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  • Christine's Genealogy Websites
  • Freedmen's Bureau Online: Records Relating to Murders and Outrages - Alabama
    1. List of Murders in the Dist. of Alabama 1866



  • Family Chronicle
  • Alaska-Yukon Goldrush Participants.
    1. A - Z list of 24,200 individuals.



  • Christine's Genealogy Websites
  • Freedmen of the Frontier: Early Black Marriages of Ft. Smith, Arkansas
  • This is a list of marriages that were registered with the Office of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands----The Freedman's Bureau, that occurred between 1865 - 1867.
    1. Marriages by Groom
    2. Marriages by Bride






  • The Delaware Genealogical Society: Delaware Families Project
  • A compilation of the heads of families in Delaware between 1787 and 1800 and their spouses.
    1. Family name
    2. Given name
    3. Year born and died
    4. Spouses
    5. Year of residency
    6. Proof of residency



  • Christine's Genealogy Websites
  • Florida African American Genealogical Site
  • Freedmen's Bureau Records
    1. Jacksonville Freedmen's Marriage Certificates 1861 - 1869
    2. Jefferson County Freedmen's Bureau Employees, 1866
    3. Freedmen's Bureau Bank Depositors 1866 Index --- Tallahassee
    4. Freedmen's Bureau Depositor's Records 1866
    5. Freedmen's Bureau Depositor Index--- Jacksonville A-F
    6. The Freedmen's Bureau Online



  • Christine's Genealogy Websites
  • Freedmens Bureau Online: Records Related to Murders and Outrages
    1. Report of outrages in the Savannah sub-district
    2. Report of Persons Murdered in the District of Savannah, Ga. 1865 - 1866
    3. Report of Freedmen who have been murdered and assaulted with intent to kill in the sub- district of Macon, Ga. During the year 1868 up to 31 Oct. 1868
    4. Report of assaults with intent to murder, committed upon freed people in the division of Albany from January 1st to October 31st 1868
    5. Reports of Cases of Outrage against Freedmen
    6. 1867 Report of assaults with intent to kill committed against Freed People in the sub-district of Rome, Georgia
    7. 1865-66 Report of persons murdered in the district of Atlanta, Georgia
    8. 1866 Report of persons murdered in the district of Griffin, Georgia
    9. 1866 Report of persons murdered in Marietta, Georgia
    10. 1866 Report of persons murdered in the district of Macon, Georgia
    11. 1866 Report of persons murdered in the district of Columbus, Georgia
    12. 1865-1866 Report of persons murdered in the district of Rome, Georgia
    13. 1865-1866 Report of persons murdered in the district of Brunswick, Georgia
    14. 1865 Report of persons murdered in the district of Waynesboro, Georgia
    15. 1867 Report of persons murdered assaulted in the sub-district of Macon, Georgia
    16. 1867 Report of Freedmen murdered and assaulted in the sub-district of Athens, Georgia
    17. 1867 Report of Freed People murdered or assaulted in the counties of Harris, Troup and Meriwether
    18. 1867 Report of Freed People murdered or assaulted in the sub-district of Columbus, Georgia
    19. 1867 Report of Freedmen murdered or assaulted in Bainbridge
    20. 1867 Report of Freed People murdered or assaulted in the 2d division of Brunswick, sub-district Georgia
    21. 1867 Report of Freed People murdered or assaulted in the 1st division of Brunswick, sub-district Georgia
    22. 1867 Report of Freed People murdered or assaulted in the counties of Jefferson and Burke
    23. Report of murders and assaults in Thomasville sub-district from January 1st to October 1st 1868
    24. Report of Freed People murdered or assaulted in the sub-district of Rome, Georgia from 1 January 1868 to October 1868
    25. Report of assaults on Freedmen in the division of Cuthbert, Georgia from 1 January 1868 to 31 October 1868
    26. Statement showing names of Freed People murdered or assaulted in Sumter, Schley and Webster Counties from January 1, 1868 to October 31, 1868
    27. Report of Freed People murdered or assaulted in the sub-district of Augusta from January 1, 1868 to October 31, 1868 (includes Greene, Jefferson, Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, Richmond and Warren Counties)
    28. Report of the number of Freedmen murdered, assaulted in the sub-district of Athens from January 31 to October 31, 1868
    29. Report of Freedpeople who have been murdered or attacked with intent to kill in the counties of Richmond, Columbia, Lincoln and Wilkes during the year commencing January 1st and ending October 31, 1868



  • Hawaii USGenWeb Archives: Pearl Harbor Casualties
  • A list of all names of all civilians and military personnel killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.


