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The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy

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''The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy'' is a reference book published by [[Ancestry Publishing]]. The first edition was published in 1984 and was edited by [[Arlene H. Eakle]] and [[Johni Cerny]]. A revised edition, edited by [[Loretto Dennis Szucs]] and [[Sandra Hargreaves Luebking]], was published in 1997. The current edition, the third, was published in 2006 and was also edited by Szucs and Luebking.

=Critical Reception=

When Ancestry published the first edition of ''The Source'' in 1984, it quickly became a standard reference in the field of [http://www.ancestry.com/ genealogy] and family history. That same year, it received the coveted “Best Reference” award from the American Library Association. The 1997 edition, built upon the foundations laid down by its predecessor, sold more than 100,000 copies. A poll of librarians placed The Source, sometimes referred to as “the genealogist’s bible,” at the top of the “Top 10 Genealogy Books” for the wealth of information it offers to beginning and experienced genealogists (“Top 10 Genealogy Books,” Family Chronicle 3, no. 3 (January/February 1999): 27–28).

=The Source Online=

In 2010, [http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] digitized the content of ''The Source'' and made it available in wiki format as one of the foundational sources for the Ancestry.com Wiki. Each chapter has been broken into one or more series of articles, links to which are found below:

=Third Edition Table of Contents=

*[[Overview of Family History Research|The Foundations of Family History Research]]
*[[Overview of Computers and Genealogy|Computers and Technology]]
*[[Introduction to the General References and Guides Series|General References and Guides]]
*[[Researching Business, Institution, and Organization Records|Business, Institution, and Organization Records]]
*[[Overview of the U.S. Census|Census Records]]
*[[Overview of Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Overview of Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Overview of Directories|Directories]]
*[[Overview of Immigration Research|Immigration Records]]
*[[Overview of Land Records|Land Records]]
*[[Overview of Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Overview of Newspapers in Family History|Newspapers]]
*[[Overview of Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Overview of African American Research|African American Research]]
*[[Overview of Colonial English Research|Colonial English Research]]
*[[Overview of Colonial Spanish Borderland Research|Colonial Spanish Borderland Research]]
*[[Overview of Hispanic Research|Hispanic Research]]
*[[Overview of Jewish American Research|Jewish American Research]]
*[[Overview of Native American Research|Native American Research]]
*[[Overview of Urban Research|Urban Research]]

==List of Appendixes==

*[[List of Abbreviations and Acronyms|Abbreviations and Acronyms]]
*Family Associations (Coming soon...)
*[[List of Genealogical Societies|Genealogical Societies]]
*Hereditary and Lineage Organizations (Coming soon...)
*[[List of Historical Societies|Historical Societies]]
*[[Family History Library|The LDS Family History Library]]
*[[National Archives and Records Administration|The National Archives and its Regions]]
*[[List of State Archives|State Archives]]

=External Links=

*[http://www.amazon.com/Source-Guidebook-American-Genealogy-Third/dp/1593312776/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272064711&sr=1-3 Buy ''The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy'', Third Edition]

The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy

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[[Category:The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy]]
[[file:Source.jpg|border|right|300px]]
''The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy'' is a reference book published by [[Ancestry Publishing]]. The first edition was published in 1984 and was edited by [[Arlene H. Eakle]] and [[Johni Cerny]]. A revised edition, edited by [[Loretto Dennis Szucs]] and [[Sandra Hargreaves Luebking]], was published in 1997. The current edition, the third, was published in 2006 and was also edited by Szucs and Luebking.

=Critical Reception=

When Ancestry published the first edition of ''The Source'' in 1984, it quickly became a standard reference in the field of genealogy and family history. That same year, it received the coveted “Best Reference” award from the American Library Association. The 1997 edition, built upon the foundations laid down by its predecessor, sold more than 100,000 copies. A poll of librarians placed The Source, sometimes referred to as “the genealogist’s bible,” at the top of the “Top 10 Genealogy Books” for the wealth of information it offers to beginning and experienced genealogists (“Top 10 Genealogy Books,” Family Chronicle 3, no. 3 (January/February 1999): 27–28).

=The Source Online=

In 2010, [http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] digitized the content of ''The Source'' and made it available in wiki format as one of the foundational sources for the Ancestry.com Wiki. Each chapter has been broken into one or more series of articles, links to which are found below:

=Third Edition Table of Contents=

*[[Overview of Family History Research|The Foundations of Family History Research]]
*[[Overview of Computers and Genealogy|Computers and Technology]]
*[[Introduction to the General References and Guides Series|General References and Guides]]
*[[Researching Business, Institution, and Organization Records|Business, Institution, and Organization Records]]
*[[Overview of the U.S. Census|Census Records]]
*[[Overview of Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Overview of Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Overview of Directories|Directories]]
*[[Overview of Immigration Research|Immigration Records]]
*[[Overview of Land Records|Land Records]]
*[[Overview of Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Overview of Newspapers in Family History|Newspapers]]
*[[Overview of Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Overview of African American Research|African American Research]]
*[[Overview of Colonial English Research|Colonial English Research]]
*[[Overview of Colonial Spanish Borderland Research|Colonial Spanish Borderland Research]]
*[[Overview of Hispanic Research|Hispanic Research]]
*[[Overview of Jewish American Research|Jewish American Research]]
*[[Overview of Native American Research|Native American Research]]
*[[Overview of Urban Research|Urban Research]]

==List of Appendixes==

*[[List of Abbreviations and Acronyms|Abbreviations and Acronyms]]
*Family Associations (Coming soon...)
*[[List of Genealogical Societies|Genealogical Societies]]
*Hereditary and Lineage Organizations (Coming soon...)
*[[List of Historical Societies|Historical Societies]]
*[[Family History Library|The LDS Family History Library]]
*[[National Archives and Records Administration|The National Archives and its Regions]]
*[[List of State Archives|State Archives]]

=External Links=

*[http://www.amazon.com/Source-Guidebook-American-Genealogy-Third/dp/1593312776/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272064711&sr=1-3 Buy ''The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy'', Third Edition]

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Maryland Court Records

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[[Category: Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]]
[[Category: U.S. Federal, State, and County Court Records]]
''This entry was originally written by [[Roger D. Joslyn]], [[CG]], [[FUGA]], [[FGBS]], [[FASG]] for [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''
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In many cases, efforts to recover the early proprietary records of Maryland, which were privately kept by the Calvert family, have been successful, although some material has disappeared. The earliest surviving proprietary and royal papers for the period 1637 to 1785 were published in ''Calendar of Maryland State Papers No. 1 The Black Books'' (1943; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967). At the Maryland State Archives are various records of and indexes to the provincial and general court (1658–1805) and the chancery (equity) court (1668–1851). An index to depositions from a variety of sources (1668–1789) was published in the ''Maryland Historical Magazine'' 23 (1928): 101-54, 197-242, 293-343. Other early court and related records have been published and indexed, such as provincial and county records from 1637 to the 1780s in seventy-two volumes of ''The Archives of Maryland'', now online at the state archives’ website. For the colonial period, see Debbie Hooper, ''Abstracts of Chancery Court Records of Maryland, 1669–1782'' (Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1996). One interesting sample of information from county court records is Millard Millburn Rice, ed., ''This Was the Life: Excerpts from the Judgment Records of Frederick County, Maryland, 1748–1765'' (1979; reprint, Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 2002). Some court records have been published for the counties of Caroline, Carroll, Charles, Montgomery, and Somerset.

Many twentieth-century court records are still in the counties, with earlier records or copies in the state archives. In the Orphans’ Court, the clerk of which is the register of wills, are wills and other estate records. Taxes and road surveys are in the commissioner’s office. A wonderful guide to the county court records in the counties and the Maryland State Archives (original documents, record books, and microfilm) is Morris L. Radoff, Gust Skordas, and Phebe R. Jacobsen, ''The County Courthouses and Records of Maryland, Part II: The Records'' (Annapolis, Md.: The Hall of Records Commission, 1963). Following a discussion of each type of record, a county-by-county listing covers what is available. Courthouse fires and other losses of records are mentioned. The guide also has pictures of the various types of indexing systems found throughout the counties. It should be noted, however, that much material has been transferred from the counties to the state archives since the publication of the work, and updated information should be sought in Annapolis.

A database entitled [http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=3250 Maryland Calendar of Wills] is available at Ancestry.com.

Census Records for Maryland

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[[Category: Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]]
[[Category: U.S. Census and Voter Lists]]
''This entry was originally written by [[Roger D. Joslyn]], [[CG]], [[FUGA]], [[FGBS]], [[FASG]] for [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''
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==Federal==
===Population Schedules===

• Indexed—1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930

• Soundex –1880, 1900, 1920

Ancestry.com has digitized images of the entire U.S. Federal Census Schedules 1790-1930 and created searchable indexes for the images. This collection can be accessed at [http://search.ancestry.com/group/usfedcen/US+Federal+Census+Collection.aspx U.S. Federal Census Collection].

===Industry and Agriculture Schedules===

• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

===Mortality Schedules===

• 1850, 1860 (1850 and 1860 indexed), 1870, 1880 (1870 and 1880 indexed for Eastern Shore)

===Slave Schedules===

• 1850, 1860 (both indexed)

===Union Veterans Schedules===

• 1890 (indexed)

Microfilm of the federal censuses and corresponding book and microfilm indexes as well as indexed mortality schedules are at the Maryland State Archives, the Maryland State Law Library, and elsewhere (see pages 3 and 17). An index to the 1860 slave schedules was compiled by Ralph Clayton in the ''Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin'' 25 (1984): 92-112. Missing schedules include 1790 for Allegany, Calvert, Somerset, and part of Dorchester counties (destroyed); 1800 for Baltimore County (never taken); and 1830 for Montgomery, Prince George’s, Queen Anne’s, Saint Mary’s, and Somerset counties.

Non-population census schedules are at the state archives, which also has the original 1880 population schedules.

==Colonial==
A 1776 census was taken to determine population and is indexed at the Maryland State Archives, but it is not available for all counties. A transcription of the [http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=4247 Maryland Colonial Census, 1776] is available at Ancestry.com. A 1778 “census” is a list of males over eighteen who in some counties signed the Oath of Fidelity, and in others, those who did not. Of the few extant lists, those for nine counties were published by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh in ''Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church From Original Sources'', 2 vols. (1915–28; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985). See also Bettie Stirling Carothers’ compilations, ''1776 Census of Maryland'', and ''1778 Census of Maryland'' (Lutherville, Md.: n.p., 1972). Both versions of the 1778 census published by Brumbaugh and Carothers contain transcription errors. Brumbaugh also published some of the 1778 Oaths of Fidelity (also indexed at the Maryland State Archives); others were compiled and published in two volumes by Bettie Stirling Carothers (Lutherville, Md.: the author, 1975–78). A police census taken in Baltimore in 1868 is in the Baltimore City Archives.

Among census substitutes are ''Maryland Rent Rolls: Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties, 1700–1707, 1705–1724'', from the ''Maryland Historical Magazine'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976). See [[Maryland Tax Records]] for other lists.

Maryland Military Records

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[[Category: Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]]
[[Category: U.S. Military Records]]
''This entry was originally written by [[Roger D. Joslyn]], [[CG]], [[FUGA]], [[FGBS]], [[FASG]] for [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''
{{Template:Maryland (Red Book)}}

The Maryland State Archives has an incomplete index to colonial muster and payroll records for the period 1732 to 1772, as well as various records and indexes for the later wars and military units. Muster and payrolls of colonial Maryland militia are included in Murtie June Clark’s ''Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732–1774'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983). Also helpful is Henry C. Peden, Jr., ''Colonial Maryland Soldiers and Sailors, 1634–1734'' (Westminster, Md.: Willow Bend Books, 2001). The [[National Archives—Mid-Atlantic Region]] has microfilms of the Revolutionary War military service (with index) and pension records (arranged alphabetically), the index to War of 1812 and Spanish-American War service records, and name indexes to Union and Confederate soldiers in the Civil War. Lists of Revolutionary War muster rolls were published in volume 18 of ''Archives of Maryland'' (1900; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1972). Helpful for Revolutionary research are Raymond B. Clark, Jr., ''Maryland Revolutionary Records: How to Find Them & Interpret Them'' (St. Michaels, Md.: the author, 1976); S. Eugene Clements and F. Edward Wright,'' Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War'' (Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1987); and Harry Wright Newman, comp., ''Maryland Revolutionary Records: Data Obtained from 3,050 Pension Claims and Bounty Land Applications'' (1938; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987). Much manuscript material is located through ''An Inventory of Maryland State Papers, Volume I, The Era of the American Revolution, 1775–1789'', edited by Edward C. Papenfuse and others (Annapolis, Md.: Hall of Records Commission, 1977). For Marylanders on the other side, see Richard Arthur Overfield’s ''The Loyalists of Maryland During the American Revolution'', thesis, University of Maryland (Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1968), and M. Christopher New, ''Maryland Loyalists in the American Revolution'' (Centerville, Md.: Tidewater, 1996).

For the nineteenth century, helpful published references include William M. Marine, ''The British Invasion of Maryland, 1812–1815'' (1913; reprint, Hatboro, Pa.: Tradition Press, 1965; and Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977); F. Edward Wright, ''Maryland Militia, War of 1812'', 7 vols. (Silver Spring: Family Line Publications, 1979–85); Thomas Huntsberry, ''Western Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia Militia in Defense of Maryland, 1805 to 1815'' (Baltimore: the author, 1983); L. Allison Wilmer and others, ''History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861–5'', 2 vols. (1898; reprint, Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1987); William W. Goldsborough, ''The Maryland Line in the Confederate Army 1861–1865'', 2d ed. (1900; reprint with index, Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, 1972); and Daniel P. Hartzler, ''Marylanders in the Confederacy'' (Silver Spring: Family Lines Publications, 1986).

World War I participants from Maryland are found in a list compiled by the Maryland War Records Commission (Baltimore, 1933). The War Records Division of the Maryland Historical Society compiled five volumes of ''Maryland in World War II, Register of Service Personnel'' (1965). Some military history is available at the State of Maryland Military Department, Room B14, Fifth Regiment Armory, 219 29th Division St., Baltimore, MD 21201-2288.

At Ancestry.com, subscribers can access [http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=4545 Maryland Military Men, 1917-18] which provides the names of men who served in the army, navy, and marines during World War I.

Census Records for Maryland

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[[Category: Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]]
[[Category: U.S. Census and Voter Lists]]
''This entry was originally written by [[Roger D. Joslyn]], [[CG]], [[FUGA]], [[FGBS]], [[FASG]] for [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''
{{Template:Maryland (Red Book)}}

==Federal==
===Population Schedules===

• Indexed—1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930

• Soundex –1880, 1900, 1920

Ancestry.com has digitized images of the entire U.S. Federal Census Schedules 1790-1930 and created searchable indexes for the images. This collection can be accessed at [http://search.ancestry.com/group/usfedcen/US+Federal+Census+Collection.aspx U.S. Federal Census Collection].

===Industry and Agriculture Schedules===

• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

===Mortality Schedules===

• 1850, 1860 (1850 and 1860 indexed), 1870, 1880 (1870 and 1880 indexed for Eastern Shore)

===Slave Schedules===

• 1850, 1860 (both indexed)

===Union Veterans Schedules===

• 1890 (indexed)

Microfilm of the federal censuses and corresponding book and microfilm indexes as well as indexed mortality schedules are at the Maryland State Archives, the Maryland State Law Library, and elsewhere (see pages 3 and 17). An index to the 1860 slave schedules was compiled by Ralph Clayton in the ''Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin'' 25 (1984): 92-112. Missing schedules include 1790 for Allegany, Calvert, Somerset, and part of Dorchester counties (destroyed); 1800 for Baltimore County (never taken); and 1830 for Montgomery, Prince George’s, Queen Anne’s, Saint Mary’s, and Somerset counties.

Non-population census schedules are at the state archives, which also has the original 1880 population schedules.

==Colonial==
A 1776 census was taken to determine population and is indexed at the Maryland State Archives, but it is not available for all counties. A 1778 “census” is a list of males over eighteen who in some counties signed the Oath of Fidelity, and in others, those who did not. Of the few extant lists, those for nine counties were published by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh in ''Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church From Original Sources'', 2 vols. (1915–28; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985). See also Bettie Stirling Carothers’ compilations, ''1776 Census of Maryland'', and ''1778 Census of Maryland'' (Lutherville, Md.: n.p., 1972). Both versions of the 1778 census published by Brumbaugh and Carothers contain transcription errors. Brumbaugh also published some of the 1778 Oaths of Fidelity (also indexed at the Maryland State Archives); others were compiled and published in two volumes by Bettie Stirling Carothers (Lutherville, Md.: the author, 1975–78). A police census taken in Baltimore in 1868 is in the Baltimore City Archives.

