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Subject: [TXBOWIE] What are the GenWeb Archives?
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 20:09:04 EDT

What are the archives anyway?
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/#about

The USGenWeb Archives are a "virtual library" of historical documents that
have been transcribed and donated by folks like you.

In The USGenWeb Archives you may find items such as wills, obituaries,
letters, biographical sketches, county and township histories, census,
cemeteries, etc.

The Archives are housed by RootsWeb with unlimited space for data storage.

Types of files for the Archives include:


Federal Census (free, slave, mortality, agriculture, veterans... schedules)

State Census

Vital Records (1) marriage (2) birth (3) death (4) divorce

Court records (county, federal, civil, circuit, probate....)

Church records (history, members lists, baptisms...)

Bible Records

Newspapers (obits, marriage & birth announcements, local events...)

Prison Records (got some proven moonshiners in my tree)

Military Records (rosters, muster rolls, service records, pension
applications...)

1.Revolutionary

2.Civil War,

3.Indian Wars

4.Mexican

5.Spanish-American

6.War of 1812

7.WWI

8.WWII

9.Korean

10.Viet Nam

11.Persian Gulf

Land Records (deeds, land transfers, federal land grants, surveyor's
records...)

Tax Records (land, property, state, federal, local....)

Local Histories

Local Directories (phone books, old county and city directories....)

Occupational (?) (Inspector's reports, Accident reports, railroad
reports, company newsletters....)

Educational (?) (school histories, newsletters, KY's school census,
yearbooks)

Cemeteries

Deeds/grants

Misc*

Newspapers/obits

Ship Lists

Tax lists

Wills

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/bowie/bowitoc.htm

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