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Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971
From Ancestry.com, "this collection of 181 volumes of post office appointments and vacancies stretches from 1832 until 1971. The records show the date of establishment and discontinuance of post offices, changes of names of post offices, and names and appointment dates for their postmasters. The database also includes dates of Presidential appointments of postmasters and their confirmation dates by the Senate. Starting in 1870, the records contain names of post offices where discontinued post office’s mail was sent.
From 1832 until 1950, these records were kept by assistants to the Postmaster General. From 1950 to 1971, the Bureau of Post Office Operations compiled the records. Up to 1930, the records are arranged by location and then alphabetically by name of post office. After 1930, there are two types of records. They are arranged alphabetically by name of post office and alphabetically by the appointment’s name. "
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Saline County, Missouri Marriage Index, 1820-1881
From Ancestry.com, "this collection of marriages adds to the growing number of databases in the Ellsberry Collection. The database was compiled by long-time researcher, school teacher, and professional genealogist Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry. It includes more than 4,400 records of marriages performed in Saline County, Missouri between 1820 and 1881. Researchers will find, at a minimum, the names of both bride and groom and the marriage date. Abbreviations used in the database include the following: J.P.=Justice of the Peace; G.M.=Gospel Minister; M.G.=Minister of the Gospel; Jus. S. Co.=Justice of Saline County Court. All persons listed were residents of Saline County and were married in the county, unless otherwise stated.
Ms. Ellsberry began genealogical publication in 1958, when she published her own family history, The Warrens and You. In researching her own family, she found that libraries needed additional information from cemetery records, wills, land records, probate records, census records, etc., to help people with their family history. Ellsberry decided that she wanted to help by publishing books that contained solid genealogical data. She taught school for 34 years, but on weekends and summer vacation, she would travel around to different courthouses and cemeteries, recording the information she found. She also corresponded with several researchers and helped them in their research. Ellsberry self-published more than 300 books, and most of them are available for sale.
Most of the compilation of these books took place between 1958 and into the 1970s, so the recorded information should include the cemetery and/or courthouse records of that time period."
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Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia
From Ancestry.com, "located in the northern part of Virginia, the county of Culpeper has the city of Culpeper as its county seat. The book from which this database was created includes a general history of the county, it's progress as a city, and information on some of the county's prominent families. "
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War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815
From Familysearch.org, "name index and images of the jacket-envelope that contains the pension application files located in the National Archives. The envelope will provide soldier name and military service information as well as widow name and pension and bounty land numbers. This collection is part of Record Group 15 Records of the Veterans Administration and is National Archives Microfilm publication M313."
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U.S. Compiled Service Records, Post-Revolutionary War Volunteer Soldiers, 1784-1811
From Ancestry.com, "this database contains an index and images of compiled service records (CSRs) for volunteer soldiers who served the United States government in the interim between the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
History behind the Records
As the Revolutionary War wound down, so did America’s armed forces. Legislation passed by Congress in 1790 called for a maximum enlistment of 1,216 regular troops in the Regular Army of the United States. The federal government could raise additional levies for up to six-months’ duty or call on state or territorial militia troops when a larger force was required. The CSRs in this database include volunteer soldiers from the Regular Army, levies, and militia who served the federal government in Indian campaigns and other federal military actions."
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New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817
From Ancestry.com, "in 1846, the New Jersey Historical Society urged the state legislature to gather copies of documents relating to the history of the state, both in the country and those in London that dealt with the colony’s early days. The Society got the support it was looking for in 1872 and began assembling and editing the materials that would be printed as the New Jersey Archives: Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. The Archives include copies of records from a wide variety of documents from the state’s early history, with some predating the earliest permanent European settlement of Bergen in 1660.
The abstracts in this database are summaries of original wills and associated documents deposited with provincial secretaries, the secretary of state (until about 1804), and eventually county clerks in early New Jersey. The 13 volumes contain abstracts for thousands of wills (more than 3,000 in one volume alone), which, along with valuable genealogical details, offer a glimpse into the times and lives of the testators.
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U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815
From Ancestry.com, "when the United States declared war on Great Britain in 1812, Congress authorized the President to accept and organize volunteers in order to win the war. This database is a listing of men mustered into the armed forces between 1812 and 1815. Taken from records in the National Archives, each record includes the soldier's name, company, rank at time of induction, rank at time of discharge, and other helpful information. It provides the names of nearly 600,000 men. For researchers of early American ancestors who may have served in the military, this can be a helpful source of information.
These records were taken from Record Group 94 Records of the Adjutant General's Office, microfilm publication M602, a total of 234 rolls of film."
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Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
From Ancestry.com, "state-level registration began for deaths in Indiana in January 1900. Prior to that, registration was done at the county level, with most counties beginning in 1882. This collection includes an index and images of Indiana death certificates for the years 1899–2011."
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Missouri, Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988
From Ancestry.com, "this collection includes images of probate records from the state of Missouri. Probate records are among the most valuable records available for American genealogy but can be challenging to access because originals are kept in courthouses across the country. This collection includes images of probate records for approximately 97 percent of Missouri counties. The records come from a collection of microfilm that took years to compile. They have been brought together from multiple courthouses over time to give you a single source to search. Some localities and time periods may not be included because they were not available to be acquired as part of this collection, or the records may have been lost or destroyed before the effort to collect them all began."