Among census substitutes are ''Maryland Rent Rolls: Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties, 1700–1707, 1705–1724'', from the ''Maryland Historical Magazine'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976). See [[Maryland Tax Records]] for other lists.

Maryland Vital Records

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[[Category: Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]]
[[Category: U.S. Birth, Marriage, and Death Records]]
''This entry was originally written by [[Roger D. Joslyn]], [[CG]], [[FUGA]], [[FGBS]], [[FASG]] for [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''
{{Template:Maryland (Red Book)}}

In 1640 the Maryland Assembly provided for the recording of births, marriages, and burials by the clerk of “Every Court”; banns were to be posted three days before a marriage, but very few of these records exist. Those that do are indexed at the Maryland State Archives. When the Anglican Church became the official church of the colony in 1692, the parishes were instructed to register the births, marriages, and deaths of all residents except African Americans. Every county formed by 1770 has at least one pre-Revolution parish register, and many of these include African Americans.

The clerks of the county circuit courts were to record births and deaths beginning in 1865, but compliance was very poor. The City of Baltimore started recording births and deaths in 1875 and the counties in 1898. This arrangement of county and city recording merged into a state system in 1972. The first place to check for Maryland births (1898–1998), including those for Baltimore City (1875–1978), is the Maryland State Archives, which has microfilm of records and indexes. The state archives also has Maryland death records for 1898 to 1987 (indexes 1898–1968), with Baltimore City deaths for 1875 to 1987 (indexes 1875–1971). Birth and death records, but not corresponding indexes, are restricted—births for one hundred years and deaths for twenty years. The state archives can certify births through 1924 and deaths through 1987. County civil marriage records from 1914 through 1950 are at the state archives but are indexed only to 1930. Further information, restrictions, and fees are found online at [http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us www.mdarchives.state.md.us]. Maryland births from April 1898 with City of Baltimore births from January 1875, Maryland deaths occurring less than twenty years ago, and Maryland marriages from June 1951 are also available from the Division of Vital Records, State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 6550 Reisterstown Rd. Plaza, Baltimore, MD 21215-0020. Further instructions, restrictions, fees, and downloadable forms are online at [http://www.mdpublichealth.org/vsa/html/apps.html www.mdpublichealth.org/vsa/html/apps.html]. The fee is currently $12 and a self-addressed, stamped envelope should be sent with each record request. Access at the Division of Vital Records is more restrictive than at the Maryland State Archives. Earlier marriages, usually from the 1770s to 1919, are either with the clerk of the circuit court where the license was issued or at the Maryland State Archives. The latter also has microfilm of most of these records, with an incomplete general index to records and licenses (1650–95, 1777–1886) for the counties of Anne Arundel, Caroline, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Kent, Prince George’s, and Somerset; there is also an index to licenses for Baltimore City and County (1777–1851). Among the published marriage licenses or “marriage records” are those for the counties of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Caroline, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Montgomery, Somerset, Washington, Wicomico, and Worcester. Three volumes of ''Maryland Marriages'' (1634–1820), compiled by Robert Barnes (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975–93), were gathered from church and estate as well as public records. A similar compilation by F. Edward Wright is'' Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records and Supplement'', 6 vols. (Silver Spring and Westminster: Family Line Publications, 1982–2001), which covers births, marriages, and deaths (1648–1825) from church and court records.

At the Maryland State Archives are microfilms of early county vital records and a card file indexing some pre-state records kept in the counties, from the 1600s for Charles, Kent, Somerset, and Talbot counties; births (1804–77) and deaths (1865–80) for Anne Arundel County; births (1898–1923) and deaths (1898–1916) for Calvert County; births (1865–73) for Kent County; and deaths (1898–1916) for Annapolis. Another state archives index covers implied marriages from court, land, and probate records (1674–1851), while other indexes cover vital records substitutes for various time periods from Bible, cemetery, and church records. Evidence of marriages found in Revolutionary War pension files was included in Newman’s ''Maryland Revolutionary Records'' (see [[Maryland Military Records]]).

Although a few separations were granted, there were no divorces in Maryland before the Revolutionary War. From that time until 1842, they were granted by the state legislature; see Mary Keysor Meyer, ''Divorces and Names Changed in Maryland by Act of the Legislature, 1634–1854'' (1970; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1972). Records of later divorces are with the clerk of the circuit court where the divorce was granted or at the state archives.
Many adoption files, accessible prior to 1 June 1947, are at the state archives.

At Ancestry.com, subscribers can access the following Maryland vital record databases:

*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=7846 Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850]

*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=4729 Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899]

*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=49053 Names in Stone, Maryland Vol. 1]

*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=49265 Names in Stone, Maryland, Vol. 2]

Maine Maps

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[[Category: Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]]
''This entry was originally written by [[Alice Eichholz]], Ph.D., [[CG]] for [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''
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One superb map can be extensively used for research and traveling, detailing town divisions, geographical details, road surface types, routes of transportation, and locations of cemeteries. This map is the ''Maine Atlas and Gazetteer'', which is published in updated versions by [http://www.delorme.com DeLorme Publishing] of Freeport, Maine.

A bicentennial project edited by Gerald E. Morris entitled ''The Maine Bicentennial Atlas and Historical Survey'' (Portland: Maine Historical Society, 1976) is a superb composite of historical maps from the earliest grants and charters to the present. Railroad, lumbering, mining, recreation, population changes, court regions, and election districts illustrate the depth of this resource for genealogical purposes.

Atwood’s ''Length and Breadth of Maine'' (see [[Background Sources for Maine]]) includes helpful maps of towns. Maine State Archives has a computerized index of its fine map collection for Maine after statehood, but it is the Massachusetts State Archives (see [[Massachusetts Archives, Libraries, and Societies]]) that holds the important lotting maps for the pre-statehood development of Maine. Included in many of the maps are location of residences and names of owners.

Saco Valley Publishing, 76 Main St., Fryeburg, ME 04037, has been reprinting excellent county editions of nineteenth-century maps indicating occupants’ names for each structure.

An online [http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=21904 gazetteer of the state of Maine] is available at Ancestry.com.

Maine Court Records

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[[Category: Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]]
[[Category: U.S. Federal, State, and County Court Records]]
''This entry was originally written by [[Alice Eichholz]], Ph.D., [[CG]] for [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''
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An extensive array of courts has existed in Maine since the beginning of the settlements in the early 1600s. Jurisdictional changes are quite complicated. A detailed publication of the early records can be found in ''Province and Court Records of Maine,'' 6 vols. (Portland, Maine: Maine Historical Society, 1928), as well as on microfilm through the FHL. All of the original court records for York County are at Maine State Archives. Counties formed from York after 1760 (Cumberland and Lincoln) and 1789 (Washington) from York were also under Massachusetts jurisdiction, although these records appear not to have been microfilmed. Most extant court records to 1929 for all counties except Lincoln can be found at the Maine State Archives. Later court records after 1929 continue to be received by the archives. Lincoln County court records are at the courthouse in Wiscasset.

Before statehood, Maine’s court of appeals was the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature (1692–1780). This also served as the original court for some other cases such as murders. Records for this court are filled as “Suffolk Files” at the [[Massachusetts Archives at Columbia Point | Massachusetts State Archives]] where they are indexed. The supreme judicial court replaced the superior court of judicature after 1780. According to the Massachusetts State Archives, their holdings include circuit court records for this court for Maine counties through 1793.

Online access to some private held indexes to court records can be found through [http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/me/mecourt.html Maine GenWeb].

At Ancestry.com, subscribers can access the following court records specific to Maine:

*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=6888 Maine Court Records, 1696-1854]

*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=48210 Maine Wills, 1640-1760]

Maine Military Records

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[[Category: Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]]
[[Category: U.S. Military Records]]
''This entry was originally written by [[Alice Eichholz]], Ph.D., [[CG]] for [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''
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For service in wars before statehood, refer to Massachusetts—Military Records. However, a few printed sources have attempted to extract Maine soldiers from the Massachusetts holdings, notably Charles J. House, ''Names of Soldiers of the American Revolution who Applied for State Bounty...in Land Office'' (1893; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967); Charles A. Flagg, ''An Alphabetical Index of Revolutionary Pensioners Living in Maine'' (1920; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967); and Carleton and Sue Fisher, ''Soldiers, Sailors and Patriots of the Revolutionary War—Maine'' (Louisville: National Society of Sons of the American Revolution, 1982).

The adjutant general’s holdings for Maine, which include militia on state service in wars, published yearly reports on Civil War soldiers. World War I and II reports are held at Maine State Archives. The Spanish-American War service records are also held at the state archives but are not published.

Maine State Archives has a card index of each Civil War soldier and grave records for Revolutionary, Civil War, and War of 1812 soldiers, as well as service records through World War I. In addition, there are listings of veterans by town of those who served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.

At Ancestry.com, subscribers can access [http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=4619 Maine Military Men, 1917-1918] which provides the names of men who served in the army, navy, and marines during World War I and also includes a list of nurses.

Census Records for Maine

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''This entry was originally written by [[Alice Eichholz]], Ph.D., [[CG]] for [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''
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==Federal==
===Population Schedules===
• Indexed—1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930

• Soundex—1880, 1900, 1920

Ancestry.com has digitized images of the entire U.S. Federal Census Schedules 1790-1930 and created searchable indexes for the images. This collection can be accessed at [http://search.ancestry.com/group/usfedcen/US+Federal+Census+Collection.aspx U.S. Federal Census Collection].

===Industry and Agriculture Schedules===

• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

===Mortality Schedules===

• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

===Union Veterans Schedules===

• 1890

Although Maine was part of Massachusetts until the 1820 census, for research purposes the National Archives catalogs the 1790, 1800, and 1810 federal censuses under Maine. The 1800 censuses for some towns in Hancock and Kennebec indicate where the person resided before immigrating to Maine. A date of emigration is given for some people in Kennebec although this was not consistently noted for Hancock. See Walter Goodwin Davis, “Part of Hancock County, Maine, in 1800,” ''New England Historical and Genealogical Register'' 105 (1951): 204-13, 276-91. All of the above census records are at the Maine State Archives on microfilm, and are widely available at other repositories and online through Internet subscription databases.
York County is incomplete on the 1800 census, half of Oxford County is missing in 1810, and Houlton Plantation returns are missing for Washington County, 1820.

==State==

In 1837 a state census enumerating heads of households was taken, but only Bangor, Portland, and unincorporated towns survive on microfilm at the Maine State Archives. The [[Maine Historical Society Library]] holds the volume enumerating the town of Eliot.

Maine Vital Records

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Maine has the most uneven group of vital records in all of New England. One reason is that the first settlements were dilatory in recording vital events as was the custom of other Massachusetts communities. Only five towns (Biddeford, Kittery, Kennebunkport, York, and Wells) have such seventeenth-century records. By the eighteenth century, over 200 towns picked up the habit and followed it reasonably well until Maine became a separate state in 1820. Following statehood, records were not consistently kept at first, but most towns have good records of marriage intentions, if not marriage records themselves, and some births. Few deaths are recorded in town records.

After 1864, state legislation required that town clerks forward births, deaths, and marriages to the secretary of state. There was never total compliance to this although all those that were sent ''before'' 1892 (for about eighty towns) are available at the [[Maine State Archives]].

By 1892, the State Board of Vital Statistics was established by the legislature as the depository for returns of vital events, and mandatory recording became a reality. The Maine State Archives presently holds the original 1892–1922 birth, death, and marriage records. Certified copies of records for that time period can be obtained there. The archives also has the birth, death, and marriage records on microfilm (1922–55) with a helpful bride’s index (1892-present), groom’s index (1956-present), and death index (1955-present). Certified copies of all vital records after 1922 may be obtained from the [http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/boh/phs/odrvs/vital-records/order/ Maine Department of Human Services, Office of Data, Research and Vital Statistics], 11 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333.

A number of other repositories in Maine (see [http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/research/otherres.html http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/research/otherres.html]) hold microfilm copies of the pre-1892 records, as do the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City and the New England Historic Genealogical Society (see page 13). Online indexes are available for marriages (1892–1996, excluding 1967–76) and deaths (1960–96) on the Maine State Archives website at [http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/ http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/], at [http://www.ancestry.com www.ancestry.com], and at [http://www.mainegenealogy.net/ www.mainegenealogy.net].

The New England Historic Genealogical Society, additionally, has microfilm copies of some additional reels through 1955, and death records through 1970. The FHL, too, has some microfilm of post-1892 records, but they are not as current as those at the Maine State Archives, which are updated regularly from the Office of Data Research and Vital Statistics files.

Marriages for the early statehood period were sometimes recorded at the county level, as mandated by the legislature in 1828. Such records have not yet been fully assessed, although some are on microfilm at Maine State Archives. The most complete listing of available Maine vital records continues to be the updated Microfilm List of Maine Town and Census Records (1980), distributed by the Maine State Archives. Recently funded by a grant from the National Historic Records Commission, the Maine State Archives will be broadening its scope to survey all of Maine’s town records. In the Town Resources section at the end of this chapter, details from the most recent update are included to guide the researcher in finding vital records.

A few of Maine’s vital records have been published. A project undertaken by the Maine Historical Society issued printings of all pre-1892 vital records for eighteen towns, which included sources outside the town clerk’s office—diaries, church records, newspapers, gravestone information, family records, Bibles, and private records. Transcripts of town records for York 1681–1891 were published serially in ''New England Historical and Genealogical Register'' (1955–69).

At Ancestry.com, subscribers can access the following Maine vital records databases:

*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=5266 Maine Marriages to 1875]

*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=6904 Maine Marriages, 1892-1996]

*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=6703 Maine Death Index, 1960-1997]

Louisiana Vital Records

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The civil recording of births, marriages, and deaths did not begin in earnest until the early twentieth century. Although laws were passed in the late nineteenth century requiring that vital events be recorded, there was little compliance until later. Prior to that time it was the responsibility of the churches to maintain this data.

The Roman Catholic Church dominated Louisiana until the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. In fact, it was the only church in Louisiana until that time. The Catholic churches throughout the state kept registers of christenings, marriages, and burials, and were the recorders of Louisiana’s early vital records. For important published works relating to marriages, see Church Records below and the following:

*DeVille, Winston. ''The New Orleans French, 1720–1733: A Collection of Marriage Records Relating to the First Colonists of the Louisiana Province''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1973.

*Forsyth, Alice D. ''Louisiana Marriages, 1784–1806''. New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1977.

*———, and Ghislaine Pleasonton. ''Louisiana Marriage Contracts: 1725–1758''. New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1980.

*Mills, Elizabeth Shown. ''Natchitoches Church Marriages, 1818–1850. Translated Abstracts from Registers of St. François des Natchitoches, Louisiana''. Vol. 6. Cane River Creole Series. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Mills Historical Press, 1985.

In the first part of the twentieth century many states, including Louisiana, began requiring civil registration of vital records. The earliest city in Louisiana to exact civil registrations was New Orleans in 1790; however, registrations were only randomly made until the twentieth century. It was not until 1914 that civil recording began statewide. As of 2003, the [[State of Louisiana Division of Archives Records Management, and History | Louisiana State Archives]] holds Orleans Parish birth records over 100 years old, Orleans Parish marriage records over fifty years old, and statewide death records over fifty years old. Researchers may visit the State Archives in Baton Rouge or order records by mail for a fee (presently $5).

Some parish health departments have alphabetical birth and death indexes for their areas. These are not, however, complete listings of all births and deaths of that parish. Copies of these vital records can be ordered from [http://www.dhh.state.la.us Vital Records Registry, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Office of Public Health], P.O. Box 60630, New Orleans, LA 70160. There are a few births (1790) and deaths (ca. 1803) recorded prior to 1914, but the majority of the records start in that year. One must either show proof of kinship as a direct descendant or provide proper authorization to obtain a copy of any of these records. As of July 1999, birth certificates are also available through the Parish Clerks of Court.

On Ancestry.com, the following Louisiana vital records databases are available to subscribers:

*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=6587 New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899]

*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=7837 Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925]

*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=6500 New Orleans, Louisiana Marriage Records Index, 1831-1925]

*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=2090 Louisiana Marriages to 1850]

*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=5228 Louisiana Marriage Records, 1851-1900]

*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=6606 New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949]

*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=6697 Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949]

Louisiana Land Records

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Louisiana is a [[Public-Domain State]].

One of the most fantastic real estate deals of all time was made in 1803 when the infant United States acquired 544 million acres from France for the sum of $15 million. The land of the famous Louisiana Purchase was bought for approximately three cents per acre.

