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CIVIL WAR PENSION INDEX (IMAGES ONLINE) More than 2.5 million original American Civil War pension index cards are the first available images in Ancestry.com's new Images Online project. (For more information on the Images Online Project see, http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/articles/1931.asp.) Each Civil War pension card--a record of a veteran's application for federal support--records the veteran's name and the state in which the application was received. (Because these pension files were for federal benefits, this collection only contains the names of Union veterans.) If a widow or a child filed the application, his or her name and relevant information is included. Until now, the pension cards were only available through microfilm copies contained at the National Archives and limited repositories. Ancestry's existing Civil War Pension Index contains a link to a digitized image of the index card itself. This image will contain additional information on the individual, such as unit of service, date of filing and application, and certificate numbers for the pension case file (which often contains additional pages of individual information) housed at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. Going beyond the detail of indexes and information summaries, the online images are an added source for information on Civil War ancestors. Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration. "Civil War Pension Index." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Data indexed and imaged from: National Archives and Records Administration. "General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934." T288, 544 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Search the Civil War Pension Index and/or read the extended description at: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4654.htm An Advanced Search form is available at: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/military/cwpi/main.htm ________________________________________________________________ APPLETON, WISCONSIN DIRECTORIES, 1884-98 Located in central Wisconsin, the city of Appleton is the county seat of Outagamie County. This database is a transcription of city directories originally published in 1884, 1887, 1889, 1892, 1893, 1896, and 1897. In addition to providing the residents' names, it provides their addresses and occupational information. It includes more than 40,000 names, mostly heads of households. For the researcher of ancestors from central Wisconsin, this can be an extremely valuable collection. Source Information: Ancestry.com. "Appleton, Wisconsin Directories, 1884-89." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: "Appleton, WI 1884," Appleton: Wright & Hogg, 1884. "Appleton, WI 1887," Appleton: A.G. Wright, 1887. "Appleton, WI 1889," Appleton: Morrow & Gillett, 1889. "Appleton, WI 1892," Appleton: A.G. Wright, 1891. "Appleton, WI 1893," Appleton: A.G. Wright, 1893. "Appleton, WI 1896," Appleton: John V. Bunn, 1896. "Appleton, WI 1897-98," Appleton: A.G. Wright, 1897. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4764.htm This database is also included in the 1890 Census Reconstruction Project and can be searched through its main page at: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/1890sub/main.htm ________________________________________________________________ ELGIN COUNTY, RIDGETOWN, SOUTHWOLD, OXFORD TOWNSHIPS, ONTARIO, 1901 CENSUS Located along Lake Erie in southern Ontario, Ridgetown, Southwold, and Oxford Townships were home to about10,000 residents in 1901. This database is an index to federal census records for the townships in that year. Compiled from original documents in the National Archives of Canada, it provides the resident's name, age, birthplace, and relationship to the head of household. Film, division, page, entry, and family numbers are provided to aid researchers in obtaining the original record, if desired. For those Ancestry.com patrons seeking ancestors from Ontario, this can be a useful index. Source Information: Hewitt, Kristina. "Ridgetown, Southwold, Oxford Township, Elgin County, Ontario 1901 Census." [database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000. Taken from: "1901 Federal Census of Canada." Toronto: Government of Canada, 1901. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4765.htm ________________________________________________________________ VIRGINIA MARRIAGES, 1851-1900 (Update adding Marion County) Among the most informative type of records available to family historians, marriage records establish key family relationships. This database is a collection of marriage records from two counties in Virginia in the latter half of the nineteenth century. This update adds records from Marion County to those of Lee County. Taken from microfilm copies of original county documents, each record provides spouses' names, marriage date, and county of residence. It contains the names of more than 11,300 men and women. For those persons seeking ancestors from Virginia, this collection can be a useful source of information. Source Information: Dodd, Jordan. "Virginia Marriages, 1851-1900." Orem, UT: Liahona Research, 2000. Taken from: "Marion County, Virginia Marriage Register, 1851-1863," county court records located at Fairmont, West Virginia, or Family History Library microfilm #0835626-0835628; and "Lee County, Virginia Marriage Register, 1851-1900," county court records located at Jonesville, Virginia, or Family History Library microfilm # 0032441. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4498.htm ________________________________________________________________ FLORIDA TODAY (BREVARD COUNTY), OBITUARIES, 1998-99 Source Information: Bell and Howell Information and Learning Company. "Florida Today (Brevard County), Obituaries, 1998-99." [Database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original electronic data from the electronic newspaper newsfeed service of the Bell and Howell Information and Learning Company. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3523.htm

