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Genealogy – Growing Even More Popular

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“In ever increasing numbers … genealogists becoming more numerous … in every part of the country.”

“Almost every large city has its own genealogical society.”

That sounds like an article from today’s newspaper – but it was written in 1912.

(Read the complete article – 16 Dec 1912 San Jose Mercury News).

But it is as true now as it was nearly 100 years ago when this article was written.

There are more genealogists now than every before.

Genealogists today as then are using the tools and data available to “do accurate and truthful genealogical research.”

Genealogists then and now are working at two goals:

1. To accurately research, document and record the information on their extended family tree.

2. To preserve, disseminate and pass down that information to the rising generation.

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African American Funeral Program Collection Online

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Hat’s off to the: East Central Georgia Regional Library. They have put their African American Funeral Program Collection online.

This impressive collection has more than 1,000 funeral programs from the greater Augusta, Georgia area. They date from 1933 to 2008, with the bulk of the collection starting from 1960 to 2008.

According to the website:

The programs typically contain a photograph of the deceased, an obituary, a list of surviving relatives, and the order of service. The collection provides extensive genealogical information about the deceased, including birth and death dates, maiden names, names of relatives, past residences, and place of burial. Alongside this genealogical information, the obituaries provide a rich source of local history about African Americans. Many of the people included in this collection were prominent in their communities, and many were involved locally in the struggle for civil rights.

The African American Funeral Programs from the East Central Georgia Regional Library is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the East Central Georgia Regional Library as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
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GenealogyBank adds more newspapers – 51 titles – 16 States

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GenealogyBank announces that it has added newspaper backfiles for 51 newspapers from 16 States.

This major upgrade brings GenealogyBank to nearly 300 million articles, books and records from over 3,800 newspapers; 260,000 books/documents and other resources. An esitmated One Billion Names.

Click on the following links and start searching!

California
Colton. Chicano. 1 Issue. 5/10/1973
Los Angeles. Dos Republicas. 1 Issue. 1892-06-07
Los Angeles. Heraldo de Mexico. 27 Issues. 8/8/1918 to 11/1/1928
Oakland. Mundo. 36 Issues. 8/2/1973 to 4/2/1975

Colorado
Trinidad. Anunciador. 1 Issue. 9/9/1922

DC
Washington, DC. Daily National Intelligencer. 1,624 Issues. 1822-01-01 to 1884-12-31

Florida
Ybor City. Diario de Tampa. 6 Issues. 1/6/1909 to 1/30/1909

Georgia
Sparta. Farmer’s Gazette*. 51 Issues. 1803-06-17 to 1807-08-08

Indiana
Indiana Harbour. Amigo del Hogar. 2 Issues. 5/29/1927 to 5/27/1928

Louisiana
Donaldsville. Donaldsonville Chief . 6/11/2008 to Today
New Orleans. Times Picayune. 528 Issues. 1861-05-01 to 1897-04-10

Maine
Eastport. Eastport Sentinel*. 555 Issues. 1818-08-31 to 1832-08-15

Maryland
Baltimore. Federal Gazette. 1,989 Issues. 1796-02-05 to 1823-11-08 Uniontown. Engine of Liberty & Uniontown Advertiser*. 73 Issues. 1813-10-21 to 1815-04-27

Massachusetts
Gloucester. Gloucester Telegraph. 1,597 Issues. 1827-01-01 to 1851-12-31
Springfield. Federal Spy*. 170 Issues. 1794-05-13 to 1804-05-29

