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• 1620 Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock • 1622 Province of Maine granted to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Capt. John Mason • 1623 First permanent settlement in New Hampshire • 1633-35 First settlers arrive in Connecticut • 1636 Roger Williams settles in Providence, RI • 1636 Harvard University becomes...
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Connecticut • Town clerks began recording vital records in 1650. • Military census exists for 1917. • Probate, court and cemetery records are located at the Connecticut State Library. Maine • The Maine Old Cemetery Association is indexing cemetery transcripts. • Probate records relating to wills, adoptions and guardianships...
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Treat online sources no differently than you would a record you acquired from a research repository or by writing for it. The "repository" in this case is the Web, and a CD-ROM is similar to a book. Say you found a census image online. Follow the same procedure you...
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New England Archivists: Archives in New England www.lib.umb.edu/newengarch/nearch.html Contains a list of archives arranged by state. • Connecticut GenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~ctgenweb Links to county pages and a list of Connecticut research helps. • Maine GenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~megenweb Links to state and county resources. •...
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• Map Collections: 1544-1999 lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/ Library of Congress' collection of American maps. • Migrations.org www.migrations.org Links to online migration and genealogical sources, plus searchable database that collects and analyzes migration data and provides migration patterns for genealogical, historical and educational research. • Orphan Train...
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• The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 by Robert Charles Anderson, 3 volumes (NEHGS, $99.99) • The Great Migration Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 by Robert Charles Anderson, 6 volumes to be published, first 2 available at press time (NEHGS, $45 per volume) • Genealogical Research...
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More places to explore the depths of online passenger data: On The Trail of Our Ancestors www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy/shipind.htm 17th- and 18th-century passenger lists to Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists Research Guide home.att.net/~arnielang/shipgide.html Excellent research guide from the Genealogical Society of Bergen...
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Before you visit, drop by the virtual home of the National Archives, www.archives.gov. This recently redesigned site offers lots of helpful information about the archives, its holdings and how to prepare for an on-site visit. Highlights include: a virtual Research Room for genealogists an alphabetical index to...
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Massachusetts • American Antiquarian Society 185 Salisbury St. Worcester, MA 01609 (508) 755-5221 www.americanantiquarian.org • Boston Public Library 700 Boylston St. Boston, MA 02116 (617) 536-5400 www.bpl.org • New England Historic Genealogical Society 101 Newbury St. Boston, MA 02116 (617) 536-5740 www.newenglandancestors.org Web...
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