wicklow
Ireland. 1839.

You can see all the new data at
Ireland Genealogy

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

To Whoever Took my Work and put it on Wikipedia....

I was browsing Wikepedia and stumbled on my own article and write up about Coffin Plates. It came directly from my website in my Coffin Plates section.

Wow. Deju vu!

It was a direct copy and paste from my site with NO credit to me as the author, despite the copyright notice front and center.

Yeah, those are my words on Wikipedia. My research into the topic. My hard work.

I wouldn't care if whoever lifted it from my site and submitted it to Wikipedia had done the right thing and credited me and my site for it. Of course it'd be better if this person of questionable ethics had written to ask my permission.

So whoever you are, would you copy Steven King's latest novel and put it online? (not that I'm saying I'm in his league!) Sure you would! Your morals are questionable. Apparently you don't know right from wrong. But most of us would not do such a thing.

Internet publishing is no different than real-world publishing.

So - if someone ELSE did the work, the research and the writing, don't take credit for it (that's called plagarism) and don't take it without permission and publish it somewhere else (that's called copyright infringement)

Monday, September 24, 2007

More About Baby Kintyre

The Toronto Star has another article on the mummified baby found buried beneath the floorboards of a house at 29 Kintyre Ave. in Toronto. This has been an ongoing story and many people in the genealogy community have spent a lot of time trying to figure out who the baby was.

Baby Kintyre

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Irish & German Immigrant Skeletons found on Staten Island

Last summer a team of archaeologists dug up skeletal bones from beneath the asphalt of a municipal parking lot in St. George, Staten Island

The bones are believed to be the remains of more than 50 19th-century European immigrants, among them victims of the Irish potato famine. There are about 10 intact adult skeletons, most of them men in their 20s and 30s. There are smaller skeletons too, but none complete as children’s bones do not survive the acidic soil.

Archaeologists have concluded that the site was a mass grave for patients quarantined at the nearby Marine Hospital. Patients died of typhus, yellow fever and other infectious diseases in the mid-1800s

More than 150 years ago the Marine Hospital was where patients were taken, and where they died in such numbers that they had to be buried in trenches, sometimes three or four bodies deep. Those were peak famine years, and most immigrants who passed through were Irish families escaping hunger and destitution and Germans fleeing political turmoil in their homeland. In 1858, the hospital burned to the ground.

Read Honoring The Bones, the story about the controversy over what should be done with these remains of Irish and other immigrants

Search for ships passenger lists carrying Irish Immigrants to America during the Famine Years. Search for German immigrants to America

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Boy in Iron Coffin Identified as William White died 1852

A body in a cast iron coffin found by utility workers in Washington in 2005, has been identified.

Dozens of individuals used census records, obituaries in newspapers and DNA Testing to identify the remains as 15-year-old William Taylor White, who died in 1852.

William Taylor White was buried in the Columbia College cemetery and it appears he was simply left behind when the cemetery was moved.

White, from Accomack, Virginia was a descendant of Anthony West, one of the Jamestown settlers

The team of scientists working on finding who was buried in the coffin found an obituary published in the Daily National Intelligencer newspaper of Washington on Jan. 28, 1852, confirming White died Jan. 24, 1852, after a short illness.

Clothing historians were able to determine that he was dressed in a shirt, vest and pants that are consistent with clothing styles of the early to mid-1850s.

Read the online story

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Sunday, September 09, 2007

415 Ancestor Coffin Plates Death Records online!

Ancestors At Rest has the largest collection of Coffin Plates with birth and death dates online.

Coffin Plates (also called Casket Plaques) usually have the name of the deceased, date of birth and date of death. AncestorsAtRest.com now has 415 of these little-known genealogy death records online!

We welcome submissions - all you need to do is send a scan of your ancestor coffin plate or death record of any kind to Brian at ancestorsatrestATnetscape.net (Change AT to @ before you hit SEND). By submitting a death record of any kind, you can help other genealogists and make connections with others searching the same family tree

You can also find funeral cards, memorial cards, wills, obituaries, cemetery recordings and more at AncestorsAtRest.com. Don't miss these death records for your ancestor!