Nebraska
Nebraska City. Nebraska City News-Press. 4/6/2009 to Today

New Mexico
Albuquerque. Opinion Publica. 1 Issue. 1893-01-21
Las Cruces. Eco del Valle. 5 Issues. 1/6/1906 to 2/13/1912
Las Cruces. Estrella. 12 Issues. 6/19/1915 to 2/21/1925
Las Cruces. Labrador. 12 Issues. 1897-11-21 to 9/1/1911
Las Cruces. Las Cruces Democrat. 1 Issue. 1892-03-09
Las Cruces. Mesilla Valley Bulletin. 1 Issue. 4/30/1937
Mountainair. Independent. 2 Issues. 4/20/1918 to 12/7/1918
Santa Fe. Daily New Mexican. 30 Issues. 1871-06-21 to 1875-01-30
Santa Fe. Santa Fe Weekly New Mexican and Livestock Journal. 1 Issue. 1895-12-26
Socorro. Defensor del Pueblo. 16 Issues. 1925-0-16 to 9/24/1937
Springer. Colfax County Stockman. 1 Issue. 12/10/1910
Springer. Estandarte de Springer. 124 Issues. 1890-07-03 to 1893-05-25

New York
Albany. Albany Evening Journal. 69 Issues. 1854-04-22 to 1874-06-30
Brooklyn. Espana Libre. 2 Issues. 2/7/1941 to 5/9/1941
New York. Doctrina de Marti. 30 Issues. 1896-07-25 to 1898-02-15
New York. Eco de Cuba. 3 Issues. 1855-06-22 to 1855-07-20
New York. Prensa. 1832 Issues. 7/19/1919 to 12/30/1929
Poughkeepsie. Dutchess Observer*. 60 Issues. 1816-07-24 to 1821-12-26
Sag Harbor. Frothingham’s Long Island Herald*. 8 Issues. 1791-07-26 to 1798-03-12

Ohio
Chilliocothe. Fredonian*. 27 Issues. 1807-02-19 to 1819-06-10

Tennessee
Athens. Daily Post-Athenian. 3/28/2009 to Today
Newport. Newport Plain Talk. 7/1/1998 to Today

Texas
Brownsville. Cronista del Valle. 13 Issues. 2/21/1925 to 8/9/1927
Brownsville. Heraldo de Brownsville. 18 Issues. 7/21/1937 to 2/20/1940
Brownsville. Progreso. 1 Issue. 1876-05-07
Brownsville. Puerto. 1 Issue. 9/27/1958
Corpus Christi. Nueces County News. 1 Issue. 11/17/1938
El Paso. Atalaya Bautista: Semanario Evangelico Bautista. 8 Issues. 11/3/1910 to 1/21/1929
El Paso. Continental. 3 Issues. 10/17/1937 to 8/19/1938
El Paso. Monitor. 1 Issue. 1897-07-03
Kingsville. Notas de Kingsville. 2 Issues. 8/2/1951 to 11/11/1954
Laredo. Correo de Laredo. 2 Issues. 1892-02-11 to 1892-05-26
San Antonio. Bejareno. 2 Issues. 1855-08-18 to 1856-04-19
San Antonio. Prensa. 662 Issues. 2/13/1913 to 9/15/1916

* New titles are marked with the *

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GenealogyBank.com has 1883 Pensioner List Online

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GenealogyBank.com is pleased to announce that it has the five volume List of Pensioners – 1883 online. This basic reference set is actively used by genealogists.

List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883; giving the name of each pensioner, the cause for which pensioned, the post office address, the rate of pension per month, and the date of original allowance. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1883. Senate Document. Serial Set Vol. No. 2078, Session Vol. No.5; Report: S.Exec.Doc. 84 pt. 1-5.

The List of Pensioners – lists the pensioners by State/Town. Volume 5 includes the lists of pensioners that lived overseas.

Each entry gives:
Name of Pensioner
Pension Certificate Number
Date of the Original Pension
Reasons why the person received the pension
The monthly pension payment
Post Office where the pensioner receives their mail

Tip: This is a crucial source for identifying pensioners from all wars still living in 1883 and it pinpoints where they were living – anywhere in the US or around the world.

Connecticut; District of Columbia; Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; New Jersey; Rhode Island; Vermont

New York; Pennsylvania;

Illinois; Iowa; Ohio

Alaska; Arizona; California; Colorado; Dakota; Idaho; Indiana; Kansas; Michigan; Minnesota; Montana; Nebraska; Indian Territory (Oklahoma); Nevada; New Mexico; Oregon; Utah; Washington; Wisconsin; Wyoming

Alabama; Arkansas; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maryland; Mississippi; Missouri; North Carolina; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; Virginia; West Virginia.

