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Black sheep in the family always prove to be interesting. If you had
The
National Maritime Digital Library has a database of American Offshore
Whaling Voyages that includes information about all known American offshore
(or "pelagic") whaling voyages from the 1700s to the 1920s.
The Anglican Record Project is an ongoing endeavor to make the registers
of baptism, marriage, and burial from Church of Ireland parishes available in a
digital format. You can access transcripts by selecting a parish of interest.
If you want to learn more about the War of 1812, particularly its causes, consequences,
and lasting impacts, check out this presentation by Marlanne Ryan (Northwestern University
Censuses of the Jewish inhabitants of the Holy Land, Alexandria, Sidon (Saida)
and Beirut, were compiled by Sir Moses Montefiore between the years 1839
and 1875 and are now available online. You can search in English or Hebrew.
With a linguist daughter, I’m always seeking language websites. As a genealogist, I love the juxtaposition of
linguistics and information on how languages were written or spoken since
knowing more always helps us interpret the documents we find. If your ancestors
came from Donegal, you might find What Donegal men sounded like nearly a century ago very
interesting and informative to listen to. The collection includes 136 speakers
in 17 counties who recorded 400 stories, songs, prayers, charms, and parables
between 1928 and 1931.
I think
most of us have a love/hate relationship with abbreviations. We love to use them and we are sometimes challenged to know what they mean. Next
time you are pursuing city directories and run across an unfamiliar
abbreviation, check out Genealogy in Time’s City Directory Abbreviations.
With the
holidays behind us, you, like I, might have done a lot of housecleaning in
preparation for guests! Such often turns
up a fair amount of junk and also treasures.
If the latter, you might want to read 6 Steps to Protect Your Family Heirlooms, Antiques and
Treasures.
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