Friday, September 07, 2007

Getting Copies of Documents on AncestorsAtRest

Genealogists frequently ask me where and how they can get copies of a genealogy document they saw listed on my Blog (AncestorsAtRest.blogspot.com) or my website AncestorsAtRest.com

Many documents such as coffin plates, funeral cards, obituaries and family bibles are submitted to me by visitors. Sometimes they want to be contacted, so I provide their email address and name. Sometimes they don't. In those cases all you will see is their name.

Some items, especially the coffin plates, are my own private collection. I probably won't sell you the coffin plate (although you can always ask).

If I don't have a name with the items, it's either mine or it was an early submission (before I was careful about putting submitter names with those items!)

I hope you have found an interesting item for your ancestor and can enjoy the items online.

Sunday, September 02, 2007

Victoria County GenWeb Host

I'm the new host of Victoria County GenWeb and am looking forward to the challenge. Victoria County Genweb is part of the Ontario GenWeb Project.

The former hosts left the genealogy data online which was appreciated! I'm busy adding more so check back frequently.

Don't hesitate to write to me if you have Victoria County links or genealogy data you want added to the site! My email address is on the website

Friday, August 31, 2007

New Naturalization Certificates online

Email on the USA-NATURALIZATIONS@rootsweb.com mailing list:

Naturalization Records today added Naturalization Certificates and Alien Registration Cards for several individuals in Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan,
Massachusetts and Colorado. Is one your ancestor?

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See index to Naturalization Records on NaturalizationRecords.com

These are the certs added today:

*Certificate of Naturalization Elizabeth Koval, from Czechoslovakia, in Pennsylvania 1945

*Certificate of Naturalization Alexander Johnson Duncanson from Canada or United Kingdom, of East Jordan, Michigan 1925 + wife & children

*Certificate of Naturalization Michael Chekorin from Russia, New York City 1940

*Naturalization Certificate William Parker Deerfield,Franklin County Massachusetts 1859

*Certificate of Citizenship Henry A. Foye from Ireland Arapahoe County Colorado 1894

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See index to Alien Registration Records on NaturalizationRecords.com

This registration was added today:

*McKeesport, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania Alien Identification Card for Elizabeth Koval 1940 (includes her exact date of immigration and port of entry)


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Thanks to the submitters who generously shared these records, we're building a very nice online free database!

If you would like to submit a record or a scan of a record for your ancestor, please send it to olivetreegenealogyATgmail.com (replace AT with @ in the email)

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Kent County Ontario Deaths 1870 to 1879

Kent County Ontario Deaths 1870 to 1879

I have put a few Kent County Deaths that people have submitted to me over the years. You can see them at
Kent County Deaths

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Death Records on Paper Trails Blog

Death Records found on Paper Trails Blog

* Tredegar Cemetery Exhumation Certificate from 1879... South Wales, Tredegar Cemetery, United Kingdom

* Obituary Hattie Wilson 1888 Illinois

* WW1 Death Records DUGGAN

* Last Will and Testament, June 2, 1866, Mrs.Mary Harrold

* Probate of Will, October 11, 1871, Mrs.Hannah Smith

* 1825 FALKIRK SCOTLAND Doctors medicine bill -

* New Hampshire Will 1859 - Isaac Morse

Monday, August 20, 2007

Are you related? Mummified Baby found in wall

Jul 25, 2007

A local renovator found a mummified infant wrapped in a flowered comforter and old newspaper dated Sept. 12, 1925, in the wall of a house he was working on in Riverdale, Toronto.

A land title search showed that the Kintyre Ave. home was purchased in 1919 by Wesley Russell. Newspapers report that Mr. Russell died in February, 1939 and his wife Della lived in the house until 1941, when she was admitted as a patient to Toronto Ontario Hospital. It isn't known if the baby belonged to the couple who lived in the home at the time. In fact it isn't known when or how the baby died - while the 1925 newspaper might seem like a clue, that doesn't mean the death happened that year.

