19th century
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Shocking Things to Learn about Your Ancestors
Jul 21
Sometimes you think you know all about your great grandmother or a great uncle, but the part that might shock you the most to learn is their everyday life style, the social customs of the day. Things have changed over the last 50 plus years and so has how people act in their everyday lives. Here are some examples of some surprising element...
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Texan Marriages 1837 – 1977
Jul 17
The big 'Lone Star' state of Texas has had many people come through, visit and live over the decades ... perhaps even some of your relatives. If they lived in any of the bordering states / territories such as Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas, Arkansas or New Mexico, they may have gone to Texas to be married. Available on FamilySearch.org is a free d...
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Australian Records – Ryerson Index
Jul 15
The Ryerson Index Online Database contains 5,030,350 death notices and obituaries from 285 different Australian newspapers. If you have had any ancestors who may have died in British Territory and later nation of Australia, this is a must online site to check. The exception might be those military servicemen from other nations who died during Wor...
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Unlikely Occupations in the 21st Century
Jun 25
It can be fascinating to look back and attempt to see what occupations our ancestors performed. In the various census records you do see 'laborer' quite frequently -- which could be a variety of jobs. Another common listing is a farm worker since most people in the 18th and 19th centuries and earlier lived on a farm. However, even into the early 2...
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Four Appalachian States
Jun 22
The four southern Appalachian states are Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina, due to the fact the Appalachian Mountains encompass part of the state. If you have any ancestors from these states and specifically from the Appalachian region, you will find the online site titled 'Appalachian Mountain Families' a most informative data...
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Old New York Locations in Photos
Jun 19
Step back in time and be able to pinpoint a specific street address in any of the boughs of New York and have appear photo (s) of that location over the years. They are from images held by the New York Public Library - Old NYC. Where known information beside the street address is known such as a date or other information, it is listed. What a tr...
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Railroaders
Jun 9
The railway system across the United States has been important for transportation of freight and people since the early 1800s. The trains did not run by themselves but always needed railroaders to maintain and run them. Many people over the decades had as their occupation something having to do with the railroads. Using the online site, Railroad...
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Tennessee4Me
Jun 7
If you have ancestors from Tennessee and especially if they were in the state during the American Civil War, you are in luck. The online site 'Tennessee4Me' has a great deal of information and some photos related to those during the 1860s in Tennessee. There is a search box in the upper right corner that can help you get started with a town's na...
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Directories – Time Stands Still
May 29
The use of city directories is invaluable for all family history researchers. They offer a moment in time of the businesses, careers, shops, professionals in any given community. Besides a person's name and address will be their occupation. If they paid for an advertisement in the city directory, even better, since it offers even more details. E...
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Research in Poznan Province (Poland)
May 23
A research online site for the former Posen / Poznan Province - part of Prussia is titled 'The Poznan Project'. It covers the transcribed marriage records for the area from 1800 to 1899 (the 19th century). There are over 1.2 million marriage records in the database to search. These records cover the parishes of Posen. It is figured that approximate...