Countries of the World – including Hawaii which was listed as the “Sandwich Islands”.

Africa; Austria; Belgium; Brazil; Denmark; England; France; Germany; Ireland; Italy; Madeira Island (Portugal); Malta; Mauritius; Mexico; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Peru; Romania; Russia; Scotland; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Wales; West Indies; Foreign – Address Unknown.
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Funeral Sermons – a core genealogical resource

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GenealogyBank.com has over 7,000 funeral sermons – full text digital copies and excerpts.

These are a core source for genealogists searching for the details of their ancestor’s lives in Colonial America and the early Federalist period. (Photo, Ian Britton. FreeFoto.com).
It was common in Colonial America to have a funeral sermon printed and distributed “at the request of the family” to the mourners.
These slim pamphlets can range from six to thirty pages. While it was common for these to be printed – they were printed in small press runs, so it can be difficult for genealogists to locate copies. In many cases only one copy of the sermon – with its critical biographical information survives.

In my experience the earliest published funeral sermons that survive were for ministers and their wives. This practice expanded to include older members of the community and by the late 1700s to early 1800s it was common to see printed funeral sermons for children, men, women of all backgrounds and occupations.

Clergy routinely printed and circulated their sermons on all topics as a way to encourage the faithful to live better lives. I always assumed that the reason their funeral sermons survived while the others that may have been printed didn’t is that ministers/their wives were more widely known then regular townspeople.
Their funeral and other sermons were likely circulated to clergy in other cities; seminaries; townspeople in prior towns where they had been stationed etc. The wider the circulation – the more likely a copy would be preserved.
These sermons would not just be homilies to promote religious values but “news” – that people would want to read to be informed and reminded of the lives well lived by the ministers that had served them over the years. This would give more opportunities for people to have kept them – making it more likely for these fragile pamphlets to have survived.
Newspaper accounts of funerals vary – some give the complete sermon and some stories give brief details of the service – like this account of Mark Twain and his wife “listening” to the funeral service of her mother – Olivia (Lewis) Langdon, by telephone. (Inter-Ocean, 12 Jan 1891).
Another newspaper account gave the details of the “Most Impressive Funeral Service Ever Held” – the funeral of the Rev. Thomas Allen Horne. It was also the most unusual since he realized that he would soon pass away and had recorded his sermon to be played at the funeral.

His powerful remarks, in his own voice, made “grown men weep” and “women faint”. The family had a recording of the Rev. Horne and his late wife singing the old hymn “There is a Better Land“.

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Imagine the impact in 1890 of listening to the funeral sermon of the deceased – recorded in his own voice; the shock in 1890 of hearing the recorded voices of he & his wife singing their funeral hymn – the poignant, personal remarks in his sermon – again recorded in his own voice. No doubt, that would have been the “Most Impressive Funeral Service Ever Held”.

Click Here to read the entire story: Charlotte (NC) News 15 March 1890.

GenealogyBank has thousands of funeral sermons – elegies, memorials etc. Many of these are full digital copies and others are the full sermon or excerpts that appeared in the newspapers.
Here are some typical examples of what you will find in GenealogyBank.
Harris, Thaddeus Mason, (1768-1842). A tribute of filial respect, to the memory of his mother, in a discourse, delivered at Dorchester, Feb. 8, 1801, the Lord’s day after her decease. Charlestown, MA: Printed by Samuel Etheridge, 1801. 20p.
The biographical and genealogical details of the late Rebekah (Mason) Wait (1738-1801) begin on page 16. We learn that she was born on 28 Dec 1738 – the daughter of Thaddeus Mason “of Cambridge, who survives her, in his 95th year.”

