Frank Washington was making preparations to bury his aunt in a small family cemetery in the historic Virginia community of Thoroughfare when he found a gate barring access to the graveyard. The town, an hour west of Washington, D.C., dates back to the 1800s, when it was settled by freed slaves and Native Americans. Small …
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New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 19 June 2021
The following announcement was written by FamilySearch: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH–FamilySearch added 1M new records to its Netherlands Vital Records Archival Indexes 1600–2000, plus 500K more for Canada, Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls 1834–1899, 800K for New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1865–1957 and 1M more Catholic Church Records from El Salvador 1655–1977, Peru 1603–2016, and Venezuela 1577–1995. Discover new US sources in Georgia Military Discharges ca.1890 – ca.1966, Washington, County Death Registers 1881–1979, and Wisconsin County Naturalization …
New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 19 June 2021
The following announcement was written by FamilySearch: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH–FamilySearch added 1M new records to its Netherlands Vital Records Archival Indexes 1600–2000, plus 500K more for Canada, Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls 1834–1899, 800K for New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1865–1957 and 1M more Catholic Church Records from El Salvador 1655–1977, Peru 1603–2016, and Venezuela 1577–1995. Discover new US sources in Georgia Military Discharges ca.1890 – ca.1966, Washington, County Death Registers 1881–1979, and Wisconsin County Naturalization …