Saturday, May 23, 2009

Caithness family history. (1884) Online.

John Henderson's Caithness family history is online. In addition to Caithness this Scottish family history includes information on the following families: Bruce; Budge; Calder; Campbell; Coghill; Cunningham; Davidson; Doull; Dunbar; Gibson; Gordon; Gunn; Henderson; Innes; Kennedy; Manson; Mowat; Murray; Nicholson; Oswald; Sinclair; St. Clair; Sutherland; Taylor; Traill; Williamson.

Click on the title to access this online book.

Henderson, John. Caithness family history. Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1884. 341p.

Genealogical Advertiser. 1898-1901 (magazine) Online

Lucy Hall Greenlaw published The Genealogical Advertiser: A Quarterly Magazine of Family History from 1898 to 1901.

The complete backfile of issues is now online.

These free digital copies are every word searchable.

You may download and keep a copy of each issue.

The Genealogical Advertiser: A Quarterly Magazine of Family History. Cambridge, MA: Lucy Hall Greenlaw, 1898 to 1901.

Click on the volume to see or download this online genealogy magazine.
Volume One - 1898. 5 issues

Volume Two - 1899. 5 issues

Volume Three - 1900. 5 issues

Volume Four - 1901. 4 issues

History of Billerica, Massachusetts (1893) Online


Hazen's History of Billerica, Massachusetts is now online. This free digital copy is every word searchable. You may download and keep a copy of this book.

Hazen, Henry Allen, (1849-1900). History of Billerica, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical register. Boston, MA: Williams, 1893. 509p.

Click on the title to access this online book.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Massachusetts Library - Genealogy Program

Thayer Public Library, 798 Washington St., Braintree, Massachusetts.
For more information, call 781-848-0405 x4420 or visit www.thayerpubliclibrary.net

Program: Discovering Your Ancestry Using the Internet
Speaker: Michael Brophy
When: Saturday, April 4, from 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
Cost: Free and open to the public.

The most popular and useful features of www.newenglandancestors.org, www.familysearch.org, and www.genealogybank.com and other Internet resources will be discussed.

New England Ancestors is the database of the 150+ year old New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Family search is the website of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, UT.

Cyndi’s list is the most powerful search engine on the Internet for high quality genealogy databases and subjects.

Genealogy Bank is a fast growing website that contains one of the best newspaper collections on the Internet.

No prior knowledge is necessary.
You do not have to be a resident of Braintree to attend.

Passenger Lists: 1819-1820 passenger list (all ports) now free online

Passenger Lists: 1819-1820 passenger list (all ports) now free online.

See: http://www.genealogybank.com/free/

This is an important list as it gives info on deaths at sea & other family data. You can also not only the ships/passengers coming from overseas but see passengers from one US port to another US port - with their ages, home state/city locations etc.