INTERESTING GENEALOGY INFORMATION
LINKS
COURTHOUSES LINK:You can go to this site to find the phone numbers and addresses for all the county courthouses in the whole U.S.A. |
A TREASURY OF PRIMARY SOURCES Primary Source Documents Pertaining to Early American History |
MIGRATIONS OF ANCESTORS: They came for a season, they left and went where? Why did they go and who went with them? So many questions about the migration of our ancestors. |
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WESTERN STATES MARRIAGES INDEX
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PBS: ANCESTORS RESOURCES DIRECTORY:(info on available resources state by state) |
THIS AND THAT: DISEASES: list of diseases and of the epidemics and the year/years of the outbreaks |
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SHIP PICTURES: Notebook sized prints are available for hundreds of ships! | MOTHER HUBBARDS CUPBOARD:Diana J. Muir, E-EducatoR- Free online classes! |
RECORDS ROOM | U.S. COUNTY & STATE RESOURCES @ ROOTSWEB |
WORLD
RESOURCES @ROOTSWEB. |
GENEALOGY
MAILING LISTS @ROOTSWEB SURNAME RESOURCES @ROOTSWEB |
TIME LINE You can create a timeline
for almost everyone, History buffs will love this.
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MAILING LIST INTERACTIVE SEARCH. You can search the messages year by year by using the access to the millions of e-mail messages in the Mailing List Archive |
International
Black Sheep Society of Genealogists' Genealogy Hall of Shame
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19th
CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY for GENEALOGISTS SITE
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U.S. Surname Distribution Enter a surname (last name) into the form and you'll get a map of the United States showing the distribution of people with this surname within the 50 United States. | 1895 U.S. ATLAS Find indexes to the towns and cities of each state, along with the county or parish in which each was located at the time. You will also find state maps and some individual county maps. |
SAVING GRAVES Website dedicated to the preservation of endangered American cemeteries. | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC has printable maps |
LAND RECORDS: This website contains land claim records from about 1820 to 1908. Not all records for all states are included at this time. | Free Web space. ANY
amount. ROOTSWEB FREEPAGES: put you in touch with millions.
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The dates for the census count: 2 charts |
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CENSUS DATES 1790 - 1920
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For 1790, 1800, 1810, and 1820, it was the 1st |
APX. AGES OF ANCESTORS FIGHTING IN WARS IN
USA
*From Shirley Hornbecks's This and That
{1st column indicates "if born between ages", and column the war,3rd column
dates of the war}
1600-1644 - Dutch Indian War - 1655-1664 |
1626-1656 - Bacon's Rebellion - 1676 |
1639-1743 - Inter-Colonial Wars - 1689-1763 |
1713-1743 - Pontiac's Rebellion - 1763-1766 |
1720-1750 - Boston Massacre - 1770 |
1715-1770 - American Revolution - 1775-1783 |
1740-1791 - Indian Wars - 1790-1811 |
1756-1802 - War of 1812 - 1812-1815 |
1762-1812 - Black Hawk War - 1832 |
1780-1820 - Texas War (Alamo) - 1836 |
1796-1828 - Mexican War - 1846-1848 |
1806-1849 - Civil War - 1861-1865 |
1849-1880 - Spanish-American War - 1898 |
1870-1900 - World War I - 1914-1918 |
1900-1930 - World War II - 1939-1945 |
1910-1935 - Korean War - 1950-1953 |
1915-1957 - Vietnam War - 1956-1975 |
How Many Ancestors Do You Have? |
1. 1 YOU |
2. 2 parents |
3. 4 grandparents |
4. 8 gr grandparents |
5. 16 gg grandparents |
6. 32 ggg grandparents |
7. 64 gggg grandparents |
8. 128 ggggg grandparents |
9. 256 gggggg grandparents |
10. 512 ggggggg grandparents |
11. 1,024 gggggggg grandparents |
12. 2,048 ggggggggg grandparents |
13. 4,096 gggggggggg grandparents |
14. 8,192 ggggggggggg grandparents |
15. 16,184 gggggggggggg grandparents |
16. 32,768 ggggggggggggg grandparents |
17. 65,536 gggggggggggggg grandparents |
18. 131,072 ggggggggggggggg grandparents |
19. 262,144 gggggggggggggggg grandparents |
20. 524,288 ggggggggggggggggg grandparents |
21. 1,048,576 gggggggggggggggggg grandparents |
Old Occupations/compiled by Dan Burrows |
Accomptant Accountant |
Amanuensis Secretary or stenographer |
Bailie Bailiff |
Bluestocking Female writer |
Brazier One who works with brass |
Brightsmith Metal Worker |
Caulker One who filled up cracks (in ships
or windows or seems to make them |
Chandler Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles; retailer of groceries, ship supplier |
Clark Clerk |
Clicker The servant of a salesman who stood
at the door toinvite customers; |
Collier Coal miner |
Cooper One who makes or repairs vessels
made of staves & hoops, |
Cordova/Cordoba in Spain |
Crocker Potter |
Currier One who dresses the coat of a horse
with a currycomb; one who tanned leather |
Dowser One who finds water using a rod or witching stick |
Drayman One who drives a long strong cart without fixed sides for carrying heavy loads |
Drover One who drives cattle, sheep, etc. to market; a dealer in cattle |
Factor Agent commission merchant; one who
acts or transacts business for another; |
Faulkner Falconer |
Fletcher One who made bows and arrows |
Gaoler A keeper of the goal, a jailer |
Hacker Maker of hoes |
Haymonger Dealer in hay |
Higgler Itinerant peddler |
Hind A farm laborer |
Hooker Reaper |
Huckster Sells small wares |
Jagger Fish peddler |
Joyner/Joiner A skilled carpenter |
Kempster Wool comber |
Lavender Washer woman |
Leech Physician |
Lormer Maker of horse gear |
Maltster Brewer |
Mason Bricklayer |
Monger Seller of goods (ale, fish) |
Neatherder Herds cows |
Pattern Maker A maker of a clog shod with
an iron ring. A clog was a wooden pole |
Peruker A wig maker |
Pigman Crockery dealer |
Porter Door keeper |
Quarrier Quarry worker |
Ripper Seller of fish |
Saddler One who makes, repairs or sells saddles or other furnishings for horses |
Sawyer One who saws; carpenter |
Scribler A minor or worthless author |
Scrutiner Election judge |
Slater Roofer |
Snobscat / Snob One who repaired shoes |
Spinster A woman who spins or an unmarried woman |
Squire Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace |
Stuff gownsman Junior barrister |
Tanner One who tans (cures) animal hides into leather |
Tasker Reaper |
Thatcher Roofer |
Tinker An itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairman |
Travers Toll bridge collection |
Turner A person who turns wood on a lathe into spindles |
Vulcan Blacksmith |
Wainwright Wagon maker |
Waterman Boatman who plies for hire |
Wharfinger Owner of a wharf |
Whitesmith Tinsmith; worker of iron who finishes or polishes the work |
Whitster Bleach of cloth |
Yeoman Farmer who owns his own land |
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