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NCC WASHINGTON UPDATE, Vol 6, #23, July 12, 2000 by Bruce Craig <[email protected]> of the National Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of History 1. Byrd Amendment Provides $50 million for American History Education 2. Appropriations Update: Senate Continues to Debate Interior Department Appropriation Bill; House Subcommittee Acts on National Archives FY 2001 Budget 3. Report on the Department of State, Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation Meeting 4. News Bits and Bytes -- Position Announcement: Director State Department Office of the Historian; Library of Congress Publishes Cumulative Index 1. BYRD AMENDMENT PROVIDES $50 MILLION FOR AMERICAN HISTORY EDUCATION On June 30 Senators Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), Slade Gorton (R-WA), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Max Cleland (D-GA), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Robert F. Bennett (R-UT), and Rod Grams (R-MN) together with Representatives Thomas E. Petri (R-WI), George Miller (D-CA), Joe Skeen (R-NM), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), and Matthew G. Martinez (D-CA) introduced a Congressional concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 129; H. Con. Res. 366) "Expressing the Sense of Congress Regarding Value of Education in U.S. History." The resolution decried the sad state of American history education in the nation's schools (see NCC WASHINGTON UPDATE, Vol 6, #22, June 30, 2000). As a follow-up to the resolution, Senator Byrd offered an amendment (Amendment no. 3731) to the FY 2001 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriation bill (H.R. 4577), to provide $50 million to the Secretary of Education to award grants to states "to develop, implement, and strengthen programs that teach American history (not social studies) as a separate subject within school curricula." The amendment was approved by a 98-0 margin and is supported by the Clinton Administration. As currently drafted, the grant money would be earmarked for states to support the development of history programs in secondary schools. According to Senate sources, however, the amendment is written broadly enough to give the Secretary of Education discretion to use funds for the support of post-secondary history education programs as well. Since there is no similar language in the House passed version of the Labor/HHS/Education bill, funding is not assured but will be addressed by conferees when they resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of the appropriations bill. 2. APPROPRIATIONS UPDATE: SENATE CONTINUES TO DEBATE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION BILL; HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ACTS ON NATIONAL ARCHIVES FY 2001 BUDGET This week the full Senate continues to debate the Interior Department and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. This bill will include recommended funding levels for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Park Service (NPS) and other preservation agencies. Numerous amendments have yet to be acted on by the Senate; a final vote is expected by the end of the week. Meanwhile, on the House side, during an evening session on July 11, the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriation Subcommittee made its proposed recommendations for the FY 2001 budget for the National Archives and grants programs of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). The House subcommittee proposed that the National Archives receive $201.171 million with the NHPRC being allotted $6 million, the same as the President's proposal. President Clinton had proposed a FY 2001 total budget request of $309.355 million for the National Archives, a $86.733 million increase over the FY 2000 level of $222.622 million. He requested $6 million, the current level, for competitive grants for the NHPRC. The major new spending initiative in the President's budget was $88 million for the renovation of Archives I on the Mall. The proposed work would include correcting mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire safety deficiencies, upgrading storage conditions to meet modern archival standards, providing increased exhibit and public meeting spaces, and constructing new encasements for the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. The House subcommittee did not allot any funds for the proposed renovation. The House subcommittee recommendation did, however, cover all the Archives fixed costs and provided sufficient funds to transfer President Clinton's papers to the Clinton Library in Little Rock. The House also earmarked funds to accelerate the processing of veterans records and provided start up monies for the electronic records project. Funding for the renovation may yet materialize at the end of the appropriations process once the House and Senate conferees meet to iron out differences between the House and Senate versions of the appropriations bill. Depending on how fast the full House acts on the appropriations bill, the Senate may be able to consider legislation as early as next week. 3. REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HISTORICAL DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTATION On July 10, during its scheduled two-day meeting, the State Department's Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation met in open session for two hours. During the public session, the minutes of the December meeting were approved with the provision that the discussion of the CIA matters remain "non-public," hence they would not be included as part of the official