Another resource I am using at the moment as I research the descendants of Isaac Whimpey and Mary Lewis is the Utah Cemeteries & burials database on the Utah State Division of State History website. This is another free resource. You can search for just a last name, or a first and last name. I… Continue reading Thursday’s Tips – Utah Cemeteries & Burials
Category: United States
Thursday’s Tips – Utah Digitial Newspapers
My 2x great grandfather, Joseph Whimpey came to Australia. His brother, Isaac, became a member of the LDS Church when in Wales, and migrated to the United States with his family, and they lived for a while in Ohio, before the family (except two of his children) moved to Utah. I have found that the… Continue reading Thursday’s Tips – Utah Digitial Newspapers
My Heritage Free Access to US Newspapers for the 4th of July
My Heritage has announced free access to their US Newspaper collections from 3 July to 8 July. For more details read here. I have only come across one record collection at MyHeritage that has records for my family that I haven’t been able to find elsewhere, and that was the Rhode Island Newspapers. I didn’t… Continue reading My Heritage Free Access to US Newspapers for the 4th of July
United States Censuses and Voter lists
Over the last two weeks, I prepared posts about the United States Federal Censuses, and the State census collections for the states from Alabama to Florida. Since the comparisons didn’t show up very well on my blog, I attached Excel files to each post. This week, I’ve decided to just attached an Excel file that… Continue reading United States Censuses and Voter lists
United States State Censuses & Voter lists – Alabama to Florida
This week I am continuing my series comparing the record collections at the three main genealogy sites, FindMyPast, Ancestry and MyHeritage. Last week I compared the collections for the Federal censuses for the United States. This week, I am comparing the collections for the states from A (Alabama) to F (Florida). Name Whether contains images… Continue reading United States State Censuses & Voter lists – Alabama to Florida
United States Census & Voter lists – Federal Censuses
Over the last few weeks, I have compared the collections on the 3 paid subscription sites (Ancestry, FindMyPast and MyHeritage) for the Census and Voter lists category for Australia and New Zealand and Canada. This week I will be starting to look at the Census and Voter lists for the United States. MyHeritage has 55… Continue reading United States Census & Voter lists – Federal Censuses
Wednesday’s Resources – U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Each week, I focus on either a new (or updated) record collection at ancestry.com.au, FamilySearch orFindmypast, or one of the other resources that I have used when researching my family history. This week, since this collection had been mentioned on a number of different blogs, I decided on the new ancestry.com.au - U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.… Continue reading Wednesday’s Resources – U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Wednesdays resources – Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934
Each week, I focus on either a new (or updated) record collection at ancestry.com.au, FamilySearch orFindmypast, or one of the other resources that I have used when researching my family history. This week I decided on a collection (I’m not sure if it was a new or updated collection) at FamilySearch - Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934 My husband’s 2x… Continue reading Wednesdays resources – Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934
Wednesday’s Resources – Utah, Obituaries from Utah Newspapers, 1850-2005
I recently came across a blog post (I can’t remember where) in which the author talked about how she was starting to use the England and Wales BMD indexes, and now needed to know what to do with this information. In my Resources section, I have listed a number of resources that I have used for… Continue reading Wednesday’s Resources – Utah, Obituaries from Utah Newspapers, 1850-2005