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Lucas County, Ohio, Blade Obituary Index, 1842-2014
An index of obituaries from Lucas County, Ohio.
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U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012
A directory of yearbook information from across the United States.
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U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930 - Current
From Ancestry.com, "The collection contains recent obituaries from hundreds of newspapers. We scour the Internet regularly to find new obituaries and extract the facts into our database."
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U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current
From Ancestry.com, "The collection contains recent cemetery and funeral home records. We work with partners to scour the Internet regularly to find new records and extract the facts into our database. "
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U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
From Ancestry.com, "This database is a collection of directories for U.S. cities and counties in various years. The database currently contains directories for all states except Alaska."
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Indianapolis, Indiana Directories, 1887-90
From Ancestry.com, "The county seat of Marion County in central Indiana, Indianapolis was home to some 45,000 residents in 1890. This database is a transcription of four city directories originally published between 1887 and 1890. In addition to providing the residents' names, it provides their addresses and occupation. This collection includes the names of more than 180,344 people, mostly heads of household.
City directories are primarily useful for locating people in a particular place and time. They can tell you generally where an ancestor lived and give an exact location for census years. They are also useful for linkage with sources other than censuses.
There are usually several parts to a city directory. The section of most interest to the genealogist, of course, is the alphabetical listing of names, for it is there that you may find your ancestor.
Whenever you use a directory, however, it is important to refer to the page showing abbreviations used in the alphabetical section of the directory, usually following the name in each entry. Some abbreviations are quite common, such as h for home or r, indicating residence. There may even be a subtle distinction between r for residents who are related to the homeowner and b for boarders who are not related.
Some city directories list adult children who lived with their parents but were working or going to school. Look for persons of the same surname residing at the same address. If analyzed and interpreted properly, these annual directories can tell you (by implication) which children belong to which household, when they married and started families of their own, and when they established themselves in business. In cases where specific occupation is given, you can search records pertinent to that occupation.
Once an ancestor has been found in a city directory, there are several ways the information can be used to gain access to, or link with, such sources as censuses, death and probate records, church records, naturalization records, and land records.
Taken from Chapter 11: Research in Directories, The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy by Gordon Lewis Remington; edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking (Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Incorporated, 1997)."
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Indiana and Michigan, Michiana Genealogical Cemetery Index, 1800-2010
An index of cemetery plots and associated genealogical connections from Indiana and Michigan.
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Black Brigade of Cincinnati; The
A history of the Black Brigade, with muster rolls of the soldiers in each regiment and company.
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Black Brigade; The
A brief history of the group, with a list of additional resources.
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Snow's Pond : The Forgotten Civil War Skirmish in Boone County, Kentucky's Past
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Jonathan Markland
The life and family lineage of Johnathan Markland (1725-1800).
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Dress Sword and Scabbard Presented by President Andrew Jackson
Rock Island Auctions is an auction company based in Rock Island Illinois which specializes in pieces of historical value. They have included a detailed historical account of this particular sword's origins.
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Virginia Marriage Records: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly.
From Family Search, "Contain only certain marriage records for the counties of Albemarle, Amelia, Augusta, Bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Caroline, Charles City, Charlotte, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Elizabeth City, Essex, Fairfax, Gloucester, Goochland, Greensville, Halifax, Hanover, Henry, Isle of Wight, King George, Lancaster, Lunenburg, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland, Orange, Pittsylvania, Prince Edward, Princess Anne, Richmond, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Spotsylvania, Staunton, Surry, Sussex, Westmoreland, York and the cities of Norfolk and Richmond. Includes miscellaneous marriage records and record fragments."
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Ancestors and Descendants of Allen McCoy Goodridge
A genealogical listing of the descendants and parentage of Allen McCoy Goodridge.
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Genealogy and Story of the Family of Robert Kirtley Garnett; The
A history of the Garnett family including the genealogy of Robert K. Garnett, Thomas Graves, and Annie Elizabeth Hunter Garnett and descendants.
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Sims’ History of Elgin County, Vol. II
An an installment of a series of volumes offering an exploration of the histories of various counties in Ontario.
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A Belated Honor For Kentucky's Boone County
An examination of the Canby family history.
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Yager Family Tree
A genealogical chart of a branch of the Yager family tree in north America.
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Yager Family Lists
Genealogical tracing of the Yates family in North America. Included within the document are birth dates, marriage dates, death dates, and parentage information.
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History of Montgomery County : together with historic notes on the Wabash Valley
Accessed online at Ancestry.com
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Early Indiana Trials: and sketches
From the Indiana State Library, "Oliver Hampton Smith was born near Trenton, New Jersey. He lived in Pennsylvania and New York before finally settling in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, in 1817. He was admitted to the bar in 1820 and began practicing law in Connersville, Indiana. He served as a U.S. Representative from 1827 to 1829 and 1837 to 1843. Following his service in Washington, Smith moved to Indianapolis to resume his law practice. He was also involved in the railroad industry and wrote the book Early Indiana Trials and Sketches."
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Graves Family History
A genealogical history of the Graves family including lineage lists and dates of births, deaths, and marriages.
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Graves Adventurers
A history of the settlement and migration of the Graves family in north america. The document includes genealogical information, marriages, and births.
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Graves Marriages
Family records of marriages within the Graves family of Virginia and northern Kentucky.
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Survey of Historic Sites in Kentucky: Boone County
From the Foreword: "The historical survey is a comprehensive investigation of the buildings, structures, sites and objects that materially embody our cultural heritage. Many sites recorded during the survey will be listed in the Survey of Historic Sites in Kentucky and the more important sites will be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places."