31 July 2014

Incorporating the Carthage Burlington Railroad Company

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After a little searching on GoogleBooks , I had it: the Act incorporating the Carthage Burlington Railroad for which I recently purchased a...

Updated on FamilySearch

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The following databases are showing as updated on FamilySearch since our last update: Ohio, Cuyahoga County Probate Files, 1813-1932 Ma...
30 July 2014

As Precise as it Gets

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The 1910 census for your relative indicates that she was 60 years of age and was born in Ohio. You have a date of birth for your ances...

FamilySearch Updates: MD Wills, ID & UT Obits, Mormon Migrations

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New or updated on FamilySearch  since our last update: Maryland, Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999 Idaho, Southeas...
29 July 2014

Farming Along the Tracks

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a blank stock certificate from the Carthage and Burlington Railroad company  that I recently purchased on    Ebay . The west edge of my ...
28 July 2014

It's Not All On the Internet and Genealogy Methodology

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Sometimes one has to shift one's point of view. You can tell people that everything's "not online." You can type it in u...
26 July 2014

Tax Sale of Property in the Newspaper in 1858

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One of the difficulties of locating real estate sold by a tax sale is that the deed is not indexed under the name of the owner who did not p...

Stephen Gibson Inventory from 1807 Stow, Mass. Part VI

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The image on this post is part of the inventory of Stephen Gibson filed in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in 1807. We'll post images...

Probate Notice from 1807

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Date: Thursday, May 14, 1807 Paper: Independent Chronicle (Boston, MA); digital image obtained on    Genealogyba nk.com We've been ...

How We Choose Content on Rootdig

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For those who are new, I have a simple editorial policy: I write about whatever interests me. I don't usually comment on genealogy ...
25 July 2014

Stephen Gibson Inventory from 1807 Stow, Mass. Part V

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The image on this post is part of the inventory of Stephen Gibson filed in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in 1807. We'll post images...
24 July 2014

Stephen Gibson Inventory from 1807 Stow, Mass. Part IV

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The image on this post is part of the inventory of Stephen Gibson filed in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in 1807. Inventory of Estate...

Arrington Gibson's Delinquent Taxes and Stow Residence A Dozen Years Later

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A recent search on  GenealogyBank  located several references for the Arrington Gibson referenced in the 1804 fence agreement  in Fitchburg...
23 July 2014

Stephen Gibson Inventory from 1807 Stow, Mass. Part III

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The image on this post is part of the inventory of Stephen Gibson filed in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in 1807. We'll post image...

Meyers Orts and 18th Century Estate Inventory Transcription Webinars

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We are offering two new webinars at the end of August: Meyers Orts-- rescheduled for 26 September Transcribing an 18th Century Estate In...

FamilySearch Updates: UT and TX Deaths, 1910 Census

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The following databases are showing as updated at FamilySearch : Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956 Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976 Utah, Pio...

Half in the Middle and We Both Don't Live There

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We make jokes about drivers who "take their half" of the road out of the middle, but apparently that's exactly what my relativ...
22 July 2014

Stephen Gibson Inventory from 1807 Stow, Mass. Part II

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The image on this post is another part of the inventory of Stephen Gibson filed in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in 1807. Inventory ...

Crowdsourcing for Friends in Passenger Lists at Ancestry.com

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As records become more modern, they tend to include more detail. The same is true for passenger manifests.  Beginning in the very late ...
21 July 2014

Stephen Gibson Inventory from 1807 Stow, Mass. Part I

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The image on this post is part of the inventory of Stephen Gibson filed in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in 1807. We'll post images...
20 July 2014

Trip to Winnebago County, Illinois, Courthouse

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The elusive Clark Sargent purchased 40 acres of federal land in Winnebago County, Illinois, on 1 March 1848. It is known that his widow, Mar...
19 July 2014

No Smiths Born in Chicago Between 1930 and 1938?

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I was hoping this would be fixed, but as of the time of this post, the FamilySearch  database of Cook County, Illinois, births indicates tha...
18 July 2014

Updated on FamilySearch: Cook County, IL Births, and Utah Pioeers

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The following are showing as new/updated on FamilySearch : Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1847-1868 Illinois, Cook County Bir...
17 July 2014

An 1819 Death in a Newspaper

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It is not much, but there is a death notice for Samuel Sargent who died in Marlborough, New Hampshire, in 1819. Typical for early newspapers...

Ephraim Puffer 1756 Inventory Transcription Part III

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The final part of the transcription of the Ephraim Puffer estate from 1756. Inventory of Estate of Ephraim Puffer, Middlesex County, Ma...