Highlights for May 4th, 2008

At a recent used book and paper show, I discovered an 1832 government report that included An Abstract of Licenses granted to persons to Trade with the Indians during the year ending 30th September, 1831. Check out Licenses to Trade with Indians 1831.

Two registers of convicts from the New Hampshire State Prison: 1863 and 1880.

A continuation of an earlier report, Passengers from Ireland (1815-16). Plus, even more transcriptions of souvenir passenger lists:

• RMS Berengaria 1930 (Southampton to NY)
• Main 1908 (Bremen to NY)
• SS Winifredian 1913 (Liverpool to Boston)

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Highlights for April 27th, 2008

One of my book dealer contacts found an interesting series of reports for the Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, Penna. Each of the reports includes listings of Railroad, Machine Shop and Factory accidents. 1885 Report, 1887 Report, 1888 Report, 1890 Report, 1893 Report, 1894 Report, 1907 Report, and 1908 Report.

Plus, a few more transcriptions of souvenir passenger lists:

• Albert Ballin 1928 (Hamburg to NY)
• SS Statendam 1930 (Rotterdam to NY)
  

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Highlights for April 20th, 2008

This week you'll find additional transcriptions of souvenir passenger lists:

• Albert Ballin 1931 (Hamburg to NY)
• Andania 1922 (Southampton to Canada)
• City of Lahore 1919 (Calcutta to Boston)
• Devonian 1906 (Liverpool to Boston)
• Dresden 1928 (Bremen to NY)
• Minnekahda 1928 (London to NY)
• New York 1931 (Hamburg to NY)
• Resolute 1927 (Hamburg to NY)
• Rotterdam 1928 (Rotterdam to NY)
• Scythia 1929 (Liverpool to NY)

Also, additional articles from the American Irish Historical Society which included passenger arrivals: Irish Immigrants in Eighteenth Century (1773-1775), Irish Immigrants to New England (1762-1769), and Passengers from Ireland (1811).

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Highlights for April 13th, 2008

What's the saying, "leave no stone unturned"? Well, the same goes when searching for ancestors. Recently when shopping for ephemera, I found a small pile of receipts and on a whim decided to look on the backs. To my surprise, each listed assessment information for a different month. These 16 little pieces of paper included death details for 225 individuals... what a find! Check out Grand Jurisdiction of Missouri A. O. U. W. Deaths (1887-1889)

Two reports for the Saginaw (Michigan) Police Department (1907 and 1913) included more than just rosters of the policemen. Included were listings of criminals sentenced during each of those years.

Also this week, the first installment of records published in the early 1900's by the American Irish Historical Society, including Irish Burghers of New Amsterdam (1695-1808), Revolutionary Patriots in Vermont, Early Marriages in Worcester County MA (1741-1786), and Morristown First Presbyterian Church Records (1745-1806).

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Highlights for April 6th, 2008

This week, while I was looking for some personal research items, I stumbled upon a box containing a stack of souvenir passenger lists purchased back in 2002 (before this database project even started). These little booklets contain the names of cabin passengers, so while they are not as helpful as the ship manifests, they may help you connect the dots with one of your immigrant ancestors. Here are the 19 lists transcribed this week:

• Albertic 1929 (Liverpool to NY)
  
• America 1924 (Bremen to NY)
  
• Arabic 1930 (Liverpool to NY)
  
• Ausonia 1922 (Liverpool to Canada)
  
• Bremen 1905 (Bremen to NY)
  
• Canopic 1906 (Genoa to Boston)
  
• Carribean 1914 (Bermuda to NY)
  
• Grosser Kurfurst 1909 (Bremen to NY)
  
• Melita 1926 (Antwerp to Canada)
  
• Orbita 1922 (Hamburg to NY)
  
• Pennsylvania 1906 (Hamburg to NY)
  
• President Harding 1930 (Hamburg to NY)
  
• President Roosevelt 1926 (Bremen to NY)
  
• Republic 1925 (Bremen to NY)
  
• Republic 1925 (Bremen to NY) [#2]
  
• Ryndam 1926 (Rotterdam to NY)
  
• Siboney 1928 (Havana to NY)
  
• St. Paul 1912 (Southampton to NY)
  
• Stockholm 1922 (Goteburg to NY)

Plus, two others that were transcribed back in 2004:


• Albania 1925 (Southampton to NY)
  
• Caledonia 1906 (Glasgow to NY)

These booklets were distributed to cabin passengers. They may not be as accurate as the actual passenger manifests.

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Highlights for March 30th, 2008

I recently stumbled upon some papers from the Woman's Relief Corps, which contained lengthy lists of the recent appointments. This was an auxiliary group to the Grand Army of the Republic. Check out 1926-1927 General Orders No. 4, No. 5, No. 6 and No. 10. Another batch from 1895 will be transcribed in the near future.

