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#88 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources Additions to Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition
An Ancestral Lines Pairing System: Uniquely Numbering Each Ancestral Line, Generation, Pairing and Sibling
A Note from the Editor: Historical Markers of Massachusetts
MURDER? At the St. James
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Canada
'Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present.'
Accessing Records From a Distance
Canadian Church Records
Canadian Materials in the NEHGS Circulating Library
Did Your Ancestor Get Religion?
Finding Clues to Immigrant Origins
Identifying the Old Country Origins of Your New Brunswick Irish Ancestor
Introducing the Canadian Genealogy Centre
Introduction to French-Canadian Research
Loyalist Settlers of Atlantic Canada
Microfilm Resources for Nova Scotia Research at NEHGS
New Brunswick Repositories: Archives of the Diocese of Saint John
New Brunswick Resources at NEHGS
Nova Scotia Resources at NEHGS
Shamrocks Among the Fleurs de Lis: The Hidden Treasures of Drouin’s Acadian French-Catholic Church Records Collection
Sources for Canadian Research on Microfilm at NEHGS
St. Albans Passenger Arrival Records
The American-Canadian Genealogical Society Library
The Drouin Institute
The Name Game – Tips for Finding the Real Names of French-Canadian Ancestors
The Programme de Recherche en Démographie Historique (PDRH)
Travelogues as a Resource for Family Historians
Using Manuscript Collections in Your Research
Vital Records in Québec
Web Resources for Canadian Research, Part 2
Web Resources for Canadian Research: Governmental Agencies
Connecticut
An Annotated Table of Contents for Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages
Books for the Connecticut Researcher
Books for the Connecticut Researcher, Part 2
Congregational Church Records in Connecticut
Connecticut Microfilms at NEHGS, Part 1
Connecticut Microfilms at NEHGS, Part 2
Connecticut Oral History Interviews: An Untapped Resource for Genealogists
Connecticut Vital Records
Connecticut Women: Not Completely Hidden from History, Part I: Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Women
Connecticut Women: Not Completely Hidden from History:Part II: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Women
Connecticut's Barbour Collection of Vital Records
Histories of Connecticut Written Since 1960
Manuscript Family Records in Connecticut
Probate Records in Connecticut
Research in Connecticut Cities and Towns, Part II: Hartford: The Connecticut Historical Society
Research in Connecticut Towns: Part I: Records Kept in Connecticut Town Halls
The 1790 Connecticut Census
The Barbour Collection – What’s In It and What’s Not
England
English Origins and Sources I
English Origins and Sources II
English Origins and Sources III
English Origins and Sources IV
My Name is Wood: The Woods of Halifax
Origins of RaynerReyner
Records of the London Carpenters' Company
Sources and Methods — the Origins of Whitham, Whittam, Whitwam, Whitwham and Witham
The British 19th Century Surname Atlas
The English Poll Taxes, 1377-1381
The Kayes of Woodsome
The Origin of Jessop and Its Variants
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: _____ Ely
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Abraham Pierce
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Anthony Savory
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Austen Nicholas
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Christopher Wadsworth
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Clement Briggs
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Constant Southworth
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edmond Flood
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edmund Chandler
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edmund Margesson
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Ashley
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Bangs
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Bumpas
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Burcher aka Vircher
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Foster
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Holman
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Leister
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Shaw
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Thompson
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Elias Story
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Francis Eaton
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Francis Sprague
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Francis Weston
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: George Foster
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: George Soule
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: George Watson
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Henry Cobb
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Henry Rowley
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Hugh Stacy
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: James Cole
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: James Rand
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: James Steward
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Adams
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Barnes
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Beaven
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Bowman
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Bursley
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John CannonCarman
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Cooke
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Doane
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Faunce
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Goodman
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Holmes
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Jenny
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Langmore
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Rigsdale
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Shaw
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Smith
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Thorpe
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Turner
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Whiston
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Josias Cooke
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Myles Standish
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Phineas Pratt
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Ralph Wallen
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Richard Clark
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Richard Gardiner
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Richard Greene
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Richard Lanckford
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Richard Sears
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Richard Sparrow
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Robert Barker
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Robert Bartlett
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Robert Long
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Robert Mendum
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Robert Ratcliffe
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Roger Wilder
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Samuel Nash
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Stephen Deane
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas Blossom
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas Brian
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas Clark
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas English
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas Flavell
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas Little
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas Morton
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas Pope
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas Savory
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas Symons
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas Tilden
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas Tinker
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Walter Harris
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Walter Woodworth
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Webb Adey
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Baker
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Bassett
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Beale
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Bennett
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Bridges
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Conner
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Gilson
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Heard
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Holbeck
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Holmes
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Honywell
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Mendlove
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Morrell
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Palmer
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Phips
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Pitt
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Pontus
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Richards
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Sherman
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Tench
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Wright
Holland
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Constant Southworth
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Degory Priest
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Desire Minter
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Fuller
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Tilley
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: George Foster
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: George Morton
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Godbert Godbertson