  • JewishGen Home Page
  • America - databases (scroll):
    1. The Boston Jewish Advocate Obituary Database, 1905-2000
    2. Chicago Marriages - Sinai Congregation, 1861-1905
    3. Boston Marriages - Rabbi Aaron Gorovitz, 1910-1956
  • Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives
  • A list of people who settled in Henry Illinois before 1875 who were from somewhere in Pennsylvania.
    1. Name
    2. Post Office (Illinois)
    3. Business/Occupation
    4. County of Residence in Pennsylvania
    5. Date Settled in Henry County, Illinois



  • Christine's Genealogy Websites
  • Freedmen's Bureau Online: Records Relating to Murders and Outrages in Louisiana
    1. Report of the number of murders and outrages committed in Louisiana since the organizing of the Bureau to February 20th, 1867 in which Freedmen have been victims or parties as reported to the Agents of the Bureau.
    2. Freedmens Bureau - Synopsis of Murders Committed in Parish of St. Landry, Louisiana
    3. Freedmens Bureau - Extract from Letter of James Cromie, Reports Murder of Alfred Hazen &c., Natchitoches, Louisiana
    4. Freedmens Bureau - Outrages Reported to Headquarters as committed in the Fifth sub-district, Louisiana
    5. Freedmen's Bureau - Synopsis of Murder &c. Committed in Parishes of Caddo and Bossier September and October 1868
    6. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Outrages in Louisiana - Case of Mary Stewart
    7. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Outrages in Louisiana - Letter from Mrs. H. Stein requesting help in arresting the murderer of her husband
    8. Supplemental List of Murders and Outrages committed in the State of Louisiana During the Month of November 1868
    9. List of Murders and Other Outrages reported to Headquarters Bu. R. F. and A. Lands, District of Louisiana during the month of November 1868



  • Thru The Looking Glass
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony Oath of Freeman 1632 -1633 -1634 This site has the names and date of men who took the Oath of Freeman.
  • JewishGen Home Page
  • America - databases (scroll):
    1. The Boston Jewish Advocate Obituary Database, 1905-2000
    2. Chicago Marriages - Sinai Congregation, 1861-1905
    3. Boston Marriages - Rabbi Aaron Gorovitz, 1910-1956



  • Michigan USGenWeb: Great Lakes Shipping - Downward Bound
  • Names extracted from various books concerning Great Lakes Shipwrecks. Great Lakes Shipping; Great Lake Port; History of the Great Lakes; and other information concerning the Great Lakes.
    1. Index of names from Beers History of the Great Lakes
    2. Great Lakes Sailors Listed in "Ghost Stories of the Great Lakes"
    3. Names extracted from the book "Isle Royale Shipwrecks"
    4. Name extracted from the book "Keweenaw Shipwrecks"
    5. Name extracted from the book "Lake Superior's shipwreck coast "
    6. Index of Book "Munising Shipwrecks"
    7. Name extracted from the book "Ships and Men of the Great Lakes"
    8. Name extracted from the book "Schooners In Peril"
    9. Name extracted from the book "Shingle Shavers and Berry Pickers"
    10. Name extracted from the book "Shipwrecks of the Lakes"
    11. Name extracted from the book "Shipwreck Tales: The St. Clair River"
    12. Name extracted from the book "Steamboats In Ice"
    13. Name extracted from the book "Steaming Through Smoke and Fire 1871"
    14. Name extracted from the book "Strange Adventures of the Great Lakes"
    15. Name extracted from the book "Terrifying Steamboat Tales"
    16. Name extracted from the book "A Short Guide to the Shipwrecks of Thunder Bay"
    17. Name extracted from the book "Went Missing, II"