By the Act of March 26, 1804, Congress divided Louisiana into two parts: the territory of Louisiana and the territory of Orleans. The territory of Louisiana consisted of that area above the 33rd degree latitude, and the territory of Orleans covered that part below the 33rd latitude, or what is now essentially the state of Louisiana.

The governor and his legislative council used the powers granted by the act to divide the territory of Orleans into twelve counties: Acadia, Attakapas, Concordia, German Coast, Iberville, Lafourche, Natchitoches, Opelousas, Orleans, Ouachita, Pointe Coupee, and Rapides.

In 1807 the territory was redivided into nineteen parishes. These boundaries followed the old ecclesiastical boundaries used by the Spaniards. When Louisiana became a state in 1812 the state constitution referred to both counties and parishes. By the time of the 1845 state constitution the term “counties” had been dropped and Louisiana became the only state to use the term “parishes.”

An act of congress of 2 March 1805 gave three important provisions:

First, it allowed individuals to obtain legal possession of their land or to acquire land. Congress appointed district land registers and opened the United States District Land Office in New Orleans for the eastern division of the territory of Orleans and a land office at Opelousas for the western division of the territory of Orleans. Later, for the convenience of inhabitants, other land offices were opened in Ouachita, Natchitoches, and Greensburg. These land districts are still used today for identifying land by districts.

Second, inhabitants with French, Spanish, or British land grants had to appear before a board of commissioners with their proof of ownership. If approved by the board, the evidence was then forwarded on to Washington, D.C.

Third, surveyors were to go to the territory of Orleans to establish a system of subdividing the vacant public lands. By 1807 the United States surveyors had established a meridian and base line. Thus Louisiana land measurements changed from metes and bounds to section, township, and range.

Colonial grants can be found in various Louisiana parishes and in France, Spain, and England. As has been shown, after the Louisiana Purchase people had to prove their landownership. ''American State Papers: Documents Legislative and Executive of the United States'', 32 vols., ''Public Lands'', 7 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton, 1832–61) is the best source for these re-patented lands. A guide to these papers is Phillip W. McMullin, ''Grassroots of America'' (Salt Lake City: Gendex Corp., 1972).

The state land office and the offices of clerks of courts in the parish courthouses have state and federal tract books listing the original landowners. These books are not in alphabetical order; the land record itself will have to be obtained from the State Land Office in Baton Rouge or from the National Archives Division, Bureau of Land Management, Suitland, MD 20409 (see page 12). The Louisiana State Land Office provides an online brochure by Ory G. Poret, “History of Land Titles in the State of Louisiana” at [http://www.state.la.us/slo/default.htm www.state.la.us/slo/default.htm].

Land records may be found in notarial records or deeds. Each of the early communities had its own notary public that drafted wills, deeds, marriage contracts, and all estate papers. These transactions were filed loosely, and numbered consecutively as they happened, regardless of the type of record. Many of these records are now in the clerk’s office in the parish courthouse, some are in the state archives in Baton Rouge, and the Notarial Archives of New Orleans are in the Civil Courts Building in New Orleans. Other land records in the courthouses will be found in the conveyance books.

At Ancestry.com, subscribers can access a database of [http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=2074 Louisiana Land Records].

Louisiana Military Records

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Many military records exist for Louisiana soldiers. For the colonial period a valuable collection is at the General Military Archives, Segovia, Spain. This voluminous archives has service records on all soldiers of the Spanish military from 1680 to 1920, listing much genealogical data, such as the soldier’s name, rank, sometimes a description, the names of his parents, and other information.

Two compiled lists of Louisiana soldiers serving in the American Revolution are these:

*Churchill, E. Robert, comp., ''Soldiers of the American Revolution under Bernardo De Galvez''. Five copies of this book were originally printed: one was placed in the Sons of the American Revolution Library housed in the Howard-Tilton Library at Tulane University, Louisiana; one was deposited in the DAR Library in Washington, D.C.; a third copy can be found in the Library of Congress.

*Mills, Elizabeth Shown. ''Natchitoches Colonials: Censuses, Military Rolls, and Tax Lists, 1722–1803''. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Mills Historical Press, 1981.

The National Archives has many original military records for Louisiana, many of which have been microfilmed, for example: War of 1812–M229, 3 rolls; Florida War of 1836–M239; War of 1836–38–M241; Confederate War Index–M378, 31 rolls; Military Service Records–M320, 414 rolls. See also:

*Mills, Gary B. ''Civil War Claims''. Vol. 1. ''An Index to Cases Filed with the Southern Claims Commission''. Laguna Hills, Calif.: Aegean Park Press, 1980.

Confederate Pensions were first issued to Confederate veterans and their widows by the State of Louisiana in 1898. The [[State of Louisiana Division of Archives Records Management, and History | Louisiana State Archives]] has the original and microfilmed applications. Researchers can search an online index to the applications and can request photocopies by mail at [http://www.sec.state.la.us/archives/gen/cpa-index.htm www.sec.state.la.us/archives/gen/cpa-index.htm].

At Ancestry.com, subscribers can access the following Louisiana military databases:

*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=3339 Louisiana Soldiers in the War of 1812]

*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=3199 Louisiana Confederate Soldiers]

Louisiana Military Records

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[[Category: Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]]
[[Category: U.S. Military Records]]
''This entry was originally written by [[Beth A. Stahr]], [[CGRS]] and [[Sharon Sholars Brown]] for [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''
{{Template:Louisiana (Red Book)}}

Many military records exist for Louisiana soldiers. For the colonial period a valuable collection is at the General Military Archives, Segovia, Spain. This voluminous archives has service records on all soldiers of the Spanish military from 1680 to 1920, listing much genealogical data, such as the soldier’s name, rank, sometimes a description, the names of his parents, and other information.

Two compiled lists of Louisiana soldiers serving in the American Revolution are these:

*Churchill, E. Robert, comp., ''Soldiers of the American Revolution under Bernardo De Galvez''. Five copies of this book were originally printed: one was placed in the Sons of the American Revolution Library housed in the Howard-Tilton Library at Tulane University, Louisiana; one was deposited in the DAR Library in Washington, D.C.; a third copy can be found in the Library of Congress.

*Mills, Elizabeth Shown. ''Natchitoches Colonials: Censuses, Military Rolls, and Tax Lists, 1722–1803''. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Mills Historical Press, 1981.

The National Archives has many original military records for Louisiana, many of which have been microfilmed, for example: War of 1812–M229, 3 rolls; Florida War of 1836–M239; War of 1836–38–M241; Confederate War Index–M378, 31 rolls; Military Service Records–M320, 414 rolls. See also:

*Mills, Gary B. ''Civil War Claims''. Vol. 1. ''An Index to Cases Filed with the Southern Claims Commission''. Laguna Hills, Calif.: Aegean Park Press, 1980.

Confederate Pensions were first issued to Confederate veterans and their widows by the State of Louisiana in 1898. The [[State of Louisiana Division of Archives Records Management, and History | Louisiana State Archives]] has the original and microfilmed applications. Researchers can search an online index to the applications and can request photocopies by mail at [http://www.sec.state.la.us/archives/gen/cpa-index.htm www.sec.state.la.us/archives/gen/cpa-index.htm].

At Ancestry.com, subscribers can access the following Louisiana military databases:

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3339 Louisiana Soldiers in the War of 1812]

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3199 Louisiana Confederate Soldiers]

Louisiana Land Records

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''This entry was originally written by [[Beth A. Stahr]], [[CGRS]] and [[Sharon Sholars Brown]] for [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''
{{Template:Louisiana (Red Book)}}

Louisiana is a [[Public-Domain State]].

One of the most fantastic real estate deals of all time was made in 1803 when the infant United States acquired 544 million acres from France for the sum of $15 million. The land of the famous Louisiana Purchase was bought for approximately three cents per acre.

By the Act of March 26, 1804, Congress divided Louisiana into two parts: the territory of Louisiana and the territory of Orleans. The territory of Louisiana consisted of that area above the 33rd degree latitude, and the territory of Orleans covered that part below the 33rd latitude, or what is now essentially the state of Louisiana.

The governor and his legislative council used the powers granted by the act to divide the territory of Orleans into twelve counties: Acadia, Attakapas, Concordia, German Coast, Iberville, Lafourche, Natchitoches, Opelousas, Orleans, Ouachita, Pointe Coupee, and Rapides.

In 1807 the territory was redivided into nineteen parishes. These boundaries followed the old ecclesiastical boundaries used by the Spaniards. When Louisiana became a state in 1812 the state constitution referred to both counties and parishes. By the time of the 1845 state constitution the term “counties” had been dropped and Louisiana became the only state to use the term “parishes.”

An act of congress of 2 March 1805 gave three important provisions:

First, it allowed individuals to obtain legal possession of their land or to acquire land. Congress appointed district land registers and opened the United States District Land Office in New Orleans for the eastern division of the territory of Orleans and a land office at Opelousas for the western division of the territory of Orleans. Later, for the convenience of inhabitants, other land offices were opened in Ouachita, Natchitoches, and Greensburg. These land districts are still used today for identifying land by districts.

Second, inhabitants with French, Spanish, or British land grants had to appear before a board of commissioners with their proof of ownership. If approved by the board, the evidence was then forwarded on to Washington, D.C.

Third, surveyors were to go to the territory of Orleans to establish a system of subdividing the vacant public lands. By 1807 the United States surveyors had established a meridian and base line. Thus Louisiana land measurements changed from metes and bounds to section, township, and range.

Colonial grants can be found in various Louisiana parishes and in France, Spain, and England. As has been shown, after the Louisiana Purchase people had to prove their landownership. ''American State Papers: Documents Legislative and Executive of the United States'', 32 vols., ''Public Lands'', 7 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton, 1832–61) is the best source for these re-patented lands. A guide to these papers is Phillip W. McMullin, ''Grassroots of America'' (Salt Lake City: Gendex Corp., 1972).

The state land office and the offices of clerks of courts in the parish courthouses have state and federal tract books listing the original landowners. These books are not in alphabetical order; the land record itself will have to be obtained from the State Land Office in Baton Rouge or from the National Archives Division, Bureau of Land Management, Suitland, MD 20409 (see page 12). The Louisiana State Land Office provides an online brochure by Ory G. Poret, “History of Land Titles in the State of Louisiana” at [http://www.state.la.us/slo/default.htm www.state.la.us/slo/default.htm].

Land records may be found in notarial records or deeds. Each of the early communities had its own notary public that drafted wills, deeds, marriage contracts, and all estate papers. These transactions were filed loosely, and numbered consecutively as they happened, regardless of the type of record. Many of these records are now in the clerk’s office in the parish courthouse, some are in the state archives in Baton Rouge, and the Notarial Archives of New Orleans are in the Civil Courts Building in New Orleans. Other land records in the courthouses will be found in the conveyance books.

At Ancestry.com, subscribers can access a database of [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2074 Louisiana Land Records].

Census Records for Louisiana

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''This entry was originally written by [[Beth A. Stahr]], [[CGRS]] and [[Sharon Sholars Brown]] for [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''
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==Federal==
===Population Schedules===
• Indexed—1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930

• Soundex—1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930

Ancestry.com has digitized images of the entire U.S. Federal Census Schedules 1790-1930 and created searchable indexes for the images. This collection can be accessed at [http://search.ancestry.com/group/usfedcen/US+Federal+Census+Collection.aspx U.S. Federal Census Collection].

===Industrial and Agricultural Schedules===

• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

===Mortality Schedules===

• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

===Slave Schedules===

• 1850, 1860

===Union Veterans Schedules===

• 1890

After the 1803 purchase of Louisiana, it became an American possession; therefore, the first federal census report taken for the state was 1810.

Caution should be used particularly with relying on any census indexes (see page 3) for Louisiana, as many French and Spanish names were transcribed wrong for the census and numerous omissions exist. Many of these population schedules have been published:

*Ardoin, Robert B. L.'' Louisiana Census Records: 1810–1820''. 3 vols. Vols. 1 and 2 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970–72); and vol. 3 (New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1977). These cover more than fourteen of the early settled parishes.

*Childs, Marleta, and John Ross, eds. ''North Louisiana Census Reports''. Vol. 2: 1830 and 1840 Schedules of Caddo. Claiborne and Natchitoches Parishes. Vol. 3: 1850 and 1860 Schedules of Union Parish. New Orleans: Polyanthos, Inc., 1977.

As early as 1860 the federal government began attempts to identify Native Americans. In 1900 and 1910 it created a special Indian schedule. The first page was the same as the population census, the only difference being that it had “Indian Population” as its heading. The second page provided for such important information as tribal affiliation, the tribe of each parent, the amount of Indian blood, and—if not full-blooded—their precise racial mixture. These schedules will be found at the end of the ward or district in which the Native American resided.

Some of the supplemental census schedules taken by the federal government are available for Louisiana at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Copies may also exist in Louisiana, but to date they have not been found. Louisiana’s mortality schedules (1850–80) are on microfilm at the National Archives, Washington, D.C., microfilm T655.

==Colonial==
During the colonial period Louisiana shifted from French to Spanish control. Not until after the 1803 purchase of Louisiana did it become an American possession; therefore, the first federal census report taken for the state was 1810. But the French and Spanish were diligent scribes, and many censuses exist for Louisianians. Some of the censuses for the colony’s inhabitants are listed below:

==French Period==
Maduell, Charles R., Jr., comp. and trans. ''Census Tables for the French Colony of Louisiana, 1699–1732''. Reprint. Baltimore: Clearfield Publishing Co., 2000. Includes the following:

'''December 1699—'''Census of the Inhabitants of the first settlement on the Gulf Coast, Fort Maurepas.

'''25 May 1700—'''Census of the officers, petty officers, sailors, Canadians, freebooters, and others located at Biloxi as of 25 May 1700.

'''1704—'''List of marriageable girls who arrived aboard the Pelican at Biloxi in the year 1704.

'''1 August 1706—'''Census of the inhabitants of Fort Louis de la Louisianne at Mobile, taken by Nicolas de la Salle.

'''1 August 1706—'''Census of families and inhabitants of Louisiana, taken by Nicolas de la Salle.

'''1711—'''Census of Fort Louis de la Mobile from the map of 1711.

'''25 October 1713—'''List of officers commissioned at Fort Louis, Biloxi.

'''October 1713—'''Persons mentioned in the colony by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.

'''26 June 1721—'''Census of the inhabitants in the area of Biloxi and Mobile, as reported by Le Sieur Diron.

'''24 November 1721—'''General census of all the inhabitants of New Orleans and environs, as reported by Le Sieur Diron.

'''1 May 1722—'''Census of the inhabitants of Natchitoches, Fort St. Jean Baptist, taken for Le Sieur Diron, General of the Troops.

'''13 May 1722—'''Census of the inhabitants of the concessions along the Mississippi River; reported by Le Sieur Diron.

'''1722—'''Officials of the colony at Fort Louis, Biloxi, appointed in 1722.

'''8 April 1723—'''Some colonists of Louisiana mentioned in a letter by de La Chaise.

'''18 October 1723—'''Some colonists of Louisiana mentioned in a letter by de La Chaise.

'''12 November 1724—'''Census of inhabitants of German villages located ten leagues above New Orleans along the river, under command of D’Arensbourg.

'''20 December 1724—'''Census of inhabitants along the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Ouacha, or the German villages.

'''March 1725—'''Census of the inhabitants of Dauphin Island, along the Mobile River, Cat Island, and Penscagoula (Pascagoula), compiled by M. Gorty.

'''January 1726—'''General census of all the inhabitants of the colony of Louisiana, including the entire coast bordering the Gulf of Mexico, from Mobile to New Orleans, and the colonies along the Mississippi River, including the region known as Illinois.

'''October 1726—'''List of those persons requesting “Negroes” from the company.

'''1 July 1727—'''Census of New Orleans as reported by M.iPerier, commander general of Louisiana; also continuation of the census of M. Perier, being the inhabitants in the environs of New Orleans, along the river.

'''9 June 1730—'''List of persons massacred at Natchez, 28 November 1729, as reported by R. P. Philibert, Capuchin priest.

'''1731—'''List of property owners of New Orleans on the map published by Gonichon in 1731; census of inhabitants along the Mississippi River, unsigned, initialed N. S.; and list of landowners located along the Mississippi River from its mouth to the German villages, with indications of how they acquired the land. Date mentioned “after 1731.”

'''January 1732—'''Census of the inhabitants and property owners of New Orleans; and census of the inhabitants of Illinois, both unsigned but initialed N. S.

For this time period see also Jacqueline K. Voorhies, ''Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 1758–1796'' (Lafayette, La.: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973).

At Ancestry.com, subscribers can also access [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48009 The Census Tables for the French Colony of Louisiana from 1699 Through 1732].

