Oakdale Family History Center

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1851 British Census

 This CD, a census of Devon, Norfolk, and Warwick counties in England on 31 March 1851, is fully indexed and gives names, ages, relationships, occupations, and birthplaces.

Acadian-Cajun Family Trees

A genealogy CD of over 600,000 Acadian and Cajun ancestral records submitted to Yvon Cyr, host of the Acadian-Cajun web site www.acadian.org. These unedited records are lineage linked so you can trace your family history from modern day Acadian and Cajun families to generations past.

AIS Census Index  Pre-1790, Ancestry.com

This easily searched index of census data predates the 1790 Federal Census, the first federal census.  Collected here are records containing a vast amount of information on colonial americans.  The sources include tax lists, census, military lists, and other records that locate a person in time and place in history.

AniMap 2.5

Display over 2,000 different maps showing all the changing county boundaries in the 48 adjacent states for every year from colonial times to the present.  Includes databases with over 799,000 locations including cities, towns, churches, schools and cemeteries and more than 50,000 historical sites.  Locations are easily plotted on the maps.

Australian Vital Records Index 1788-1905

These CDs contain an index of births, christenings, marriages and deaths from New South Wales (1788-1888), Tasmania (1803-1899), Victoria (1837-1888), and Western Australia (1841-19050.  They provide the information necessary to order copies of original certificates from Australia.

Birth Records US/Europe 900-1880 (FTM#47)

 

British Census, 1851

A census of Devon, Norfolk, and Warwick counties in England on 31 March 1851, is fully indexed and gives names, ages, relationships, occupations, and birthplace.

British Census and National Index 1881

Includes information for the following: England, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, and the Royal Navy.

Census Index: Virginia and West Virginia 1870 (FTM#290)

This CD contains indexes to approximately 490,700 census records from 152 counties in Virginia and West Virginia.  Records indexed may not be comprehensive for the time and region covered.

Connecticut Genealogies #1, 1600s-1800s (FTM#179)

This Family Archive contains images of the pages of the three volume set, Genealogies of Connecticut Families (composed of articles that were originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register) and another three volume set, Families of Ancient New Haven, compiled by one of America’s leading genealogists, Donald Lines Jacobus.  It includes genealogies of almost every founding family of Connecticut as well as the complete ancestry and relationships of the 35,000 residents of 18th-century New Haven.  The materials, which reference over 127,000 people, cover the entire state and even include information on some families whose ancestry is associated with other areas, largely Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, and the Mid-West.  What you can learn about each listed individual varies, depending on the original article.  However in this collection you will find genealogies, birth, death, marriage, probate, land, and court records.

Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1776; The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775 (FTM #350)

With approximately 140,000 names, this CD contains the most comprehensive list ever published of the men, women, and children who emigrated to America from England between 1607 and 1776.

Egles Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s. (FTM#19)

Among the most important works on the genealogy, biography and history of central Pennsylvania ever published,  Egles Notes and Queries includes genealogies, family sketches, and biographies, as well as extensive lists of early settlers and soldiers of the various wars.  It also encompasses a variety of genealogical source records such as early wills, church records, marriage and death records, tax lists, and lists of early immigrants and frontiersmen.

Early Settlers of New York State, 1760-1942 (FTM#183)

This Family Archive contains images of the pages from Early Settlers of New York State—Their Ancestors and Descendants, Volumes I and II.  These books are comprised of articles that originally appeared in the periodical Early Settlers of New York State.  Edited by New York genealogist Janet Foley, its purpose was to collect, publish, and preserve church records, tombstone inscriptions, and family records, first from western New York, then from all of New York State.  Referencing approximately 97,000 people, this collection provides little known but first-rate source material that is essential to any researcher whose family research involves early New York.  What you can learn about each listed individual varies, depending on the original article.  However, in this collection you will find family genealogies, obituaries, Bible records, cemetery records, marriage records, church records, and death records.  These records may provide you with information such as the dates and locations of important family events, as well as the names of the participants, witnesses, and other family members.

