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Louisiana Biography and Obituary Index

Obituaries and death notices published in New Orleans newspapers from 1804-1972 and biographical information published in older Louisiana collective biographies. The original index, housed in the Louisiana Division of New Orleans Public Library, is an alphabetical card file of more than 650,000 names.

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Madison Parish, LA Biographies

Biographies of prominent citizens of Madison Parish, LA.

Marion County Indiana Biographies

Maryville Tennessee Biographies

Mississippi Writers Page

Biographies of writers born or who have lived in Mississippi.

Muscatine County Iowa - Pioneers Page

My Genealogy Hound

My Genealogy Hound is a free website that makes available thousands of biographies extracted from numerous pre-1900 county history volumes. The biographies are organized for easy viewing by county or by family surname. Currently, biographies are available for Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Tennessee with many more states to be added soon. In addition, My Genealogy Hound also features a selection of free, vintage county maps from Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma (including Indian Nations), and Tennessee with additional states to be added soon.

Newton County Missouri Genealogy Biographies

Free access to the full text of all 294 biographies of families and individuals from the History of Newton County, Missouri published by The Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies often include details that are not found in any other type of genealogical record.

Notable Women Ancestors

Ohio Historical Society - Biographies of Ohio Governors

Okanogan County, Washington Biographical Sketches

Oregon Pioneer Biographies

Outagamie County, Wisconsin Biographies & Historical Sketches

Paddock's Biographical Record

Surname index to B. B. Paddock's History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas published in 1906.

Pennsylvania Biographies ... bios and history of men and women in PA

Pennsylvania Hall of Fame Biographies

Biographies of people from Pennsylvania who have made important contributions to the nation and the world.
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Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War - Biographies

Each Pennsylvania soldier biography contains regiment, battles fought, injuries and POW details, if any, as well as birthplace, birthdate, parents, spouse, children, residence and occupation before and after the War.

Pierce County, Wisconsin Biographies & Historical Sketches

Portrait and Biographical Album - 1887

Washington County, Iowa. Transcription of over 700 pages of photographs, biographies and other interesting data. Governors of Iowa, citizens of Washington County, Iowa and Presidents up to 1887.