==Spanish Period==

Hill, Roscoe R. ''Descriptive Catalogue of the Documents relating to the History of the United States in the Papeles Procedentes de Cuba deposited in the Archivo General de Indias''. 1916. Reprint. New York: Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1965. Lists the following:

=====Legajo 34=====

'''1795—'''Census of Baton Rouge and Manchak.

=====Legajo 81=====

'''1770—'''Reports of Eduardo Nugent and Juan Kelly on the number of inhabitants and livestock in the districts of Atakapas, Natchitoches, Opelousas, and Rapides.

=====Legajo 117=====

'''1784 (?)—'''Census of the German Coast.

=====Legajo 121=====

'''1790—'''Census of Ouachita.

=====Legajo 142=====

'''1805—'''Census of Baton Rouge.

=====Legajo 187-b=====

'''1766—'''List of inhabitants of Pointe Coupee; census of Pointe Coupee; list of Cote des Allemands; general census of Pointe Coupee; general census of Villere at Allemands.

=====Legajo 188-1=====

'''1772—'''Left Bank of the Mississippi from Bayou de Placaminas to Ile au Marais; 1773 Rapides; 1774 “negroes and mulattoes” at Natchitoches.

=====Legajo 188-2=====

'''1771—'''Census of Atakapas and Opelousas.

=====Legajo 189-2=====

'''1776 (dated wrong, 1766)—'''Census of parish of St. Charles (Allemands).

=====Legajo 193=====

'''1782—'''Census of Baton Rouge; 1786 census of Baton Rouge; 1798 census of the district of Nueva Feliciana; census of the district of la Metearie.

=====Legajo 198=====

'''1785—'''Census of Avoyelles.

=====Legajo 201=====

'''1788 and 1789—'''Census of Rapides; 1789 census of Natchitoches.

=====Legajo 205=====

'''1772—'''Census of Rapides.

=====Legajo 211=====

'''1795 (slaves)—'''Census of Primer Cote des Allemand; census of the second and third wards of New Orleans; census of slaves at Allemands, Atakapas, Natchitoches; 1796 census of the Quartier de la Metairie of New Orleans.

=====Legajo 212=====

'''1795 (slaves)—'''General census of slaves of New Orleans and masters who contributed to indemnity for slaves lost at Pointe Coupee; 1778 census of the third ward of New Orleans; 1803 census of Pointe Coupee.

=====Legajo 216=====

'''1799—'''Census of Allemands and Atakapas; general census of New Orleans.

=====Legajo 218=====

'''1774—'''Census of Atakapas.

=====Legajo 220=====

'''1803—'''Census of Atakapas (six documents).

=====Legajo 227-r=====

'''1790—'''Recensements de la Pointe Coupee et Fausse Riviere.

=====Legajo 2351=====

'''1777—'''Census of Louisiana.

=====Legajo 2357=====

'''1771—'''Census of Louisiana.

=====Legajo 2358=====

'''1777—'''Census of Atakapas and Opelousas.

===Legajo 2360===

'''1786—'''Census of Atakapas and Opelousas.

===Legajo 2361===

'''1787—'''Census of Pointe Coupee.

===Legajo 2364===

'''1796—'''Census of Opelousas.

Almost all of these censuses from the Spanish archives have been published in English by Voorhies (see above) and by Elizabeth Shown Mills in ''Natchitoches Colonials: Censuses, Military Rolls and Tax Lists, 1722–1803'' (Chicago: Adams Press, 1981).

From 1721 to 1773, the city of Nuestra Señora del Pilar de los Adaes served as the Spanish capital of Texas. This presidio was located in present-day Natchitoches Parish, near Robeline, Louisiana. Abandoned in 1773, its inhabitants relocated to San Antonio, Texas. By 1779 many of these people moved back closer to their old home of Adaes and reestablished the mission at Nacogdoches, Texas. Yearly census reports exist for Nacogdoches for the years 1792 to 1806, and 1809. Many Louisiana ancestors can be found on these enumerations. See “Census Reports of the Village of Nuestra del Pilar de Nacogdoches,” Bexar Archives, University of Texas Archives, Austin, Texas. (Copies can also be found in the Robert Bruce Collection, vol. 18, 71-284, Ralph W. Steen Library, Special Collection, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, Texas.)

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==Federal==
===Population Schedules===
• Indexed—1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930

• Soundex—1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930

Ancestry.com has digitized images of the entire U.S. Federal Census Schedules 1790-1930 and created searchable indexes for the images. This collection can be accessed at [http://search.ancestry.com/group/usfedcen/US+Federal+Census+Collection.aspx U.S. Federal Census Collection].

===Industrial and Agricultural Schedules===

• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

===Mortality Schedules===

• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

===Slave Schedules===

• 1850, 1860

===Union Veterans Schedules===

• 1890

After the 1803 purchase of Louisiana, it became an American possession; therefore, the first federal census report taken for the state was 1810.

Caution should be used particularly with relying on any census indexes (see page 3) for Louisiana, as many French and Spanish names were transcribed wrong for the census and numerous omissions exist. Many of these population schedules have been published:

*Ardoin, Robert B. L.'' Louisiana Census Records: 1810–1820''. 3 vols. Vols. 1 and 2 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970–72); and vol. 3 (New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1977). These cover more than fourteen of the early settled parishes.

*Childs, Marleta, and John Ross, eds. ''North Louisiana Census Reports''. Vol. 2: 1830 and 1840 Schedules of Caddo. Claiborne and Natchitoches Parishes. Vol. 3: 1850 and 1860 Schedules of Union Parish. New Orleans: Polyanthos, Inc., 1977.

As early as 1860 the federal government began attempts to identify Native Americans. In 1900 and 1910 it created a special Indian schedule. The first page was the same as the population census, the only difference being that it had “Indian Population” as its heading. The second page provided for such important information as tribal affiliation, the tribe of each parent, the amount of Indian blood, and—if not full-blooded—their precise racial mixture. These schedules will be found at the end of the ward or district in which the Native American resided.

Some of the supplemental census schedules taken by the federal government are available for Louisiana at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Copies may also exist in Louisiana, but to date they have not been found. Louisiana’s mortality schedules (1850–80) are on microfilm at the National Archives, Washington, D.C., microfilm T655.

==Colonial==
During the colonial period Louisiana shifted from French to Spanish control. Not until after the 1803 purchase of Louisiana did it become an American possession; therefore, the first federal census report taken for the state was 1810. But the French and Spanish were diligent scribes, and many censuses exist for Louisianians. Some of the censuses for the colony’s inhabitants are listed below:

==French Period==
Maduell, Charles R., Jr., comp. and trans. ''Census Tables for the French Colony of Louisiana, 1699–1732''. Reprint. Baltimore: Clearfield Publishing Co., 2000. Includes the following:

'''December 1699—'''Census of the Inhabitants of the first settlement on the Gulf Coast, Fort Maurepas.

'''25 May 1700—'''Census of the officers, petty officers, sailors, Canadians, freebooters, and others located at Biloxi as of 25 May 1700.

'''1704—'''List of marriageable girls who arrived aboard the Pelican at Biloxi in the year 1704.

'''1 August 1706—'''Census of the inhabitants of Fort Louis de la Louisianne at Mobile, taken by Nicolas de la Salle.

'''1 August 1706—'''Census of families and inhabitants of Louisiana, taken by Nicolas de la Salle.

'''1711—'''Census of Fort Louis de la Mobile from the map of 1711.

'''25 October 1713—'''List of officers commissioned at Fort Louis, Biloxi.

'''October 1713—'''Persons mentioned in the colony by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.

'''26 June 1721—'''Census of the inhabitants in the area of Biloxi and Mobile, as reported by Le Sieur Diron.

'''24 November 1721—'''General census of all the inhabitants of New Orleans and environs, as reported by Le Sieur Diron.

'''1 May 1722—'''Census of the inhabitants of Natchitoches, Fort St. Jean Baptist, taken for Le Sieur Diron, General of the Troops.

'''13 May 1722—'''Census of the inhabitants of the concessions along the Mississippi River; reported by Le Sieur Diron.

'''1722—'''Officials of the colony at Fort Louis, Biloxi, appointed in 1722.

'''8 April 1723—'''Some colonists of Louisiana mentioned in a letter by de La Chaise.

'''18 October 1723—'''Some colonists of Louisiana mentioned in a letter by de La Chaise.

'''12 November 1724—'''Census of inhabitants of German villages located ten leagues above New Orleans along the river, under command of D’Arensbourg.

'''20 December 1724—'''Census of inhabitants along the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Ouacha, or the German villages.

'''March 1725—'''Census of the inhabitants of Dauphin Island, along the Mobile River, Cat Island, and Penscagoula (Pascagoula), compiled by M. Gorty.

'''January 1726—'''General census of all the inhabitants of the colony of Louisiana, including the entire coast bordering the Gulf of Mexico, from Mobile to New Orleans, and the colonies along the Mississippi River, including the region known as Illinois.

'''October 1726—'''List of those persons requesting “Negroes” from the company.

'''1 July 1727—'''Census of New Orleans as reported by M.iPerier, commander general of Louisiana; also continuation of the census of M. Perier, being the inhabitants in the environs of New Orleans, along the river.

'''9 June 1730—'''List of persons massacred at Natchez, 28 November 1729, as reported by R. P. Philibert, Capuchin priest.

'''1731—'''List of property owners of New Orleans on the map published by Gonichon in 1731; census of inhabitants along the Mississippi River, unsigned, initialed N. S.; and list of landowners located along the Mississippi River from its mouth to the German villages, with indications of how they acquired the land. Date mentioned “after 1731.”

'''January 1732—'''Census of the inhabitants and property owners of New Orleans; and census of the inhabitants of Illinois, both unsigned but initialed N. S.

For this time period see also Jacqueline K. Voorhies, ''Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 1758–1796'' (Lafayette, La.: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973).

At Ancestry.com, subscribers can also access [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48009 The Census Tables for the French Colony of Louisiana from 1699 Through 1732].

==Spanish Period==

Hill, Roscoe R. ''Descriptive Catalogue of the Documents relating to the History of the United States in the Papeles Procedentes de Cuba deposited in the Archivo General de Indias''. 1916. Reprint. New York: Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1965. Lists the following:

====Legajo 34====

'''1795—'''Census of Baton Rouge and Manchak.

===Legajo 81===

'''1770—'''Reports of Eduardo Nugent and Juan Kelly on the number of inhabitants and livestock in the districts of Atakapas, Natchitoches, Opelousas, and Rapides.

===Legajo 117===

'''1784 (?)—'''Census of the German Coast.

===Legajo 121===

'''1790—'''Census of Ouachita.

===Legajo 142===

'''1805—'''Census of Baton Rouge.

===Legajo 187-b===

'''1766—'''List of inhabitants of Pointe Coupee; census of Pointe Coupee; list of Cote des Allemands; general census of Pointe Coupee; general census of Villere at Allemands.

===Legajo 188-1===

'''1772—'''Left Bank of the Mississippi from Bayou de Placaminas to Ile au Marais; 1773 Rapides; 1774 “negroes and mulattoes” at Natchitoches.

===Legajo 188-2===

'''1771—'''Census of Atakapas and Opelousas.

===Legajo 189-2===

'''1776 (dated wrong, 1766)—'''Census of parish of St. Charles (Allemands).

===Legajo 193===

'''1782—'''Census of Baton Rouge; 1786 census of Baton Rouge; 1798 census of the district of Nueva Feliciana; census of the district of la Metearie.

===Legajo 198===

'''1785—'''Census of Avoyelles.

===Legajo 201===

'''1788 and 1789—'''Census of Rapides; 1789 census of Natchitoches.

===Legajo 205===

'''1772—'''Census of Rapides.

===Legajo 211===

'''1795 (slaves)—'''Census of Primer Cote des Allemand; census of the second and third wards of New Orleans; census of slaves at Allemands, Atakapas, Natchitoches; 1796 census of the Quartier de la Metairie of New Orleans.

===Legajo 212===

'''1795 (slaves)—'''General census of slaves of New Orleans and masters who contributed to indemnity for slaves lost at Pointe Coupee; 1778 census of the third ward of New Orleans; 1803 census of Pointe Coupee.

===Legajo 216===

'''1799—'''Census of Allemands and Atakapas; general census of New Orleans.

===Legajo 218===

'''1774—'''Census of Atakapas.

===Legajo 220===

'''1803—'''Census of Atakapas (six documents).

===Legajo 227-r===

'''1790—'''Recensements de la Pointe Coupee et Fausse Riviere.

===Legajo 2351===

'''1777—'''Census of Louisiana.

===Legajo 2357===

'''1771—'''Census of Louisiana.

===Legajo 2358===

'''1777—'''Census of Atakapas and Opelousas.

===Legajo 2360===

'''1786—'''Census of Atakapas and Opelousas.

===Legajo 2361===

'''1787—'''Census of Pointe Coupee.

===Legajo 2364===

'''1796—'''Census of Opelousas.

Almost all of these censuses from the Spanish archives have been published in English by Voorhies (see above) and by Elizabeth Shown Mills in ''Natchitoches Colonials: Censuses, Military Rolls and Tax Lists, 1722–1803'' (Chicago: Adams Press, 1981).

From 1721 to 1773, the city of Nuestra Señora del Pilar de los Adaes served as the Spanish capital of Texas. This presidio was located in present-day Natchitoches Parish, near Robeline, Louisiana. Abandoned in 1773, its inhabitants relocated to San Antonio, Texas. By 1779 many of these people moved back closer to their old home of Adaes and reestablished the mission at Nacogdoches, Texas. Yearly census reports exist for Nacogdoches for the years 1792 to 1806, and 1809. Many Louisiana ancestors can be found on these enumerations. See “Census Reports of the Village of Nuestra del Pilar de Nacogdoches,” Bexar Archives, University of Texas Archives, Austin, Texas. (Copies can also be found in the Robert Bruce Collection, vol. 18, 71-284, Ralph W. Steen Library, Special Collection, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, Texas.)

Louisiana Vital Records

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The civil recording of births, marriages, and deaths did not begin in earnest until the early twentieth century. Although laws were passed in the late nineteenth century requiring that vital events be recorded, there was little compliance until later. Prior to that time it was the responsibility of the churches to maintain this data.

The Roman Catholic Church dominated Louisiana until the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. In fact, it was the only church in Louisiana until that time. The Catholic churches throughout the state kept registers of christenings, marriages, and burials, and were the recorders of Louisiana’s early vital records. For important published works relating to marriages, see Church Records below and the following:

*DeVille, Winston. ''The New Orleans French, 1720–1733: A Collection of Marriage Records Relating to the First Colonists of the Louisiana Province''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1973.

*Forsyth, Alice D. ''Louisiana Marriages, 1784–1806''. New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1977.

*———, and Ghislaine Pleasonton. ''Louisiana Marriage Contracts: 1725–1758''. New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1980.

*Mills, Elizabeth Shown. ''Natchitoches Church Marriages, 1818–1850. Translated Abstracts from Registers of St. François des Natchitoches, Louisiana''. Vol. 6. Cane River Creole Series. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Mills Historical Press, 1985.

In the first part of the twentieth century many states, including Louisiana, began requiring civil registration of vital records. The earliest city in Louisiana to exact civil registrations was New Orleans in 1790; however, registrations were only randomly made until the twentieth century. It was not until 1914 that civil recording began statewide. As of 2003, the [[State of Louisiana Division of Archives Records Management, and History | Louisiana State Archives]] holds Orleans Parish birth records over 100 years old, Orleans Parish marriage records over fifty years old, and statewide death records over fifty years old. Researchers may visit the State Archives in Baton Rouge or order records by mail for a fee (presently $5).

Some parish health departments have alphabetical birth and death indexes for their areas. These are not, however, complete listings of all births and deaths of that parish. Copies of these vital records can be ordered from [http://www.dhh.state.la.us Vital Records Registry, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Office of Public Health], P.O. Box 60630, New Orleans, LA 70160. There are a few births (1790) and deaths (ca. 1803) recorded prior to 1914, but the majority of the records start in that year. One must either show proof of kinship as a direct descendant or provide proper authorization to obtain a copy of any of these records. As of July 1999, birth certificates are also available through the Parish Clerks of Court.

On Ancestry.com, the following Louisiana vital records databases are available to subscribers:

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6587 New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899]

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7837 Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925]

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6500 New Orleans, Louisiana Marriage Records Index, 1831-1925]

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2090 Louisiana Marriages to 1850]

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5228 Louisiana Marriage Records, 1851-1900]

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6606 New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949]

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6697 Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949]

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Perkins County, Nebraska

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New Hampshire Tax Records

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No thorough survey has yet been attempted to locate all the annual tax lists for New Hampshire towns. They can be found in manuscript collections in public libraries, in town clerk’s offices among the pages of the annual town meeting minutes, and at the archives and other repositories. Both residents and nonresidents who owned property or businesses might be listed on the annual assessment, which would indicate the number of voting-age males as polls, and such items as the type and acreage of land, animals, and milling products. Following annual tax lists can provide important clues for ages of males (nearly always ages twenty-one to fifty and occasionally sixteen to sixty) and for men moving to or leaving a town, since non-landowners were listed as well, although a few officials were usually exempt.

