Thursday, December 28, 2006

East High School, Rochester, NY Baseball Team 1939


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In the photograph: Fred Lind, Gianforti, Strub, George Histed, Coach McKay, Loeffler, Smith, Emanuel Agnello, Joos - manager, Shoemaker, Drexler, Latucca, Collins, Vyverbert, Frank Palmisano, Lee Banke, DeVos, Smith, Piccone.

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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Butler High School, Butler, Indiana Freshman Class Photo 1925


The Future Class of 1928

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In the photograph: Donald Blaker, Robert Cather, John Campbell, Wilda Christoffel, Howard Dean, Ureyl Dever, Pauline Deck,Amber Fee, Vara Fifer, Homer Firestone, Harold Gingrich, Randall Grogg, Audrey Garbrie, Russel Grogg, Robert Hablawetz, Donna Higley, Charles Herman, Vernetha Hemenway, Lucile Hamman, Velda Huntington, Roland Hollinger, John Haverstock, Paul Kissinger, Robert King, Majel Knox, Golda Loomis, Drayton Loomis, Dale Loomis, Russell Lyons,Kermit Miser, Walter Mountz, Harold Milliman, Aletha Mavis, Wanda McClellan, Maxine Nearpass, Ruth Noragon, Paul Oberlin, Louise Piffer, Mable Porter, Robert Poffenberger, Gertrude Rosenbery, Redina Richmond, Wava Robinson, Russel Shoup, Elmer Snyder, Marcelle Smith, Virginia Stone, Bessie May Snyder, Loren Spake, Stella Sprow, Raymond Wise, Leora Yarlot

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Ballard High School, Seattle, Washington 1937 Basketball Champions


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In the photograph: Players Hank Malde, Harold Anderson, Earl Johnson, Omar Stensen, Sig Sigurdson, Bill Williams, Len Malde, George Mitchell, Harold Wanser, Mel Kasen, Bill Fleming, George Smith and Bob Gislason and Coach Frank Rowlee. Lions Club member Robert D. Bone is shown presenting a trophy to the team.

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Monday, December 18, 2006

Pitts Family Gathering abt 1912


Pitts Family Gathering abt 1912 on line at familyoldphotos.com
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Pitts family gathering around 1912 - Location near Big Cabin, Craig Co., OK at Alexander L. Pitts' Ranch, Children and grandchildren of Alex L. & Martha (Huckaby) Pitts. You might recognize some of these family members and may be able to identify the unknowns. In the photograph --

Left to Right
Boy on horse: Lewis Lucian Pitts b. 1904, son of Joe Pitts
Alexander L. Pitts
Martha Ann (Huckaby) Pitts, his wife
Tall man: Joseph Carroll "Joe" Pitts
Woman behind chair: Rueldine states that "this has to be Mary Virginia "Ginnie" (Pitts) Hackett"
Baby in chair: Helen Hacker
Man with hat: Jim Hacker
Boy child in front of man with hat: One of Joe's boys, Curtis L. Pitts b. c 1908
Woman R of man with hat: A girlfriend of Bertha (Pitts) Clagett. Name not known.
Girl child in front of woman: Joe's younger daughter, Viola Opal Pitts b. c 1906
Young man 4th from the left – Albert Pitts b. 1890
Girl in front of Albert Pitts : Joe's daughter, Ruby (Pitts) Harmon (she had an older sister and younger sister)
Girl standing R of Albert - Bertha (Pitts) Claggett b. 1894
Young girl standing in front of to the R: Joe's oldest daughter, Lydia Pitts b. c 1901
Young Man 2nd from the R - Frank Pitts (thin face) b. 1892
Young Man on the far R - Dee Pitts (round/square face) b. 1888


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Albert Pitts
Alexander L. Pitts and Martha Ann Huckaby Pitts
Clifford E. Pitts
Doyle B. Pitts
Doyle B. Pitts
Doyle B. Pitts and Unknown Servicemen
Doyle B. Pitts and Charlie Marie Thomas
Frank Pitts and Martha Huckaby Pitts

Frank Pitts and Myrtle Mae Lester Pitts

New Old Photographs

New and Recently Added Old Photographs at familyoldphotos.com

Dr. Sam Acree
Harlen Acree and Linda Blair Wedding Photo
Harlan Acree Gang
Charles Adams

