These are the dates of birth and death registrations for each state. This is the date when these registrations were required by state law. Note that in the early years of mandatory registration there may be less participation. Also, some local jurisdictions started birth and death registrations much earlier than at the state level. You…
Author: CheriMello
World War I Draft Registration
These can be found in the FHC under U.S. Military Records, WWI, State, County. All males were required to register, whether they were a citizen or not. In June, 1917, men who were 18 years old registered. Then in June, 1918, men 18-21 years old registered. The 3rd registration was in Sept., 1918 for men…
Cousin-In-Law?
Last August, I went to São Miguel island, one of the nine Azores islands. I had a referral to a specific taxi driver, Joe, who was known to be pretty good at helping genealogists find families…and he was bilingual, too! I did find Joe, and on our scheduled day, we went to the village that…
Azores Church List
Locate the island your ancestor was from. The left column lists the freguesia (like our town/city). The right column lists the church(es) for that freguesia. Each council has 1 large church, which has the designation “Matriz” (Mother Church). Most church records were filmed. Those that were not filmed have an asterik (*) by the name…