Saturday, May 30, 2015

Original records...the way to go.

Twenty hours ago, the FamilySearch Blog announced:

FamilySearch Adds More Than 3.7 Million Indexed Records and Images for Belgium, England, Germany, the Philippines, and the United States. 

1.  There are many sources for original records.  

2.  These records are being added continually at the various web sites.

3.  Original records/documents are the key to discovering information about your ancestors.

4.  Check often at the FamilySearch Blog to see what records have been added, or check at this link to see all the published records:   https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list.

Monday, May 25, 2015

A Link for Maps; for example U.S. State Maps like KENTUCKY!

http://www.mapofus.org/kentucky/ 

I am looking in Kentucky for my husband's relatives, folks.  I can not for the life of me, locate the parents of Sidney Green Harris who was born in Kentucky.

KY-county.jpg (JPEG Image, 1600 × 1438 pixels)

KY-county.jpg (JPEG Image, 1600 × 1438 pixels)

What a great county map from Kentucky!  I love county maps cuz you can see what's close to what county!  The photo below was provided by www.kentuckytourism.com.

RootsWeb Presents Kentucky Death Records 1911-2000

RootsWeb Presents Kentucky Death Records 1911-2000

I got to this free index by "googling" KENTUCKY DEATH RECORDS.

What you can you find that's free?  Email me now!

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