Vol. 11, No. 1 - January 02, 2006
The latest information on genealogy resources designed to help you...help others.

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** Today's (10) New Winners
** Today's FREE Lookups
- Marriage Index: District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, 1740-1920
- Marriage Index: Ohio, 1789-1850
- Marriage Index: Selected Areas of New York, 1639-1916
- Marriage Index: New York #2, 1740s-1880s
- Selected U.S./Internat'l Marriage Records, 1340-1980
- Marriage Index: Maine, 1743-1891

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- Irish Source Records, 1500s-1800s
- Scotch-Irish Settlers in America, 1500s-1800s
- Nova Scotia - Census (1770, 1773, 1787)
- Massachusetts, 1870 Census Index
- West Pennsylvania, 1870 Census Index
- East Pennsylvania, 1870 Census Index

** Genealogy Learning Center
- Your Challenge for 2006
- Life Stories
- They Changed Our Name at Ellis Island
- Help With Canadian Immigration

** Famous Family Trees
- Lucille Ball
- Lynda Carter
- Madonna
- Mark Twain
- Marlene Dietrich
- Marlon Brando

** Today's Map - Sunset, Popham Colony, Maine, 1607-08
** Genealogical Books - American Naturalization Records, 1790-1990
** www.Genetoons.com - In this life, wherever you go, you won't stay there
** Free Family Tree Software
** Free Family Tree Templates
** Census Extraction Forms
** Family & Local Histories
** View Census Records
** Military and Civil Service Records

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==> Marriage Index: District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, 1740-1920
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This data set contains information on approximately 250,000 individuals
who were married between 1740 and 1920 in select Mid-Atlantic states.
Marriage indexes can save you research time by telling you that a
particular marriage record containing your ancestor's name exists.
With the information provided, you may be able to find a newspaper
announcement, which may provide more details about the bride, groom,
and their families.

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==> Marriage Index: Ohio, 1789-1850
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This database contains indexes to approximately 303,000 selected
marriage records from 85 counties in the state of Ohio. Fulton and
Monroe counties are not included, as records from these counties
were destroyed by fires.

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==> Marriage Index: Selected Areas of New York, 1639-1916
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This database contains marriage information from selected areas of New
York for approximately 152,000 individuals. This database contains
some of the earliest known church and government marriage information,
from 1639, and continues through the 18th and 19th centuries.
Marriage information may not be comprehensive for the time and
region covered.

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==> Marriage Index: New York #2, 1740s-1880s
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This database indexes nearly 100,000 individuals who were married in
the state of New York from the mid 1700s to the late 1800s. The
marriage records indexed in this database have been collected from
a variety of sources including church records, newspapers, census
records, and state vital records.

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==> Selected U.S./Internat'l Marriage Records, 1340-1980
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This database contains marriage record information for approximately
1,400,000 individuals from across all fifty United States and
thirty-two different countries around the world. These records,
which include information on more than 500 years of marriages, were
compiled over thirty-four years of family history research by
professional genealogist Bill Yates. This unique collection of
records was extracted from a variety of sources including family
group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information
was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts,
family history articles, queries, letters, Bible records, wills,
biographies, and manuscript genealogies.

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==> Marriage Index: Maine, 1743-1891
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This database contains information on approximately 230,000 individuals
who were married between 1743 and 1891 in select Maine counties. Fully
indexed, it is a valuable resource because it brings together
previously uncollected marriage records and gives you easy access to
information that you would otherwise have to obtain from local sources.
Information was collected from a variety of sources including the
Family History Library and the Maine State Archives.

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==> Past FREE Databases
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- Irish Source Records, 1500s-1800s
- Scotch-Irish Settlers in America, 1500s-1800s
- Nova Scotia - Census (1770, 1773, 1787)
- Massachusetts, 1870 Census Index
- West Pennsylvania, 1870 Census Index
- East Pennsylvania, 1870 Census Index
- Obituaries
- Italian Lookups
- Dutch Lookups
- Alumni Lookups
- Military Lookups
- German Lookups
- Swedish Lookups
- Canadian Lookups
- Church Lookups
- Cemetery Lookups
- Native American Lookups
- African-American/Colored Lookups
- Australia-New Zealand Lookups
- United Kingdom and Ireland Lookups

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==> Your Challenge for 2006
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2006. When I first typed that date it gave me a strange
feeling. It seems like only yesterday it was the 1960s.

Please join me in the new challenge I am issuing for 2006.
It will cost you less than an airplane ticket, less than
property taxes, and in most cases, less than a tank full
of gas in your car. As a result of meeting this challenge,
you may gain access to...

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==> Life Stories
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While we are all searching for our ancestors, I have a
thought for the future generations. I have held classes for
over fifteen years for people writing their own stories,
and often stories of other members of their family. So
much is lost, as we all know, by people thinking their own
lives are uninteresting. This is never the case. I urge
all the readers of your newsletter to attend to their
own stories as well and encourage their children to do
the same at different times. This way our future
generations won't have such a hard time as we're having!

Continue Reading:
http://www.ancestralfindings.com/a10817.htm

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==> They Changed Our Name at Ellis Island
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We have all heard someone say that their family name was
"changed by the inspectors at Ellis Island." Nowadays our
names are recorded when we are born and are virtually never
changed. You can still use any name you want as long as
you do not intend to defraud but, in fact, with drivers'
licenses, social security numbers, credit cards, etc.,
it is just too complicated to try to alter your name
except through a court proceeding.

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http://www.ancestralfindings.com/freea88_donna.htm

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==> Help With Canadian Immigration
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I am currently working on my French Canadian roots and have
many immigration/naturalization questions. I am hoping some
of you will have had experience with this and can offer
advice/assistance. The ancestors I am currently researching
came to the U.S., specifically Michigan and Wisconsin, in
the mid 1850s and 60s from Quebec.
Here are some of my questions:

- Do all immigrants from that time period have immigration
papers of some sort?

- If you're naturalized is there yet even more
paperwork/documents to be found beyond the immigration papers?

- How would I go about finding such records in the states of
Michigan and Wisconsin for the time period I mentioned above?

- I live on the east coast and cannot travel to these states,
can this research be done via the Internet or old fashion
letter writing?

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http://www.ancestralfindings.com/heard011603.htm

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==> Today's Map - Sunset, Popham Colony, Maine, 1607-08
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==> Genealogical Books - American Naturalization Records, 1790-1990
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If your immigrant ancestors became naturalized U.S. citizens, this
guide is of immeasurable worth! It's written by archivist John J.
Newman to provide you with a thorough understanding of naturalization
records and how to use them in your research.

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whole family to enjoy. Using a Genealogical idea or fact, I want the
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Our collection lets you read journals, memoirs and other
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