One important collection of tax records, which has been microfilmed from the originals held at the New Hampshire Records and Archives, is the multi-volume nonresident tax lists (1849–74). Some printed tax lists are listed under Census Records.

In 1798 a U.S. direct tax was ordered. Heritage Books has printed the returns that have been located for nine New Hampshire towns located at that time in Strafford County.

Category:United States Town Lists

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The following is a list of lists of towns from various states in the United States.

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Cherokee County, Oklahoma

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Cherokee is a county in Oklahoma. It was formed in 1907 from the following county/ies: Cherokee Nation. Cherokee began keeping birth records in 1908, marriage records in 1907, and death records in 1908. It began keeping land records in 1906, probate records in 1907, and court records in 1907. The Recording District for Cherokee County is #6. For more information, contact the county at 213 W. Delaware Tahlequah 74464. On the attached map, Cherokee is located at K3.

Tahlequah, OK is the county seat of Cherokee County and is also the home of the [http://www.cherokee.org| Cherokee Nation] and [http://www.nsuok.edu|Northeastern State University].

'''Links'''

[http://www.cityoftahlequah.com/|Official Site of the City of Tahlequah]

[http://www.tahlequahchamber.com |Tahlequah Chamber Of Commerce]

For information about the state of Oklahoma see [[Oklahoma Family History Research]].

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Butler County, Alabama

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Talk:Ethnic Groups of Maryland

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I added a link for the Church Records page mentioned. You can find the table of contents for the Maryland research on the right-hand side of the page.
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Ethnic Groups of Maryland

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==African American==
The Maryland State Archives has sale statistics, manumission records, certificates of freedom, and lists of slave owners for most counties with some limited indexes. Maryland African Americans who helped colonize Liberia and other places in Africa are discussed by Penelope Campbell in ''The Maryland State Colonization Society, 1831–1857'' (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1971). A very useful guide is ''Researching Black Families at the Hall of Records'', by Phebe R. Jacobson (Annapolis, Md.: Hall of Records Commission, 1984).

Not much has been published about slavery in Maryland, but two authors provide studies from the two ends of the era: Raphael Cassimere, Jr., ''The Origins and Early Development of Slavery in Maryland, 1633 to 1715'' (thesis, Lehigh University; Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1975), and Charles Lewis Wagndt, ''Mighty Revolution: Negro Emancipation in Maryland, 1862–1864'' (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1964). Published records include Paul Heinegg, ''Free African Americans of Maryland and Delaware: From the Colonial Period to 1810'' (Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 2000); Jerry M. Hynson, ''Maryland Freedom Papers''. Vol. 1: Anne Arundel County, Vol. 2: Kent County, Vol. 3: 1832–1860 (Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1996, 1997, 2001); Hynson’s ''Free African Americans of Maryland 1832, Including Allegany, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Kent, Montgomery, Queen Anne’s, and Saint Mary’s Counties'' (Family Line Publications, 1998); Mary K. Meyer, ''Free Blacks in Harford, Somerset, and Talbot Counties, Maryland'', 1832 (Mt. Airy, Md.: Pipe Creek Publications, 1991); and Marsha Lynne Fuller, ''African American Manumissions of Washington County, Maryland'' (Hagerstown, Md.: Desert Sheik, 1997).

==Native American==
There is little published material about Native Americans in Maryland. A general history is ''Indians of Early Maryland'' by Harold R. Manakee (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1959), and a more specific study is James A. McAllister’s ''Indian Lands in Dorchester County, Maryland: Selected Sources, 1669 to 1870'' (Cambridge, Md.: the author, 1962).

==Ethnic Groups==
A number of books have been published about Maryland Friends (Quakers), Germans, and Jews. Some Quaker resources have been discussed above under [[Maryland Church Records|Church Records]]. Among those covering the Germans are ''The Maryland Germans: A History'', by Dieter Cunz (1948; reprint, Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, 1972) and ''The Pennsylvania-German in the Settlement of Maryland'', by Daniel Wunderlich Nead (1914; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985). For Jews, see “The Jews of Baltimore [to 1830],” in ''American Jewish Historical Quarterly'', vols. 64 and 67, and ''Generations'', the journal of the Jewish Historical Society of Maryland, published since 1978.

Kentucky Family History Research

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[[File:Kentucky.jpg|thumb|left|County Map of Kentucky]]

==History of Kentucky==
Few American settlers had moved into the region of present-day Kentucky prior to the completion of the western portion of the border survey between Virginia and North Carolina in 1748. When the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) ended, the Ohio River was designated as the boundary between settlers and native inhabitants. Kentucky came under the jurisdiction of Augusta County, Virginia. Fincastle County, Virginia, was organized in 1772 to include all of present-day Kentucky with Harrodsburg designated the county seat. The following year the McAfee brothers and others surveyed land along the Salt River. In 1774, James Harrod founded Harrodsburg as the first permanent English settlement in Kentucky by a group that arrived via the Ohio River.

That same year Richard Henderson purchased from the Native Americans all land lying between the Ohio, Kentucky, and Cumberland rivers for his Transylvania Company. John Finley’s stories of Kentucky land precipitated Daniel Boone’s subsequent exploration. Boone blazed the trail from the Cumberland Gap (at the junction of present-day Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee) to the interior. This path between the Cumberland Gap and central Kentucky became known, through the Transylvania Company’s publicity, as the Wilderness Road. In 1775 the Transylvania Company established Boonesborough as its headquarters.

During the Revolutionary War, the Virginia government virtually ignored the settlements in Kentucky. The resulting lack of military assistance and isolation from the eastern portion of Virginia led to troubles with native tribes and precipitated a desire among the settlers for Kentucky to achieve statehood. Between 1784 and 1790, nine conventions met at Danville demanding separation from Virginia; however, none of these attained success in gaining a division.

Congress admitted the Commonwealth of Kentucky to the Union as the fifteenth state on 1 June 1792 after the first constitution was drafted on 3 April of that year. Established as a commonwealth state, Danville became its first capital. Early settlers included Revolutionary War veterans staking claims to bounty-land grants. Scots-Irish, German, and English individuals and families from Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee soon joined the veterans in Kentucky.

The disputed southern boundary between Kentucky and Tennessee remained unsettled until 1820 when Kentucky accepted the faulty Walker Line, drawn too far north of
36° 30’, between the Cumberland Gap and the western Tennessee River. Several sections of the Line remained questionable until surveyors conducted another survey in 1859. Since families who lived in the disputed area did not know in which state they resided, records are frequently located in both states. Due to changing county boundaries and divisions, Kentucky counties affected include (west to east) Trigg, Christian, Todd, Logan, Simpson, Allen, Monroe, Cumberland, Clinton, Wayne, McCreary, Whitley, Knox, and Bell.

Ideology over the slave issue divided the populace before and during the Civil War. Many large landowners supported slavery, but the small farmers and mountain families did not. Officially, Kentucky, the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, was neutral during the Civil War only until September 1861, when it actively began support of the Union, even though the Confederate States continued to act as if Kentucky were one of theirs.

Following the Civil War, tobacco and coal became leading commodities in Kentucky’s economy. Kentucky’s bluegrass pastures have produced an exceptional number of thoroughbred horses, leading to worldwide recognition in horse racing. Fort Knox, originally Camp Knox, began as a permanent military post and later became an official U.S. gold depository. In the twentieth century Fort Campbell served as a major training center for military recruits.

Genealogical research in the state is aided by excellent research facilities and printed materials on Kentucky’s early settlement.

A source for legal issues is J. Barbour and John D. Carroll. ''The Kentucky Statutes: Containing All General Laws Including Those Passed at Session of 1894''. Louisville: Courier-Journal Job Printing, 1894. It is a must for understanding early regulations for land and taxation.

Lewis Collins' [http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=22695 History of Kentucky] is available at Ancestry.com.

Virgina Military Revolutionary Records

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Kentucky men served in all U.S. military conflicts. As with other states, many types of military records—service, pension, and bounty land—are maintained by the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and its regional centers (see pages 11-12). The Military Records and Research Branch, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, 1121 Louisville Rd., Frankfort, KY 40601, maintains military service records from the Revolutionary War to the present. The Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and the Kentucky Historical Society have strong collections that cover service as well as pension and bounty-land records.

Although sparsely settled at the time, men from Kentucky served in the Revolutionary War. Many of the state’s later residents served for Virginia and were allotted Kentucky land for their service. Anderson C. Quisenberry’s ''Revolutionary Soldiers in Kentucky'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968) covers a broad scope of service records. Names of many early Kentuckians and others who later obtained land grants in Kentucky can be found in records of the George Rogers Clark military expedition. A chronological compilation of name, rank, dates of enlistment and discharge, and payment is included in Margery Heberling Harding, ''George Rogers Clark and His Men: Military Records, 1778–84'' (Frankfort, Ky.: Kentucky Historical Society, n.d.). Civil War rosters for Kentuckians who served in the Union and Confederate armies have been indexed and are available at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. A searchable database of [http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=7082 Kentucky Civil War Union Volunteers] is available at Ancestry.com. Kentucky provided its Confederate veterans and widows with pensions, which can be located through the Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Alice Simpson,'' Index of Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications'' (Frankfort, Ky.: Division of Archives and Records Management, Department for Libraries and Archives, 1978) is helpful in locating these materials in Kentucky.

The Kentucky Historical Society has indexed rosters for Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Kentucky and Kentuckians who served in the Mexican War (1846–48). The University of Kentucky and Kentucky Historical Society house the state Sons of the American Revolution organization papers, and Eastern Kentucky State University published rosters of Civil War regiments from Kentucky.

Military Records and Research Branch, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, 1121 Louisville Rd., Frankfort, KY 40601 maintains records for the Department of Military Affairs. These holdings are discharge documents for over 300,000 Kentucky veterans from all conflicts from World WariI through Desert Storm and historical records of all Kentucky militia and National Guard units from statehood to date. Some military group records can be accessed through online subscription databases (see page 17).

The following is a brief selected list of published works on Kentucky military records:

*Alfaro, Armando J. ''The Paper Trail of the Civil War in Kentucky, 1861–1865''. Frankfort, Ky: Stuff Publications, ca 2001.

*Burns, Annie Walker. ''Abstracts of Pension Papers of Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Indian Wars Who Settled in Kentucky''. 20 vols. Washington, D.C.: the author, 1935-present.

*Clift, G. Glenn. The “Cornstalk” ''Militia of Kentucky, 1792–1811''. 1957. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982. Includes a history of the militia and lists of commissioned officers.

*Cook, Michael L. ''Index to Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky''. 4 vols. Owensboro, Ky.: Cook and McDowell Publications, 1979–82. Both volumes (Union and Confederate) of the original report are covered by these indexes.

*Kentucky Adjutant General. ''Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812''. Kentucky Adjutant General’s Report, 1891. Reprint. Nashville: Byron Sistler and Associates, 1992. Includes full name index and names of over 25,000 men who served. Probably the best single source of information on Kentucky veterans.

*''Kentucky Pension Roll of 1835: Report from the Secretary of War—in Relation to the Pension Establishment of the U.S.'' Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1959. Taken from the U.S. Pension Roll of 1835, this provides a comprehensive list of pensioners residing in Kentucky that year.

*Lynn, Stephen D. ''Confederate Pensioners of Kentucky: Pension Applications of the Veterans and Widows, 1912–1946''. Nashville: Byron Sistler and Associates, 2000. Alphabetical list of 4,7000 Confederate pensioners. Data includes name, military unit, date and place of birth, and death information. Widow’s data lists both married and maiden names, date and place of birth, date and place of marriage, husband’s names, military unit, date and place of birth, and date and place of death.

*____. ''Confederate Soldiers of Kentucky: A Roster of Veterans, 1861–1865''. Nashville: Byron Sistler and Associates, 2002. Most complete list. Names taken from various sources, including the Report of the Adjutant General of Kentucky, pension files, Confederate Home records, records of Veterans’ organization, and others.

*Taylor, P. F. ''A Calendar of the Warrants for Land in Kentucky for Service in the French and Indian War''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967. Good source for records of early military land warrants.

*Wilson, Samuel M. C''atalogue of Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors to Whom Land Bounty Warrants Were Granted by Virginia''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967.

Kentucky Court Records

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The first constitution gave judicial powers to the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Other courts of record in Kentucky included superior, county, chancery, quarterly, circuit, justice of peace, police, district, quarter sessions, oyer and terminer, and general. Court records include dockets, minutes, case files, and orders. Land, tax, and probate matters may be included in Kentucky court records. Most court records are maintained at the respective county courthouse. Some original records are maintained in books, while other court-related documents are filed in folders in boxes or cabinets. Many of the books containing court records have been microfilmed and some have been abstracted and published. The great majority of data, however, is filed in boxes, cabinets, and folders and has not been copied in any form.

Courts and their jurisdiction have altered over time in Kentucky. Some early courts are no longer extant. Some have undergone name or jurisdictional changes. Early records may be filed in volumes or containers that may be mistitled, making it necessary to examine all court records for a county. County courts maintained jurisdiction over most matters, both civil and criminal, until 1852 when quarterly or circuit courts began handling criminal cases. Some circuit courts handled major civil and criminal matters as well as divorces. The circuit courts also served as appellate courts. Matters involving large sums of money were usually heard by the courts of quarter sessions from before statehood through the state’s first ten years.

Microfilmed copies of most county court records are at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Many transcribed records are available at the University of Kentucky Library, the Kentucky Historical Society, Filson Library, and the FHL. Some published or transcribed records are at local and regional libraries.

*Ireland, Robert M. ''The County Courts in Antebellum Kentucky''. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1972. Includes data concerning court procedures and types of records created.

*Richardson, William C. ''An Administrative History of Kentucky Courts to 1850''. Frankfort, Ky.: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, 1983.

Harry Kennett McAdams' book [http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=28676 ''Kentucky pioneer and court records''] is available as a database at Ancestry.com.

Kentucky Land Records

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Kentucky is a [[State-Land State]].

All early property in Kentucky was historically under Virginia’s jurisdiction. In May 1779, Virginia passed an act that divided its western lands, including Kentucky County, which consisted of all of the present-day state. Just eighteen months later, Kentucky County was discontinued, and Fayette, Lincoln, and Jefferson counties were organized from it. The only extant land entries for this time are those in Land Entry Books of Jefferson and Lincoln counties, but these include some Kentucky County records. Originals are kept by the county clerk of Jefferson County and are entitled “Land Entry Book No. A.” Lincoln County records are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort.

Like many other colonies prior to the Revolutionary War, Virginia had plenty of land, but little money. After the French and Indian War ended in 1763, Virginia found it necessary to pay the troops in bounty-land warrants. Military warrants were issued for military service and treasury warrants could be purchased. Warrants were issued authorizing surveys of property. The procedure was ineffective, for it did not require a survey of the land prior to the issuance of the warrant. Instead, Virginia law required that the person locate his land wherever he chose and then survey the property at his own cost. Unfortunately, the surveys were not reliable as most were not adept at surveying, and their attempts to do so sometimes resulted in conflicts in title and loss of the land.
Original surveys, patents, warrants, and grants as well as indexes are filed in the Secretary of State’s Land Office, Rm. 148, Capitol Bldg., Frankfort, KY 40601. It has the complete set of original documents for the Kentucky land grant records, including caveats and wills. The Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives have microfilm and photo copies of these records. Some records may be recorded in adjacent Tennessee counties due to the resurvey of Walker’s Line in 1859.

Land and property records for Kentucky include deeds, entries, warrants, surveys, mortgages, and indexes to these documents. Under the Kentucky Court of Appeals, which served as a court of record, deed books were maintained beginning in 1796. The first twenty-six books are designated as books A through Z for the period 1796 to 1835, although earlier deeds and documents, some dated as early as 1775, are recorded therein.

Within these twenty-six volumes are documents for residents of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, and Louisiana, as well as some foreign countries. Books A through C comprise, for the most part, documents relating to the period 1775 through 1796, but other books also include early records.

When the Green River country opened, a law enacted in 1795 provided that each head of household would receive the maximum of 200 acres at the rate of $30 per hundred acres. The “In Fee Simple” title to the property was not to be given to the landholder until the price of the land was completely paid.