Benjamin Lawrence Adkins and Minnie May George with Lillian and Clifford
Children of Samuel A. Adkins
Elvira A. Grant Adkins
Isabelle "Belle" Adkins Smith
Jeff D. and Belle Adkins Smith Family
Lillian May Adkins
Lillian May Adkins Kirkpatrick
Louise Gladys Adkins Palmer
Samuel A Adkins
Samuel A. Adkins and Sarah Rebecca Stice
Samuel Andrew Adkins and Sarah Rebecca Stice
Samuel Andrew Adkins
Samuel A Adkins Family 1891
Samuel A Adkins
Ruth Allebach
George Frank Allen Family
Lawrence H. Platt and Mary Magdalene Allen
Joseph Chandler Amsberry
Francis Adam Amsberry and Family
William Daniel Amsberry and Amanda J. "Jennie" Myers Amsberry with Ruth
Elizabeth Ausel
Ronald Bankson
James S. Bartlett and Golda D. Sadler
Velma Lucille Bartlett
Lena Bisker
James Milton Bearse
Jacob Bonewitz and Malinda Ann Mossburg
Justine, Elizabeth, and Ada Brickley
Fred LeRoy Brooks and Pauline Kadlovec Wedding
Harriett Annette Brock
John L. Brock
Marietta Brock Cole, Mary Anne Keep Brock, and Florence Brock Byham
Bruce Allen Brown
Jane Steele Caldwell
Timothy Caldwell
Robert Jay Cole with George and Richard McCracken
Ernestine Collins
Moses Lafayette Cornelius and Phebe Kessiah Glover
Moses Cornelius Family
Loron and Mary Davis Wedding 1910
David Earl Deardorf and Tinsie Ethel Amsberry Deardorf with Earlene Vivian Deardorf
Alba W. Doty
Hattie B. Gould Doty
Kathleen Dowlan
John Hiram Epperson
John Hiram Epperson and Nancy Mouck Family
Louise Farren
Evelyn Tomlinson Gabler
William James Gault
Victoria Margaret Keller Gault
Edna Zola Warren Gault
William Calvin Goodman
Eugene Hagan
Elizabeth M. Harris Osborn
Bernard Haumesser
John Hershelman
Norine Hill
Margaret Hollabaugh
Hubert James
Atlanta Bonnett Langdon
Eugene Thomas Lennie Sr and Marlis Jane Smith
Richard Lobaugh
William Richard and Perneacy Robinson Love Farmstead, Reno Co., Kansas
Beulah May Sadler Lucius
Lucille Violet McLaughlin
Mary Morgan
Francis Norton Mossman and Family
John E. Mossburg Family
Dorothy Nuth
William Henry "Bill" O'Hara and Helen Marjorie Epperson O'Hara
Randolph Page
John Riley Pitzer
Chauncey Powell and Anna Etta Hort
Ethel Ione Pulber Smith
Lavina Vinnie Snyder Pulber with two unknown people
Edward Richards
Esther Ruth Rosen
Esther Ruth Rosen 1929
Marie Emma Rosen
William Sheehan
Old Skiles Home abt 1910 Holdrege, Nebraska
Roy and Sadie Skiles Wedding 1913
Skiles Family 1940
Cora Bell Boone Smith
John Wesley Smith
Harvey Monroe Thomas and Phillip Bradley Pitts
Maggie Mae Cornelius Thomas
James Marion Thompson
John C. Thompson
Annie O'Dell Wagoner Weller and Grace Marie Weller with an unknown girl
George Conrad Weller
Maurice Pauline Weller, Grace Marie Weller, and Evon Frank Weller
Anzel Lake Whittaker and Velma Lucille Barnett with Rachel Gayle Whittaker
Helen Wilkens
Glenn G. Williams and Rhoda B. English Family
William Wilson Jr.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006

Colby College, Waterville, Maine Baseball Team 1900


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In the photograph: Horace Wellman Newenham, captain and pitcher; Ernest Thomas Cushman, catcher; James Henry Hudson, first base; H. E. Pike, second base; Edward Connor Rice, third base; Elvin Leslie Allen, short stop; E. W. Allen, left field; E. H. Tupper, center field; W. M. H. Teague, right field; L. G. Saunders, pitcher; H. C. Dearborn, John Burton, L. G. Lord, C. F. T. Stevens, manager.