On page 17 we learn that she was married twice. She married her first husband, William Harris of Cambridge, MA on 20 Aug 1767. He died 30 Oct 1778. She married her second husband, Samuel Wait of Malden, MA on 2 Mar 1780. She died on 2 Feb 1801 “leaving behind her a widowed husband and five children (four by her first marriage and one by the second) to mourn their loss.”

Maxcy, Jonathan, (1768-1820). A funeral sermon, occasioned by the death of Mr. John Sampson Bobo a member of the Junior Class in the South-Carolina College, who was unfortunately drowned in the Congress River, near Columbia. Columbia, SC: Faust, 1819. 16p.

Moore, Martin, (1790-1866). Death of the saints precious in God’s sight a sermon delivered in Natick, June 13, 1819, occasioned by the death of Mrs. Hannah Coolidge, wife of Mr. William Coolidge, aetatis 40. Dedham, MA: Mann, 1819. 15p.

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So, this couple just had a baby ….

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I met a couple with a new baby boy.

They decided to name him for his mother’s brother –

They call him: Uncle.


Not only does GenealogyBank.com have over 130 million obituaries and death records it has tens of millions of birth announcements as well.

What will you find?
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Passenger Lists to America

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Newspapers routinely published the list of passengers on board ships bound to and from America. Here are just a few examples of the thousands of passenger lists published in newspapers that can be found in GenealogyBank.

Newspapers published not just lists of immigrants coming to America but also regularly published passenger lists of American’s going overseas; American’s returning home to the US and American’s traveling within the United States by ship.

Notice in this example from the Irish-American newspaper, The Shamrock (17 Aug 1816) – published in New York City – that these passengers left from the port of Sligo, Ireland on board the brig Juno and landed in New London, CT. There they boarded the “sloop MacDonough” which in turn set sail for New York City – where they arrived on 16 August 1816.

This pre-1820 passenger list tells us that these immigrants landed twice on their trip to America, that they took two ships to finally reach their destination – an alert that their names will appear on two different passenger lists. Once on the passenger list for the brig Juno that landed in New London, CT and again on the passenger list for the sloop MacDonough that landed in New York City.

Notice also that this passenger list gives the hometown or county of origin of each passenger. Critical information that is almost never given in the Federal post-1820 passenger lists.

Tip: Passenger lists were not collected by the government until 1820 – these early lists can be difficult if not impossible to find. Newspapers are a terrific source for Colonial passenger lists.

Click on these links to see a few examples of the thousands of passenger lists, published in newspapers that can be found in GenealogyBank.

Passenger Lists of Columbus, GA
3 April 1894. Steamer Queen City.
Columbus (GA) Daily Inquirer. 3 April 1894.

Passenger Lists New Orleans, LA
20 February 1869. Steamship Crescent City. From New York City.
Times Picayune. 20 February 1869.
23 October 1872. Steamship Saxonia. Left for Hamburg (Germany) by way of Havana (Cuba), Santander (Spain) and Havre (France).
Times Picayune. 23 October 1872. p. 1
29 April 1873. Steamship John G. Meiggs. Left for Aspinwall (Panama); Port Limon (Costa Rica); and Havanna (Cuba).
Times Picayune. 29 April 1873. p. 8
25 August 1875. Steamship City of Merida. Arrived from Vera Cruz, Tuxpan, and Tampico – all ports in Mexico.
Times Picayune. 25 August 1875. p. 1

Passenger Lists New York City, NY
11 June 1819. Ship Amity. Left for Liverpool (England)
Philadelphia Inquirer. 12 June 1819. p. 3
11 June 1819. Ship Atlantic. From Liverpool (England)
Philadelphia Inquirer. 12 June 1819. p. 3
11 June 1819. Ship Magnet. From Liverpool (England)
Philadelphia Inquirer. 12 June 1819. p. 3
12 June 1848. Steamship Washington. From Southampton (England), by way of Halifax (Nova Scotia).
New York Herald. 16 Jan 1848. p. 2

