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England, Manchester, Parish Registers, 1603-1910

England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997

England, Hampshire Bishop’s Transcripts 1680-1892

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The State Archives of North Carolina has a collection of digital images of colonial court records on their site. See the CCR finding aid to learn more about what is contained in this database.

From the State Library of North Carolina:

The District Superior Court Records digital collectionhttp://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/home/collections/district-superior-court currently contains only one district, Edenton District, from 1756 to 1806.

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British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939

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Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922

This site, Name Thesaurus, has spelling and other variants for millions of names. Most of the variants are phonetic and appear to be English/Germanic based, but this site can give you a good working list of possible alternate spellings for most surnames.

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Washington, Soldier Home Records, 1891-1945

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Ohio Soldier Home Records, 1888-1919

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New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924

Users will need to set up a free account on Ellisislandrecords.org to view the images.