FamilySearch has updated their listing of cancelled homestead claim files for Nebraska and Kansas.  Land offices included currently are:

• Dodge City, Kansas
• Topeka, Kansas
• Alliance, Nebraska
• Lincoln, Nebraska
• O’Neill, Nebraska
• Broken Bow, Nebraska
• North Platte, Nebraska
• Valentine, Nebraska

These claims appear to have been later ones–but check the specific land office to determine which claims have been digitized.

There is more information on using these claims and finding them in my Rootdig post.

The scanned collection at the Internet Archive contains images of 2700 books collected by the second United States president. It includes a variety of dictionaries and histories.

FamilySearch is indicating that their 1860 census has been updated (United States Census, 1860). It’s been on the site for some time and I do not know what the update consists of.

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FamilySearch is indicating the following database has been updated since our last posting:

Minnesota, Clay and Steele County Obituaries, 1865-2006

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FamilySearch is indicating this database has been updated:

Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940

It’s been on the site for a while already–I can’t say what the specifics of the update are.

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FamilySearch is indicating the following database of images has been updated:

United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872

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FamilySearch is indicating the following database has been updated:

South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965

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FamilySearch has announced an update to the images posted in “United States, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected Land Entry Case Files, 1861-1932.” The currently available items are limited in their scope, including only the following offices:

Dodge City, Kansas, Land Office

Topeka, Kansas, Land Office

Alliance, Nebraska, Land Office

These materials are unindexed and are sorted by case file number. We are working on a more detailed post on these claims for our other blog and are posting the notice for those who are familiar with these records and need access to them.

The Provincial Archives of Alberta has put the following vital records indexes online:

• Birth 1870-1897
• Marriage 1870-1942
• Death 1870-1967

Please read the sections that explain these indexes before using them. The indexes are PDF files of the original indexes–not searchable databases.  These are large files in some cases.

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National Geographic Maps is allowing the creation and printing of United States Geological Survey maps on their website. Fairly easy to download and print these, but it’s one map per location.

Part of the USGS map for Tioga, Hancock County, Illinois.

Don’t forget historical USGS maps available as well.

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