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Genealogy
News
Emerald Ancestors Web Site
"Emerald Ancestors provides instant access to one of the largest collections of
Irish genealogy records available, as well as a range of rare Irish history book
reprints."
"We specialize in Irish Ancestry within Northern Ireland and our extensive
database contains birth, marriage, death, and census records for over 1 million
Ancestors in Counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone."
"Use our free search facility to trace that elusive Irish Ancestor, or browse
our bookstore of historical documents for contemporary accounts of the people,
places and ways of life over the last 200 years."
http://www.emeraldancestors.com/index.asp
NOTE TO RESEARCHERS
NEW website tells 1718 Ulster migration story
"A new website has been created by the Ulster-Scots Agency which tells the story
of the first organized migration of Ulster people to the New England colonies in
north America."
"The website has been pioneered by Ulster-Scots Agency Board member
Dr. Linde Lunney. The new website will provide invaluable initial help to people
on both sides of the Atlantic who wish to trace their family roots and has been
produced in association with the Ulster Historical Foundation, the Centre for
Migration Studies, and the Institute of Ulster-Scots Studies. It has sections on
genealogy, as well as links to further information on travel and on Ulster and
Scottish heritage."
NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: One of our Boyd researchers, Colin Brooks, has done
and continues to do extensive research concerning the Scotch-Irish/Ulster Scots
immigrants to America. As a descendant of the Londonderry, NH 1718 emigrants,
Colin has worked with Dr. Lunney to convince the powers-that-be in Ireland that
the web site would have a positive effect on the American side of the ocean, and
it would open more doors for Ulster researchers and the Ulster-Scots Agency to
make inroads to the American researchers. Colin is also the author and
contributor of the last seven pages of the web site, which included everything
from the landing in America to current American research.
For those interested in the Ulster Migration, Colin has added the following to
his continuous extensive research of the migration:
"James Boyd-grocer of Coleraine, N. Ireland and Portsmouth, New Hampshire and
father to Mary (Boyd) MacGregor (1723-1793), wife to Reverend David MacGregor,
has been identified as an 1718 emigrant. James Boyd is mentioned in Connelly's
manuscript written in late 1718 as being "gone to America". James can then be
found in the York County, Maine court records in 1719 in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire. A written agreement in 1717 between James Boyd and Hugh Orr BOTH of
Coleraine, N. Ireland and bearing the red wax seal of BOYD is the only known
physical article found in America related to the 1718 emigration. That agreement
is in the Archives of the New Hampshire Court in Concord, New Hampshire.
Unfortunately, James has no male descendants and only his daughter, Mary, is
alive when his will was approved in Portsmouth, NH in November 1739."
Colin is now spending a lot of time trying to convince the Ulster folks to add a
working section to the website which would allow them to generate a database of
each 1718 emigrant and current living descendants. Colin is asking, that if you
are a descendant (or think you may be) of an 1718 emigrant to please let him
know. The more interest in the website from researchers, and the more
information he can obtain about these ancestors, the more likely the database
will become a reality.
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has redesigned their Web site. The redesign came about due to comments they had received from researchers.
The old web site contained tons of useful information, but it was difficult to navigate. The new home page features three columns of links. On the left are those that tell you about NARA. The center of the page contains changing content such as news. On the right, you choose the links based on who you are (General Public, Genealogist, Educator, Journalist). Below those are links to databases and tools such as Archival Research Catalog, Access to Archival Databases,
eVetRecs, and how to order records on-line.
The main genealogy page links you to online finding aids and research overviews. There are also links to FAQ's, guides to resources, microfilmed records, and pages about record groups such as census, military and immigration.
A
GOOD DEAL FOR SCOTLANDS PEOPLE
Last month, the Scottish family records Web site
Scotland's People (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk) teamed up with the
National Archives of Scotland
(http://www.scottishdocuments.com) and the Court of
the Lord Lyon (http://www.lyon-court.com) to add millions of records to what's
already available on Scotlands People. (The Court of Lord Lyon, Scotland's
heraldic authority, maintains the Scottish Public Registers of Arms and
Genealogies.)
Scotlands People is the genealogy data site of the General Records Office for
Scotland. The site, which currently contains nearly 40 million records and has
215,000 registered users, will get the Scottish archives' historical wills and
testaments, as well as armorial and genealogical material from the Court of Lord
Lyon. It's scheduled for launch in spring 2005 as a new, rebranded site.
The three organizations also are collaborating on a Scottish Family History
research facility near the General Register House and the New Register House
buildings in Edinburgh. It's slated to open by the end of 2006.
Reprinted with permission from Family Tree Magazine
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Here's just four of the many interesting topics the web site includes:
A Brief History of the Civilian Conservation Corps
States/Camp Listings
The CCC Museum and Research Center in St. Louis, Missouri
How To Acquire CCC Records
This site is a member of WebRing.
To browse visit
Here.
When
you use this site, please keep in mind the difference between
primary and secondary sources and the importance of checking those
sources. Accept nothing without further checking. It is our hope
that through this collection of data from many sources, you will
find a piece of the puzzle that you are working on and that may
lead you to other discoveries.
Boyd Trees has been updated. The new file includes
110,000
individuals and over
17,
000 Boyds.
Boyd Trees is a data base devoted to any family tree that includes the surname BOYD. Stop by and take a look at what we
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