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Mobile High School, Mobile, Alabama 1922 Football Team


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In the photograph: Players George Irvine, Leon Athey, Ed. Haas, Marvin Smith, Leo Owen, Fred Pickhard, Jim Hart, Charley Heuback, Ned Meredith, Cullen Richardson, Cliff Clisby, Norbert Niolon, Alan Kidd, Lester Diamond, Julian Graddick.

Coach - Mr. Wester.

Many unidentified players are in the photograph.

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Saturday, December 16, 2006

WorldVitalRecords.com Scans Everton Genealogical Library

Genealogy and Family History Data to Go Online

WorldVitalRecords.com has started to scan hundreds of thousands of pages of genealogy and family history data at the Everton Genealogical Library, one of the largest privately held genealogical libraries in the United States. WorldVitalRecords.com is now hosting all of Everton’s online content and has become Everton’s largest reseller of print subscriptions. The Everton Genealogical Library is an invaluable resource filled with 80,000+ books, manuscripts, records, newsletters, maps, pedigree charts, and much, much more.

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Train Wrecks, Tornadoes, Floods, Fires & Other Disasters

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GenDisasters.com chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. (and it's free)

New material is being transcribed and added daily..... These have been added in the past two weeks:

Boise, ID Fire, Oct 1899
Fairview, ID Train Wreck, Nov 1917
Harrison, ID Cameron Lumber Company Fire, Aug 1902
Soda Springs, ID Train Wreck, Nov 1913
Weiser, ID Train Accident, Sept 1904

Alton, IL Tornado, Jun 1860
Altona, IL Train Wreck, Sept 1895
Amboy, IL Tornado, Jun 1860
Aurora, IL Train Wreck, Aug 1895
Chenoa, IL Tornado, May 1858
Des Plaines, IL Train Wreck, May 1899
Garden Plain, IL Tornado, May 1875
Greasy Prairie, IL Tornado, May 1883
Jacksonville, IL Ice Storm, Feb 1883
Lenzburg, IL Train Wreck, Jul 1899
Literberry, IL Tornado, May 1883
Livingston, IL Train Wreck, Feb 1929
Lynden, IL Tornado, Jun 1860
Mt. Vernon, IL Tornado, Feb 1888
Murrayville, IL Tornado, May 1883
Ottawa, IL Train Wreck, Aug 1870
Tampico, IL Fire, Jan 1874
Tampico, IL Fire, May 1876
Tampico, IL Fire, Spring 1872
Wann, IL Train Wreck - The Wann Disaster, Jan 1893

Edgewood, IA Fire, Oct 1908 - updated

Birmingham, MO Train Wreck, Sept 1902
Harlem, MO Flood, May 1903
Jefferson City, MO Train Wreck, Dec 1913
Lyman, MO Train Wreck, Oct 1893
Moberly, MO Wabash Foundry Fire, Oct 1908
Newtown, MO Tornado, Apr 1889 - updated
St. Louis, MO Dardenne Creek Train Wreck, Jan 1904
St. Louis, MO Empire Hotel Fire, Feb 1902
St. Louis, MO Brown Shoe Company Elevator Accident, Jan 1904

Albany, NY Fire, Apr 1891 - updated
Brooklyn, NY Fire, Oct 1884
Buffalo, NY Columbia Building Fire, Jan 1907 - updated
Canastota, NY Fire, Apr 1873
Lyons, NY Hotel Baltzel Fire, Jan 1896
Hoffmans, NY Train Wreck, Aug 1902
New York, NY Folding Bed Accident, Dec 1910
New York, NY Train Wreck, Jan 1902
New York, NY Railroad Accident, Apr 1911
New York, NY Trolley Car Accident, Aug 1902
Otisville, NY Train Accident, Aug 1915
Sidney, NY Train Wreck, Sept 1908
Syracuse, NY Train Accident, Nov 1911