Many reports and articles are circulating and some reporters have discovered a few genealogical facts about Wesley and Della - such as their marriage in Belleville Ontario in 1898. I thought it would be interesting to see if I could find more, as some papers are stating that they hope relatives will be found who might see to the burial of the infant.

Wesley Russell & Della Rutter were married 12 Oct 1898 in Belleville Ontario. Ancestry.com records do not show parents' names but the online Bridge St. Wesleyan Methodist (now United Church), Belleville records show Wesley as age 19 son of
Wellington RUSSELL & Fanny BELLKNAP

The 1901 Census finds Wesley F Russel age 21 and Della Russell, age 20, living in Ameliasburg, Prince Edward County

The 1911 Census finds Wesley Russell age 29 and Della age 25 along with Charles Rutter age 23(probably Della's brother) living at 3 Ashby St in Toronto.

Charles Ruter is found in the 1901 census for Prince Edward County with his parents James A Rutter (born ca 1851) and Emmma J. (born ca 1861) along with 2 siblings - James M born ca 1889 and a daughter born ca 1893.

Checking the online Ontario Vital Stats found James Morden Rutter born 3 Oct 1889 to James Albert Rutter and Emma Jane Babcock in Prince Edward County

More checking found other children born to James Albert Rutter and Emma Jane Babcock:

* Alla [Ella?] May Born 20 May 1893 in Prince Edward County

* Herbert or Howard born 14 Jan 1897 in Prince Edward County

Next I found the marriage of James Albert Rutter and Emma Jane Babcock on 13 Aug 1876 in Ameliasburg Township. Unfortunately the parents' names are not given

The last great clue came from the 1881 census -- James Rutter, 28, wife Emma J. 22 and two children - Sarah A age 4 and Ardelia E age 4 months, are found in Ameliasburg, Prince Edward county.

Ardelia of course is our DELLA who married Wesley Russel and who may or may not be the mother of the dead child found in the walls

I haven't found the birth of Della or Charles Rutter but many births were never registered. However I am sure that Della was a child of James Rutter and Emma Babcock.

Hopefully someone recognizes these names as being part of their family tree!

(Sources: Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, Automated Genealogy.com)

Read some of the news stories on Google or copy and paste these links into your web browser

http://www.thestar.com/article/239573
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2007/07/25/mummified-baby.html?ref=rss
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view_article.php?article_id=78783
http://news.scotsman.com/latest_odd.cfm?id=1165462007

Staunton, Macoupin County Illinois Court Records

Hi All

I have created a index to a Staunton, Macoupin County Court Records Book that I have in my collection. The ledger covers the years 1930 to 1957 and gives lots of great info on the court cases of that time period. The index is free for everyone to see. You can find it online at

Staunton Court Records

I hope you find someone of interest.

Brian

Sunday, August 19, 2007

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Monday, August 13, 2007

Saturday, August 11, 2007

More Kansas Obits Online

I have added more Kansas obits. You can see them at

http://www.ancestorsatrest.com/obit_records/


Some of the new names are

Allen, Bailey, Brasted, Brooks, Buckbee, Burke, Davis, Deterting, Dietz, Dollar, Dulohery, Foster, Golden, Gray, Hake, Hamilton, Hanks, Hanni, Hoyt, Hudiburg, Hudiburgh, Iverson, James, Jarus, Jenkins, Johnston, Kasselman, Kirkman, Kraus, Krebs, Knutson, Lawrence, Lindholm, McCann, McCormick, Meridith, Meyer, Miller, Million, Oursler, Overstreet, Parker, Peal, Pfeifer, Pickens, Prichard, Ross, Salina, Savant, Scharping, Schmidt, Short, Sonderegger, Stickney, Tate, Wiedeman, Williams

Good Luck
Brian

Friday, August 10, 2007

Cheshire England Memorial Cards (over 50)

Memorial cards many from the Tarporley and Eaton areas of Cheshire England.

name of deceased, their location, and date of death:

