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Surname Search Daily - May 1-2, 2007


1. Today at FreeSurnameSearch.com - FREE
2. Today at UKIsearch.com - FREE
3. New at World Vital Records - FREE (limited time)
4. New at ABCgenealogy.com - FREE
5. In the News - FREE
6. Featured Products at GenMarket.com
.. French Ancestors Charm - Oval
.. A Dictionary of London Place-names
.. American Migrations 1765-1799
.. Auctions for Genealogists

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1. Today at FreeSurnameSearch.com


* Featured Database :

- Every Name Index for Vol. I to VIII of the Nebraska &
Midwest Genealogical Record. Published by the Nebraska
Genealogical Society. The index covers 1923 to 1930. Full
text of issues published from January 1923 through
October 1944 available online.


* New Links :

- Campbell County, Tennessee Misc. Court Records

- Twiggs County, Georgia 1840 Census

- 1895 Parish Directory for Holy Trinity Church, Boston,
Massachusetts

- Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Pensioners on the Roll in 1883

- Arizona Range News (Willcox, Cochise County, Arizona)
(Free Newspaper Online - World Vital Records) :
Search or browse issues back to 2006.

- South Canterbury, New Zealand Directories 1872/73 and
1878/79

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2. Today at UKIsearch.com


* Featured Database :

- Some Marriage Entries from Boyd's Index for Essex,
England (1538 to 1837)


* New Links :

- Prestonpans & Cockenzie, East Lothian, Scotland in the
1842/43 Edinburgh & Leith County Directory. Surnames.

- Taxation Records Swaffham Prior Parish, Cambrigeshire, England

- The Fenians in 1867, County Cork, Ireland

- St.Luke's, Silverdale, Staffordshire, England Baptisms,
Marriages & Burials (Partial)

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3. New at World Vital Records

- The Booke of Register of the parish of St. Peter in Canterbury
(Free for 9 more days)

- Rhode Island Records (Free for 8 more days)

- Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year
1849, Volume 1 (Free for 8 more days)

- Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year
1849, Volume 2 (Free for 8 more days)

- Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Free for
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- American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-made Men,
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- more...

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4. New at ABCgenealogy.com

* The Genealogy Filing Cabinet - Many genealogists
organize their files by individual or surname but many
documents have information about more than one
individual...

* Canadian North West Archival Network

* Irish History Online - A bibliography of Irish history,
created by Writings on Irish History online in association
with the Royal Historical Society.

* Tim's Terrific Tips for Researching in Pennsylvania

* San Patricio County, Texas GenWeb

* ARNOT's Genealogy

Go to:
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5. In the News

* Duvall woman's link to a Norse past is set in stone
Sculptor Josh Coté created a bust of Olafur the White
(Leif Erikson's grandfather) for Carrie Heiser of Duvall,
Washington whose family traces its past back to Olafur.
- The Seattle Times (WA), April 11, 2007.

* Digital 1911 census to be published online
The National Archives of England and Wales has also
launched a digitisation-on-demand programme.
- 24dash.com (UK), April 11, 2007.

* 'Never say everybody was wiped out'
Trisher Wilson has reunited 12 families separated by the
Holocaust. Her chief tool is the Internet.
- Jerusalem Post (Israel), April 11, 2007.

* Search brings honor to great-grandfather
Thanks to his great-grandson's eighth-grade history
project, Elmer Edward Koerner posthumously received the
Purple Heart he earned in battle almost 90 years ago.
- Appleton Post-Crescent (WI), April 12, 2007.

* Thriving 'Roots'
Alex Haley's nephew, Chris, speaks to the continuing
impact of the miniseries that made TV history 30 years ago.
- Baltimore Sun (NY), April 12, 2007.

* Try Your Hand at FamilySearch Indexing
Over 33,000 volunteers have already signed on to index
records, with over 100 more joining each day.
- About Genealogy, April 12, 2007.

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