Passenger Lists Philadelphia, PA
5 Nov 1881. Steamship City of Savannah. Departed for Savannah (Georgia).
Philadelphia Inquirer. 7 Nov 1881. p. 2
13 July 1883. Steamship Niagara. Marine Disaster. Burned off the coast of Florida.
Philadelphia Inquirer. 14 July 1883. p. 1
23 June 1891. Steamship Polynesia. Enroute from Hamburg, Germany.
Philadelphia Inquirer. 23 June 1891. p. 4
10 September 1901. Steamship Alleghany. Enroute from the South.
Philadelphia Inquirer. 10 September 1901. p. 16

Passenger Lists San Francisco, CA
6 September 1871.
San Francisco Bulletin. 6 September 1871. p. 3

Click here to download and search the complete 1819/1820 Passenger List for all US ports. This free resource is a good example of genealogical content in the historical newspapers, books and documents that can be found in GenealogyBank.
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Index to Early Philadelphia Obituaries – Public Ledger 1836

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These early Philadelphia (PA) deaths were recorded in the Public Ledger, an early Philadelphia newspaper.

Click on the links in the index citations to read each person’s obituary.
Public Ledger. 25 Mar 1836
Eure, Jonas. (-1836)
Hendel, William B. (-1836)
McClaskey, James. (1775-1836)
Talcott, Samuel Austin (1789-1836)
Taynton, Luther. (1791-1836)
Townsend, Edwin. (1832-1836)
Townsend, Maria. (1833-1836)

Public Ledger. 26 Mar 1836
Wooldridge, Jane. (1821-1836)

Public Ledger. 29 Mar 1836
Bewley, William. (-1836)
Chauncey, Susan N. (-1836)
Evans, Charles H. (1799-1836)
Fleu, Ann. (1824-1836)
Mapother, John. (1751-1836)
Russell, Jas. W. (1805-1836)
Turner, Ann. (wife of John). (-1836)

Public Ledger. 30 Mar 1836
Dempsey, John. (1835-1836)
Fassitt, Thomas. (1776-1836)
McArthur, Catherine. (1834-1836)

Sevelinque, Joseph. (1784-1836)
Watson, Elizabeth (wife of David). (1784-1836)

Public Ledger. 31 Mar 1836
Geiger, George. (1796-1836)
Harrison, Henry K. (1801-1836)
Murphy, Mary (wife of Daniel). (1792-1836)
Neville, Adelaide Olivia. (1829-1836)
Stevenson, John & Mrs. Stevenson. (-1836)

Nantucket, MA Newspapers 1816-1849 Now Online

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GenealogyBank has put the Nantucket, Massachusetts archive of historical newspapers: 1816-1849 online.

Click here to search Nantucket, Massachusetts Newspapers 1816-1849 online

Or click on the individual titles below to search a specific Nantucket, MA newspaper:
Inquirer and Mirror 1822-1832
Nantucket Gazette 1816-1817
Nantucket Inquirer 1821-1849

TIP: Other Handy Massachusetts Sites:
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Click Here to Search All Massachusetts Newspapers 1690-1975
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Massachusetts Death Records
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GenealogyBank expanding coverage of 9 newspapers from 9 states

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GenealogyBank adds more newspapers and obituaries daily – expanding its coverage in response to the requests of genealogists.

In the months ahead GenealogyBank will be expanding it’s coverage of 9 newspapers from 9 states.

If you have specific newspapers or towns that you would like to see us add or expand our coverage – then write me at: tkemp@newsbank.com and tell us what historical newspapers you would like to see.

Click on the links below and begin searching this new content now.

Press-Register (Mobile, Alabama) 1821-1992
Forthcoming title

Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, Georgia) 1792-1993
Currently live with 1822-1830

Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana) 1837-1988
Currently live with 1837-1923

Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts) 1850-1987
Currently live with 1861-1910

Times (Trenton, New Jersey) 1883-1993
Currently live with 1883-1922

Plain-Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) 1845-1991
Currently live with 1914-1922

Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 1850-1987
Currently live with 1861-1922

Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas) 1885-1984
Currently Live with 1885-1977

Seattle Times (Seattle, Washington) 1896-1984
Currently Live with 1916-1918

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