Focusing on genealogy research with emphasis on New York State
To celebrate Veterans’ Day, Ancestry.com is providing free access to its Military Records from now until 11:59 p.m. on November 12.
There are over 250 million military records on the website that cover all the wars. There are items such as World War I draft cards, service records and prisoner and casualty lists.
To get started searching these records, go to: https://www.ancestry.com/cs/honor?cj=1&netid=cj&o_xid=0008349978&o_lid=0008349978&o_sch=Affiliate+External
Two free genealogy webinars are scheduled for this Wednesday, November 7.
Legacy Family Tree Webinars will present “Using Voting and Election Records to Find Your Ancestor” at 2 p.m. Our ancestors voted in local, state and federal government elections. Many of our local, state and national archives, libraries and genealogical societies have election and voting records that could help genealogists find their ancestors. These records could include the polling places where your ancestor voted and even your ancestor’s signature.
To register, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8439544877642620161
Minnesota Genealogical Society will present “Using Free Online Services to Map Your Ancestors” at 8 p.m. See how to build interactive and attractive-looking maps of places our ancestors lived, which can provide additional insights about their lives. The webinar will introduce free, mostly online mapping services and show how to combine old maps from various timeframes, current maps, and location information (from gedcom files, grave databases, land owners registers, etc.).
To register, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5411967044343401731
To celebrate National Native American Heritage month, Fold3 is offering free access to its Native American collection through November 15. You need to create a free account on Fold3 to access the collections.
Titles in this collection include:
*Ratified Indian Treaties (1722-1869): This collection contains ratified treaties that occurred between tribes and the US government.
*Indian Census Rolls (1885-1940): Only persons who maintained a formal affiliation with a tribe under Federal supervision are listed on these census rolls.
*Dawes Packets: In 1893, President Grover Cleveland appointed the Dawes Commission to negotiate with members of the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes. They were promised an allotment of land if they recognized Federal law and abolished tribal governments. The Dawes records are applications from individuals in these five tribes to establish eligibility.
*Dawes Enrollment Cards (1898-1914): The Dawes Commission recorded information about family groups within the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole nations.
*Eastern Cherokee Applications (1906-1909): Applications submitted for shares of the money that was appropriated for the Eastern Cherokee Indians by Congress on June 30, 1906.
*Enrollment of Eastern Cherokee by Guion Miller (1908-1910): The US Court of Claims appointed Guion Miller to determine who was eligible for funds under the treaties between the US and the Eastern Cherokee. An estimated 90,000 applicants provided family genealogies to document tribal connections.
*Cherokee Indian Agency, TN (1801-1835): This collection contains the records of the agent of Indian Affairs in Tennessee, including correspondence, agency letter books, fiscal records, records of the Agent for Cherokee Removal, and miscellaneous records.
To start searching, go to: https://go.fold3.com/native_americans_records
The German Genealoy Group has recently added a new index to its database collection.
The Seaman’s Fund and Retreat, Register of Deaths, Oct. 21, 1831 – Feb. 26, 1874, has 3,129 records
It is an index to a register of deaths recorded at the Seaman’s Fund and Retreat and its successor, the Marine Hospital, on Staten Island. It gives the date of death, the cause of death, age, birthplace, and comments.
These records can be viewed onsite, by appointment, and scans can be requested for a fee. When contacting the National Archives, please provide the Name, Date and Page Number.
To make an appointment to view these records or to obtain reproductions please contact:
National Archives at New York
One Bowling Green, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10004
212-401-1620
Email: newyork.archives@nara.gov
To begin searching the index, go to: www.germangenealogygroup.com and click on Databases Searches and then select Death Records.
