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Ancestry.com’s U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

[reposted from 10 July 2012 with updated links and a few additional comments in brackets] Ancestry.com recently updated their “U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.” The title of this database is somewhat misleading–the “marriage records” in this database are from family group charts compiled mainly by researchers in the 1970s and 1980s. While some of the […]

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Soundex Searches at Ancestry.com’s Kansas City and County Census Records

There is not really a fix, but rather a workaround on the search irregularity that was noted a few days ago on the “All Kansas, City and County Census Records, 1919-1961” at Ancestry.com.  Apparently having: Sounds like Similar Soundex checked simultaneously overwhelms the system. Checking only “Soundex” will provide Soundex results. I did get “Troutfetter” when […]

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Meet Your Search Options: The 1925 Iowa State Census

The 1925 Iowa State Census contains the names of parents for every person enumerated. It is probably the best state census ever taken in the United States. The FamilySearch website recently updated or added an index to this unique state census, making it available for users at no charge.  The image shown below is part of the […]

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