Interesting genealogy info

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

FEDERAL PENSION LISTS FOR 1835

HANDBOOK OF TEXAS-ONLINE

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.

NICKNAMES AND NAMING TRADITIONS
NAMES FROM EVERYWHERE SITE

WESTERN STATES MARRIAGES INDEX

PBS: ANCESTORS RESOURCES DIRECTORY:(info on available resources state by state)

SEEKING THE ROOTS OF MARRIED WOMEN: First name basis

SHIRLEY HORNBECK'S THIS AND THAT

THIS AND THAT: DISEASES: list of diseases and of the epidemics and the year/years of the outbreaks

VETERAN BURIAL INFORMATION

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.
WORLD GENWEB:contains links to Web sites listing resources available for researching genealogy related to many countries around the World.
INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES @ROOTSWEB

GENEALOGY MAILING LISTS @ROOTSWEB
SURNAME RESOURCES @ROOTSWEB
TIME LINE You can create a timeline for almost everyone, History buffs will love this.

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

19th CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY for GENEALOGISTS SITE

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.

The dates for the census count: 2 charts

CENSUS DATES 1790 - 1920

1790 - 2 Aug

1800 - 4 Aug
1810 - 6 Aug 1820 - 7 Aug
1830 - 1 June 1840 - 1 June
1850 - 1 June 1860 - 1 June
1870 - 1 June 1880 - 1 June
1890 - 1 June 1900 - 1 June
1910 - 15 Apr 1920 - 1 June

For 1790, 1800, 1810, and 1820, it was the 1st
Monday in August.  For 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860,
1870, 1880, 1890, and 1900,
it was the 1st of June. For 1910, it was the
15th of April, 1910.
For 1920, it was the 1st of January, 1920

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
watertight by using tar or oakum-hem fiber produced by taking old ropes apart

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;
one who received the matter in the galley from the compositors and
arranged it in due form ready for printing; one who makes eyelet holes
 in boots using a machine which clicked.

Collier Coal miner

Cooper One who makes or repairs vessels made of staves & hoops,
such as casks, barrels, tubs, etc.

Cordova/Cordoba in Spain

Crocker Potter

Currier One who dresses the coat of a horse with a currycomb; one who tanned leather
by incorporating oil or grease

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;
Scottish steward or bailiff of an estate

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
with a pattern cut into the end

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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