A few more tax lists were completed this week: Orrington ME 1918, Westerly RI 1897, Charlton MA 1886, and a voters' list for Seaforth, Ontario 1923.

Several interesting trade group membership lists were also completed: Charitable Mechanic Association MA 1861, Master Builders' Exchange NJ 1909, and the Providence Association of Mechanical Engineers RI 1902-1903.

These are just a few of the 32 resources published today. Every week I send out a complete listing of the items added. If you'd like to join this RootsWeb mailing list called GenToday-L, click here for instructions.

Highlights for March 23rd, 2008

An interesting item for folks with Californian roots... Index to Precinct Registers of Plumas County, California, 1910. What I think is neat about this document is that it not only lists name, age, occupation, address for residents eligible to vote, but also their party affiliation.

Several church member lists this week... Bridgeton NJ First Presbyterian Church 1870, Waterloo NY First Presbyterian Church 1874, Keene NH First Congregational Church 1900, and Reformed Church at Peapack, NJ 1881. More of these are in the works and will be uploaded in the weeks ahead.

One of my personal favorite topics is HORSE THIEF detecting and pursuing organizations. The documents for these groups are very scarce, but I found another one last month. Cumberland Detective Society R. I. 1916 lists the members.

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Highlights for March 16th, 2008

Yesterday I attended the Ephemera Society of America annual conference Ephemera/28 in Old Greenwich, CT and brought home a bunch of insurance records: Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 1854, John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Comp 1889, North-Eastern Mutual Life Association 1875, Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. in N. H., Schuylkill Valley Mut. Fire Ins. Co. 1876, Chester Co. Mutual Fire Ins. 1915. Some of these only have a handful of names, but if you get lucky and find a match, you should check the local newspaper for articles about the fire, etc. and/or obituary that led to the claim.

I also acquired the Pinkerton Academy 1884 Graduation Program, which has three graduates. This is an excellent example of how unique this database project is. You'll find documents this small, as well as, many with several thousands of names.

More Black Sheep, this time in New York... Erie County Penitentiary 1895 Report!

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Highlights for March 9th, 2008

This week, there was a definite focus on tax records. Check 'em out: Danville VA 1819, Swansey MA 1875, Swansey MA 1890, Medford MA 1847, Richmond NH 1887, Oakham MA 1909. These are great alternatives to Census records, especially the ones around 1890. I own 140 more of these reports (for a variety of towns), so there's a lot more coming in the months ahead.

And for those Black Sheep in your family tree... New Hampshire State Prison 1889 Report

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Highlights for March 2nd, 2008

Another batch of insurance papers were added this week. Also check out the Ladies' Miscellany for May 12, 1829, a very old newspaper with a couple of marriage and death announcements. I found some neat papers that included Pay Roll data for the City of Great Falls, Montana. I purchased a bunch of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazines and began transcribing the information this week. I'm going to try and get one issue posted each week.

The City of Newburyport, Mass., List of Persons Assessed for Poll Taxes, Ward Six, 1916 and the Exeter 1930 Tax Book have been transcribed. There are a number of Poll and Tax Lists in progress, stay tuned!

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Highlights for February 24h, 2008

There are a bunch of insurance-related items this week, including claims paid by Monmouth Mutual Fire Ins Co. (1851-52), Woodworth Lodge No. 2 A.O.U.W., Maine State Relief Association (1897, 1899), Windsor County Mutual Fire Ins. Co. (1859-60), Montgomery County Mutual Ins. Co. (1852-4) and Continental Life Insurance Company of N. Y., Ohio Branch, (1872). Some of these items are very small, partial sheets of paper that have a dozen or so claims listed.

I picked up a copy of the New York Tribune for Saturday, August 13, 1864, and discovered it had a listing of the Deaths of Soldiers in the Hospitals in and about New York from August 5 to August 12, 1864 on the cover. I'll be looking for additional copies of the paper for this time period.

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Highlights for February 17th, 2008

I really like insurance claim information. How interesting would it be for you to find information about a significant event (e.g. fire) in your ancestors' lives? There are three insurance-related items in this weeks' update: Farmers' Mutual Fire Ins. Co. (Vermont), Blooming Grove Mutual Fire Ins. Co. (Pennsylvania), and Knights Templars and Masons Life Indemnity Co. (Illinois). More insurance claims records are currently being transcribed and will be included in upcoming updates. Well, I'm starting to believe that there must be an association for just about every group of workers that ever existed! Here's a fun one: an 1893 membership list for the American Ticket Brokers Association.

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