America's GenealogyBank

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Americas GenealogyBank:

The TourResources You'll Find Nowhere Else!

16 August 2009


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We have never had this level of

access before


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So What is inAmericas GenealogyBank?


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Over 1 Billion names

Over 2,300 newspapers

All 50 States; 1690 to today


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Over 263,000 rare books & documents


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So What is inAmericas GenealogyBank? Over 1 Billion names




Over 130 million obituaries & death

records


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Sample Searches and Results


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Eastern ArgusMaine: 1828-08-19 Page 3


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Baltimore Sun 28 Jan 1895
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Read the News as it Happened

Battle at Lexington & Concord21 Apr 1775

NH Gazette & Historical Chronicle


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Read about the stories when they were reported

Attack on Fort McHenry War of 1812Baltimore Patriot & Evening Advertiser

A Special Issue

20 Sep 1814


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Details of Passenger Arrivals

Duluth (MN) News Tribune

18 July 1906

Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer

13 May 1902


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Family Reunions

Dallas Morning News

31 Aug 1931

Tacoma Daily News

10 Aug 1894


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Columbus (GA) Enquirer

28 Feb 1900


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Rare, one of a kind documents


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In memory of Solomon Snow who was drowned

in crossing the Kennebec River from Swan Island

to Bowdoinham, August 11, 1811.

Solomon Snow is not in the published Snow genealogy;

not in the census this might be the only record of him.


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Published Government Reports


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Looking for informationon Rachel (Bittinger) Platter

of Garrett County, MD

Details like this are not in

the census; not in the published

family history.
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Rachel (Bittinger) Platters cousin Wooly Bittinger & family 1937

just a few years after Rachel applied for her pension


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Obituaries routinely published

in government reports.


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Obituaries of Report of theConvention of American Instructors

of the Deaf

Proceedings of the twenty-first meeting of the Convention of American

Instructors of the Deaf. Held at Hartford, Conn., June 29 to July 4, 1917.

January 30, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing.

Date: 1918-01-30; U.S. Congress. Senate

Serial Set Vol. No. 7320, Session Vol. No.10

65th Congress, 2nd SessionS.Doc. 172


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Prisoners at Algiers. Letter in relation to

the prisoners at Algiers, communicated to the

Senate, 21st January, 1791, by the Secretary of

1st Congress, 3rd Session. Publication No. 48

Quickly locate obscure documents

like this list of US prisoners inAlgiers in 1791 .


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War of the Rebellion Record -


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1819-1820 Passenger List

Report of the Secretary of State, pursuant to the act to regulate

passenger ships and vessels, of the number of persons arriving

in the several ports of the United States, from October 1, 1820, to

September 30, 1821. April 22, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie on

the table.

Date: 1822-04-22; U.S. Congress. House

Serial Set Vol. No. 69, Session Vol. No.9

17th Congress, 1st Session

H.Doc. 134


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New Features in theHistorical Newspapers Section

Search by Specific Locality By City(ies)

By State(s)

Search by Specific Newspaper Limit search to Recently Added Content

Limit search by Article Category


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Search by Specific Locality or Newspaper

Limit search to one or more states Limit search to one or more cities

Limit search by one or more newspapers


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Click on Historical Newspapers


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TipYou may search only one state orany combination of states!Check off the state(s) you want and

then begin your search.


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Limit search to one or more cities

To limit search to one or more cities

click on the state you want to search A new map will appear showing the list of

cities

Check the city or cities you want tosearch


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Select the city(ies) you want to search


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TipYou may search any one or all of thenewspapers published in the cities

from each state list!Simply check the city(ies) you want

to include in your searchand begin your search.


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Limit Search to Recently Added Content

Saves you time Search only content added in the past

one, two or three months


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Limit Your Search to Recently Added Content


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Limit to past one, two or three months


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TipBy limiting your search toRecently Added Content

your search results will only includethe new content added in the past

one, two or three months.


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Limit Search by Article Category

Saves you time Quickly narrow your search to just

obituaries, birth notices or other

category


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Sample SearchFind marriage notice of

Abraham Lincoln

of Maine


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Once you have your search results you can quickly narrow them

down by choosing an article category


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Results limited to just marriage notices for

Abraham Lincoln of Maine


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New Features in theHistorical Newspapers Section

Search by Specific Locality By City(ies)

By State(s)

Search by Specific Newspaper Limit search to Recently Added Content

Limit search by Article Category


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Americas GenealogyBank


Over 2,300 newspapers All 50 States; 1690 to today


Over 130 million obituaries & deathrecords

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