Gale’s Passenger and Immigration Lists Index: A Must-Have Source on Immigrant History

| By Tara Atterberry | John Harrower, a Scottish businessman, was forced to leave his home and family in December 1773 in search of a more stable means of employment. He traveled across Europe for more than six weeks but was not able to secure employment and was desperate for work. As a last resort, …阅读更多

Identifying Your Canadian Roots

By Jena Crable

对于许多美国家谱跋涉者,他们的旅程sually includes a stop in Canada. Surprisingly, this is true for persons with and without French-Canadian roots. Not surprisingly, living along the 3,000-mile border that separates the U.S. from its northern neighbor are innumerable families who share common ancestries as a result of their desire for greater economic, religious, or political freedom–in one country or the other.

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Get Started in Genealogy with the 3 W’s

家谱Connect

October is National Family History Month. Do you have the genealogy and family history resources that genealogists and enthusiasts in your community need? And do they know how to get started?

帮助你家庭历史学家and researchers make deeper historic connections while exploring their roots. Gale Genealogy Connect – the ideal complement to fact/people-based genealogy sources – fills in the rich context and real stories surrounding chronology that pre-dates accessible public records.

在家谱开始使用3分W的:

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在五大文明部落的联邦记录跟踪美国原住民家谱

美洲原住民家谱通过拉哈勒米尔斯列侬

Excerpted from the book,Tracing Ancestors Among the Five Civilized Tribes

The history and culture of the American South are unique, owing chiefly to the intermingling of the races and the diverse ethnic

无数家庭的背景。现代南方人自豪地夸耀传统实或不的美洲原住民血统。奇怪的是,这些传统直接导致回到所谓的文明化五部族。契卡索,切诺基,乔克托,小河和塞米诺尔印第安人为主,从北卡罗莱纳州到密西西比州境内的大片广阔的强制拆除前向西。龙称赞他们适应“白”的方式(因此命名“文明”),这些国家都东南系谱中获得了近尊敬的地位。

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Virginia Genealogists Need SWEM

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The two-volume弗吉尼亚州历史指数(又名“Swem的指数”或“Swem”),最初出版于1934年,包括以下七个连续出版物的内容:“历史和传记弗吉尼亚杂志”(VMHB),卷。1-38;在“威廉和玛丽学院季刊”(又名“威廉和玛丽学院季刊杂志历史” W&MCQ),I系列,卷。1-27和Series II,卷。1-10;“Tyler的季度历史和家谱杂志”(TQ),卷。1-10;在“弗吉尼亚历史注册和文学广告客户,”二卷。1-6;在“下诺福克郡弗吉尼亚古董商,”二卷。 1-5; “Hening’s Statutes at Large,” Vols. 1-13; and the “Calendar of Virginia State Papers,” Vols. 1-11.

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