Austin, PA Weisert's Store and House Fires, May 1902
Bodines, PA Train Accident, May 1902
Bridgeville, PA Train Wreck, Apr 1907
Carnegie, PA Train Wreck, Jun 1907
Charleroi, PA Monongahela River Drowning, Jun 1913
Chester, PA Trolley - Train Wreck, Aug 1895
Connellsville, PA Drowning, Jan 1909
Connellsville, PA Storm & Flood, May 1902
Curwensville, PA Flood, May 1889
Delaware County, PA Flood, Aug 1843
Doylestown, PA Fire, Dec 1913
Eddystone, PA Baldwin Locomotive Works Fire, Nov 1915
Essington, PA Delaware River Drowning, Jun 1901
Exeter, PA Train Wreck, Oct 1884
Faunce, PA McDonald Barn Fire, May 1932
Glenshaw, PA Train Wreck, Nov 1908
Hamburg, PA Church Fire, May 1875
Hamburg, PA Fire, May 1930
Huntingdon, PA Brush Fire, May 1885
Huntingdon, PA Fisher House Fire, Feb 1913
Huntingdon, PA Train Wreck, Mar 1888
Hyndman, PA Train Wreck, Sept 1908
Indiana, PA Gas House Fire, May 1890
Lynn, PA Redstone Creek Drowning, Apr 1895
McDonald, PA Storm & Lightning Strike, Mar 1902
Norristown, PA Train Accident, Aug 1895
Philadelphia, PA Electricity Accident, Jan 1902
Philadelphia, PA Fire, Feb 1865
Philadelphia, PA Grand Central Theatre Fire, Apr 1892
Philadelphia, PA Phoenix Pants Shirt & Overall Co., Feb 1907
Philadelphia, PA Standard Glass Varnish Co. Fire, Mar 1882
Philadelphia, PA Tornado, Apr 1856
Pittsburgh, PA Fire, Apr 1845
Pittsburgh, PA Storm, Apr 1894
Pittsburgh, PA Storm, Aug 1895
Pittsburgh, PA Train Accident, Feb 1896
Portage, PA Train Wreck, Jan 1902
Slate Run, PA J. B. Weed & Co. Sawmill Fire, Jan 1893
Somerset, PA Storm, May 1911
Springdale, PA Six Men Drown, May 1898
Troy, PA Train Wreck, Oct 1907
Uniontown, PA Windstorm Hits Circus Tent, Jun 1917
West Leisenring, PA Connellsville Coal & Iron Co. Explosion, Feb 1884
West Pittston, PA Lehigh Valley Coal Co. Accident, Jul 1894
Wilkes-Barre, PA Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. Explosion, May 1890
Wilkes-Barre, PA Mine Explosion, Dec 1896
Wilkes-Barre, PA Mine Explosion, Mar 1890
Wilkinsburg, PA Fire, Mar 1908
York, PA Tornado, Apr 1856

Ashland, WI Fire, Aug 1900 - updated
Berlin, WI Fire, May 1898
Berlin, WI Tornado, Jul 1885
Endeavor, WI Fire, Nov 1909
Fond du Lac, WI Lumber Yard & Blast Furnace Fire, Sept 1895
Green Lake, WI Tornado, Jul 1873
Hollandtown, WI Lightning Strike, Jun 1899
Marinette, WI Gram Building Fire, Oct 1901
Oshkosh, WI Train Wreck, Jan 1909
Stockton, WI Custer Creamery Fire, Dec 1913

Don't see the disaster you've been researching? Come by and try our search engine - or browse through over a thousand other train wrecks, tornadoes, drownings, mine explosions, fires, etc. we've catalogued on the site.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Chaney High School, Youngstown, Ohio 1929-30 Basketball Team photo


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Players: Ed Broscoe, Bussy Reese, Johnny Kabealo, Nick Hayden, Steve Berdis, Ken Davis, Patsy Fizzwallo, Wilfred Bolton, William Griffiths, Francis Petrick, Kenneth Lutz, ____ Bonnell

Coach Chester McPhee.

Two unidentified men, either two student managers or a student manager and a young assistant coach.

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Edgewood, Iowa Old Postcards & Photographs


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Early 1900s photos of Main Street, the opera house and the Whipple Hotel, as well as, photos of the aftermath of the fire that destroyed part of the town in October 1908.

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Cardwell High School, Cardwell, Montana Girls Basketball Team 1925


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In the photograph: Helen Wegren, Grace Douglas, Evelyn Lahood, Dorothy Sparrell, Frances Hart, Fern Canty - coach, Esther Wegren

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Christmas Card Postcards from the Early 1900s


Vintage Christmas Card postcards from the early 1900s .... maybe your ancestors sent or received one like these.

