The following website is designed to help you through researching your ancestors in Indiana’s “Gore”. Guides are available to help you learn where your ancestors’ records are. Free databases point you directly to your ancestors’ records. Databases focus on Dearborn County, Ohio County and Switzerland County, Indiana. The earliest records of Dearborn County were destroyed by fire in 1826.
More than three thousand marriage and death notices have been compiled from eight local newspapers in Seneca County, New York: Ovid Bee, Seneca County Courier, Seneca Farmer, Seneca Observer and Union, Seneca Observer, Waterloo Gazette, Waterloo Observer, and the Waterloo Republican. Marriage notices make up the first half of this book, and death notices comprise the second half. A separate section has been created for each newspaper. The notices are organized chronologically and the book includes a surname index that makes research a snap. The marriage notices usually contain the full names of bride and groom, residence, and date and …
Marriage and death notices from Seneca County, New York newspapers, 1817-1885 Read More »
Quirky would be an understatement in describing the featured site of the week, Old Fulton New York Post Cards. Deceptive is also another word that comes to mind, but not in a bad way. It’s deceptively good. See, the Old Fulton New York Post Cards website actually has little to do with postcards or Fulton county, though both can be found within. What it is is a treasure trove of free newspaper images stored online in pdf format, and easily downloadable and viewable. At current count they have 609 titles (mostly New York, but they appear to be branching out), …
Catholic dioceses often operate cemeteries within their jurisdiction. The St. Louis archdiocese operates 17 different cemeteries around and in St. Louis. They provide a burial index on their website which includes complete internment information on 15 of the cemeteries, partial burial information on Glencoe Cemetery, and unfortunately, no burial information on Queen of Peace cemetery (even though the search form enables you to search it). Ancestry has recently added this index to their collection. Users of Ancestry’s Family Trees or FTM may want to use their search, though the results will take you to the Archdiocese website where you will …
Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis Read More »