Encyclopedia of  Quaker  Genealogy, 1750–1930 (FTM#192)

This collection was developed by William Wade Henshaw from monthly meeting minutes and is among the most influential and comprehensive works of Quaker genealogy ever published.  It is of great importance because Quakers did not record their vital statistics in civil offices prior to 1850.  The records kept by Friends Monthly Meetings during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries usually consisted of a record of births and deaths, marriage certificates, and of great importance, certificates of removal for Society of Friends members who relocated from one meeting to another.

Freedman’s Bank Records

Freedman’s Bank was created to assist newly freed slaves during and after the American Civil War.  Records cover approximately 1864-71 and document names and relationships of those who used the bank.  Although the records contain limited genealogical information, they are a valuable source of family history information for those with African-American ancestry.  This CD contains approximately 480,000 names in pedigree-linked GEDCOM format.

Genealogy Books, 217 (FTM#113)

Contains the full text of 217 actual book titles.  All sources have been preserved as originally published.  The wide coverage of the Cd emphasizes new England and the Eastern Seaboard.  The Compendium includes corrected versions of Virkus, Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy (Volume 1) and Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Volumes 1-4).

Genealogical Dictionary of New England, 1600s-1700s (FTM#169).

Contains electronically searchable text of the pages of John Savage’s four- volume Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England and its companion volume, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, by Water G. Davis, Sybil Noyes, and Charles T. Libby.  These five volumes contain information on approximately 200,000 individuals with ties to New England.

Griffith’s Valuation of Ireland 1848-1864 (Index)

This is an index of one of Ireland’s premier genealogical resources, Griffith’s Valuation.  It references more than one million individuals who occupied property in Ireland between 1848 and 1864.  Since no Irish census of the nineteenth century has survived, Griffith’s Valuation is a record of extreme importance.  It is, essentially, the only detailed guide to where in Ireland people lived during the mid-nineteenth century and what property they possessed.  In effect, Griffith’s Valuation can be used as a census substitute for the years before, during and after the Great Famine.

 

 

 

Immigrants to the New World, 1600s-1800s (FTM#170)

Contains images of the pages from the following five books New World Immigrants, Volume I; New World Immigrants Volume II; Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819; Immigrants to the Middle Colonies; and Passengers to America.  Almost all articles identified by Harold Lancour in his celebrated Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists,1538-1825 can be found on this CD.

Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI 1790-1907 (FTM#225).

Contains approximately 1,645,000 records from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM).  The records are often the only available source offering the identification of legal land descriptions and transfer of property ownership from the U.S. Government to private landowners.  They show who obtained what land from the U.S. Government and when.  Source documents include homesteads, cash sales, warrants, private land claims, swamp lists, state selections, and railroad lists.  Records included may not be comprehensive for the time and region covered.

Marriage Bundle (FTM#1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 225 ,226, 227, 228, 229, 400).

Marriage records for 38 states, 1718-1992.  Dates vary by state.

Mid-Atlantic Genealogies 1340s-1940s (FTM#156)

 

Massachusetts and Maine Genealogies, 1650s-1930s (FTM#194)

This Family Archive contains images of the pages from Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy and Massachusetts and Maine Families.  Originally published by the Genealogical Publishing Company, these volumes contain information about approximately 77,000 individuals.

Military Records (FTM#145)

Revolutionary War Pension Lists

Mormon Immigration Index

This CD contains information about LDS immigration voyages to the United States for the y ears 1840-1890.  This information is taken from personal voyage accounts, the European Emigration Card Index, European mission registers, LDS publications and customs lists.

New England Family Histories 1600s-1900s. (FTM#449)

 

New England Families #1, 1600s-1800s (FTM#117).

Contains images of the pages of 13 books covering New England family histories and genealogies spanning the 1600s to the 1800s.  The books reference approximately 140,000 names.)

Passenger and Immigration Lists: Boston, 1821-1850 (FTM#256).

Contains alphabetical lists of approximately 161,000 individuals who arrived at the port of Boston, Massachusetts from foreign ports between 1821 and 1850.  For each individual listed in this Family Archive, you will find the following information: name and age, gender, arrival date, country of origin, and occupation.

Passenger and Immigration Lists: Germans to America, 1875-1888 (FTM#356).

Contains the information take from Volumes 32 through 45 of the Germans to America series.  An important feature of this series is that it includes individuals of German ancestry who emigrated not only from German states or territories but also from countries such as France, Switzerland, and Luxembourg.