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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Parma High School, Parma, Idaho Football Team 1935 Photo


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In the photograph: Julian Mendiola, captain; Bill Fisk, Gordon Greenbank, Bill Hammock, Charles Jurries, Ed Hobbs, James Klahr, Bill Mitchell, Ernest Wymer, John Smith, Quenton Correll, Bowman Vertrees, Edward Platt, Ben Galey, Theron Gough, Coach - Odie C. Pederson

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Wednesday, December 06, 2006

New Train Wrecks, Tornadoes, Fires, Floods, Drownings ....


New disaster articles at gendisasters.com

GenDisasters.com chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. (and it's free)

Bridgeport, CT Train Wreck, Jun 1903
Bristol, CT Flood, Feb - Mar 1896
Forestville, CT Train Wreck, Mar 1896
Milford, CT Milford Hotel Fire, Mar 1923
New Haven, CT Train Wreck, Sept 1913
Winsted, CT Beardsley Hotel Fire, Nov 1939

Alton, IA Tornado, June 1860
Boone County, IA Tornado, Jun 1882
Burlington, IA Street Car Accident, Oct 1901
Chester, IA Tornado, June 1890
Decorah, IA Storm & Flood, May 1902
Fort Dodge, IA Prairie Fire, Nov 1860
Johnson County, IA Tornado, May 1899
Keokuk County, IA Fuhs Drowning, Aug 1885
Keokuk County, IA Tornado, May 1873
Oelwein, IA Train Wreck, May 1899
Washington County, IA Tornado, May 1873
McGregor, IA Storm, May 1902
Coppock, IA Tornado, Jun 1902
Burlington, IA Carriage Accident, May 1903
Creston, IA Tornado, May 1903
Lowden, IA Train Wreck, Oct 1906
Aplington, IA Train Wreck, May 1918
Van Horne, IA Olsen Construction Accident, May 1926

Albany, IL Tornado, Jun 1860
Alton, IL Tornado, May 1873
Bush, IL Tornado, Apr 1912
Carlinville, IL Tornado, Apr 1880
Chicago, IL Fire June 1891
Dunkel Station, IL Tornado, May 1917
Garden Plain, IL Tornado, Jun 1860
Madison Co., IL Tornado, Mar 1871
New Douglas, IL Tornado, Feb 1876
Pana, IL Tornado, June 1857
Rock Island, IL Fire, July 1860
Tampico, IL Tornado, Jun 1874
Tampico, IL Tornado, Nov 1908
Taylorville, IL Tornado, Apr 1880 – updated

Morocco, IN Tornado, Apr 1912 updated

Louisville, KY West Main Street Fire, Dec 1894
Louisville, KY Fire, Dec 1891
Louisville, KY Standard Oil Refinery Explosion, Jun 1890
Corinth, KY Train Wreck, Aug 1924

Ashley Falls, MA Train Wreck, Aug 1910
Boston, MA Fire, Feb 1899
Loeminster, MA Fire, May 1903
North Adams, MA D. H. Maloney's Block Fire, Mar 1896
North Adams, MA Fire, Feb 1898
Pelham, MA House Explosion, Jan 1891
Sharon, MA Lake Massapoag Drownings, Jun 1896
Shelburne Falls, MA Train Wreck, Apr 1886
Springfield, MA Evening Union Office Fire, Mar 1915
Springfield, MA Phelps Publishing Co. Fire, Jan 1907

Baltimore, MD Fire - The Great Fire, Feb 1904
Mt. Airy, MD Fire, Mar 1914
Mt. Airy, MD Fire, Feb 1903

