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Online Death Indexes for the USA Website New Additions and Updates

More than 60 new links have been added to the Online Death Indexes for the USA website, which is a directory of links to websites with online death indexes, listed by state and county. Included are indexes for death records, death certificates, death notices and registers, obituaries, wills and probate records, and cemetery burials. You …

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Book Review: Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors

The following book review was written by Bobbi King: Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors The essential genealogical guide to early modern Ulster, 1600–1800 by William J. Roulston. Genealogical Publishing Co., 2022. 606 pages. The first edition of Scots-Irish Ancestors was published in 2005. This second edition is greatly expanded, with more than twice the content as the …

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Wheeling Area Genealogical Society Disbands After 54 Years Due

Citing declining interest, the Wheeling Area Genealogical Society has disbanded after 54 years in operation. The executive board of the nonprofit organization, devoted to researching recording and preserving local family history, voted to disband. The society’s final act was presenting the Ohio County Public Library with a check for residual assets for use in continued …

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