Jackson County [Mississippi] took care of its own indigent and helpless during its early history with payments to paupers and by providing shelter and care for those who could not take care of themselves.
Editor Else Martin chronicles in “Journal 22″ the history of the county home from 1875 to its dissolution in 1994. She provides […]
Genealogists use thousands of compiled genealogies and source books in our research. We tend to gravitate towards these volumes, as access is fairly easy, and it’s always nice to have had someone else smooth the research road for us.
However - the books can be in error. Always attempt to find primary sources to document your […]
New book Announcement: Simon Kelley Sr. 1787-1852 and Descendants
This compiled genealogy identifies the fourteen (14) children and their descendants of Simon Kelley 1787-1852 and Sarah Dubose Kelley 1790- 1879 born in Sumter District, South Carolina.
Included is Simon Kelleys last will and testament recorded March 1, 1852 in the state of South Carolina and District […]
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You may have a Younger family in your ancestry, but that doesn’t mean you’re related to Cole. DNA studies show there were two distinct Younger families that came out of Virginia and Maryland about the same time. The following excerpt is from a longer article about how DNA studies can help genealogical research. Interesting…
Roberta Estes […]
I received the following information today from the General Samuel Hopkins Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Patricia Ann Powell Reeser (Mrs. Max E.), Regent:
The General Samuel Hopkins Chapter NSDAR has been collecting Bible and family records for the past several years and has now published a book containing around 450 […]
Following is an excerpt from a good article dealing with tracing early American genealogy. It’s worth reading more than just my clipping below…
Even with the arrival of the information superhighway, the genealogical road from today back to Jamestown is rarely smooth.
Ancestor-hunting descendants often find unexplained name changes and unplanned detours. People vanish somewhere between their […]
This week, my friend Illya D’ Addezio, added 358 images to his Registry of War Ration Books. Included in this batch are 40 Canadian ration books, and three books from Native Americans living on a reservation in upstate New York.
Following are surnames found in the new items:
ALLISON
ANDERSON
ANNAND
AUSTIN
BALLENT
BARRONER
BECK
BENNEDSEN
BLACK
BONSALL
BROWN
BRUCE
BUQUO
CAMPBELL
CARPENTER
CHANNELL
CLARK
COLLINGS
COLLINS
COOPER
CURRAN
CUSTER
DALEY
DEMKO
EAGLE
ELLIOTT
ELLIS
ELLWOOD
EVANS
FISH
FOLEY
FORNEY
FRAZIER
GATES
GAUVIN
GIPPLE
GRANT
GRIFFIN
HARMS
HARWOOD
HEATH
HENSON
HIELAND
HINCKS
HOLMAN
HORST
HUDSON
JOHNSON
JOHNSTON
KEATHLEY
KNIFFLIN
KNUTSON
KOCH
LANDON
LEWIS
LINDSTROM
LITZ
MCLAGREN
MEYERS
MILLER
MUNDY
MURRAY
NELSON
NESTOR
NICHOLS
OHMAN
OLSON
OTT
PARISEN
PEARCE
PETERSEN
POWERS
PRATHER
PRESSLEY
REDMOND
RIDDLE
RUSNAK
SAHMS
SCHEMPEK
SCHILLING
SCHOTTELKOTTE
SHOREY
SING
SMITH
SPINNEY
SPRINKEL
STEGMAN
SUCK
SUNDOWN
SURRETTE
THOMPSON
TOULOUSE
TYNER
WALKER
WARK
WILLEY
WILSON
WINDHAM
WOLCOTT
YARBER
YOUNG
YUNG
To view the images, visit the Index of Ration […]
New Book Announcement: A Grover Genealogy
Begun about 1870 and originally published about 1903, this genealogy is about Vermont, Massachusetts, and Western New York Grovers and their families, one of whom moved to Kentucky and became a U.S. Congressman. They married, their names changed, and they moved west over time to Michigan and even as far […]
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For Chris Brewer, leafing through the pages of history is his job and his passion.
The Exeter historian and publisher has finished a faithful reproduction of the “Official Historical Atlas Map of Tulare County,” originally printed in 1892.
The book is the latest, and perhaps most ambitious, imprint by Brewer’s Bear State Books.
The historic pages reprinted in […]
New book Announcement: Quirke Genealogy and Family History of Clonmel, County Tipperary, ireland; India, new zealand, England, Australia, South Africa, and the United States
This genealogy and family history exemplifies the irish Diaspora of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. From an irish foot soldier in a British regiment of the early 1800s he, his children, […]
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New Book Announcement: Creativitree
I’ve known Tony Mathews for many years, and have always admired his creativity and art work. Tony’s Creativitree book lets us share in his artistry.
How would you like to design a decorative Family Tree that will record five or more generations of your family? And what if by “design” we mean […]
Nick Vine Hall was a giant in the field of genealogy. Although I didn’t know him well, we visited at conferences and I found him to be engaging and personable. He wrote a number of books for genealogists, and was an authority on Australian research.
Gordon Watts wrote a memorium to Nick in his November 21 […]
New Book Announcement: Timmons - Tanner Families - Building an American Heritage
A genealogy on the descendants of William (d 1707) and Priscilla Timmins, immigrants to Somerset Co, MD and Edward Tanner (1740-1790) of Surry Co, Virginia. Their descendants migrated into NC, OH, IN, KS and many other states. Allied families include Browning, Chandler, Cox, Dixon, […]
Find your ancestors in the cemetery using a dog? They say it can be done. Seems there are 10 dogs in the entire country that can do this kind of thing. Interesting…
When Eagle Scout candidate Jeff Carlson was searching for a possible community service project, his mother suggested he look in a graveyard. Carlson agreed.
More […]
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New Book Announcement: Descendants and Ancestors of Nehemiah Mattson (Matson) (1755-1835) Revolutionary Patriot
John Mattson is the first Mattson in the book. He was born about 1686 and was the grandfather of Nehemiah. He was born in Upper Merion, Philadelphia, now Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. John had two wives and ten children. They were Quakers and probably […]