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The Family History Library plans to index the microfilmed records in the church's Granite Mountain Records Vault.
2/1/2006
FamilySearch and the National Archives and Records Administration digitize Civil War widows' pension files.
3/1/2008
How do I go about looking for old prison records in California without spending a lot of money?
5/2/2011
An update on public records in four states.
10/1/2003
These resources will help you research your ancestors' inventions.
4/1/2004
NARA recently found 59 historical documents that had been stolen by a former employee.
8/1/2002
Use these resources to trace your performing kin.
1/1/2008
My ancestor Patience Breeden was an indentured servant of John Oldham in Virginia. She gave birth to a son, Bryan, about 1701. Court records state that Patience would be indentured an additional year, and Oldham would keep Bryan until he was 21. I suspect that Oldham was Bryan's father. How can I find out for sure, and learn whatever happened to Patience?
12/1/2004
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