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Genealogy Books

Most genealogists eventually buy a genealogy book. Whether that book be a reference resource or a tried and true family genealogy, eventually the call of some book will garnish enough interest for the genealogist to open the pages. A new website online now provides a method for you to purchase almost 75,000 genealogy books, whether it be a best seller, or a rare manuscript. When purchasing, part of your purchase price will go towards supporting free genealogy websites online!

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Irish Genealogy Data online

Categories: Main, Ireland Genealogy, UK & Ireland Genealogy — Lorine @ January 4, 2006 at 9:28 am

AncestorsAtRest.com has added more Irish Records for Offaly County also called Kings County. Added today are Grand Jury Panel 1889, Parsonstown Union Names of Elected Guardians 1880 & 1889,Dispensary Committees Parsonstown Union 1889.

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Canadian Orphans & Home Children Records online

Olive Tree Genealogy has added the following orphan records - Orphans in the Loyal True Blue Orphanage in Picton Ontario in 1901, Miss Rye’s Peckham Homes in 1881, Miss Rye’s Party 1881 on SS Sarmation to Quebec , Father Nugent’s Orphans to Quebec 1881 on SS Sarmation and Father Nugent’s Orphans to Quebec 1870 on SS Austrian

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Child Apprentices in America from Christ’s Hospital, London England 1617- 1778

Olive Tree Genealogy has put a list of Child Apprentices in America from Christ’s Hospital, London 1617- 1778 online. This is an index only (full name plus page number) but a link is provided for lookup requests on Books We Own.

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English, Irish & Scottish in New York Almshouse Records

Alms House Admission Foreigners & Nativity Records ( New York City, NY) have been updated. These records apply to immigrants to Quebec, Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, New Orleans and Boston. They came from Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Germany and other countries.
AllEnglishRecords.com has extracted the names of those Scottish, Irish and English individuals. You […]

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1901 UK Census Index Opened for Free Viewing

Categories: Census Records, England Genealogy, Wales Genealogy — Dennis Partridge @ September 2, 2005 at 3:19 pm

WOW! For a limited time, you can have free access to the 1901 UK census INDEX. This index is an every person index of the entire 1901 UK census! It includes Wales, Isle of Man, and the Channel Island census, as well as the census for England.

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Letterbooks of William Henry Lyttleton 1756-1760

Categories: UK & Ireland Genealogy, South Carolina — Dennis Partridge @ March 31, 2005 at 5:34 pm

This collection contains correspondence relating to Lyttelton’s career as governor of South Carolina, including letters from officials in London; correspondence with other southern governors relating to Indian affairs, frontier defense, and boundaries; correspondence with military officers in America; and communications with the South Carolina Commons House and Council. A series of reports by Edmond Atkin, superintendent of Indian affairs in the Southern District, provides valuable information on the Cherokees, Creeks, and Chickasaws. There are 142 items, 1761-1766, concerning Lyttelton’s governorship of Jamaica, including material on the black insurrection of 1765 in St. Mary’s Parish.

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