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Alturas County, Idaho History and Genealogy site debuts today. This website provides the researcher with an historical overview of the county based on the manuscript History of Alturas and Blaine Counties, Idaho, written by George A. McLeod; published in Hailey, Idaho in 1930. Included with it are histories of the towns and their early settlers. Since the county was settled in 1863 and the manuscript written only in 1930, the amount of information is limited, but with such limited information on this area of the country, what is provided in the town and other histories can be beneficial to researchers of those early settlers.

I’m pleased to announce that Ancestry has opened (completely free) several databases that can be used as substitutes for the 1890 Federal Census that was destroyed by fire.

Learn how to access these FREE records….

Meeker County, Minnesota Genealogy and History site debuts today. This website provides the researcher with an historical overview of the county based on the manuscript A Random Historical Sketch of Meeker County Minnesota, 1877. Included with it are official directories and military rosters. Since the county was settled in 1855 and the manuscript written only in 1877, the amount of information is limited, but the information provided in the town histories can be beneficial to researchers of those early settlers.

The practice of Native burials has been questioned by many people; David M. Bushnell, provides many answers to forms, places, and tribal customs. He does not include all the tribes but does offer an explanation on many tribes.

You may have used the RootsWeb searches without even noticing that drop-down box that gives the option of using “exact name”, “metaphone”, or “soundex” search.

Metaphone? Soundex? What do they mean, how are they different, and how can they help your research? Learn more…

Steve Morse of One-Step Search Engine fame has come up with a single search method for the SSDI (Social Security Death Index) that combines all the desirable features of the various SSDI websites…..

The Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Spanish American War website has posted the names of thousands of Pennsylvania soldiers who served in the Spanish-American War of 1898.

The rosters of thousands of Pennsylvania soldiers have been posted and include….

An 1862 law allowed honorably discharged Army veterans of any war to petition for naturalization, without having filed a declaration of intent, after only 1 year of residence in the United States. The wording of the 1862 Act stated that any alien, age 21 or up “…who has enlisted, or may enlist in the armies of the United States….” It was designed to encourage enlistment during the Civil War. Aliens serving in the US military did not gain citizenship through service alone ……

The Baker Family History was written by J. Montgomery Seaver in a series of pamphlets on his ancestry. The manuscript covers a wide berth of information and genealogy on the surname Baker, and includes it’s origin and coat of arms, as well as genealogies on early British and American Baker families.

Transcribed from Rev. J. L. Baggott’s “History of Pulaski County, Georgia” the following 104 biographies comprise the leading citizens of Pulaski County, GA, at the turn of the 20th century.