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Lot 1, Block 4: Searching For The Grave Of Anthony Morse, Lisa Lindell
Lot 1, Block 4: Searching For The Grave Of Anthony Morse, Lisa Lindell
Lisa R. Lindell
My fascination with family history began with my maternal grandmother’s stories. As a child, I loved quizzing her about the lives of her parents and grandparents, prodding her to reach as far back as she could into her memory and family lineage to tell me their stories. Her ancestors, English, Scottish, and French, had come to North America in the first half of the seventeenth century. Settling in the British colonies and New France, they participated in many of the events and movements that shaped the continent. The family tales my grandmother told focused on deeds of female heroism, male …
Richard Bailey Of Newport, Thode Island, And Samuel Bailey Of Westerly, Rhode Island, Father And Son, Scott Swanson
Richard Bailey Of Newport, Thode Island, And Samuel Bailey Of Westerly, Rhode Island, Father And Son, Scott Swanson
Scott Swanson
Scott Swanson's contribution to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register 168, number 671, (July 2014)
The Mother Of Mary (Saxby) Clarke, Gradmother Of Jeremy Clarke Of Rhode Island, Scott Swanson
The Mother Of Mary (Saxby) Clarke, Gradmother Of Jeremy Clarke Of Rhode Island, Scott Swanson
Scott Swanson
Scott Swanson's contribution to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register 169, number 675 (Summer 2015)
Ins Subject Index: Jewish Refugee Files From Wwi And Wwii, James Gross
Ins Subject Index: Jewish Refugee Files From Wwi And Wwii, James Gross
James Gross
Lecture handout. See attached PowerPoint Lecture. Discussion of Ancestry.com database, "INS Subject Index" to locate records of displaced persons from WW1 and WWII. Database has scanned copy of index card images listing records of displaced persons and/or assisting nonprofit organizations. Images are from National Archives microfilm number T-458.
Doing History With Online Mapping Tools: Handout, Joanne M. Riley
Doing History With Online Mapping Tools: Handout, Joanne M. Riley
Joanne M. Riley
Handout listing resources and links that accompanied Riley's presentation "Doing History with Online Mapping Tools: an Introduction"
Doing History With Online Mapping Tools: An Introduction, Joanne M. Riley
Doing History With Online Mapping Tools: An Introduction, Joanne M. Riley
Joanne M. Riley
In November, 2014 the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, Mass., offered a presentation titled "How to Do History with Online Mapping Tools" as part of a series related to the Museum and Library’s collection of historic maps sponsored by the Ruby W. and LaVon P. Linn Foundation. The invited presenters were Jessie Partridge from the MetroBoston DataCommon, a provider of free applications that make it possible to map data, and Joanne Riley, University Archivist and Curator of Special Collections in the Healey Library at UMass Boston. Both presenters helped lay historians, data fans, and map enthusiasts discover how visualizations of …
Balch Institute Microfilm Collection, James Gross
Balch Institute Microfilm Collection, James Gross
James Gross
This report lists the Balch Institute microfilm holdings held at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP), in the Albert M. Greenfeld Microfilm room. A microfilm survey,(unpublished), was previously conducted on the Balch Institute microfilm holdings, back in 2008. This report is an update. Additional data fields and some additional entries are included.
Ancestry.Com Database: Ins Subject Index, James Gross
Ancestry.Com Database: Ins Subject Index, James Gross
James Gross
Brief review of a new database available from (Ancestry.com). The database, "INS Subject index," is now available to subscribers of (Ancestry.com). This is an index of records held by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services.
Three Presentations At The Boston Conference That Taught Me New Approaches, Immigration And Naturalization Service Citizen Records: Beyond The Basics, James Gross
James Gross
Brief review of a talk by staff employee, Mr. Wilske, of the US Immigration and Naturalization Service. Lecture was held during the annual Jewish Genealogy Conference held in Boston, Mass.
Cloud Based Storage: A Brief Look At Dropbox, James Gross
Cloud Based Storage: A Brief Look At Dropbox, James Gross
James Gross
Brief review of dropbox, a cloud based service for digital file storage.
Richard Hines Of Buckland, Patricia Bravender
Richard Hines Of Buckland, Patricia Bravender
Patricia Bravender
No abstract provided.
Nobilitashungariae: List Of Historical Surnames Of The Hungarian Nobility, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek
Nobilitashungariae: List Of Historical Surnames Of The Hungarian Nobility, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek
Tötösy de Zepetnek, Steven & Totosy de Zepetnek, Steven
nobilitashungariae: List of Historical Surnames of the Hungarian Nobility 2010- (ISSN 1923-9580 ©Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek Purdue University Press) is compiled by Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek based on published historical genealogical sources. nobilitashungariae is archived in the Electronic Collection of Library and Archives Canada. A magyar történelmi nemesség családneveinek listája 2010- (ISSN 1923-9580 ©Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek & Purdue University Press) genealógiai munkák alapján van Tötösy de Zepetnek Steven által összeállítva. A könyv állománya az Electronic Collection of Library and Archives Canada digitális archívumjának.
The Ancestry And Descendants Of Harry William Mcglothlin Of Bloomer, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, Lawrence W. Onsager
The Ancestry And Descendants Of Harry William Mcglothlin Of Bloomer, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, Lawrence W. Onsager
Lawrence W. Onsager
McGlothlin is a variant spelling of McLaughlin, a name with both Irish and Scottish origins. McLaughlin is the Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lochlainn, ‘son of the Scandinavian’, from the personal name Lochlann. Lochlann, a personal name meaning ‘stranger’, originally denoting a Scandinavian from the west of Norway (a Viking) or the Norse (Viking)-dominated part of Scotland.
In Irish Gaelic, the adjectival noun, ‘Lochlannach’ has the additional sense of robber/raider/marauder’. To further confuse the origin of the name, in Ireland some of the McLaughlins were originally O’Melaghlin – descendants of the King of Meath (Wikepedia; www.familyeducation.com).
The McGlothlin name appears …
Using The Va To Get Wwii Military Records, James Gross
Using The Va To Get Wwii Military Records, James Gross
James Gross
No abstract provided.