  • New Mexico Genealogical Society: Passport Records 1828-1836
  • Mexican Records from the Port of Entry at Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory, The majority of those on the list were immigrant traders who traveled in caravans from St. Louis, Missouri to Santa Fe, the frontier of Mexico:
    1. Date
    2. Name
    3. Reason for leaving
    4. Reason for having passport
    5. The states they will be entering



  • Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683-1809
  • Excerpts from Year Books of the Holland Society of New York
  • Welcome to the Descendants of Edward Ball
  • Baptisms at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam, 1639-1730
  • Index to Kings County, New York Naturalizations, 1907-1924
  • Cover the 341 volumes of Declarations of Intention and 352 volumes of
  • Petitions including data on over 258,000 individuals.
  • The Ontario Co., New York Records and Archives
  • 19th Century Naturalizations and Associated Documents
    1. Name
    2. Box, Folder
    3. Declaration of Intent Year - to become a citizen
    4. Petition Year - to become a citizen
    5. Oath of Allegiance Year
    6. Affidavit
    7. Report - character reference
    8. Naturalization Certificate
    9. AKA - also known as
  • Delaware County, NY Genealogy and History Site
  • Naturalization Records for Delaware County
    1. Name
    2. Age
    3. Sworn Date
    4. Date & Place From
    5. Birthplace
    6. US Residence
  • The Italian Genealogical Group, New York
  • The Suffolk Co., New York Naturalization Project
    1. Soundex
    2. Family Name
    3. Given Name
    4. Volume
    5. Petition
    6. Index Volume



  • Christine's Genealogy Websites
  • Freedmen's Bureau Online: Records Relating to Murders and Outrages - North Carolina
  • http://freedmensbureau.com/outrages.htm
    1. Freedmen's Bureau Reports of Arrests in North Carolina 1866 - 1868
    2. Freedmen Bureau Report of Outrages in the State of North Carolina - June 1866 - January 1867
    3. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Outrages in North Carolina - February 1867 - December 1867



  • North Dakota State University, Fargo
  • North Dakota's Naturalization Records Index:
    1. Information regarding name
    2. Country of emigration
    3. Date of the first paper (declaration of intention)
    4. Date of the second paper (naturalization)
    5. County district court where the proceedings occurred.
  • 1885 Dakota Territory Census
    1. Name
    2. Age
    3. Religion
    4. Occupation
    5. Nativity
    6. Address
    7. City
    8. County



  • Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives
  • Pennsylvania Persons Naturalized -1740
  • A list of people who settled in Henry County, Illinois before 1875 who were from somewhere in Pennsylvania.
    1. Name
    2. Post Office (Illinois)
    3. Business/Occupation
    4. County of Residence in Pennsylvania
    5. Date Settled in Henry County, Illinois
  • GENHOME
  • Pennsylvania Persons Naturalized - 1760
  • Pennsylvania Persons Naturalized -1761


  • Christine's Genealogy Websites
  • Freedmen's Bureau Online: Records Relating to Murders and Outrages - South Carolina
    1. Freedmens Bureau Reports of murders and outrages, Oct. 1865-Nov. 1868 in South Carolina
    2. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Outrage in Barnwell, S.C. sub-district
    3. Freedmen's Bureau Report of the killing of Elbert MacAdams in Abbeville, S.C.



