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Surname Search Daily - December 5, 2005


1. Today at FreeSurnameSearch.com - FREE
2. New at ABCgenealogy.com - FREE
3. In the News - FREE
4. Featured Products at GenMarket.com
.. Acadian-Cajun Family Trees
.. DNA and Family History
.. Pennsylvania Marriages to 1790
.. New England Family Histories #1, 1600s-1800s
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1. Today at FreeSurnameSearch.com


* Featured Database :

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834.
A fully searchable online edition of the largest body of
texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever
published, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal
trials held at London's central criminal court.


* New links :

- Costilla County, Colorado Probate Records 1876-1914

- Colquitt County, Georgia 1870 Census

- James County, Tennessee Marriages 1913-1919.
The county went bankrupt in April of 1919 and was annexed
into Hamilton County by a vote of its citizens on December
11, 1919.

- Canadian Merchant Navy War Dead Database

- Pottersbury, Northamptonshire, England PRO Index -
Marriages 1837-1913 (partial)

- Maybole Family History Message Centre (Ayrshire, Scotland)

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2. New at ABCgenealogy.com

* Keys to Unlocking Family Stories this Holiday Season -
What is the key that will unlock the family stories that
will help us fill out our family histories?

* Prince Edward County, Ontario GenWeb

* Breconshire, Wales GenWeb Project

* AUS-FHS-WEBMASTERS Mailing List at RootsWeb - A mailing
list for the webmasters of Australian family history
societies to discuss and share information and tips
regarding the development and maintenance of their
websites.

* South Dakota: Where to Write for Vital Records

* FULLER / FULLERTON Marriages, Mobile, Alabama

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3. In the News

* Scrapbooking: New wave blends art, poetry, family
The "new wave" of scrap booking got its start in Utah in
1980, according to Fun Facts Publishing. Keeping a scrap
book was a natural progression for a people who pursue
their genealogy with a passion.
- Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (UT), November 18, 2005.

* Italian town of Guardiaregia has Syracuse connection
When the Guardiaregia emigration began in the mid-1800s,
Syracuse, New York became one of the four most popular
American destinations for transplants.
- The Post-Standard (NY), November 20, 2005.

* New program in U.S. serves up a slice of Swiss pride
Swiss Roots is building a Web site where people may
research their Swiss genealogy, contact Swiss families who
share their name and learn about all things Swiss.
- The Capital Times (WI), November 22, 2005.

* Lois Gugel archivist at Mennonite Museum
Information about the Mennonite Museum in Kalona, Iowa.
- Kalona News (IA), November 22, 2005.

* The Distaff Side
The phrase "the distaff side" is routinely used as an
expression meaning "the wife," but many people do not know
its origin.
- Ancestry Daily News, November 22, 2005.

* Haunting welcome brings ancestors home at last
New Zealand : The haunting calls of kuia echoed through Te
Papa museum last night to mark the return of long-lost
Maori ancestral remains.
- New Zealand Herald (NZ), November 23, 2005.

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