The following printed sources deal with Kentucky land records:

*Brookes-Smith, Joan E. ''Index for Old Kentucky Surveys and Grants''. Frankfort, Ky.: Kentucky Historical Society, 1975. Alphabetically arranged from the microfilm collection at the Kentucky Historical Society, the book includes volume number, original survey number, name, acreage, county, watercourse, survey date, original book and page, grantee, grant, and original book and page.

*——. ''Master Index: Grants Which Were in What Is Now Kentucky''. Frankfort, Ky.: Kentucky Historical Society, 1975. Compiled from thousands of original documents, includes original survey number, individual’s name, acreage, county where filed, location on watercourse, survey, grantee to whom land was later transferred, date, book, and page.

*——, comp. ''Master Index: Virginia Surveys and Grants, 1774–1791''. Frankfort, Ky.: Kentucky Historical Society, 1976. Contains data pertaining to bounty-land grants for service against the French and Indians. Includes Acts of the General Assembly of Kentucky pertaining to original land titles. Alphabetically arranged, includes Kentucky Historical Society volume number, original survey number, name, acreage, county, watercourse, survey date, original book and page, grantee, grant date, and original book and page.

*Cook, Michael L., and Bettie A. Cook. ''Kentucky Court of Appeals Deed Books''. 4 vols. Evansville, Ind.: Cook Publications, 1985. A series of nine volumes of Kentucky Records Series, the Deed Books cover a nearly forty-year span (from 1796–1803, 1803–11, 1811–21, and 1821–35). Volume 4 also includes state supreme court records for the district of Kentucky (1783–89).

*——. ''Fincastle & Kentucky County Virginia-Kentucky Records & History''. Vol. 1. Kentucky Records Series. Vol. 18. Evansville, Ind.: Cook Publications, 1987. Contains all known extant records for these counties, plus all acts of the Virginia legislature pertaining to Kentucky prior to 1792. Includes land entries for Lincoln and Jefferson counties pertaining to Kentucky County and Fincastle County land records.

*Jillson, Willard Rouse. [http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=2073 ''The Kentucky Land Grants: A Systematic Index to All of the Land Grants Recorded in the State Land Office at Frankfort, Kentucky, 1782–1924'']. 2 vols. 1925. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1971. Vol. 1 [Part 1] lists Kentucky land grants; Virginia grants (1782–92); Old Kentucky grants (1793–1856); Grants south of Green River (1797–1866); Tellico Grants (1803–53); Kentucky land warrants (1816–73); Grants West of Tennessee River (1822–58); and Grants south of Walker’s line (1825–1923). Vol. 2 (Part 2) contains warrants for headrights (1827–49; one page) and grants in county court records (1836–1924). Originally published as Filson Club Publication Number 33.

*——. ''Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds: A Complete Index to All of the Earliest Land Entries, Military Warrants, Deeds and Wills of the Commonwealth of Kentucky''. 1926. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987. This work is a companion volume to ''Kentucky Land Grants'' and indexes land records for the commonwealth of Kentucky. Records abstracted include manuscript documents of early civil land entries, military warrants, and state land office entries as well as first deeds, wills, and powers of attorney (relative to land) that were filed with the clerk of the court of appeals at Frankfort. Each section is arranged alphabetically and must be searched separately. Originally published as Filson Club Publication Number 34.

*Sutherland, James F., comp. ''Early Kentucky Landholders, 1787–1811''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986. Reprinted in 2000. A valuable tool for tracking elusive Kentucky land records. Contains data on over 17,000 landholders, representing forty-six of the fifty-four Kentucky counties extant in 1811.

Once county jurisdiction was established, land was to be surveyed and recorded at the county clerk’s office. In most cases, original county land and property records are maintained by the respective county clerk’s office, but microfilm copies are available at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, the University of Kentucky Library, Kentucky Historical Society, Filson Library, and the FHL. Some published land records are available in local, regional, historical, or genealogical society collections or libraries.

Census Records for Kentucky

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==Federal==
===Population Schedules===

• Indexed—1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930

• Soundex—1880, 1900, [http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=5185 1910 (Miracode)], 1920

Ancestry.com has digitized images of the entire U.S. Federal Census Schedules 1790-1930 and created searchable indexes for the images. This collection can be accessed at [http://search.ancestry.com/group/usfedcen/US+Federal+Census+Collection.aspx U.S. Federal Census Collection]. Along with the entire U.S. Federal Census collection, Ancestry.com has a collection of indexes for Kentucky ([http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=3549 Kentucky Census, 1810-90]) which were created by Accelerated Indexing Systems in 1999. This collection contains the following indexes: 1810 Federal Census and Index; 1820 Federal Census Index; 1830 Federal Census Index; 1840 Federal Census Index; 1840 Pensioners List; 1850 Federal Census Index; 1850 Slave Schedules; 1860 Federal Census Index; 1870 Federal Census Index; 1890 Veterans Schedules; Early Census Index.

===Industry and Agriculture Schedules===

• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

===Mortality Schedules===

• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

===Slave Schedules===

• 1850, 1860

===Union Veterans Schedules===

• 1890 (part)

Earlier U.S. censuses for Kentucky were destroyed, but published tax lists serve as a replacement for the lost 1790 and 1800 censuses. For substitutes, see these works:

*Clift, Garrett Glenn. [http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=49057 ''“Second Census” of Kentucky, 1800: A Privately Compiled and Published Enumeration of Tax Payers Appearing in the 79 Manuscript Volumes Extant of Tax Lists of the 42 Counties of Kentucky in Existence in 1800'']. 1954. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982. Names of taxpayers are arranged alphabetically. Shows name, county, and date of tax list.

*''Early Kentucky Tax Records''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987. Taken from the ''Register of the Kentucky Historical Society'' (see [[Kentucky Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscript Collections]]) and indexed by Carol Lee Ford.

*Heinemann, Charles Brunk. [http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=2003 ''“First Census” of Kentucky, 1790'']. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981. Privately compiled list of taxpayers arranged alphabetically assists in locating the proper county of residence. Provides name, county, and date of tax list. This volume includes a map by Bayless Hardin depicting Kentucky in 1792, with the 1818 Jackson Purchase also noted.

Only returns for sixty-five Kentucky counties remain of the 1890 Union veterans and widows schedule of the federal census of Kentucky. Extracts and indexes for many of Kentucky’s censuses have been compiled and published. Original or microfilm copies of the federal census returns are available at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Several Kentucky indexes to censuses predate those published by AISI.

==State School Census==
Kentucky infrequently enumerated public school students beginning in 1888. Scattered records are at the office of the respective county Board of Health or Board of Education. These are restricted if held by the school board but are not if held by the county clerk. Some are maintained by the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and the Kentucky Historical Society.

Census Records for Kentucky

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==Federal==
===Population Schedules===

• Indexed—1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930

• Soundex—1880, 1900, [http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=5185 1910 (Miracode)], 1920

Ancestry.com has digitized images of the entire U.S. Federal Census Schedules 1790-1930 and created searchable indexes for the images. This collection can be accessed at [http://search.ancestry.com/group/usfedcen/US+Federal+Census+Collection.aspx U.S. Federal Census Collection]. Along with the entire U.S. Federal Census collection, Ancestry.com has a collection of indexes for Kentucky ([http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=3549 Kentucky Census, 1810-90]) which were created by Accelerated Indexing Systems in 1999. This collection contains the following indexes: 1810 Federal Census and Index; 1820 Federal Census Index; 1830 Federal Census Index; 1840 Federal Census Index; 1840 Pensioners List; 1850 Federal Census Index; 1850 Slave Schedules; 1860 Federal Census Index; 1870 Federal Census Index; 1890 Veterans Schedules; Early Census Index.

===Industry and Agriculture Schedules===

• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

===Mortality Schedules===

• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

===Slave Schedules===

• 1850, 1860

===Union Veterans Schedules===

• 1890 (part)

Earlier U.S. censuses for Kentucky were destroyed, but published tax lists serve as a replacement for the lost 1790 and 1800 censuses. For substitutes, see these works:

*Clift, Garrett Glenn. ''“Second Census” of Kentucky, 1800: A Privately Compiled and Published Enumeration of Tax Payers Appearing in the 79 Manuscript Volumes Extant of Tax Lists of the 42 Counties of Kentucky in Existence in 1800''. 1954. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982. Names of taxpayers are arranged alphabetically. Shows name, county, and date of tax list.

*''Early Kentucky Tax Records''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987. Taken from the ''Register of the Kentucky Historical Society'' (see [[Kentucky Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscript Collections]]) and indexed by Carol Lee Ford.

*Heinemann, Charles Brunk. ''“First Census” of Kentucky, 1790''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981. Privately compiled list of taxpayers arranged alphabetically assists in locating the proper county of residence. Provides name, county, and date of tax list. This volume includes a map by Bayless Hardin depicting Kentucky in 1792, with the 1818 Jackson Purchase also noted.

Only returns for sixty-five Kentucky counties remain of the 1890 Union veterans and widows schedule of the federal census of Kentucky. Extracts and indexes for many of Kentucky’s censuses have been compiled and published. Original or microfilm copies of the federal census returns are available at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Several Kentucky indexes to censuses predate those published by AISI.

==State School Census==
Kentucky infrequently enumerated public school students beginning in 1888. Scattered records are at the office of the respective county Board of Health or Board of Education. These are restricted if held by the school board but are not if held by the county clerk. Some are maintained by the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and the Kentucky Historical Society.

Census Records for Kentucky

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''This entry was originally written by [[Wendy Bebout Elliott]], Ph.D., [[FUGA]], for [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''
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==Federal==
===Population Schedules===

• Indexed—1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930

• Soundex—1880, 1900, [http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=5185 1910 (Miracode)], 1920

===Industry and Agriculture Schedules===

• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

===Mortality Schedules===

• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

===Slave Schedules===

• 1850, 1860

===Union Veterans Schedules===

• 1890 (part)

Earlier U.S. censuses for Kentucky were destroyed, but published tax lists serve as a replacement for the lost 1790 and 1800 censuses. For substitutes, see these works:

*Clift, Garrett Glenn. ''“Second Census” of Kentucky, 1800: A Privately Compiled and Published Enumeration of Tax Payers Appearing in the 79 Manuscript Volumes Extant of Tax Lists of the 42 Counties of Kentucky in Existence in 1800''. 1954. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982. Names of taxpayers are arranged alphabetically. Shows name, county, and date of tax list.

*''Early Kentucky Tax Records''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987. Taken from the ''Register of the Kentucky Historical Society'' (see [[Kentucky Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscript Collections]]) and indexed by Carol Lee Ford.

*Heinemann, Charles Brunk. ''“First Census” of Kentucky, 1790''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981. Privately compiled list of taxpayers arranged alphabetically assists in locating the proper county of residence. Provides name, county, and date of tax list. This volume includes a map by Bayless Hardin depicting Kentucky in 1792, with the 1818 Jackson Purchase also noted.

Only returns for sixty-five Kentucky counties remain of the 1890 Union veterans and widows schedule of the federal census of Kentucky. Extracts and indexes for many of Kentucky’s censuses have been compiled and published. Original or microfilm copies of the federal census returns are available at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Several Kentucky indexes to censuses predate those published by AISI.

==State School Census==
Kentucky infrequently enumerated public school students beginning in 1888. Scattered records are at the office of the respective county Board of Health or Board of Education. These are restricted if held by the school board but are not if held by the county clerk. Some are maintained by the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and the Kentucky Historical Society.

Kentucky Vital Records

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Although compliance was never complete, birth and death records for Kentucky begin as early as 1852 when statewide registration was first enacted. The requirement continued for only ten years. Some births and deaths were recorded (1874–79, 1892–1910), but observance remained sporadic.

A few larger cities maintained separate birth and death records prior to 1911, but these too are incomplete. Louisville (1898–1911), Covington (1890–1911), Newport (1890–1911), and Lexington (1906–11) are four cities with registered births in their respective city health departments.

The Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and the Kentucky Historical Society (see [[Kentucky Archives, Libraries, and Societies]]) have early records for 1852 to 1910, arranged by counties. Jeffery M. Duff’s ''Inventory of Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1852–1910'', rev. ed. (Frankfort, Ky.: Department for Libraries and Archives, 1988), lists what is available by year and county at both of the repositories. Other repositories, including the Filson Library (see [[Kentucky Archives, Libraries, and Societies]]) and the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, have some copies. No statewide index has been compiled for these early records, although the Kentucky Historical Society has a card index of both births and deaths for 1852 to 1862. Some early records, which have been indexed by county, appear in various issues of the Kentucky Historical Society’s Register.

Birth and death registration was enacted statewide on 1 January 1911 and generally adhered to by 1920. Indexes to births and deaths after 1911 are microfilmed; however, the actual records are not. Certificates of births and deaths after 1911 are only available at the Office of Vital Statistics, Department of Health Services, 275 E. Main St., Frankfort, KY 40601. The microfilmed index can be used at the Kentucky Historical Society, the University of Kentucky Library, the Filson Library, and the FHL. Delayed registrations of birth are maintained by the Office of Vital Statistics.

Kentucky marriage records usually begin about the time of the respective county’s establishment or within a few years of that date. Some counties have marriage records for dates prior to organization. Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln counties have marriage records as early as 1785. The respective county clerk has jurisdiction over marriage records. Beginning in 1958 statewide registration was required. Originals are filed in the counties and duplicates are available at the Office of Vital Statistics. The Office of Vital Statistics maintains an index to marriage records from 1958. Licenses and bonds may be filed separately from certificates. An index to Kentucky marriage, divorce, and death records is online at [http://ukcc.uky.edu/~vitalrec http://ukcc.uky.edu/~vitalrec].

Published marriage records for Kentucky include the following:

*Antoniak, Eleanor, indexer. ''Kentucky Marriage Records''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. Lists all marriages published in the ''Register of Kentucky'' but does not include records for all counties. It includes marriages from the following counties: Barren 1799-1817, Bourbon 1786-1800, Christian 1797-1825, Floyd 1803-1860, Franklin 1795-1810, Grant 1820-1854, Greenup 1804-1820, Hardin 1792-1825, Lawrence 1822-1859, Lincoln 1781-1792, Madison, Mercer 1786-1800, Montgomery 1852-1859, Muhlenburg 1799-1836, Nelson 1785-1815, Pike 1822-1865, Shelby 1792-1830, Union, and Woodford 1789-1799, with the addition of some Culpeper County, Virginia marriages.

*Clift, G. Glenn, comp. ''Kentucky Marriages, 1797–1865''. 1974. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987. Newspaper marriage notices previously published in ''The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society''. Alphabetical by county and alphabetical within each county by groom’s surname.

Kentucky’s state legislature granted divorces from 1792 through 1849. Between 1849 and 1958, divorces were usually recorded by the circuit courts in the respective counties. Some early original circuit court records are available at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. The records of early divorces are included in the Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. These volumes, and a few microfilm copies of circuit court records, are available at the Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Statewide registration commenced in 1958. Divorces granted after statewide registration are available through the Office of Vital Statistics at the above address.

Ancestry.com has a number of vital record collections for Kentucky including:
*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=1213 Kentucky Birth Records, 1852-1910]
*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=8788 Kentucky Birth Index, 1911-1999]
*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=48582 Kentucky Marriages, 1797-1865]
*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=2089 Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850]
*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=4428 Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900]
*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=1117 Kentucky Marriage Records, 1852-1914]
*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=8787 Kentucky Marriage Index, 1973-1999]
*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=48035 Kentucky Marriage Records]
*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=1222 Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953]
*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=3077 Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000]

Washington County Resources

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[[File:Washington-lores.jpg|thumb|left|County Map of Washington]]

Although originally held in the county seat, many county land, probate, and court records have been transferred to the state archive’s regional branches.

The beginning dates for territorial court and probate records have been taken from the volume ''Frontier Justice: Guide to the Court Records of Washington Territory, 1853–1889'' (see [[Washington Court Records | Court Records—Territorial]]. For judicial purposes, many of the counties were attached to other counties. This volume is therefore extremely important as it will direct researchers to the correct county where older records are filed. Other dates were taken from the Washington State Archives–Regional Board websites and the Family History Library Catalog.

Updated contact information and websites for Washington’s counties can be found at [http://access.wa.gov/home.aspx Access Washington] and at [http://www.mrsc.org/countyprofiles/profilesmenu.aspx www.mrsc.org/countyprofiles/profilesmenu.aspx].

Also consulted were Kathleen Allen O’Connor’s “Washington State Genealogical Resource Guide” at the Washington State Genealogical Society website [http://www.rootsweb.com/~wasgs/resguide.htm www.rootsweb.com/~wasgs/resguide.htm], Newton Carl Abbott and Fred E. Carver’s “The Evolution of Washington Counties” (Yakima Valley Genealogical Society and Klickitat County Historical Society, 1978), the [[Washington State Archives—Regional Branch]] websites and the [http://www.familysearch.org The Family History Library] (FHL).

