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Photo Story: Uncle Sam Calls


(Original Images and Text, Copyright (c) 2011 Cynthia Shenette) Civilian or soldier...


Gram is right there with him.


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A long-time librarian, I am mostly of Polish, Acadian, and French-Canadian descent. I have started this blog to share and acquire genealogical knowledge, achieve inner peace, and perhaps realize my ultimate quest, to find two ancestors with the same surname who actually spelled their surnames exactly the same way...
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  • 1930 Census (Not just the 1930!)
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  • Ancestry.com - $$
  • ArchiveGrid
  • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
  • Family Tree Magazine - $$ and free
  • FamilySearch
  • Genealogy.com
  • Historic Pathways (Elizabeth Shown Mills)
  • Internet Archive
  • Library of Congress
  • Making of America (Cornell University)
  • Making of America (University of Michigan)
  • MeasuringWorth
  • National Archives and Records Administration
  • One-Step Web Pages by Steve Morse
  • RootsWeb
  • USGenWeb Project
  • WikiTree
  • WorldCat
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Worcester - Massachusetts - New England

  • American Ancestors - $$ and Free
  • American Antiquarian Society
  • Archaic Community, District, Neighborhood, Section and Village, Names in Massachusetts
  • Boston Public Library
  • Cambridge Public Library Historic Cambridge Newspaper Collection
  • Gazetteer of Massachusetts (1890)
  • List of Persons Whose Names Have Been Changed in Massachusetts. 1780-1892.
  • Massachusetts Archives
  • Massachusetts Cemetery Directory
  • Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System (MACRIS)
  • Massachusetts Genealogical Council
  • Massachusetts Historical Society
  • Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Inc.
  • Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries
  • State Library of Massachusetts
  • University of Maine, Digital Commons: Maine Town Documents
  • The Worcester Book: A Diary of Noteworthy Events in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1657 to 1883
  • Worcester City Clerk (Birth, Marriage, Death Records)
  • Worcester Historical Museum
  • Worcester Public Library
  • Worcester Registry of Deeds
  • Worcester Women's History Project
  • WorcesterMass.com

Other State/Regional Resources I Use

  • IL - ChicagoAncestors.org
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  • American-Canadian Genealogical Society
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  • Dictionary of Canadian Biography
  • FrancoGene
  • Genealogy of the French in North America
  • Library and Archives Canada
  • Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
  • Quebec Heritage Web
  • La Societe des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan
  • Vermont Genealogy Library
  • Le Village historique acadien de la Nouvelle-Ecoesse

Polish Resources

  • 1938/39 Warsaw Telephone Directory
  • All Poland Database (JewishGen)
  • Arolsen Archives
  • BASIA
  • Foundation for Eastern European Family Studies
  • Free Genealogy
  • Genealogy Indexer
  • Genealogy of Halychyna and Eastern Galicia
  • Geneteka Genealodzy
  • Genoroots
  • Gesher Galicia: The Bridge to Galicia
  • JewishGen
  • JRI Poland
  • Palmieri, A. (1912). Archdiocese of Warsaw. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved Novemember 17, 2010 from New Advent
  • PolandGenWeb
  • Polish Genealogical Society of America
  • Polish Roots
  • Poznan Project
  • Tasting Poland
  • Warszawa1939

Ukrainian, Carpatho-Rusyn Resources

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  • Lemkos
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  • A Village Cluster

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  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs Nationwide Gravesite Locator

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Maps & Newspapers

  • Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (Newberry Library)
  • The Boston Atlas
  • Chronicling America
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  • GenealogyBank - $$
  • Historic Map Works, Residential Genealogy - $$ and free
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  • Library of Congress Digital Collections
  • Newspapers - USA and Worldwide
  • Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library
  • ObitsArchive.com - $$
  • Old Fulton Postcards (New York newspapers)
  • State Library of Massachusetts Real Estate Atlases
  • Veridian (Newspapers)
  • Waymarking
  • Wikipedia: List of Online Newspaper Archives

Military & Civilian Conservation Corps

  • Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy
  • MaritimeQuest
  • Naval History and Heritage Command
  • NavSource Naval History: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy
  • The Doughboys & Camp Greene, Mecklenburg County, NC. 1917-1918
  • U.S. Army Center of Military History
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs Nationwide Gravesite Locator

Surname Links & Lineage Societies

  • Baillon Research Project
  • DAR Genealogical Research System
  • Deschenes - Miville
  • Ladd Family
  • Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
  • Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the USA
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