The history of Kentucky from a genealogical point of view starts out as a history of Virginia.

According to Wikipedia:

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First Name:Charles
Last Name:Canning
Ethnicity:Great Britain, Irish
Last Place of Residence:Donegal
Date of Arrival:Jul 17, 1905
Age at Arrival:  25y    Gender:  M    Marital Status:  S 
Ship of Travel:Furnessia
Port of Departure:Londonderry
Manifest Line Number:0003

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If you’re in the genealogy community, chances are you’ve read, researched or at least heard about the ongoing battle over the Social Security Death Index. Our own Michael Leclerc has written a series of blog posts about the matter, and many of you have asked us as a company where we stand.

Today we’re answering that question by releasing a brand new, highly advanced and completely free feature of our site: the Mocavo Free Social Security Death Index Search. With this new search, we’re giving ou

PROVO, Utah & LONDON & TEL AVIV, Israel – March 22, 2012: MyHeritage, the most popular family network on the web, today announced it will be offering the images and a searchable name index of the 1940 U.S. Federal Census completely free of charge, starting April 2 2012. Using sophisticated technology that automatical

When disaster strikes.

For those of you that don't know, I live in North central Alabama, a little south of Birmingham. If you to take a map and draw a line from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham, you would have a map of "tornado alley".

In the last 15 years, 2 devastating F5 tornadoes have traveled this path, leaving complete devastation behind. Lives, homes, possessions gone forever. I used to live on that line. An F5 tornado barely missed my home 14 years ago. Last year, it destroyed

Chicago, Illinois – March 23, 2012: Professional Genealogist, Jennifer Holik, of Generations publishes six new genealogy textbooks for kids. Parents, teachers, and genealogical societies looking for a how-to genealogy textbook for elementary through high school-aged students need to look no further. In Branching Out, a new series available from Generations, author and professional genealogist Jennifer Holik provides parents and educators with the tools they need to teach genealogical research sk

Check out the link for my new Genealogy blog on  ~  The Genealogy Gap

NO FALL TOUR for 2012. Next trip to Scottish Archives will be May 2013. There are still 2 spots left for May 2012 trip. Book and pay in full by April 3 to receive 5% discount. Come to Scotland. Discover your ancestral heritage. http://www.genealogytoursofscotland.ca

Farnham, Weston, Ripley & Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire- Free Headstone Images dating from 1770

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• More than 30 thought-provoking lectures from nationally known speakers Dick Eastman, Shamele Jordon, J. Mark Lowe, Thomas MacEntee, Daniel S. Poffenberger, Juliana Smith, Curt B. Witcher and more

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My gggrandfather Henry Knupp was born in Germany about 1836 and gggrandmother Margeat Shank about 1835. They show up on the United States 1870 census in the state of Ohio as a teamster. I don't know anything else about Knupp or Shank in Germany. Would anyone know how to find any information or know anything about these two families? 

 New York Church Records

 This week past has brought much discussion on NY state church records.

 I have used usgenweb.org and then the county to gather what I could find prior to asking for more help.

 More help is found in many places.  I do not know if the Way Back Machine will find Barbara's site anymore.

 I use Cliff Lamere's site often.

Albany & Eastern New York Genealogy - Cliff Lamere

It has over 1,300 links and 200  webpages.  Make sure you read his front page regarding search engines before

Anna Dorthea Rasmussen was born on the 28 September 1869 in Stokkemark, Lolland, Denmark.  They emigrated to the USA in about 1872 or 73.  She is listed in 1880 census of Campbell, Wilkin County, Minnesota, USA as the eldest child of Lars and Hannah Rasmuson.  I would like to know more about her parents including her mother's maiden name.