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s, 2001 edition (FTM#354)

Updated for 2001, and referencing 3,530,000 individuals who arrived in the United States and Canadian ports, each entry is indexed by name.  Thousands of varied records have been used to compile this index, from original passenger lists to personal diaries.  The result is the only collection of passenger lists this comprehensive.  Called “one of the greatest contributions to the genealogical literature in the last decade” and updated annually, this resource was compiled by P. William Filby and published by Gale Research.

Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 (FTM#209)

This Family Archive contains the texts of twenty-seven volumes of Pennsylvania probate record abstracts originally published by Family Line Publications.  Information in this Family Archive dates back to when the Pennsylvania General Assembly first required that wills and letters of administration be recorded.  The abstracts contain family history information on more than 250,000 individuals and were compiled from the following PA counties: Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery, Philadelphia, and York.

Revolutionary War Pension Lists (FTM#145)

This Family Archiv0.e contains images of the pages from twelve volumes of Revolutionary War pension records.  Originally published between 1792 and 1841, these records were reprinted by the Genealogical Publishing Company and contain information on approximately 110,000 individuals.  These pension rolls are among the most valuable and authoritative of all genealogical sources because their accuracy was checked by the War Department before being submitted to Congress.

Tennessee Genealogical Records

These genealogical abstracts are a gold mine for researchers attempting to locate early settlers of Tennessee.  Data includes marriage and death notices, notices of mail held at post offices ,sale of property, runaway slaves, notices of lawsuits and property seizures, and much more with a complete surname index.

SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register

Includes the cemetery locations of over 69,000 war graves of soldiers and patriots, and in many cases their spouses.  The data on the CD is compiled from the Revolutionary War Graves Register book originally published by the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution in 1993.

Selected US/International Marriage Records (FTM#403)

 

Southern Biographies and Genealogies 1500s-1940s (FTM#500)

 

Southern Genealogies #1 (FTM#19)

This Family Archive contains images of the pages of all twenty-three volumes of Historical Southern Families.  Originally published by the Genealogical Publishing Company, these volumes contain information about approximately 132,000 individuals.

US Soldiers 1784-1811 (FTM#146)

 

Virginia Genealogies #1 Pre-1600-1900s (FTM#162)

This CD contains images of the pages of all five volumes of Genealogies of Virginia Families from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.  The five volumes originally published by GPC, contain several hundred family history articles and reference approximately 65,000 individuals from all parts of Virginia.  Most of the articles trace lines of descent through seven or eight generations, covering three or four centuries.  For convenience and easy searching, an alphabetical name index covering all five volumes is also included on the CD.

Virginia Genealogies #4, 1600x-1800s (FTM#205)

This Family Archive contains images of the pages from seventeen volumes of Virginia genealogies and family histories.  Originally published by a variety of entities, these books contain information about approximately 212,000 individuals.  The resources include vestry books, family histories, vital records, and historical accounts of the colonization of Virginia and its counties.  Included in the collection is the History of Virginia, which contains not only biographies but illustrations and photographs of early Virginia settlers.  Vestry books, such as The Vestry Book of Upper Parish, Nansemond County, Virginia 1743-1793, are unusual and important resources since colonial Virginia’s parishes of the Established Church were also local governmental units.

Virginia Vital Records #1, 1600s-1800s (FTM174)

This CD contains images of the pages of the following six books: Virginia Vital Records, Virginia Marriage Records, Virginia Will Records, Virginia Land Records, and Virginia Tax Records.  Originally published by the Genealogical Publishing Company, these books are comprised of articles that originally appeared in three of the preeminent Virginia periodicals: Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, The William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler’s Quarterly.  The records referenced date mainly from the 1600s to the 1800s and name over 138,000 individuals, creating one of the largest existing collections of Virginia records.  Information varies for each named individual, but included on this CD are birth, death and marriage records, baptism records, tax lists, will abstracts, military service and pension records, and land ownership and transfer records.  For convenience and easy researching, an alphabetical index of all six volumes is included on the CD.

Wuerttemberg Emigration Index: Volumes 1-7

More than 800,000 residents of the Wuerttemberg area in Southern Germany to the U.S. from the late 18th century to the 20th.  This collection features seven comprehensive volumes of information assembled from the records of their journeys.