Berlin, NH Albert Theatre Fire, Nov 1907
Berlin, NH Berlin Manufacturing Co. Fire, Sept 1896
Berlin, NH Boarding House Fire, Dec 1905
Berlin, NH Fire, Feb 1908
Berlin, NH Fire, Jan 1905
Canaan, NH Fire, June 1923
Exeter, NH Exeter Barn Fire, Feb 1906
Exeter, NH Exeter Cotton Mills Fire, Mar 1893
Exeter, NH Goodwin Block Fire, Jan 1899
Exeter, NH Phillips Exeter Academy Fire, Jul 1914
Hampton Beach, NH Fire, June 1923
Londonderry, NH Annis Grain & Lumber Mills Boiler Explosion, Jan 1906
Manchester, NH Amoskeag Falls Flood, Mar 1859
Manchester, NH Amoskeag Mills Accident, Oct 1891
Manchester, NH Amoskeag Mills Fire, July 1855
Manchester, NH Armory Fire, Feb 1906
Manchester, NH Fire, July 1870
Manchester, NH Flood, Mar 1896
Nashua, NH Fire, May 1930
Portsmouth, NH Flood, Apr 1895
Raymond, NH Fire, Dec 1892
Rochester, NH Flood, Apr 1895
Suncook, NH Flood, Mar 1936
West Rindge, NH Tornado, Sept 1928

Camden, NJ Storm, Jan 1889
Elizabeth, NJ Train Accident, Aug 1906
Jersey City, NJ Boltwood's Hardware Store Fire, Jan 1891
Jersey City, NJ Tenement Fire, Jan 1891
Metuchen, NJ Train Boiler Explosion, Mar 1907
Newark, NJ Clark & Wheeler's Electrical Works Fire, Apr 1895
Newark, NJ Train Accident, Jun 1872
New Jersey Storm, Jan 1914

Albany, NY Fire, Apr 1891
Canajoharie, NY Train Wreck, Sept 1889
Gowanda, NY Plow Works Fire, Sept 1932
Groveland, NY Train Wreck, Feb 1891
Long Branch, NY Tornado "The Syracuse Tornado", Sept 1912
New York, NY Ferry Boat Wreck & Fire, Aug 1910
New York, NY Rockaway Beach Storm & Drownings, Jun 1902
Olean, NY Train Wreck, Mar 1908
Oriskany, NY Train Wreck, Oct 1901
Phoenix, NY Sweet Brothers Paper Manufacturing Co. Fire, Jan 1910
Rochester, NY Train Wreck, Apr 1899
Saratoga, NY Fire, Jun 1902

Allenton, WI Train Wreck, Oct 1912
Amherst Junction, WI Train Wreck, Nov 1909
Boardman, WI Tornado, Jun 1889
Boyd, WI Train Wreck, Jan 1900
Clear Lake, WI Tornado, Jun 1889
Clintonville, WI Sawmill Fire, Jul 1885
Fond du Lac, WI Boating Accident, Jul 1906
Fond du Lac, WI Train Accident, Aug 1912
Hudson, WI Tornado, Jun 1889
Kenosha, WI Drowning Rescue, Feb 1912
Kimberly, WI Kimberly-Clark Paper Mill Collapse, Oct 1928
La Crosse, WI Steamer War Eagle Fire, May 1870
La Crosse, WI Storm & Flood, Jun 1889
Lake Geneva, WI Boating Accident & Drowning, Jul 1895
Madison, WI Fairchild Building Fire, Mar 1879
Marinette, WI Hamilton & Merryman Sawmill Fire, Jun 1899
Milwaukee, WI Grace Hotel Fire, Jul 1899
Oshkosh, WI Clyde Spore Drowning, Jul 1912
Oshkosh, WI Horn & Schwain Brewery Fire, Mar 1879
Peshtigo, WI Fire Oct 1871
Reedsburg, WI Tornado, Jul 1915
Stanley, WI Fire, May 1906
Steven's Point, WI Grant's Park Drowning Rescue, Jul 1906
Stevens Point, WI Horseshoeing Accident, Aug 1906
Union Grove, WI Train Accident, Oct 1901
Waukesha, WI Train Wreck, Aug 1913
July 4th Holiday Drownings, 1932

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Sunday, December 03, 2006

Minnesota Birth Certificate Index: A few more years..

Searching Minnesota Birth & Death Indexes

Minnesota Historical Society has added a few more years to the Minnesota Birth Certificates Index. What's been added? 1921-1924.

So, now 1900-1924 is searchable on line.

Search the Minnesota Death Certificates Index

And, if you're looking for death records, they're on line, too. The Death Certificates Index includes death cards from 1904-1907 and the death certificates from 1908 to 2001.

Search the Minnesota Death Certificates Index