"Tracing Our Roots" Newsletter Archive (A monthly genealogy newsletter written by the late Brenda Kellow, dec'd, for the Plano Star Courier newspaper. We've included all the ones we could recover.)
Sometimes a publication for finding pertinent data from 1858 through 1952 has the needed clue to information long buried in an early periodical comes across my desk and I just have to share it with my readers. Such is the case with Donald Lines Jacobus Index to Genealogical Periodicals recently reprinted by Clearfield Publishers. His work contains three volumes in one book. The periodicals are indexed individually. There is an alphabetical name index and a place index for articles that appeared in more than fifty periodicals published during a time span of nearly 100 years. Jacobus includes a list of supplementary sources that include his selective index of families treated in certain pedigree or ancestral books dealing mainly with New England and New York families.
Order from www.genealogical.com for the special price of $21 (regularly $35), item number CF2985 or call 1-800-296-6687 to order by phone. There is a shipping and handling charge of $3.50.
A new book to help find pension information on seamen and sailors from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New York, issued from various government special acts, was just published by Genealogical Publishing Company. The publication, Naval Pensioners of the United States by Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck contains information from annual Congressional reports. It includes the name of the pensioner, possibly some of the family members who may not appear in any other document. It is arranged alphabetically by pensioner and contains his state of residence and naval rank; amount of payment and how allocated; mentions disability and death date. It may identify the vessel on which he served and include biographical information.
The book sells for $30 and may be purchased from Genealogical Publishing. The item number is GPC486. Purchase information is the same as that above.
FREE FEDERAL CENSUS GUIDE:
Heritage Quest just launched a free census guide and research aid for all censuses taken from 1790-1930. It has maps and state boundaries in effect at the time of the census and includes links, on the left-hand side of the screen, to resources for further research. There is a link to go directly to HQ s catalog of census microfilm. Viewers should find this easy to use and search. Look on the top for six additional tabs named: Census Search; Census Definitions; Census Statistics; Census Abbreviations; Census Microfilm. HQ is certainly a leader in the field of genealogical research. Visit the site at www.CensusSearch.com.
STATE CENSUS:
Are you including the state censuses in your quest to find your ancestors? If not, you should. For a listing of available ones visit the www.HeritageQuest.com web site. Also, see the latest edition of Ann S. Lainhart s State Census Records available in most libraries local bookstores, or from Genealogical Publishing Company.
NEW IN THE LIBRARY:
New York City Methodist Marriages 1785-1893 Bride and Groom Index; Vital Records of Eastern New York 1777-1834; 7,000 Hudson-Mohawk Valley (NY) Vital Records 1808-1850; Newberry County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, v. III: Deed Books E-H, 1800-1806; Directory of Genealogical & Historical Periodicals in US and Canada: Index to St. Louis MO Marriages v. 1, 1804-1859, Book 1 and 2, A-Z.
IGHR LONDON, BELFAST, DUBLIN RESEARCH TRIP:
The Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, announced the London and Ireland research trip for June 29 through July 21, 2003. The instructor is David Rencher, director of the Libraries of the Family and Church History Department in Salt Lake City. If you are interested, visit the web site at www.samford.edu/schools/ighr/ighr.html. You may also inquire at IGHR, Samford University, Birmingham AL 35229. Having been on this trip with Rencher as the instructor, I can certainly recommend it.