minutes which would be made available to the public via the State Department web site. The Committee expressed its skepticism with this arrangement and requested that the Executive Secretary enter into discussions with representatives of the CIA to modify the reporting procedure. In what was his final report as the Executive Secretary of the Advisory Committee, William Slany, retiring head of the State Department's Office of the Historian, gave an update on the current status of the Foreign Relations Series (FRUS). He stated that the history office was behind schedule in issuing certain letter press versions of the series that are scheduled for release this year. He also stated that there was no technical reason preventing the electronic publication (E-publishing) of certain volumes of the FRUS series, except that certain documents have yet to clear various agencies (with E-publishing, these yet to be released documents could be added in at a later time and eventually issued as a letter-press version). 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CINCINNATI, OHIO DIRECTORY, 1890-91 Located in the southwestern corner of the state, the county of Hamilton borders both Indiana and Kentucky. The city of Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County, which was formed in 1790. This database is a transcription of a city directory originally published in 1890. In addition to providing the residents' names, it provides their addresses and occupational information. It includes more than 160,000 names, mostly heads of households. For the researcher of ancestors from southwestern Ohio, this can be an extremely valuable collection. Source Information: Ancestry.com. "Cincinnati, Ohio Directory, 1890-91." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Cincinnati, OH: Williams & Co., 1890. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4762.htm This database is also included in the 1890 Census Reconstruction Project and can be searched through its main page at: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/1890sub/main.htm ________________________________________________________________ IRISH RECORDS EXTRACTION DATABASE (Update adding Bhoerbue, Cork County, Ireland Baptisms, 1833-64) This database of Irish vital records now has more than 130,000 names. It contains records of births, marriages, deaths, burials, cemeteries, wills, immigration, census, and so forth from locations in both Ireland and Northern Ireland. The records include information from as early as 1600 and as late as 1874 and comes from otherwise inaccessible or hard-to-find collections. Whenever possible, new records were created from end-of-line records, thereby extending the data into the past at least one more generation. This update adds Bhoerbue, Cork County, Ireland baptisms between 1833 and 1864 to this already valuable database. Researchers should also note that the compiler continues to add to the file at a rate of several thousand entries a month. These additions will be included in quarterly updates. Source Information: Platt, Lyman. "Irish Records Extraction Database." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1999-. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3876.htm ________________________________________________________________ BRANDON DISTRICT, WINCHESTER AND WOODWORTH, MANITOBA 1901 CENSUS Woodworth and Winchester are located in southern Manitoba. With over 4,600 entries, this database contains the full names, relationship to the head of the household, full date of birth, and birthplace, as well as the year of immigration to Canada (if not Canadian by birth), for each person listed. The database also includes the National Archives film number, division number, page, and family number to aid researchers in obtaining a copy of the actual record, if desired. This database will be of particular interest to researchers with ancestors in Manitoba. Source Information: Hewitt, Kristina. "Woodworth and Winchester Township, Brandon District, Manitoba 1901 Census." [database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000. Taken from: "1901 Federal Census of Canada." Toronto: Government of Canada, 1901. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4756.htm ________________________________________________________________ LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY Bordered by the Susquehanna River in southeastern Pennsylvania, Lancaster County was created in 1729 from neighboring Chester County. This database, originally published in 1883, is a county history and collection of biographical sketches. The history section includes descriptions of the topography, of Native American settlements, and of the area’s involvement in the Revolutionary War. The biographical sketch section includes the names of nearly 50,000 men, women, and children. In addition, it provides a listing of men from the county who served in the Revolutionary War. For researchers of ancestors from eastern Pennsylvania, this can be a useful source of information. Source Information: Ancestry.com. "Lancaster County, Pennsylvania History." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Electronic reproduction of "History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," originally published in "Philadelphia" by Everts and Peck in 1883. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4671.htm ________________________________________________________________ SALT LAKE TRIBUNE (UTAH), OBITUARIES, 1991-99 Source Information: Bell and Howell Information and Learning Company. "Salt Lake Tribune (Utah), Obituaries, 1991-99." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original electronic data is from the electronic newspaper newsfeed service of the Bell and Howell Information and Learning Company. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3520.htm

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