The Alabama Department of Archives & History has updated the 1867 Voter Registration database online.
1867 Voter Registration Database
The entries for the counties of Morgan and Perry have been added. Now you can search all names from the following counties: Wilcox, Winston, Walker, Tuscaloosa, Tallapoosa, Talladega, Sumter, St. Clair, Shelby, Russell, Perry, Pike, Pickens, Macon, and Morgan Counties.
I have posted about the data FamilySearch is placing online for free previously - the only requirement was registration with the site. Now you can access the free indexes and images without registering here.
I encourage everyone to check out this site. A screen shot of **some** of the data is below.
The Alabama Department of Archives & History has updated the Civil War Service database online:
Civil War Service Database
Surnames beginning with letters âUâ and “V” have been added to the Civil War Service database. Now surnames starting with the letters A through V can be searched at the site.
I have mentioned GenealogyBank.com in the past on this blog. Newspapers are in my top (3) of favorite sources of family history information (the 1st two being vital records and census data).
I was ecstatic Sunday evening when quite by chance I discovered that they had added turn of the 20th century issues of the Birmingham Age-Herald to the site. Previously they had the Labor Advocate (Birmingham) and Montgomery Advertiser for this time frame. The Montgomery Advertiser is quite useful because they carry news from all over the State of Alabama.
You can view all of the newspapers they have available here. Check back often as they add new resources every month.
GenealogyBank.com is a subscription site, but one even I on my limited genealogy budget feel is well worth it - if just for the obituary database (1977-current). Currently they are offering a 30 day trial for $9.95.
Thanks to Dick Eastman for mentioning this on his blog.
NARA has added indexes to some pre-1900 passenger lists to its database online. The search is not very user friendly… names and ship information require different searches. So you have to locate the person first and then go to the ship search to get the full details.
You will find the passenger list indexes here. Be sure to read the description of each one.
Added 03/06/2008:
Also see the explanation on how to search at the Genealogy Insider blog here.
The Alabama Department of Archives & History has updated the Civil War Service database online:
Civil War Service Database
Surnames beginning with âTâ have been added to the Civil War Service database. Now surnames starting with the letters A through T can be searched at the site.
I surfed over to the Shelby County (Alabama) GenWeb site today to double-check the birth and death register indexes on the site (yes, some are PRE-1908) and much to my delight I found that they had added the indexes to Shelby County Marriages through 1936. The post-1900 indexes have been available for sale and at some libraries for a while now, but never before online. Of course, I was immediately distracted by browsing the listings.
As Shelby County is just to the south of Jefferson County, many people moved between the two counties. Be sure to check out the indexes and all of the other “good” information on the website. Shelby County has one of the better GenWeb sites thanks to Bobby Joe Seales, webmaster for Shelby County GenWeb and President of the Shelby County Historical Society.
I posted about the AGS Loose Records Index going online back on December 1st here. Shelby County Estates have now been added to the index.
To search the index click here.
To learn more about the project click here.
And don’t forget to read the FAQ’s.
Thanks to Jim Anderson, the AGS Webmaster, for working hard to get this out especially during the holiday season. Merry Christmas, Jim!
The Alabama Genealogical Society has published an index which currently includes (8) counties that participated in the Loose Records Project head by GSU and the Alabama Archives. Read more about the LRP here and here.
Currently the database includes the following counties with several more “in process”: Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Henry, Jefferson, Tallapoosa, & Tuscaloosa. The database includes not only the name of the case, but in many cases “other” names mentioned in the case as well as the FHL (family history library) and Alabama Archives film numbers that the record can be found on.
AGS is still working on the other Alabama Counties that participated in the project, look for more updates to this index in the coming months. If you would like to help with the indexing either by typing, verifying or with database/ocr skills, please let me know.
Click here to search the database.
