databases

2 Sep 2016

Updates to FamilySearch Databases August 2016

There’s something for everyone in the new updates to FamilySearch databases August 2016:

COLLECTION

INDEXED RECORDS

DIGITAL RECORDS

COMMENTS

Maine & Massachusetts Case Files of Deceased and Deserted Seamen 1837- 1965

0

16,231

New browsable image collection.

United States World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942

0

882,986

Added images to an existing collection

Australia Tasmania Civil Registration 1803-1933

425,774

0

Added indexed records to an existing collection

Australia Queensland Maryborough Public Records 1847-1989

17,156

0

Added indexed records to an existing collection

Spain Diocese of Lugo Catholic Parish Records 1550-1966

19,557

76,329

Added indexed records and images to an existing collection

California San Francisco Register of Chinese Immigrant Court Cases and Foreign Seamen Tax Cards 1883-1924

0

12,404

New browsable image collection.

Netherlands Gelderland Province Civil Registration 1800-1952

39,539

0

Added indexed records to an existing collection

Massachusetts Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications 1805-1845

0

2,522

New browsable image collection.

New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records 1675-1835

0

8,821

New browsable image collection.

Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications 1835-1838

0

10,288

New browsable image collection.

North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers 1779-1782

0

97,668

New browsable image collection.

New Zealand Obituaries 1844-1963

14,545

2,385

New indexed records and images collection

England Lancashire Oldham […]

9 Jun 2016

Updates to FamilySearch Databases June 2016

There’s something for everyone in the new updates to FamilySearch databases June 2016, including newly indexed records for the following existing databases:

California San Francisco County Records 1824‐1997

Connecticut Marriages 1640‐1939

Illinois Cook County Birth Certificates 1871‐1940

Illinois Cook County Deaths 1878‐1994

Iowa Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records 1861-1949

Massachusetts Town Clerk Vital and Town Records 1626‐2001

Michigan Civil Marriages 1834‐1974

Ohio County Births 1841-2003

The entire list of 35 new historic record collections published online in this update includes the following:

COLLECTION

INDEXED RECORDS

DIGITAL RECORDS

COMMENTS

Argentina Tucumán Catholic Church Records 1727‐1955

200,042

0

Added indexed records to an existing collection

Australia Tasmania Civil Registration (District Registers) 1839‐1938

69,725

0

Added indexed records to an existing collection

Belgium Antwerp Civil Registration 1588‐1913

19,649

3,057

Added indexed records and images to an existing collection

Belgium East Flanders Civil Registration 1541‐1914

6,116

132,677

Added images to an existing collection

Belgium Liège Civil Registration 1621-1914

193,640

0

Added indexed records to an existing collection

Belgium Namur Civil Registration 1800-1912

18,413

0

Added indexed records to an existing collection

Brazil Pernambuco Civil Registration […]

3 Apr 2016

Free California Digital Archives for Genealogy Part 2

Free California Digital Archives for Genealogy Part 2
is part of  Sassy Jane Genealogy’s States on Sunday series,
providing links to free digital resources for each of the fifty states.
Part 1 featured the major resources available.
Part 2 includes institutional and small organization links.
Part 3 concludes the entries for California. The state’s resources are so numerous, it is impossible to list them all here. Researchers are advised to search for specific public library and genealogical society resources by geographic areas to find additional resources.
Access Genealogy California

1861 Placer County, California Directory
https://www.accessgenealogy.com/california/1861-placer-county-california-directory.htm
California Census Map 1910
https://www.accessgenealogy.com/california/1910-california-census-map.htm
[California] Pacific Coast Business Directory for 1876-78, Compiled by Henry G. Langley, San Francisco, 1875
http://caahgp.genealogyvillage.com/pacific_coast/

California Digital Library

Free Digitized Genealogy and Family History Books
https://archive.org/details/cdl?and[]=genealogy

CaliforniaGenealogy.org

California Gold Rush “Most Wanted” Website
http://www.californiagenealogy.org/goldrush/
Website for “Most Wanted (most elusive, brick wall) ancestors lost in California during the time of the Gold Rush 1840s-1880s.”

California Historical Society

Online Catalog
http://c95040.eos-intl.net/C95040/OPAC/Index.aspx

California Perspectives on American History

Oakland Museum of California
http://picturethis.museumca.org/
Picture This: California’s Perspectives on American History features primary source images […]

19 Mar 2016

Why We Do Genealogy

How many times have you been asked why we do genealogy?
Back when I was a working archivist-librarian, the bosses who held the pursestrings would ask me why we should even bother with all that old stuff. After all, it was so expensive to take care of and nobody really cared about those dusty old archives. My immediate, though internal, answer was always, “How can you not care about history?”

None of my grad school classes in history or library science prepared me to justify archival preservation, research, or outreach, especially to bosses who had never done primary-source research themselves. Eventually I figured out ways (with more or less success) to make preservation and access to the historical records in my care palatable to administrators who only had eyes on the bottom line.

A few years ago, I posted about a visit to the Tenement Museum, one of the best historical museums anywhere.

I have eight great-grandparents […]