  • Christine's Genealogy Websites
  • Freedmen's Bureau Online: Records Relating to Murders and Outrages - Tennessee
  • Report of Outrages Committed by Whites on Freedmen in the Memphis sub-district, Bureau R. F. A. L. For the month of May 1867
    1. Affidavits related to the 1866 Memphis, Tennessee Riot
    2. Affidavits Related to Outrages in Tennessee
    3. Freedmen's Bureau Report of the 1866 Memphis, Tennessee Riot
    4. Freedmen's Bureau Report of the 1868 Pulaski, Tennessee Riot
    5. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Conditions in Trenton, Tennessee
    6. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Conditions in LaGrange, Tennessee
    7. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Conditions in Centreville, Tennessee
    8. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Outrages from the Chattanooga Sub-District
    9. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Outrages in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
    10. Freedmen's Bureau - Tennessee Register of Outrages Oct. 1865 - July 1868
    11. List of Outrages Perpetrated by the Whites Upon The Freedmen in the State of Tennessee from April 1865 to March 1866



  • Freedmen's Bureau Online: Records Relating to Murders and Outrages - Texas
    1. Reports of murders, outrages etc., committed on white men and freedmen in Washington County, Texas
    2. Report of Union men and Freedmen who have been murdered by Rebel citizens since the collapse of the rebellion.
    3. A report of Union men and Freedmen murdered in Grason and Fannin Counties, Texas on the close of the war.
    4. Report of murders and outrages in Millican, Texas
    5. Registered Reports of Murders and Outrages - Travis County
    6. Testimony in relation to the murder of "Kit" by his former master John Echols
    7. Records relating to murders and other criminal offenses - Carolina, Texas
    8. Affidavit of Mark Walker (colored) of Freestone County, Texas
    9. Affidavit of James Eaton Haynes (colored) of Freestone County, Texas
    10. Letter from Judge William V. Trustall, Anderson Co., Texas
    11. Records relating to murders and other criminal offenses - Caldwell, Texas
    12. Records relating to murders and other criminal offenses - Brazos Bottom
    13. Records relating to murders and other criminal offenses - Jefferson, Texas
    14. Records relating to murders and other criminal offenses - Carolina, Texas
    15. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Outrages from Galveston, Texas
    16. Freedmen's Bureau Miscellaneous Reports of Murders and Outrages Committed in Texas - Letter from Hopkins County
    17. Freedmens Bureau Report of outrages in Texas
    18. Freedmen's Bureau records relating to murders and other criminal offenses committed in Texas - Letter from Wharton County
    19. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Outrages in Marshall, Texas 1867
    20. Freedmen's Bureau Report of an Inspection of the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, Walker County
    21. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Freedmen killed & Outrages Committed in Houston Co, Texas Since the Close of the Rebellion
    22. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Freedmen and Union Men Killed & Outrages Committed in DeWitt Co., Texas Since the Close of the Rebellion
    23. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Freedmen and Union Men Killed & Outrages Committed In Meredian, Texas Since the Close of the Rebellion



  • Welcome to Berlin, Wisconsin Public Schools, 1882-1883
  • Former graduates, 1865-1882


  • National Archives of Canada
  • Canadian Expeditionary Force: Index of 600,000+ Canadians enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I, 1914-1918.
    1. Name
    2. Regiment Number
    3. Reference Number
  • British Home Children
  • 100,000+ children were sent from Great Britain to Canada from during the child emigration movement between 1869 and 1930.
  • Canada's Invisible Immigrants: 100,000 British Home Children
  • The British Home Children, A - Z database - a project in the works
  • Canadian Census of the children, 1881, 1891, 1901 - a project in the works
  • InGeneas
  • National Archives of Canada Miscellaneous Immigration Index Database - Enter full name & results yield...
    1. Year
    2. Record source
    3. Reel
    4. Volume
    5. Page #
    6. Comments
  • Alberta's German Settlements
  • Lists of German Catholics who settled in the Saskatchewan area, 1902
  • Claude Duguay's Abstracts of Burial Records: St. Francis Xavier, Manitoba, 1834-1865
    1. Deceased
    2. Witnesses
    3. Mothers
    4. Spouses
  • Prince Edward Island Data Pages: PEI Irish Project
  • A database of information about the people who were born in Ireland, but were on Prince Edward Island by 1845.
  • Bluepete's History of Nova Scotia
  • Population Levels of Acadia: 1641-1749


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