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United States, Homestead Final Certificates, 1863-1909
US (Arizona only), Homestead Final Certificates, 1863-1909 on FamilySearch
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Monthly Archives: September 2016
Florida Marriages, 1837-1974 on FamilySearch
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| Florida Marriages, 1837-1974 |
Land Class Starting In October
I’m offering one last session of this class as I transition away from webinars and online presentations. Details are here.
Illinois, Cook County, Obituaries, ca. 1970-1990 on FamilySearch
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Illinois, Cook County, Obituaries, ca. 1970-1990
These are apparently from the South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society.
Perry-Castañeda Library Online Maps
The Perry-Castañeda Library at the University of Texas at Austin has thousands of digital images of maps available online at no charge on their site. The site has a Texas emphasis (and includes Sanborn fire insurance maps for many Texas towns), but includes maps for other areas of the United States as well as the entire world.
Still Time to Get Casefile Clues at Old Rate–and the Weekly Update
There is still time to get Casefile Clues at our old rate of $20 for 52 issues–that’s over 200 pages of genealogy how-to and instructional material written in a way that’s easy to follow and understand.
We’ll also throw in a free subscription to my weekly blog update which summarizes postings from my four blogs along with a few extra features only found in the weekly update. Join us and discover more of your ancestors. 
New York, NYC, Police Census, 1890 on FamilySearch
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New York, New York City, Police Census, 1890
This is an index only.
Save on Casefile Clues Genealogy How-Tos and Get the Blog Update Free
To celebrate the start of our 4th volume of Casefile Clues, we’re offering new subscribers a chance to receive a full volume of issues and receive my weekly blog update for free. The blog update is normally $5 a year but is free if you subscribe to Casefile Clues by 5:30 pm on 23 September.
The blog update is weekly and summarizes postings to my four blogs along with premium content:
- tombstone of the week
- citation the week
- photograph of the week
- term of the week
The blog update is short and to-the-point. A sample is posted online.
Casefile Clues is more in-depth and focuses on a specific document, brick wall, or research concern in every issue. It is easy-to-read, practical, and based on actual research situations and always summarizes the record being discussed, the pitfalls of that document, and where to go next. Our goal is to get you thinking more about each record you find. Samples can be downloaded here. We cover records from a variety of time periods across the United States.
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Do You Know How That Site’s Wildcards Work?
Most websites implement wildcard searches in the same fashion, but there can always be variations. Practice using the wildcard searches for entries that you have already located in the database. That’s the best way to know if the wildcard operators are working in the way you think.
If an English language database has no entries with a last name of Smi*, then “*” might not work the way you think it does (or the site may be having issues). A soundex-based search for Jenssen should turn up Johnson as well.
US Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872 on FamilySearch
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United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872
They are unindexed, but are organized by year and location from which the pension was paid. This is a digital version of National Archives microfilm publication T718.