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Humility Cooper
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Isaac Allerton
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Isaac Robinson
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: James Hurst
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Allerton
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Carver
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Dunham
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Hooke
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Jenny
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Turner
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Joseph Rogers
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Moses Fletcher
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Moses SimonsonSimmons
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Myles Standish
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Richard Masterson
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Robert Cushman
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Robert Long
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Samuel Fuller
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Samuel Fuller (son of Edward)
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Stephen Tracy
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas Blossom
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas Cushman
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas English
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas Morton
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas Rogers
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas Southworth
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas Tinker
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Bassett
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Bradford
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Brewster
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William White
Ireland
Catholic Records and their Use in Irish Research
Getting Started: Irish American Genealogical Research
Identifying the Origin of Your Irish Immigrant Ancestor
Notes on the Correspondence to Mary E. Welch, 1859-1881
O’s By many Other Names: Common Myths About Irish Surnames
Transcending the Myth of Irish-American Experience: Inishowen Immigrants in Woburn, Massachusetts
Researching Ancestors in Ireland from 1850 to 1901
The Use of Indexes in Irish Research
Research Services Tales
Patrick Kennedy of Dunganstown, co. Wexford, Great-Grandfather of the President
Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Milford, Massachusetts, Giving Exact Place of Origin in Ireland
Murphys and Barrons of Cloonagh, Parish of Owenduff, Co. Wexford: Further Ancestors of President John F. Kennedy
Maine
Deaths and Funerals at Brooksville, Maine: Recorded in the Nineteenth-Century Diary of Margaret (Lord) Varnum
Genealogical Research in Brooksville, Penobscot Bay Region, Maine
Genealogical Research in Maine's Oldest County
Longfellows of Maine
Maine Soldiers in the Civil War
Maine Superior Court Records
Marriages Performed by the Rev. Josiah Winship, Woolwich Church, Maine (1765- 1821)
Pownalborough Courthouse Collection at the Maine Historical Society
Read All About It! Maine Newspaper Collections
Research in North-Central Maine
Research Report: The Pursuit of the Nathan Longfellow Family
Research Services Tales
Researching in Machias, Maine
Ship Registers and Enrollments of the Custom District of Machias, Maine
The Ira Farnham Papers
The Maine Old Cemetery Association
Massachusetts
Ancestral History in Massachusetts
Boston in Print, Part 2: Town Records and Annexed Lands
Boston in Print, Part Three: Cemeteries, Probate and Land Records, Other Sources
Cemetery Records in Massachusetts
Church Records in Massachusetts
Coming Home to New England: Creating a Family History Itinerary
County Resources in Massachusetts
Family History Research in Massachusetts
Finding Massachusetts Vital Records
Hunting for Salem Witches in Your Family Tree
Learn About Your Ancestors Through Local History
New Resources for Massachusetts Researchers
Nineteenth-Century Beers Atlases and Local Maps on CD-ROM
Often-Overlooked Repositories of Massachusetts
People-Locators: Census and Tax Records and City Directories
Peter Bulkeley: Deacon and Co-Founder of Concord, Massachusetts
Phebe Kimmens and the “Hidden” Family of Ebenezer Dunton of Southborough, Massachusetts
Researching in Boston's Back Bay: The Boston Public Library and the Massachusetts Historical Society
Researching People in Boston: Boston in Print - Part One, Vital Records and Church Records
Resources for Researching Massachusetts Slaves and Slaveholders
Three Little-Known Massachusetts Organizations: The Historic Bostons' Partnership, the Boston History Collaborative, and the Bay State Historical League
Trouble in the Family: Researching Massachusetts Institutions for the Poor, Mentally Ill, Chronically Ill, and Disabled - Part 1
Trouble in the Family: Researching Massachusetts Institutions for the Poor, Mentally Ill, Chronically Ill, and Disabled, Part 2
“Almost-Mayflower” Descendants in the Carolinas
Applying for Membership in the Mayflower Society
Book Review: Mayflower Bastard: A Stranger Among the Pilgrims, by David Lindsay
Bringing Early Plymouth to Life at Plimoth Plantation
Part 1: The Society of Mayflower Descendants: Who they are, where to find them, how to apply
Part II: Who Came on the Mayflower: Separating the Facts from the Myths
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: ____ Ford
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: _____ Ely
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: ______ Rogers
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: ______ Rowland
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Abraham Pierce
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Anthony Annable
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Anthony Savory
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Austen Nicholas
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Bennett Morgan
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Christopher Conant
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Christopher Martin
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Christopher Wadsworth
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Clement Briggs
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Constant Southworth
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Daniel Ray
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Degory Priest
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Desire Minter
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edmond Flood
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edmund Chandler
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edmund Margesson
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Ashley
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Bangs
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Bumpas
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Burcher aka Vircher
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward DotyDoteyDoten
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Foster
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Fuller
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Holman
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Leister
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Shaw
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Thompson
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Tilley
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Edward Winslow
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Elias Story
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Ellen More
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Experience Mitchell
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Francis Cooke
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Francis Eaton
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Francis Sprague
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Francis Weston
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: George Foster
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: George Morton
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: George Soule
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: George Watson
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Gilbert Winslow
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Godbert Godbertson
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Henry Cobb
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Henry Howland
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Henry Rowley
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Henry Samson
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Hugh Stacy
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Humility Cooper
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Humphrey Turner
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Isaac Allerton
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Isaac Robinson
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: James Cole
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: James Hurst
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: James Rand
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: James Steward
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Jasper More
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Job Cole
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Adams
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Alden
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Allerton
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Barnes
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Beaven
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Billington
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Bowman
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Brown
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Bursley
Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John CannonCarman
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New Hampshire
Cemetery Research in New Hampshire
Did Your Ancestor Really Remove to New Hampshire in the 1700s?
