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Surname Search Daily - August 3, 2005


1. Today at FreeSurnameSearch.com - FREE
2. New at ABCgenealogy.com - FREE
3. In the News - FREE
4. Featured Products at GenMarket.com
.. Printed Sources
.. England and Wales Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983
.. East St. Louis, Illinois Directory, 1889-90
.. Early records of the town of Dedham, Mass., 1672-1706
5. Today's Featured Map - FREE
.. Indian Reserves - Western Canada

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1. Today at FreeSurnameSearch.com


* Featured Database :

- Ontario, Canada Marriage Registrations 1800-1924.
About 75,000 marriages online.


* New Links :

- Columbia County, Arkansas Federal Land Records.
This file was compiled from the Bureau of Land Management
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before 1908 for what is now Columbia County, Arkansas.

- Lafayette & Louisville Genealogy Society, Boulder County,
Colorado Online Obituaries

- Monumental Inscriptions from Canterbury, New Zealand

- Cemetery Surname Index of Coles County, Illinois

- 1841 Census for Monikie, Angus, Scotland

- Tingewick, Buckinghamshire, England 1841 Census

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* The Search For Nessie—Great-Grandma Nessie - The other
night as I watched a documentary about "Nessie," it was
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encountered in the searches of Loch Ness, and searches for
our ancestors.

* Lockwood Cemetery, Saskatchewan - Transcription of the
gravestones in the Lockwood Cemetery in Saskatchewan

* Cranmer Local History Group - Researching the history of
Aslockton, Scarrington and Whatton, Nottinghamshire,
England.

* Dickinson County, Kansas GenWeb

* Books We Own : Minnesota - Books We Own is a list of
resources owned/accessed by individuals who are willing to
look up genealogical information and e-mail or snail mail
it to others who request it.

* RIGGS Surname Study - A One-Name Study into the surname
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3. In the News

* Museum targets November opening
Indiana : The Wabash County Historical Museum prepares for
its official opening on Nov. 18. The second floor, expected
to open June 2006, will include a section for genealogy and
the research of Wabash County History.
- Wabash Plain Dealer (IN), July 18, 2005.

* Demystifying Eastern European Research
Anyone who has attempted to trace their ancestors back to
Eastern Europe understands the special challenges and
frustrations associated with this seemingly daunting task.
- Ancestry Daily News, July 18, 2005.

* Beneath a tangled web of genealogy are a family's stories
Families who lack a tree-obsessed relative take advantage
of weddings or milestone birthdays for reunions. Not the
Fillmans, who have had a gathering every year since 1942.
- DesMoines Register (AI), July 19, 2005.

* Jar contains 100 years of memories
Nels Hansen has an 1858 Mason jar filled with pieces of
cake, candy and a cigar from the 50th anniversary of his
great-great-grandparents, Richard and Elizabeth Boyd. They
were married July 5, 1855, and their golden anniversary was
celebrated in 1905.
- Daily News (MI), July 19, 2005.

* PBS greenlights 'African American Lives'
The series to be aired during Black History Month in
February will profile accomplished African-Americans, using
genealogy and DNA to trace their roots from Africa to
America.
- monstersandcritics.com (UK), July 19, 2005.

* Ancestry.com hires MC&C to push UK site
Ancestry.com, the genealogy website, has appointed direct
marketing and direct response media specialist Mike Colling
& Company to handle the planning and buying to promote its
UK website www.ancestry.co.uk.
- DM Bulletin (UK), July 19, 2005.

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This database is made available courtesy of the volunteers
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The city of East St. Louis is located in western Illinois
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