Forgive me for duplicate postings if we are on other lists together. __________ German Emigrant and Immigrant Queries may be posted at http://www.germanmigration.com Since June, over 16,000 genealogists have visited this site and over 1,000 readers per month have reviewed these postings. //////////////////////////////////////// "Pennsylvania Tree" - Ancestors and descendants of central Pennsylvanians: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5382 Pennsylvania Links for genealogists including where to find census data online, libraries, newspapers, genealogical and historical societies, general genealogy resources and more: http://192.41.11.174/distantc/States/PA.html Beaver County, Pennsylvania Genealogical Society WebSite: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabecgs/ PAGenExchange site listing Free Raw Data for researchers. http://www.genexchange.com/pa/index.cfm ////////////////////////////////// The Central Books Locator for Genealogists http://www.genealogy-books.com/locator.htm No charge, fees, nothing like that. It is a webpage of alphabetical listings which contains links to where one might find books on genealogy. ///////////////////////////// This URL takes you to Robert W. Marlin's website. Robert Marlin is attempting to provide an index of places one may find marriage records by using just the maiden name of the bride. http://members.aol.com/MySixteen /////////////////////////// There is a great list of the anglicized spellings for German surnames at: http://www.berksregofwills.com/genealogy/rowguide.shtml It is about halfway down the page. //////////////////////////////// The Illinois Land Patents are now available through the Bureau of Land Management's Official Land Patent Records site and images of the actual patents are available: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ ////////////////////////////// http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/a/r/Kathy--A-Harris/index.html http://members.aol.com/ralphsher/family/index.htm >http://members.aol.com/ralphsher/family/index.htm http://members.aol.com/ralphsherm/family/index.htm. http://www.my-ged.com/publish.html Publish your GEDCOM Free http://www.familytreemaker.com/cdhome.html http://www.rootsweb.com/ This is added to regularly. Don't try once and give up! ///////////////////////////////// *******The URL for archives of all rootsweb lists is: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Once you find the page you just need to type in the name of the list you want to search. //////////////////////////// Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States, General Land Office Found a wonderful new site that was suggested by another list. Land Patents are now available through the Bureau of Land Management's Official Land Patent Records site and images of the actual patents are available: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ ///////////////////////////////// U.S. CENSUS TRANSCRIPTIONS UPLOADED TO USGENWEB CENSUS ARCHIVES <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/. Kay Mason <kmfkm@ptw.com> provided this information. ALABAMA. 1850 Baldwin County <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/al/baldwin/1850/> ALABAMA. 1830 Washington County <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/al/washington/1830/> ARIZONA. 1880 Sharp County (Lebanon and Strawberry Townships) <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ar/sharp/1880/> GEORGIA. 1850 Washington County -- corrected files <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ga/washington/1850/> GEORGIA. 1860 Wayne County -- corrected files <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ga/wayne/1860/> ILLINOIS. 1820 Gallatin County <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/il/gallatin/1820/> ILLINOIS. 1840 Perry County <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/il/perry/1840/> KANSAS. 1860 Madison County <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ks/madison/1860/pg00088.txt> MINNESOTA. 1900 Nobles County -- Town of Adrian <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/mn/nobles/1900/> MISSISSIPPI. 1850 Bolivar County <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ms/bolivar/1850/> MISSOURI. 1870 Lewis County -- Town of Canton <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/mo/lewis/1870/> MISSOURI. 1870 Lewis County (partial) Twp 62 Range 6, Twp 63 Range 6, Twp 62 Range 7 <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/mo/lewis/1870/> NEBRASKA. 1870 Cedar County <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ne/cedar/1870/pg00001.txt> NORTH CAROLINA. 1810 Stokes County <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/nc/stokes/1810/> OHIO. 1850 Williams County <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/oh/williams/1850/> TEXAS. 1850 Medina County - corrected files <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/tx/medina/1850/pg00392.txt> //////////////////////////////// SAMPUBCO has a searchable database for Greene County Wills from 1796-1846! You can either order through them or with the information provided, from Greene County directly. http://www.wasatch.com/~dsam/sampubco/index.htm //////////////////////////////////// The first explains Family History Centers and the second goes more indepth as to what is there. http://www.lds.org/en/2_How_Do_I_Begin/3-What_is.html http://www.lds.org/en/2_Welcome_to_the_FHC/Computer_Files_Hasten.html ////////////////////////////////// I thought maybe some of you may be interested in this. Probably most of you already know it, but in case here it is. (Document search) http://www.docusearch.com/ssn_struc.html ///////////////////////// Genealogy Exchange and Surname Registry http://www.genexchange.com/us.cfm ////////////////////////// > Here is a lot of good information taken from the Church of the Brethern > history. There are a great many familiar names listed. People from The > Church of the Brethern split away to form the Ephrata Cloister. > > A wonderful history of many early settlers while in Europe in 1717 > http://www.cob-net.org/europe.htm > > List of the members who joined the German Baptist Brethren in > Europe(aboout 1717) > http://www.cob-net.org/text/genbrm01.txt > > Passengers Who Arrived With Alexander Mack in 1729 on the ship 'ALLEN' > http://www.cob-net.org/text/allen.txt //////////////////////////////// This company sells census microfilm rolls for $7.95 each....remember you need the availability of a microfilm reader to view them....your library may allow you to do that. The County of York is on 3 rolls for 1920...not a bad deal for $23.85.... Shirl...who just paid 3.75 for a rental fee at the library.... http://www.censusmicrofilm.com/ ////////////////// d.s.p. = decessit sine prole Latin for 'died without issue' ///////////////// ILLINOIS research--Try this site for county lines http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcumber/ilctybnd or http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcumber/ilctybnd/ ////////////////////// URL for Vital Statistics. http://vitalrec.com/index.html /////////////////////// Genealogy Tips on diseases, medical terms, epidemics http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck/disease.htm //////////////////////