Early New Hampshire Town Records
Genealogical Resources at New Hampshire State Archives
Genealogical Resources in the New Hampshire State Library
New Hampshire Census Records
New Hampshire Church Records
New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers
New Hampshire Town and County Development
New Hampshire Town and County Development, Part II
New Hampshire Town Histories and Genealogies
New Hampshire Town Histories, Part Three
New Hampshire Town Histories, Part Two
New Hampshire: Resources for Vital Records
New Happenings at New Hampshire Vital Records
Researching Court Records in New Hampshire
The Tuck Library at the New Hampshire Historical Society
New York
An Easier Way to Obtain New York State Vital Records
Bounty Lands in the Military Tract in Post-Revolutionary War New York State
County Historians for the State of New York
Earliest Records of Western New York State
Early Nineteenth-Century Welsh Immigrants in Upper New York State
Early Palatine Families of New York
Early Vital Records of New York State: the Work of Fred Q. Bowman
From France to New York - The Story of Three Sisters Named Marie
Getting to Know the Lay of the Land Using New York State Gazetteers
Historical Newspaper Research for New York State Ancestors
New York City Research Guide, Part One: Vital Records, Property Records, and Estate Records
New York City Research Guide, Part Three: Censuses, Cemetery Records, Military Records, Newspapers, and Libraries
New York City Research Guide, Part Two: Naturalization and Immigration Records, Court Records, Religious Records, and City Directories
New York State Cemeteries: A Finding Aid
New York State Census Records
New York State Council of Genealogical Organizations (NYSCOGO)
New York State Vital Records: The Legacy of Gertrude Audrey Barber
New York's Failed Annexation of Vermont
Records of the Holland Land Company
Settlers of the Beekman Patent in 18th-Century Dutchess County, New York
The Brown Tract
The Development of Prattsburg, New York
The Erie Canal: “Mother of Cities”
The Holland Purchase: Pioneer Settlements in Western New York State
The Phelps-Gorham Purchase
The Union Preserved : A Guide to Civil War Records in the New York State Archives
The Vosburgh Collection of Congregational Church Records
Upstate New York Research Still Difficult, but Getting Easier
Web Resources for New York State Research
Rhode Island
A Few Basic Tools for Rhode Island Research
A Guide to Genealogical Research in Rhode Island
A Picture Perfect Past: Finding Rhode Island Family Portraits
A Rhode Island Research Directory
Across the Border: Rhode Islanders and Pancho Villa
All the News Fit To Print: Rhode Island Newspapers
Eighteenth Century Divorce in Rhode Island
Finding A Revolutionary War Ancestor In Rhode Island
Finding Scoundrels in Rhode Island
Help Wanted: Researching the Employment History of Your Ancestors
Locating Ancestral Homesteads in Rhode Island
Mapping Rhode Island
Religious Records in Rhode Island
Rhode Island Biographical Resources
Rhode Island Colonial Population Estimates
Rhode Island in the War of 1812
Rhode Island Local and State Censuses
Rhode Island Military Artifact Figures in Case of The Missing Burnside Sword
Rhode Island Soldiers in the Civil War - Books and Resources
Rhode Island Vital Records
Spotlight on the Providence Public Library
Summer Reading for Rhode Island Researchers, Part One
Summer Reading for Rhode Island Researchers, Part Two
The Index to Providence, Rhode Island Probate Database on NewEnglandAncestors.org
The Rhode Island Cemetery Database
The Rhode Island Federal Census
They Went in All Directions: Rhode Islanders On the Move
Tracking Your Twentieth-Century Rhode Island Relatives
Using Arnold’s Vital Record of Rhode Island — In Print and Online
Westward Ho
With Pen in Hand: Rhode Island Manuscripts
Vermont
A Genealogical Guide to Essential Printed Resources for Vermont
Access to Vermont Newspapers
Adoption by Law
Counting the People: Using Vermont Census Records
Genealogies in Vermont Town Histories, Part Four
Genealogies in Vermont Town Histories, Part One
Genealogies in Vermont Town Histories, Part Three
Genealogies in Vermont Town Histories, Part Two
Migration: A Story of Vermont Before 1850
The Vermont Court System: An Historical Overview (Part 1)
The Vermont Court System: An Historical Overview (Part 2)
Vermont Military Records
Vermont Probate Records
Vermont Research Facilities Part 2: State of Vermont General Services and Records Center
Vermont Research Facilities, Part 1: The Vermont History Center
Vermont Research Facilities, Part Three
Vermont Vital Records: A First Stop for Genealogists
Vermont Warnings Out