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Marriage and death notices from Seneca County, New York newspapers, 1817-1885

Marriage and death notices from Seneca County, New York newspapers, 1817-1885

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More than three thousand marriage and death notices have been compiled from eight local newspapers in Seneca County, New York: Ovid Bee, Seneca County Courier, Seneca Farmer, Seneca Observer and Union, Seneca Observer, Waterloo Gazette, Waterloo Observer, and the Waterloo Republican. Marriage notices make up the first half of this book, and death notices comprise the second half. A separate section has been created for each newspaper. The notices are organized chronologically and the book includes a surname index that makes research a snap. The marriage notices usually contain the full names of bride and groom, residence, and date and …

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Ovid Bee Bill

Genealogical Index to the Ovid Bee Newspaper – Ovid NY

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Jesse Howell Finch spent a considerable part of her lifetime in genealogical research and in acquiring all types of early records. When her husband retired (Frank Finch) they settled in the vicinity of Trumansburg New York, where she added greatly to the genealogical knowledge of the area. When she passed on, her husband made her voluminous collection of papers and records available to the Jesse Finch Committee. Among them were her collection of cemetery records of practically every farm and organized cemetery in the Seneca, Schuyler and Tompkins Counties area, as well as extracts from The Ovid Bee, a local …

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Old Fulton New York Post Cards

New York Newspaper Images Treasure Trove

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Quirky would be an understatement in describing the featured site of the week, Old Fulton New York Post Cards. Deceptive is also another word that comes to mind, but not in a bad way. It’s deceptively good. See, the Old Fulton New York Post Cards website actually has little to do with postcards or Fulton county, though both can be found within. What it is is a treasure trove of free newspaper images stored online in pdf format, and easily downloadable and viewable. At current count they have 609 titles (mostly New York, but they appear to be branching out), …

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New Cemeteries at USGenWeb Archives

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There have been multiple recent uploads of both photos and cemetery transcriptions for various counties and states at USGenWeb archives. These cemeteries are in the states of Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. Transcriptions Buena Vista Cemetery, Marion County, Georgia Anderson Chapel Cemetery, Morehouse County, Louisiana Bartholomew Methodist Cemetery, Morehouse County, Louisiana Memorial Park Cemetery, Morehouse County, Louisiana Old Fairforest Presbyterian Cemetery, Union County, South Carolina Morton Memorial Cemetery, Cochran County, Texas 2013 Burials, Southland Cemetery, Garza County, Texas 2013 Burials, Southland Cemetery, Garza County, Texas 2013 Burials, Southland Cemetery, Garza County, Texas 2013 Burials, Southland …

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City Directories of New Bern, North Carolina 1911-1963

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City directories are primarily useful for locating people in a particular place and time. They can tell you generally where an ancestor lived and give an exact location for census years. They are also useful for linkage with sources other than censuses. Generally a city directory will contain an alphabetical list of its citizens, listing the names of the heads of households, their addresses, and occupational information. Sometimes the wife’s name will be listed in parentheses or italics following the husband’s. Often, dates of deaths of individuals listed in the previous year’s directory are listed as well as the names …

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