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  • FEEFHS - Federation of East European Family History Societies
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  • Westland Publications
  • Find Immigrant Ancestors - Search from Thousands of Surnames and Hundreds of Place Names in Germany, Great Britain, France, Switzerland, and Central Europe
    1. Selections From American State Papers
    2. British-American Genealogical Research Series
    3. French-American Genealogical Research Series
    4. German-American Genealogical Research Series
    5. German and Central European Emigration Series
  • Federal Lands Series
    1. Settlers in the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys, 1788-1810
    2. The Connecticut "Sufferers" and Refugees from Canada to the     United States during the American Revolution
    3. Land grants in the U.S. military district of Ohio for service in the American Revolution

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  • These are all zip files primarily United Kingdom related but there are many from Canada and other countries. Scroll to English lists.
    1. 14th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
    2. Index to US 1890 Census. 6000 individuals, 1200 households.
    3. 6th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
    4. 54th Massachusetts/Ohio
    5. African-American - CSA Soldiers
    6. Australasian ships 1 & 2
    7. Names from a database of Australian Wine Growers
    8. Bloemendal Netherlands, civic register, 1811
    9. Births, Deaths & Marriages from Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
    10. 1871 Census of Brixton, England gaol
    11. Baptisms at Brown St. Baptist Chapel, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, 1786-1837
    12. Devonport, New Zealand bicycle register 1937-50
    13. Caernarfonshire, Wales Census 1851, parish of Aber. Gwynedd FHS
    14. Convicts to Australia 1788-1791
    15. French Canadian Ladies found in Old Drouin
    16. Dauntsey, Wales, Parish Registers; 1653-1812C, 1653-1812B, 1654-1754M
    17. Index of obituaries and funeral notices that
    18. Bideford, Devon, England and Appledore trade directory,1830
    19. A list of Executions in England from 1606 - 1895
    20. Germans from Russia Heredity Society - Master List of Passengers
    21. List of ship arrivals into the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 1902-1909
    22. Phillimore's Hampshire Marriage Registers, Vol 1 - 8
    23. Toronto, Canada & Home District Directory for 1837. Database of 11,000 names.
    24. RAF Ibsley, Dorset, England WWII Airfield, 1941-47
    25. Extracts from the Parish Register of Islandmagee, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
    26. Co. DUR & Newry, Ireland marriages; Brides in Paul Joiner's Marriage database
    27. Co. DUR & Newry, Ireland marriages; Grooms in Paul Joiner's Marriage database
    28. Name extractions from many varied lists in Lanark Co., Ontario
    29. Names in Lancashire mine disaster, 1878
    30. Ships, Masters, and lists of emigrants, 1625-6 & 1634-5
    31. Catholic register of Liverpool
    32. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, church records
    33. Data Collection Form to Gather information on an individual's marriages.
    34. Metropolitan police names, late 19th century
    35. Information on fur trading families of North America,
    36. Mennonite Ship List - Individual Names
    37. Index to Longbenton, NBL, UK marriages 1653-1837
    38. Index to Stockton St James, DUR, UK marriages 1868-1910
    39. Methodist Ministers and Deaths for around the world in 1848.
    40. Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky marriages, 1799-1850
    41. Ontario, Canada Cemetery finding aid. 35,000 name database
    42. Ontario, Canada Cemetery Finding Aid. 100,000 name database extracted from cemetery transcriptions.
    43. 1871 Ontario, Canada Census Heads of Households, A - Z version - 389,000 name database
    44. Westminster, England poll book for 1749
    45. Germans from Russia - Arrived in Portland, Maine 1906-1912
    46. Quebec, Canada Marriages Data - Part 2 & 3
    47. Project Racines du Quebec, Canada - Dennis Beauregard
    48. Ship arrivals - Port of Quebec, Canada - 1908
    49. Pupils at Ryde House School, Ripley, Surry, England 1861, 1871, 1881 Census
    50. Nynehead, Somerset, England, Baptisms 1769-1812
    51. Oake, Somerset, England, Baptisms 1793-1812
    52. Otterford, Somerset, England, Baptisms 1752-1812
    53. Trull, All Saints, Somerset, England, Baptisms 1669-1925
    54. Stockden B/M/D at St Catherine’s; B: 1838-1993; M:1839-1986; D:1837-1994
    55. Abstract of The Principal Tax Acts, (United Kingdom, ex-1823 publication).
    56. Index to 1890 Texas Union Soldier Schedules
    57. United Kingdom census partial transcripts
    58. 19th century US veterans buried in Vorstenhuizen, Austria
    59. A-Z Virginia, US Rent rolls for 1704-5
    60. Victoria, Australia Probates circa 1890's
    61. Names from the War Memorial in Woodbridge, SFK, United Kingdom - WW I & II.
    62. Halifax, WRY, United Kingdom Parish Church Registers, 1542-5
    63. Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Hundred Court Rolls, 1543
    64. Register of the Parish of Whaddon (GLS,UK) 1674-1711
    65. Frocester, Gloucestershire, England Marriage Register 1559-1800
    66. First Glasgow, Scotland Directory, 1787.
    67. Extracts from Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, England Parish Registers 1538-1811
    68. Extracts from Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire, England Registers, 1630-1802
    69. Coaley, Gloucestershire, England Parish Register Extracts 1582-1806
    70. Extracts from Maisemore, Gloucestershire, England Parish Registers 1558-1663
    71. Uley, Gloucestershire, England Parish Register Extracts 1668-1798

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