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Subject: [GRANNYS-NA-PANTRY] Trial Databases
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 21:10:55 EDT
NORTH ADAMS, PENNSYLVANIA DIRECTORIES, 1890-93
Located in central Pennsylvania, the city of North Adams is part of
Centre County. This database is a transcription of city directories
originally published in 1890, 1891, and 1893. In addition to providing
the residents' names, it provides their addresses and occupational
information. The database includes more than 16,800 names, mostly heads
of household.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. "North Adams, Pennsylvania
Directories, 1890-93." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.
Original Data:
"North Adams, PA, 1890-91." North Adams, PA: R. S. Dillon & Co., 1890.
"North Adams, PA, 1891-92." North Adams, PA: James T. Larkin, 1891.
"North Adams, PA, 1893." North Adams, PA: James T. Larkin, 1893.
To search this database, go to
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5049.htm.
This database is also included in the 1890 Census Reconstruction Project
and can be searched through its main page at
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/1890sub/main.htm.
MARYSBOROUGH SOUTH, PRINCE EDWARD DISTRICT, ONTARIO CENSUS, 1881
This database has more than 2,100 entries. Each entry has the full name,
age, birthplace, religion, and occupation of each resident in the census
subdistrict of Marsborough South (F) in the census district of Prince
Edward (#119) in 1881. The database includes the National Archives film
number, division number, page number, entry number, and family number to
help researchers obtain a copy of the original record, if desired.
Source Information: Hewitt, Doneen, comp. "Marysborough South, Prince
Edward District, Ontario, Canada Census, 1901." [database online] Provo,
UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-.
Original Data: Government of Canada. "1901 Canada National Census."
Canada: Canada National Archives, 1901.
To search this database, go to
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5069.htm.
TEXAS MARRIAGES, 1851-1900 (Update adding Erath County)
Establishing an important family relationship, marriage records can be
among the most informative type of record available to family
historians. This database is a collection of marriage records from eight
counties in Texas in the latter half of the 19th century. This update
now adds marriage records from Erath County to the counties of Comanche,
Denton, Frio, Hunt, Kendall, Rains, and Somervell. Taken from microfilm
copies of original county documents, each record provides spouses'
names, marriage date, and county of residence. The database contains the
names of more than 50,000 men and women.
Source Information: Dodd, Jordan and Liahona Research, comp. "Texas
Marriages, 1851-1900." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com. 2000.
Original Data: "Erath County, Texas Marriages, 1868-1900." County court
records located at Stephenville, Texas, or Family History Library
microfilm #1026025-1026027.
To search this database, go to
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4325.htm.
MASSACHUSETTS SPANISH AMERICAN WAR RECORDS
This database contains records of the 8th Massachusetts Infantry Roll of
Honor in the Spanish American War. In every war the percentage of deaths
from disease is greater than that of deaths on the battlefield, and the
Spanish American War was no exception. Of the hundreds of young men from
Massachusetts who volunteered and answered the call of President
McKinley for troops, 292 were called upon to sacrifice their lives for
their country. Of this number, only nine died on the battlefield; the
remaining 283 died of disease or met with death in an accidental manner.
Source Information: Graden, Debra, comp. "Massachusetts, Spanish
American War." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-.
Original Data: Harry E. Webber, comp. "Twelve Months with the Eighth
Massachusetts Infantry in the Service of the United States." Newcomb &
Gauss, Printers, Salem, Mass., 1908.
To search this database, go to
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5070.htm.
FLORIDA TIMES UNION (JACKSONVILLE) OBITUARIES, 1999
Source Information: Bell and Howell Information and Learning Company.
"Florida Times Union (Jacksonville) Obituaries, 1999." [database online]
Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.
Original Data: Electronic newspaper newsfeed service of the Bell and
Howell Information and Learning Company.
To search this database, go to
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4352.htm.
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