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! Map
! County
! County Address
! Date Formed
! Parent County(ies)
! Birth
! Marriage
! Death
! Land
! Probate
! Court
|-
| H5|| Adams|| 210 W. Broadway Ave., Ritzville 99169-1860 || 1883|| Whitman||1891||1891||1891||1884||1885||1890
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| K6|| Asotin|| 135 Second St., Asotin 99402-9532 || 1883|| Garfield||1891||1891||1891||1893||1885||1886
|-
| G6|| Benton|| 620 Market St., Prosser 99350-1610|| 1905|| Klickitat/Yakima||1905||1905||1915||1885||1884||1884
|-
| || Chehalis|| || 1854 || (renamed Grays Harbor, 1915) Thurston||||||||||||
|-
| E3|| Chelan|| 350 Orondo St., Wenatchee 98801-2885|| 1899|| Kittitas/Okanogan||1899||1900||1900||1882||1888||1876
|-
| A2|| Clallam|| 223 E. 4th, Port Angeles 98362-3015|| 1854|| Jefferson||1895||1878||1891||1859||1862||1889
|-
| C7|| Clark|| 1200 Franklin St., P.O. Box 5000, Vancouver 98660-2812|| 1845 || (as Vancouver District; renamed 1849)||1891||1852||1891||1850||1890||1890
|-
| J6|| Columbia|| 341 E. Main St., Dayton 99328-1361|| 1875|| Walla Walla||1891||1876||1891||1864||1878||1874
|-
| B6|| Cowlitz|| 207 Fourth Ave. N, Kelso 98626-4124|| 1854|| Lewis||1891||1854||1891||1854||1860||1872
|-
| F3|| Douglas|| 213 S. Rainier, Waterville 98858-0516|| 1883|| Lincoln||1891||1887||1891||1884||1887||1888
|-
| H2|| Ferry|| 350 E. Delaware Ave., Republic 99166-9747|| 1899|| Stevens||1899||1900||1899||1898||1899||1899
|-
| G6|| Franklin|| 1016 N. Fourth Ave., Pasco 99301-3706|| 1883|| Whitman||1891||1890||1891||1880||1884||1874
|-
| J6|| Garfield|| P.O. Box 278, Pomeroy 99347-0278|| 1881|| Columbia||1891||1892||1891||1892||1892||1883
|-
| G4|| Grant|| 35 C St. NW, P.O. Box 37, Ephrata 98823-1685|| 1909|| Douglas||1909||1909||1909||1889||1891||1889
|-
| A4|| Grays Harbor|| 100 W. Broadway, Montesano 98563-3614|| 1854 || (as Chehalis; renamed 1915) Thurston||1891||1855||1891||1855||1857||1884
|-
| B2|| Island|| 1 NE 7th St., P.O. Box 5000, Coupeville 98239-5000|| 1853|| Thurston||1891||1853||1891||1853||1853||1891
|-
| A3|| Jefferson|| 1820 Jefferson St., P.O. Box 1220, Port Townsend 98368-6951|| 1852|| Thurston||1891||1853||1891||1855||1853||1854
|-
| D4|| King|| 516 Third Ave., Seattle 98104-2305|| 1852|| Thurston||1891||1866||1891||1853||1854||1864
|-
| B3|| Kitsap|| 614 Division St., Port Orchard 98366-4614|| 1857 ||(as Slaughter; renamed 1857) King/Jefferson||1891||1860||1891||1857||1861||1888
|-
| E4|| Kittitas|| 205 W. Fifth Ave., Ellensburg 98926-2890|| 1883|| Yakima||1872||1882||1882||1882||1884||1884
|-
| E7|| Klickitat|| 205 S. Columbus Ave., Goldendale 98620-9279|| 1859|| Walla Walla/Skamama||1882||1867||1891||1863||1882||1880
|-
| B5|| Lewis|| 351 NW North St., Chehalis 98532-1926|| 1845|| original||1891||1847||1891||1855||1855||1847
|-
| H4|| Lincoln|| 450 Logan St., Davenport 99122|| 1883|| Spokane||1883||1884||1891||1883||1884||1886
|-
| B4|| Mason|| I-411 N 5th, Shelton 98584-3466|| 1854 || (as Sawamish; renamed 1864) Thurston||1891||1892||1891||1856||1871||1889
|-
| G2|| Okanogan|| 123 5th Ave. N., Rm 150, Okanogan 98840-9436|| 1888|| Stevens||1899||1888||1891||1884||1888||1888
|-
| A5|| Pacific|| 300 Memorial Ave., South Bend 98586|| 1851|| original||1891||1868||1891||1851||1851||1878
|-
| K2|| Pend Oreille|| 625 W. 4th St., Newport 99156-9098|| 1911|| Stevens||——||1911||1911||1911||1911||1911
|-
| C5|| Pierce|| 930 Tacoma Ave. S., Rm 737, Tacoma 98402-2102|| 1852|| Thurston||1891||1853||1891||1858||1855||1855
|-
| || Sawamish|| || 1854 || (renamed Mason, 1864) Thurston||||||||||||
|-
| B2|| San Juan|| 350 Court St., Friday Harbor 98250-7901|| 1873|| Whatcom||1892||1874||1891||1877||1874||1889
|-
| C2|| Skagit|| 700 S. Second St., Mount Vernon 98273-3879|| 1883|| Whatcom||1891||1891||1891||1872||1884||1878
|-
| C7|| Skamania|| 240 NW Vancouver St., Stevenson 98648-0790|| 1854|| Clark||1893||1892||1891||1854||1854||1854
|-
| D2|| Snohomish||3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett 98201-4046|| 1861|| Island||1881||1867||1891||1862||1866||1876
|-
| || Spokane (old)|| || 1859 || (abolished; became part of Stevens, 1864) Walla Walla||||||||||||
|-
| || colspan="10" | In 1879 part of this county was set off as present Spokane County.
|-
| K4|| Spokane (present)||1116 W. Broadway Ave., Spokane 99201-2004|| 1879|| Stevens||1882||1880||1889||1879||1880||1878
|-
| J2|| Stevens||215 S. Oak St. #214, Colville 99114-2862|| 1863|| Walla Walla||1891||1859||1891||1883||1887||1882
|-
| B5|| Thurston||2000 Lakeridge Dr. S.W., Olympia 98502-6001|| 1852|| original||1891||1877||1891||1852||1853||1852
|-
| A6|| Wahkiakum||64 Main St., Cathlamet 98612-9508|| 1854|| Lewis||1891||1868||1891||1858||1852||1890
|-
| H6|| Walla Walla||315 W. Main St., Walla Walla 99362-2864|| 1854|| Clark/Skamania||1883||1862||1884||1859||1859||1860
|-
| C1|| Whatcom||311 Grand Ave., Bellingham 98225-4048|| 1854|| Island||1891||1854||1891||1854||1872||1883
|-
| J5|| Whitman||404 N. Main St., Colfax 99111-2031|| 1871|| Stevens||1875||1874||1891||1874||1878||1861
|-
| E6|| Yakima||128 N. Second St., Yakima 98901-2639|| 1865|| Ferguson||1890||1877||1896||1882||1874||1882
|-
| E6|| Yakima||128 N. Second St., Yakima 98901-2639|| 1865|| Ferguson||1890||1877||1896||1882||1874||1882
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Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Middlesex is a county in Massachusetts. It was formed in 1643 from the following county/ies: original. It began keeping land records in 1649, probate records in 1654, and court records in 1643. Until 1649, records were kept in Boston. The county was divided into two districts in 1855. The above office is the “parent” county seat, encompassing all the Middlesex towns between 1643—1855. After that it was still the probate office for the county, but the registry of deeds for only the Southern District (see Town Resources for towns in each of Middlesex’s two registry of deeds districts).

For more information, contact the county at 208 Cambridge St., Cambridge 02141 . On the attached map, Middlesex is located at F2.

For information about the state of Massachusetts see [[Massachusetts Family History Research]].

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Hampshire County, Massachusetts

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Hampshire is a county in Massachusetts. It was formed in 1662 from the following county/ies: Middlesex. It began keeping land records in 18128, probate records in 1660, and court records in 1677. In 1787 three registry offices were created (Deerfield, Springfield, and Northampton) for Hampshire County corresponding with what eventually became the three present counties of Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire, respectively. All deeds for the Northampton registry before it became what is now Hampshire County are located at the Springfield registry.

For more information, contact the county at 33 King St., Northampton 01060. On the attached map, Hampshire is located at C3.

For information about the state of Massachusetts see [[Massachusetts Family History Research]].

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Franklin County, Massachusetts

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Franklin is a county in Massachusetts. It was formed in 1811 from the following county/ies: Hampshire. It began keeping land records in 1787*, probate records in 1812, and court records in 1812. Earlier deeds for land now in Franklin County are at Springfield (see Hampden County). Abstracts of these deeds recorded at the Springfield registry from 1663—1786 are at Greenfield. Deeds for 1787-present are in Greenfield; between 1787—1812 they were recorded at the Deerfield registry, which was transferred to Greenfield in 1812. Probates before 1812 for towns now in Franklin County are at Northampton (see Hampshire County).

For more information, contact the county at 425 Main St., Greenfield 01310. On the attached map, Franklin is located at B2.

For information about the state of Massachusetts see [[Massachusetts Family History Research]].

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Barnstable County, Massachusetts

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Barnstable is a county in Massachusetts. It was formed in 1685 from the following county/ies: as Barnstable County of Plymouth Colony. It began keeping land records in 1827, probate records in 1686, and court records in 1686. Fire destroyed nearly all early deed books and probate files, but probate books survived. Although the official deed books only begin in 1827, many deeds were re-recorded back to about 1783, though these are far from complete.

For more information, contact the county at Main Street, Barnstable 02630. On the attached map, Barnstable is located at J6.

For information about the state of Massachusetts see [[Massachusetts Family History Research]].

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Hampden County, Massachusetts

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Hampden is a county in Massachusetts. It was formed in 1812 from the following county/ies: Hampshire. Although not established as Hampden County until 1812, Springfield was the registry for Hampden’s parent county, Hampshire, which was divided into three registries–Deerfield, Springfield, and Northampton–in 1787. Deerfield registry was transferred to Greenfield when Franklin County was established in 1811 (see Franklin and Hampshire). All deeds for land originally in Hampshire as well as Franklin and Hampden before their county division from Hampshire are located at the Springfield registry. It began keeping land records in 1636, probate records in 1812, and court records in 1812. Probates before 1812 for towns covered now by Hampden County are at the Hampshire Probate Office in Northampton. The bulk of the pre-1812 court records are also in Northampton.

For more information, contact the county at 50 State St., Springfield 01103. On the attached map, Hampden is located at B4.

For information about the state of Massachusetts see [[Massachusetts Family History Research]].

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Georgia Vital Records

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Georgia attempted to require registration of births, marriages, and deaths on a county level in 1875, but the law was repealed in 1876. Some vital records for fourteen Georgia counties for 1875 have been microfilmed and are available at the Georgia Archives (see [[Georgia Archives, Libraries, and Societies]]).

In 1919 Georgia law required the registration of all births and deaths in the state. As in many other states, Georgia’s county governments were slow to respond to the new law and most did not comply until 1928. See Georgia Historical Records Survey, ''Guide to Public Vital Statistics in Georgia'' (Atlanta: the author, 1941) for the records kept by individual counties. A few major cities required birth and death registration early on:

• Atlanta—births, 1896; deaths, 1887. Fulton County Health Department, 99 Butler St. S.E., Atlanta, GA 30303.

• Augusta—births, 1823–1896. See Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly (1968): 1988-93

• Savannah—births, 1890; deaths, 1803. Chatham County Health Department, P.O. Box 14257, Savannah, GA 31406. Early death records have been published by the Georgia Historical Society.

• Macon—births, 1891; deaths, 1882. Bibb County Health Department, 171 Emery Hwy., Macon, GA 31201.

• Columbus—births, 1869; deaths, 1890. Muscogee County Health Department, 2100 Comer Ave., Columbus, GA 31902.

• Gainesville—births, 1865; deaths, 1909. Available on microfilm at the Georgia Archives.

Birth and death records in Georgia can be requested from the [http://health.state.ga.us/programs/vitalrecords/ Georgia Department of Human Resources, Vital Records Unit, Atlanta, Georgia 30334.] For urgent requests, certificates can be ordered and paid for by phone with a Visa or MasterCard. There is an additional fee for this service.

As in most other states, marriage records in Georgia are created at the county level. Some Georgia counties kept some marriage bonds before 1805, although Georgia law did not require marriage licenses to be recorded until 1805. Officials were careless in adhering to the law and consequently some marriages were not recorded at all. Some records were also lost in various courthouse fires. All recorded Georgia marriages to 1900 are available on microfilm at the Georgia Archives and the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City. The former also has some loose, original county marriage records. Heritage Papers’ periodical ''Georgia Genealogist'' contains civil marriages to 1810. Marriages after that date can be found in Mary B. Warren, ''Georgia Marriages 1811 Through 1820'' (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1988).

From 1793 to 1832, divorces in Georgia were subject to legislative approval after being approved by the county superior court. The divorce files remain in the custody of the county superior courts. Divorces, name changes, and decrees of ''femme sole'' (also called ''feme sole'') granted by the Georgia legislature are abstracted in Robert S. Davis Jr., ''The Georgia Black Book II'' (Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1987).

Ancestry.com has the following vital records databases for Georgia:
*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=7839 Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944]
*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=2085 Georgia Marriages to 1850]
*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=4453 Georgia Marriages, 1851-1900]
*[http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=5426 Georgia Deaths, 1919-98]

In addition to these databases, there is a collection of Georgia Bible Records that contains an itemized list of the births, marriages, and deaths found in approximately 1,000 family Bibles that can be searched at [http://www.ancestry.com/s44364/CONTENT/rd.ashx?htx=list&dbid=49169 Georgia Bible Records].