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American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
From Ancestry.com, "one of the most important genealogical collections, the American Genealogical-Biographical Index, or AGBI, is the equivalent of more than 200 printed volumes. This database contains millions of records of people whose names have appeared in printed genealogical records and family histories. With data from sources largely from the last century, each entry contains the person's complete name, the year of the biography's publication, the person's state of birth (if known), abbreviated biographical data, and the book and page number of the original reference. In addition to family histories, other genealogical collections are indexed. These include the Boston Transcript (a genealogical column widely circulated), the complete 1790 U.S. Federal Census, and published Revolutionary War records. "
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Missouri, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900
From Ancestry.com, "Missouri is often called one of the friendliest states in the country because it borders eight other states. Its central location, navigable waterways, and variable terrain have attracted settlers from every part of the country, as well as abroad. This database contains records from Boone, Callaway, Carter, Cass, Clark, Dade, Dunklin, Grundy, Holt, Iron, Johnson, Laclede, Lafayette, Maries, Mississippi, Newton, Pettis, Phelps, Platte, Ray, Ripley, St. Charles, Saline, Stoddard, Stone, Taney, Barry, Jackson, Reynolds, Worth, and Webster Counties. Taken from microfilm copies of original county documents, each record provides spouses' names, marriage date, and county of residence."
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Mason County, Kentucky, Marriage Index, 1804-1860
From Ancestry.com, "this collection of marriages adds to the growing number of databases in the "Ellsberry Collection." The database was compiled by long-time researcher, school teacher, and professional genealogist Elizabeth Ellsberry. Marriage records contain the names of both spouses and date of marriage."
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Mason County, Kentucky, marriage records, 1820-1833
Marriage records for Mason County (Ky.) for the span of 1820 till 1833.
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Missouri, Death Records, 1850-1931
From Ancestry.com, "this database contains death registers from Missouri covering the years 1834 to 1910. Information contained in this database includes the following: the name of deceased, gender, race, birth date or age at time of death, death place, death date, father’s name, mother’s name, spouse’s name and spouse’s birth date or age."
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Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
From Ancestry.com, " in Utah, statewide registration of births and deaths began in 1904. Death records are closed by Utah law for 50 years. In addition to records of those who died in Utah between 1904 and 1961, this collection includes military death certificates for soldiers who died in World War II and the Korean War. Although they died overseas, when the remains of soldiers were sent home for reburial, a death certificate was required by law for burial.
This collection includes an index and images to death records beginning in 1904 through 1961. Details in the index include: the name of the deceased, race, age at time of death, gender, date and place of death, date and place of birth, residence, parents’ names and parents’ birthplaces. Additional information, such as occupation, cause of death, and date and place of burial, may be available from the image of the original record. The military death records typically don’t include the cause of death, only that it was war related. But they do show where the deceased was stationed when they died."
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Salt Lake County, Utah, Death Records, 1908-1949
This collection includes death records from Salt Lake County, Utah.
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U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
From Ancestry.com, "this database is a compilation of military records (including state rosters, pension records, and regimental histories) of individual soldiers who served in the United States Civil War."
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U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
From Ancestry.com, "this database contains the names of approximately 6.3 million soldiers who served in the American Civil War. In addition to their names, information that may be listed for each soldier includes: side (Union or Confederate), regiment name, company, rank (in and out), alternate names, film number (NARA microfilm series and roll number) where soldier’s information is found and if African American, whether included in the African American Civil War Memorial, If included in the African American Civil War Memorial, the name displayed there and the soldier’s plaque number."
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Kentucky, Marriage Records, 1852-1914
From Ancestry.com, "this database is an index to Kentucky marriages from 1852-1914. Information that may be found in this database for each entry includes the following: names of bride and groom, ages of bride and groom, birthplaces of bride and groom, residences of bride and groom, parents’ birthplaces, marriage date and marriage place. While all Kentucky counties except for McCreary and Mercer are included in this database, there may not be records for all years between 1852-1914 for each county."
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Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1852-1910
Birth, death and Marriage records for various counties of the State of Kentucky for the span of 1852 till 1910.
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Boone County, Kentucky Probate Abstracts
Abstracts of probte records from Boone County spanning the years 1800 till 1852.
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Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
From Ancestry.com, "this collection includes marriage records from Virginia."
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Kentucky, Birth Records, 1847-1911
From Ancestry.com, "birth records begin in Kentucky as early as 1852 when statewide registration was first enacted. The requirement continued only for ten years. Some births were recorded (1874-79, 1892-1910), but observance remained sporadic. Birth registration was enacted statewide again on 1 January 1911 and was generally adhered to by 1920. This database contains county birth records from Kentucky for the years 1852-1910."
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Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989
From Ancestry.com, "this collection includes images of probate records from the state of Kentucky. Probate records are among the most valuable records available for American genealogy but can be challenging to access because originals are kept in courthouses across the country. This collection includes images of probate records for approximately 98 percent of Kentucky counties. The records come from a collection of microfilm that took years to compile. They have been brought together from multiple courthouses over time to give you a single source to search. Some localities and time periods may not be included because they were not available to be acquired as part of this collection, or the records may have been lost or destroyed before the effort to collect them all began."
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U.S., Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteer Army Soldiers, 1864
From Ancestry.com, "on 14 November 1863, General John Schofield, commander of the Department of Missouri, issued General Order 135 authorizing provost marshals in the department to recruit and enlist black soldiers to serve the Union as U.S. Colored Troops. This database contains enlistment and muster rolls for colored troops who enlisted in Kentucky. "