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FindmyPast Adds Nearly 60,000 New Records

The following announcement was written by Findmypast: Find final resting places this Findmypast Friday with nearly 60,000 new records   Greater London Burial Index   A further 52,883 records have been added to this existing collection, covering the years 1540-1949 and 22 parishes. Typically, you can glean details such as place and date of death and burial, …

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The 1900 Census

February 10, 2023 Census records are an American genealogist’s best resource. Censuses in the U.S. have been taken every ten years since 1790, and most of them still exist. The censuses through 1950 are all digitized and indexed and readily found on various genealogical websites.   Each of the censuses varies in the information it …

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Digital Access to a Collection of Rare Revolution-Era Books and Publications

Sidney Lapidus ’59 has donated a collection of rare Revolution-era books and publications to Princeton University as part of the Venture Forward campaign, enabling Princeton University Library (PUL) to greatly enrich the Sid Lapidus ’59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution. The collection includes more than 2,700 original books, atlases, pamphlets, newspapers, and magazines …

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