Template:Vermont Towns

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[[Craftsbury, Vermont|Craftsbury]] •
[[Danby, Vermont|Danby]] •
[[Danville, Vermont|Danville]] •
[[Derby, Vermont|Derby]] •
[[Dorset, Vermont|Dorset]] •
[[Dover, Vermont|Dover]] •
[[Dummerston, Vermont|Dummerston]] •
[[Duxbury, Vermont|Duxbury]] •
[[East Haven, Vermont|East Haven]] •
[[East Montpelier, Vermont|East Montpelier]] •
[[Eden, Vermont|Eden]] •
[[Elmore, Vermont|Elmore]] •
[[Enosburg, Vermont|Enosburg]] •
[[Essex, Vermont|Essex]] •
[[Fair Haven, Vermont|Fair Haven]] •
[[Fairfax, Vermont|Fairfax]] •
[[Fairfield, Vermont|Fairfield]] •
[[Fairlee, Vermont|Fairlee]] •
[[Fayston, Vermont|Fayston]] •
[[Ferdinand, Vermont|Ferdinand]] •
[[Ferrisburg, Vermont|Ferrisburg]] •
[[Fitzwilliam, Vermont|Fitzwilliam]] •
[[Fletcher, Vermont|Fletcher]] •
[[Franklin, Vermont|Franklin]] •
[[Georgia, Vermont|Georgia]] •
[[Glastenbury, Vermont|Glastenbury]] •
[[Glover, Vermont|Glover]] •
[[Goshen, Vermont|Goshen]] •
[[Grafton, Vermont|Grafton]] •
[[Granby, Vermont|Granby]] •
[[Grand Island, Vermont|Grand Island]] •
[[Grand Isle, Vermont|Grand Isle]] •
[[Granville, Vermont|Granville]] •
[[Greensboro, Vermont|Greensboro]] •
[[Groton, Vermont|Groton]] •
[[Guildhall, Vermont|Guildhall]] •
[[Guilford, Vermont|Guilford]] •
[[Halifax, Vermont|Halifax]] •
[[Hancock, Vermont|Hancock]] •
[[Hardwick, Vermont|Hardwick]] •
[[Hartland, Vermont|Hartland]] •
[[Highgate, Vermont|Highgate]] •
[[Hinesburg, Vermont|Hinesburg]] •
[[Holland, Vermont|Holland]] •
[[Hubbardton, Vermont|Hubbardton]] •
[[Huntington, Vermont|Huntington]] •
[[Hyde Park, Vermont|Hyde Park]] •
[[Ira, Vermont|Ira]] •
[[Irasburg, Vermont|Irasburg]] •
[[Isle la Motte, Vermont|Isle la Motte]] •
[[Jamica, Vermont|Jamica]] •
[[Jay, Vermont|Jay]] •
[[Jericho, Vermont|Jericho]] •
[[Johnson, Vermont|Johnson]] •
[[Kirby, Vermont|Kirby]] •
[[Landgrove, Vermont|Landgrove]] •
[[Leicester, Vermont|Leicester]] •
[[Lemington, Vermont|Lemington]] •
[[Lewis, Vermont|Lewis]] •
[[Lincoln, Vermont|Lincoln]] •
[[Londonderry, Vermont|Londonderry]] •
[[Lowell, Vermont|Lowell]] •
[[Ludlow, Vermont|Ludlow]] •
[[Lunenburg, Vermont|Lunenburg]] •
[[Lyman, Vermont|Lyman]] •
[[Lyndon, Vermont|Lyndon]] •
[[Maidstone, Vermont|Maidstone]] •
[[Manchester, Vermont|Manchester]] •
[[Marlboro, Vermont|Marlboro]] •
[[Marshfield, Vermont|Marshfield]] •
[[Mendon, Vermont|Mendon]] •
[[Middlebury, Vermont|Middlebury]] •
[[Middlesex, Vermont|Middlesex]] •
[[Middletown, Vermont|Middletown]] •
[[Milton, Vermont|Milton]] •
[[Monkton, Vermont|Monkton]] •
[[Montgomery, Vermont|Montgomery]] •
[[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]] •
[[Moretown, Vermont|Moretown]] •
[[Morgan, Vermont|Morgan]] •
[[Morristown, Vermont|Morristown]] •
[[Mount Holy, Vermont|Mount Holy]] •
[[Mount Ludlow, Vermont|Mount Ludlow]] •
[[Mount Tabor, Vermont|Mount Tabor]] •
[[New Haven, Vermont|New Haven]] •
[[Newark, Vermont|Newark]] •
[[Newbury, Vermont|Newbury]] •
[[Newfane, Vermont|Newfane]] •
[[Newport, Vermont|Newport]] •
[[North Hero, Vermont|North Hero]] •
[[Northfield, Vermont|Northfield]] •
[[Norton, Vermont|Norton]] •
[[Norwich, Vermont|Norwich]] •
[[Orange, Vermont|Orange]] •
[[Orwell, Vermont|Orwell]] •
[[Panton, Vermont|Panton]] •
[[Pawlet, Vermont|Pawlet]] •
[[Peacham, Vermont|Peacham]] •
[[Peru, Vermont|Peru]] •
[[Pittsfield, Vermont|Pittsfield]] •
[[Pittsford, Vermont|Pittsford]] •
[[Plainfield, Vermont|Plainfield]] •
[[Plymouth, Vermont|Plymouth]] •
[[Pomfret, Vermont|Pomfret]] •
[[Poultney, Vermont|Poultney]] •
[[Pownal, Vermont|Pownal]] •
[[Pownam, Vermont|Pownam]] •
[[Proctor, Vermont|Proctor]] •
[[Putney, Vermont|Putney]] •
[[Randolph, Vermont|Randolph]] •
[[Reading, Vermont|Reading]] •
[[Readsboro, Vermont|Readsboro]] •
[[Richford, Vermont|Richford]] •
[[Richmond, Vermont|Richmond]] •
[[Ripton, Vermont|Ripton]] •
[[Rochester, Vermont|Rochester]] •
[[Rockingham, Vermont|Rockingham]] •
[[Roxbury, Vermont|Roxbury]] •
[[Royalton, Vermont|Royalton]] •
[[Rupert, Vermont|Rupert]] •
[[Rutland, Vermont|Rutland]] •
[[Ryegate, Vermont|Ryegate]] •
[[Saint Albans, Vermont|Saint Albans]] •
[[Saint George, Vermont|Saint George]] •
[[Saint Johnsbury, Vermont|Saint Johnsbury]] •
[[Salisbury, Vermont|Salisbury]] •
[[Sandgate, Vermont|Sandgate]] •
[[Searsburg, Vermont|Searsburg]] •
[[Shaftsbury, Vermont|Shaftsbury]] •
[[Sharon, Vermont|Sharon]] •
[[Sheffield, Vermont|Sheffield]] •
[[Shelburne, Vermont|Shelburne]] •
[[Sheldon, Vermont|Sheldon]] •
[[Sherburne, Vermont|Sherburne]] •
[[Shoreham, Vermont|Shoreham]] •
[[Shrewsbury, Vermont|Shrewsbury]] •
[[Somerset, Vermont|Somerset]] •
[[South Burlington, Vermont|South Burlington]] •
[[South Hero, Vermont|South Hero]] •
[[Springfield, Vermont|Springfield]] •
[[Stamford, Vermont|Stamford]] •
[[Standard, Vermont|Standard]] •
[[Starksboro, Vermont|Starksboro]] •
[[Stockbridge, Vermont|Stockbridge]] •
[[Stowe, Vermont|Stowe]] •
[[Strafford, Vermont|Strafford]] •
[[Stratton, Vermont|Stratton]] •
[[Sudbury, Vermont|Sudbury]] •
[[Sunderland, Vermont|Sunderland]] •
[[Sutton, Vermont|Sutton]] •
[[Swanton, Vermont|Swanton]] •
[[Thetford, Vermont|Thetford]] •
[[Tinmouth, Vermont|Tinmouth]] •
[[Topsham, Vermont|Topsham]] •
[[Townshend, Vermont|Townshend]] •
[[Troy, Vermont|Troy]] •
[[Tunbridge, Vermont|Tunbridge]] •
[[Underhill, Vermont|Underhill]] •
[[Vernon, Vermont|Vernon]] •
[[Vershire, Vermont|Vershire]] •
[[Victory, Vermont|Victory]] •
[[Waitsfield, Vermont|Waitsfield]] •
[[Walden, Vermont|Walden]] •
[[Wallingford, Vermont|Wallingford]] •
[[Waltham, Vermont|Waltham]] •
[[Wardsboro, Vermont|Wardsboro]] •
[[Warren, Vermont|Warren]] •
[[Warrens Gore, Vermont|Warrens Gore]] •
[[Warrens Grant, Vermont|Warrens Grant]] •
[[Washington, Vermont|Washington]] •
[[Waterbury, Vermont|Waterbury]] •
[[Waterford, Vermont|Waterford]] •
[[Waterville, Vermont|Waterville]] •
[[Weathersfield, Vermont|Weathersfield]] •
[[Wells, Vermont|Wells]] •
[[West Fairlee, Vermont|West Fairlee]] •
[[West Haven, Vermont|West Haven]] •
[[West Rutland, Vermont|West Rutland]] •
[[West Windsor, Vermont|West Windsor]] •
[[Westfield, Vermont|Westfield]] •
[[Westford, Vermont|Westford]] •
[[Westminster, Vermont|Westminster]] •
[[Westmore, Vermont|Westmore]] •
[[Weston, Vermont|Weston]] •
[[Westport, Vermont|Westport]] •
[[Weybridge, Vermont|Weybridge]] •
[[Wheelock, Vermont|Wheelock]] •
[[Whiting, Vermont|Whiting]] •
[[Whitingham, Vermont|Whitingham]] •
[[Williamstown, Vermont|Williamstown]] •
[[Williston, Vermont|Williston]] •
[[Wilmington, Vermont|Wilmington]] •
[[Windham, Vermont|Windham]] •
[[Windsor, Vermont|Windsor]] •
[[Winhall, Vermont|Winhall]] •
[[Winooski, Vermont|Winooski]] •
[[Wolcott, Vermont|Wolcott]] •
[[Woodbury, Vermont|Woodbury]] •
[[Woodford, Vermont|Woodford]] •
[[Woodstock, Vermont|Woodstock]] •
[[Worcester, Vermont|Worcester]]

Towns of Vermont

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[[Addison, Vermont]]

[[Albany, Vermont]]

[[Alburg, Vermont]]

[[Andover, Vermont]]

[[Arlington, Vermont]]

[[Athens, Vermont]]

[[Averill, Vermont]]

[[Averys Gore, Vermont]]

[[Bakersfield, Vermont]]

[[Baltimore, Vermont]]

[[Barnard, Vermont]]

[[Barnet, Vermont]]

[[Barre, Vermont]]

[[Barton, Vermont]]

[[Bath, Vermont]]

[[Bellows Falls, Vermont]]

[[Belvidere, Vermont]]

[[Bennington, Vermont]]

[[Benson, Vermont]]

[[Berkshire, Vermont]]

[[Berlin, Vermont]]

[[Bethel, Vermont]]

[[Bloomfield, Vermont]]

[[Bolton, Vermont]]

[[Bradford, Vermont]]

[[Braintree, Vermont]]

[[Brandon, Vermont]]

[[Brattleboro, Vermont]]

[[Bridgewater, Vermont]]

[[Bridport, Vermont]]

[[Brighton, Vermont]]

[[Bristol, Vermont]]

[[Brookfield, Vermont]]

[[Brookline, Vermont]]

[[Brownington, Vermont]]

[[Brunswick, Vermont]]

[[Buels Gore, Vermont]]

[[Burke, Vermont]]

[[Burlington, Vermont]]

[[Cabot, Vermont]]

[[Calais, Vermont]]

[[Cambridge, Vermont]]

[[Canaan, Vermont]]

[[Castleton, Vermont]]

[[Cavendish, Vermont]]

[[Charlestown, Vermont]]

[[Charlotte, Vermont]]

[[Chelsea, Vermont]]

[[Chester, Vermont]]

[[Chittenden, Vermont]]

[[Clarendon, Vermont]]

[[Colchester, Vermont]]

[[Concord, Vermont]]

[[Corinth, Vermont]]

[[Cornwall, Vermont]]

[[Coventry, Vermont]]

[[Craftsbury, Vermont]]

[[Danby, Vermont]]

[[Danville, Vermont]]

[[Derby, Vermont]]

[[Dorset, Vermont]]

[[Dover, Vermont]]

[[Dummerston, Vermont]]

[[Duxbury, Vermont]]

[[East Haven, Vermont]]

[[East Montpelier, Vermont]]

[[Eden, Vermont]]

[[Elmore, Vermont]]

[[Enosburg, Vermont]]

[[Essex, Vermont]]

[[Fair Haven, Vermont]]

[[Fairfax, Vermont]]

[[Fairfield, Vermont]]

[[Fairlee, Vermont]]

[[Fayston, Vermont]]

[[Ferdinand, Vermont]]

[[Ferrisburg, Vermont]]

[[Fitzwilliam, Vermont]]

[[Fletcher, Vermont]]

[[Franklin, Vermont]]

[[Georgia, Vermont]]

[[Glastenbury, Vermont]]

[[Glover, Vermont]]

[[Goshen, Vermont]]

[[Grafton, Vermont]]

[[Granby, Vermont]]

[[Grand Island, Vermont]]

[[Grand Isle, Vermont]]

[[Granville, Vermont]]

[[Greensboro, Vermont]]

[[Groton, Vermont]]

[[Guildhall, Vermont]]

[[Guilford, Vermont]]

[[Halifax, Vermont]]

[[Hancock, Vermont]]

[[Hardwick, Vermont]]

[[Hartland, Vermont]]

[[Highgate, Vermont]]

[[Hinesburg, Vermont]]

[[Holland, Vermont]]

[[Hubbardton, Vermont]]

[[Huntington, Vermont]]

[[Hyde Park, Vermont]]

[[Ira, Vermont]]

[[Irasburg, Vermont]]

[[Isle la Motte, Vermont]]

[[Jamica, Vermont]]

[[Jay, Vermont]]

[[Jericho, Vermont]]

[[Johnson, Vermont]]

[[Kirby, Vermont]]

[[Landgrove, Vermont]]

[[Leicester, Vermont]]

[[Lemington, Vermont]]

[[Lewis, Vermont]]

[[Lincoln, Vermont]]

[[Londonderry, Vermont]]

[[Lowell, Vermont]]

[[Ludlow, Vermont]]

[[Lunenburg, Vermont]]

[[Lyman, Vermont]]

[[Lyndon, Vermont]]

[[Maidstone, Vermont]]

[[Manchester, Vermont]]

[[Marlboro, Vermont]]

[[Marshfield, Vermont]]

[[Mendon, Vermont]]

[[Middlebury, Vermont]]

[[Middlesex, Vermont]]

[[Middletown, Vermont]]

[[Milton, Vermont]]

[[Monkton, Vermont]]

[[Montgomery, Vermont]]

[[Montpelier, Vermont]]

[[Moretown, Vermont]]

[[Morgan, Vermont]]

[[Morristown, Vermont]]

[[Mount Holy, Vermont]]

[[Mount Ludlow, Vermont]]

[[Mount Tabor, Vermont]]

[[New Haven, Vermont]]

[[Newark, Vermont]]

[[Newbury, Vermont]]

[[Newfane, Vermont]]

[[Newport, Vermont]]

[[North Hero, Vermont]]

[[Northfield, Vermont]]

[[Norton, Vermont]]

[[Norwich, Vermont]]

[[Orange, Vermont]]

[[Orwell, Vermont]]

[[Panton, Vermont]]

[[Pawlet, Vermont]]

[[Peacham, Vermont]]

[[Peru, Vermont]]

[[Pittsfield, Vermont]]

[[Pittsford, Vermont]]

[[Plainfield, Vermont]]

[[Plymouth, Vermont]]

[[Pomfret, Vermont]]

[[Poultney, Vermont]]

[[Pownal, Vermont]]

[[Pownam, Vermont]]

[[Proctor, Vermont]]

[[Putney, Vermont]]

[[Randolph, Vermont]]

[[Reading, Vermont]]

[[Readsboro, Vermont]]

[[Richford, Vermont]]

[[Richmond, Vermont]]

[[Ripton, Vermont]]

[[Rochester, Vermont]]

[[Rockingham, Vermont]]

[[Roxbury, Vermont]]

[[Royalton, Vermont]]

[[Rupert, Vermont]]

[[Rutland, Vermont]]

[[Ryegate, Vermont]]

[[Saint Albans, Vermont]]

[[Saint George, Vermont]]

[[Saint Johnsbury, Vermont]]

[[Salisbury, Vermont]]

[[Sandgate, Vermont]]

[[Searsburg, Vermont]]

[[Shaftsbury, Vermont]]

[[Sharon, Vermont]]

[[Sheffield, Vermont]]

[[Shelburne, Vermont]]

[[Sheldon, Vermont]]

[[Sherburne, Vermont]]

[[Shoreham, Vermont]]

[[Shrewsbury, Vermont]]

[[Somerset, Vermont]]

[[South Burlington, Vermont]]

[[South Hero, Vermont]]

[[Springfield, Vermont]]

[[Stamford, Vermont]]

[[Standard, Vermont]]

[[Starksboro, Vermont]]

[[Stockbridge, Vermont]]

[[Stowe, Vermont]]

[[Strafford, Vermont]]

[[Stratton, Vermont]]

[[Sudbury, Vermont]]

[[Sunderland, Vermont]]

[[Sutton, Vermont]]

[[Swanton, Vermont]]

[[Thetford, Vermont]]

[[Tinmouth, Vermont]]

[[Topsham, Vermont]]

[[Townshend, Vermont]]

[[Troy, Vermont]]

[[Tunbridge, Vermont]]

[[Underhill, Vermont]]

[[Vernon, Vermont]]

[[Vershire, Vermont]]

[[Victory, Vermont]]

[[Waitsfield, Vermont]]

[[Walden, Vermont]]

[[Wallingford, Vermont]]

[[Waltham, Vermont]]

[[Wardsboro, Vermont]]

[[Warren, Vermont]]

[[Warrens Gore, Vermont]]

[[Warrens Grant, Vermont]]

[[Washington, Vermont]]

[[Waterbury, Vermont]]

[[Waterford, Vermont]]

[[Waterville, Vermont]]

[[Weathersfield, Vermont]]

[[Wells, Vermont]]

[[West Fairlee, Vermont]]

[[West Haven, Vermont]]

[[West Rutland, Vermont]]

[[West Windsor, Vermont]]

[[Westfield, Vermont]]

[[Westford, Vermont]]

[[Westminster, Vermont]]

[[Westmore, Vermont]]

[[Weston, Vermont]]

[[Westport, Vermont]]

[[Weybridge, Vermont]]

[[Wheelock, Vermont]]

[[Whiting, Vermont]]

[[Whitingham, Vermont]]

[[Williamstown, Vermont]]

[[Williston, Vermont]]

[[Wilmington, Vermont]]

[[Windham, Vermont]]

[[Windsor, Vermont]]

[[Winhall, Vermont]]

[[Winooski, Vermont]]

[[Wolcott, Vermont]]

[[Woodbury, Vermont]]

[[Woodford, Vermont]]

[[Woodstock, Vermont]]

[[Worcester, Vermont]]

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