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Surname Search Daily - December 6-7, 2005


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2. New at ABCgenealogy.com - FREE
3. In the News - FREE
4. Featured Products at GenMarket.com
.. Heraldic Crests : A Pictorial Archive
.. Connecticut Family Histories #1, 1600s-1800s
.. Genealogical material in Oregon donation land claims
.. Franklin County, Virginia Marriage Bonds, 1786-1858
5. Today's Featured Map - FREE
.. London as rebuilt by 1676

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1. Today at FreeSurnameSearch.com


* Featured Database :

- Revolutionary War Rolls : Abstract of North Carolina
Continental Line Soldiers


* New links :

- Kingfisher County, Oklahoma 1900 Census

- Crittenden County, Arkansas 1850 Census

- Register, Police Magistrate, Portland, Victoria, Australia 1840-
1853. Volume containing Police Salaries, Sheriffs Salaries, Register
of Arms, Lists of Ticket of Leave Holders, etc. The records
contained in this volume, commonly known as the Portland
Magistrate's Book, documents a number of different government
activities. It is a snapshot of daily life in the district of
Portland in the 1840s.

- 1930 Federal Census of McHenry County, Illinois :
Every Name Index

- 1831 Tithes Defaulters in Templeachally Parish in
Combination with Kilmastulla Parish, County Tipperary,
Ireland

- A Mansfield Copyhold Land Survey, 1622 or 1612
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2. New at ABCgenealogy.com

* Time Traveling in Historical Newspapers - Any family
historian would jump at the chance to travel through time
to learn more about our ancestors, and browsing through old
newspapers is probably as close as you will ever get.

* Postcards from the Past - The Postcards from the Past is
a searchable online database of Alberta postcards. The
online database is fully searchable in a range of ways
including by subject, publisher, year,name of place or
person or other key word.

* Buckinghamshire, England Genealogy Forum

* Books We Own : Nebraska - 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. This is a free service -
volunteers may ask for reimbursement of copies and postage
if information is provided via snail-mail.

* Wichita County, Texas GenWeb

* ABERNATHY : Distribution Map of Abernathy Families in the
US in 1920

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3. In the News

* New boards to reveal history of Woolston Cemetery
New Zealand : The Christchurch City Council is revealing
one of the city's oldest cemetery's rich history by
installing interpretation boards at Woolston Cemetery.
- Press Release (NZ), November 23, 2005.

* Aceh Needs Assistance To Rebuild Its Documentary Heritage
The December 2004 tsunami not only killed about 170,000
people in Aceh and destroyed up to 80 percent of its
buildings, but also destroyed the bulk of the region's
documentary heritage.
- Bernama.com (Malaysia), November 23, 2005.

* Many ignore cemetery laws
You might be surprised to know that there are laws
governing the protection and maintenance of cemeteries in
the Indiana Code.
- Mooresville - Decatur Times (IN), November 23, 2005.

* What the graphoanalyst saw
Irene Lambert uses handwriting analysis as an aid in
genealogy studies, to help people learn more about
ancestors through the family member's writing.
- Connecticut Post (CT), November 23, 2005.

* Congress Approves FY 2006 Budget of $338 Million for the
National Archives
Congress has passed and President Bush is expected to sign
a Fiscal Year 2006 budget of $338,141,000 for the National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
- NARA Press Release (US), November 23, 2005.

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Vol. 1 contains abstracts of the first 2500 claims filed
at the Oregon City Land Office; v. 2 abstracts claims 2501
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The western Virginia County of Franklin was formed in 1786
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is a collection of marriage bonds recorded by the county
between 1786 and 1858. Transcribed from the original
records, this collection reveals the names of both bride
and groom, along with the date of bond filing. In many
entries, the name of witness who was present at the bond
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- Social Security Death Index - Updated
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* Ogilby and Morgan's large scale map of the city as
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