John Asprey, Tarporley, 1876
Alice Burgess, Luton, 1934
George Bell, Tarporley, 1889
Edward Barton, Luton, 1931
Elizabeth Banks, Westhead, 1888
Robert Brackenridge, Liverpool, 1875
Henry Carter, Tarporley, 1910
Frances Carter, Eaton, 1903
Maria Carter, Eaton, 1902
Richard Cooke, Londonderry, 1893
Eliza Cawley, Tarporley, 1910
Ellen Clarke, Tarporley, 1889
Joseph Clarke, Tarporley, 1873
Alice Caiger, Paddington, 1897
Anne Done, Tarporley, 1872
John Deveraux(?), Lee, 1912
Frances Dolben, 1892
Thomas Dickinson, Luddington Hill, 1914
Hannah Dickinson, Tarporley, 1909
Ann Deakin, Cote-Brook, 1911
Eli Deakin, Cote-Brook, 1911
Lydia Forshaw, Skelmersdale, 1909
Edwin Fitton, Eaton, 1882
Martha Hasall, Eaton, 1887
Mary Hassall, Eaton, 1880
John Hassall, Eaton, 1900
Elizabeth Hassall, Tarporley, 1896
Rose Heath, Tarporley, 1915
Sarah Jane Hewitt, Tarporley
Frederick Hall, Gillingham (Kent), 1909
John Johnson, Cote-Brook, 1909
Richard Jones, Smithdown Lane, 1870
Mary Kay, Eaton, 1894
Martha Lewis, Cote-Brook, 1904
Christopher Orton, 1893
Emily Pinney, Ecton, 1894
Elizabeth Prince, Tarporley, 1895
Thomas Prince, Delamere, 1876
Elizabeth Prince, Tarporley, 1895
Elizabeth Prince, Eaton, 1906
Sarah Prince, Tarporley, 1866
Thomas Prince, Delamere, 1876
Ruth Prince, Eaton, 1899
George Prince, Tarporley, 1876
Ruth Prince, Eaton, 1899
Mary Stockton, Tarporley, 1898
Albert Shewring, Lea, 1921
Robert A. Taylor, Lathom, 1937
Eliza Tomlin, 1906
Annie Tuddenham, Basingstoke, 1948
John Turton, Latham, 1947
Herbert Vernon, Chester, 1897
John Vernon, Eaton, 1872
Thomas Vernon, Eaton, 1872
Jesse Walker, Eaton, 1908

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

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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.

Monday, May 14, 2007

Burial Site Found in Lincoln, Niagara County Ontario

Cemeteries Act (Revised) Notice of Declaration

Re: Burial Site located at the South Side of Chestnut
Street, (formerly St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church &
Cemetery circa 1876, and no longer in existence), Part of
Part of Lot 17, Concession 2, Lots 75-82 in Registered
Plan #41A, Town of Lincoln, Regional Municipality of
Naigara, Province of Ontario.

Take notice that on June 19th, 2006, a burial site at the
above location was reported to the Registrar of the
Cemeteries Act (Revised).

An investigation conducted under the provisions of the
Cemeteries Act (Revised) indicates a burial of one adult
within lot 79 close to the lot 80 boundary.

The Registrar hereby gives notice of the intention to
declare the site to be an "Unapproval Cemetery", and
invites representatives of the person whose remains are
still interred to contact the Registrar in writing within
two weeks after May 18th, 2007.

Dated at Toronto this 11th day of May 2007.

Michael D'Mello
Registrar, Cemeteries Act (Revised)
Cemeteries Regulation Unit
Ministry of Government Services
5775 Yonge Street, 15th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M7A 2E5

Telephone 416-326-8393 Fax 416-326-8406


FYI: Chestnut Street is located off Jordan Road in Jordan
Station, Town of Lincoln.

Sunday, May 06, 2007

Funeral Card William Hay, Scotland 1904-1924

In Loving Memory of WILLIAM WATSON HAY - dearly beloved son of ALEXANDER AND BELLA HAY of MUIRS OF CLOVA, KILDRUMMY [Aberdeenshire Scotland] who was accidentally killed at GARTLY [Aberdeenshire Scotland] on 22ND AUGUST 1924 aged 20 years.