Welcome... the VERY-LATEST Additions & Status:
American State Papers: (Mar 4, 1789 to Mar 3, 1837.)
Here's a MAJOR RESOURCE in honor of the Amer. War Veterans...
1835 Pension Rolls of Amer. Rev.War Vets. (The MOST Complete Roster complied by the U.S. Treasury & War Depts.) Here's the link:
http://www.GenealogyGeneral.bravehost.com/USA/PENSIONS/1835PENSION.HTML
News from the US Nat'l Archives:
ON-line: Casualties (Listed by State) of US Mil. Personnel who died (inc. missing & Captured or Decl. dead) as a result of the Korean (1951-1957) and the Vietnam (1957-1995) Wars. (Clickable map of each state, P.R., Guam, V.I, { inc. who served in US mil. & listed "their home" was in Canada or Eng.] )
IRISH MANUSCRIPT COMMISSION Holdings -- a new GG website. 1-31-06
CANADA -- Greatly updated with loads of links, resources, etc 2-17-06
England (Cambridgeshire + Kent) Probate Jurisdiction info... Pre-1858. 3-16-06
Reference Sources for Canadian Genealogy (Compiled by Mary Bond, for the NLC) -- {.pdf file}
National Register of Archives (mainly British & Irish Isles, but more) Do a Place (i.e. County or Shire) Search -- GREAT
BRITISH DEATH DUTY REGISTERS, 1796-1811. These records hold details of wills and bequests for estates of England and Wales liable to death duties (from courts other than the Prerogative Court of Canterbury). http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/death-duty.asp
NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: Please be aware that a formerly
"lost" rule for calculating Soundex codes has been
rediscovered.
This rediscovered rule is called the
"Ashcraft" or "H & W" Rule. In addition
to the existing Soundex calculation rules, add:
The Soundex Indexing System web page on the National Archives site has been updated to include this previously "lost" rule. Not all of the links below include this extra rule. Use the National Archive's Soundex page as your definitive source.
1 -- UPGRADING our VARIOUS RESOURCE PAGE(S)....
2 -- I have MOVED ALL our Resources Pages to a NEW SITE
You can access the new site by: http://www.Genealogygeneral.bravehost.com/index.html
CIR, Donated Materials from the Center For Immigration Research, Balch Institute, Temple University.
http://www.archives.gov/aad/
(see our 'IRELAND' page on EMIG./IMMIG. for link and
details...) One of the neat tricks is to modify the
search form to inc. Location of Embarkation, then get the
code for that location. Then insert it into the
embarkation box, and get those passengers who left from
there.. -neat option..IRELAND Ports of Embarkation (Codes): CO. ANTRIM-- BELFAST: 18 // 018. // CO. ARMAGH/DOWN: NEWRY -- 53 // 053. // CO. CORK: CARDIFF & CORK -- 273. CORK -- 46. GLASGOW & CORK -- 259. LIVERPOOL & CORK -- 194. QUEENSTOWN -- 5 // 005. YOUGHAL -- 176. // CO. DERRY: L'DERRY -- 3 // 003. LIVERPOOL & L'DERRY -- 125. // CO. DONEGAL: DONEGAL -- 187. // CO. DUBLIN: DUBLIN, GALWAY & HALIFAX -- 279. DUBLIN -- 59 // 059. LIVERPOOL & DUBLIN -- 283. // CO. GALWAY: DUBLIN, GALWAY & HALIFAX -- 279. GALWAY -- 35 // 035. LIVERPOOL & GALWAY -- 207. // CO. KERRY: TRALEE -- 158. // CO. LIMERICK: LIMERICK -- 134. LIVERPOOL & LIMERICK -- 296. // CO. LOUTH: DROGHEDA -- 132. // CO. MAYO: WESTPORT -- 292. // CO. SLIGO: SLIGO -- 106. // CO. WATERFORD: WATERFORD -- 50 // 050. // CO. WEXFORD: KILLIBEGS -- 246. NEW ROSS -- 166. WEXFORD -- 232. // UNKNOWN CO?: KILRUSH -- 165. NEWCASTLE -- 171.
Happy Hunting....