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Limerick (Ireland)
Trade directories, 1769-1976 now available. You can search by trade, directory, time
period, surname, address etc. I have one known collateral ancestor, John Walker
Nelson, who lived in Limerick working as a
Watch Maker for a few years before marrying and moving. He is listed in the 1877-1884 directories on Westland Street
Searching for
someone who might have been involved in a court case, 1881-1980 in Seattle , King
County , Washington
Looking for the final resting place for a Civil War Veteran? Check out
the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Grave Database.
The database includes both Union and
Confederate soldiers and tells from what state they served in, what branch of
service, and where the cemetery is located.
When you click on an individuals name, a detailed information card comes
up which will give death date, possibly birth date, may have information on
cause and location of death and information on the cemetery.
Over
90,000 people volunteered for the British Red Cross during
WWI. Did one of your
family members volunteer? Names are
being added in alphabetical order so if you don’t see a surname of interest, it
may mean that the project hasn’t yet gotten to that letter of the alphabet.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) launched a Historical Topographic Map Explorer, allowing one to easily pore through the agency's expansive collection of more than 178,000 of the USGS's maps dating back to 1884. When you enter a city, you then click on the
map and a timeline of available historical maps is revealed. Select a map and you can then see if overlaid
on the original map (you can adjust the transparency) and even download the
map. Very cool!
Official Minnesota
documents, from the Office of the Secretary of State, covering 1900-1990 are now digitized and online. “Older, print-only official documents from the early 1900s to 1990, along with index cards used to retrieve them, have been secure in cabinets and boxes at the Office, but now they are available to anyone online.”
Editor's Note: 15 Nov 2014, Corrected date range for King County Court Cases Index item.
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