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The
North Dakota State Historical Society has unveiled Digital Horizons, “an online treasure house of
thousands of images, documents, video, and oral histories depicting life on the
Northern Plains from the late 1800s to today.”
“... Maxwell
Ancestry, [is] pleased to bring you this new website [Scottish Indexes] bringing you even more indexes to
help you trace your Scottish family tree online. We now have a large collection
of indexes, from unique sources such as prison and court records to more
commonly used sources such as birth, marriage, death and census records. While
currently many of our records are from the south of Scotland,
we have Quaker records and mental health records covering all of Scotland.” Transcriptions (full or partial) are provided for found entries. For some records, you can pay a fee to access
more details (e.g. the full entry). (see editor’s note)
Prisoners of the First World War, the ICRC archives is a great collection which encompasses 1914-1918 and the 10 million people, serviceman and civilians who were captured and sent to detention camps.
Do look at the tab “Examples of Index Cards” to fully understand the
information provided and how you might access additional information.
Tennessee Family
Bible Records collection is now online. “Before
the 20th century, Tennessee
and many other states did not keep comprehensive records of births, marriages,
and deaths. Families recorded their own vital records in family Bibles that
were passed down through generations ... The Bible records featured here were
taken from photocopies in TSLA’s vertical files; additional records will be
added as they are donated or discovered in manuscripts collections. The bulk of
the records in this collection date between the late 18th and early 20th
century.“
If you have Mormon
ancestors, some of the more than 60,000 who traveled overland to the Salt Lake
Valley 1847-1868 in one
of the more than 300 companies which departed from various places, check out Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel. If you have a family tree set up
at FamilySearch, you can go to this website, Sacrifice, Faith, and Miracles, and it will attempt to match
individuals in your tree to the mentioned database.
If a family member
served in the marines and was a casualty (wounded, missing, killed, or deemed a
prisoner of war) during World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the interwar periods,
there might be a casualty card found via the Casualty Card
Databases. [NOTE: I did get a
security certificate warning though I proceeded ahead with no issues. Use your own judgment about whether to access
or not.]
- Savannah, Georgia, Vital Records, 1803-1966
- Savannah, Georgia, Cemetery and Burial Records,
1852-1939
- Savannah, Georgia,
Cemetery Burial Lot Cards, 1807-1995*
- Savannah, Georgia, Court Records, 1790-1934
- Savannah, Georgia, Land Tax & Property
Records, 1896-1938
- Savannah, Georgia, Naturalization Records,
1790-1910
- Savannah, Georgia, Records of Titles, 1791-1971
- Savannah, Georgia, Registers of Free Persons of
Color, 1817-1864*
- Savannah, Georgia, Voter Records, 1901-1917
- Savannah, Georgia, City Council Minutes,
1790-1900*
Editor’s Note: I have one lone Scottish family in my tree
and so I’m always looking for information for Newton Stewart (Penningham Parish). The surname was Nelson/Neilson with the
common forenames of Mary, John, George, etc.
My ancestors were also non-conformists meaning that they were not
members of the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian). It took me years and finding a helpful
archivist in Scotland to
find some of the baptisms of the children listed in the records of the Newton Stewart
Relief Church. Well, these same baptisms are included in the
Births/Baptisms collection on this website.
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