17 May 2023
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1780 Montgomery County Tax List
North Carolina.
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1786 Taxables Located in Captain Atkins' District, Surry County
North Carolina. Located in southern region of present-day Surry, along the Yadkin River.
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1790 / 1800 Virginia Tax List Censuses
Reconstructed 1790 and 1800 Federal Censuses using Tax List Microfilm Images with Every Name Indexes.
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A Step Back In Time - Genealogy & Family History Blog
Dive into the fascinating world of family history. In my blog I will share captivating stories, handy tips, and awesome tools to help you uncover your roots and bring family history to life in a fun and relaxed way.
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About 1798 Federal Direct Tax of Slaveowners - Enduring Connections - Nabb Research Center
This source was extracted from The 1798 Federal Direct Tax of Somerset County, Maryland, which documented the description of the land, commercial buildings, number of slave owners, and a description of each dwelling-house exceeding the value of $100. This is a compilation of records pertaining to enslaved people that were extracted from Schedule C, Particular List of Slaves. These data is organized by Hundreds in Somerset County, Maryland, name of slave owners, number of enslaved people, number of enslaved people exempted from taxation or disabled, the number of taxable enslaved people above the age of 12 and under the aged of 50. These data were abstracted and edited by Tom Reedy from the Microfilm MSA M 3477 Maryland State Papers, Special Collections MS 807.
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Ancestry.com - Beaver County, Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax Records, 1832-1925 $
Original source: Genealogical Records. Beaver County Genealogy and History Center, Beaver, Pennsylvania. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Bucks County, Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax Records, 1782-1860 $
Original source: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Tax Records, 1782-1860. Microfilm, 76 rolls. Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Bureau County, Illinois Voters and Tax-Payers Directory, 1877 $
Original source: Biographical Directory of the Voters and Tax-Payers of Kendall County, Illinois. Chicago, IL, USA: H.F. Kett & Co., 1877. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax Discount Index, 1740-1865 $
Original source: Tax Discounts, 1785-1865. Chester County, Pennsylvania Archives and Records. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Connecticut, U.S., Excise Tax Lists, 1865-1874 $
Original source: Excise Tax Assessment Lists, 1867 - 1873, Excise Tax Assessment Lists, 1865 - 1874, Excise Tax Assessment Lists, 1867 - 1872, Excise Tax Assessment Lists, 1867 - 1874, Record Group 58: Records of the Internal Revenue Service, 1791 - 2006; National Archives at Boston, Waltham, MA. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Georgia, U.S., Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892 $
Original source: Georgia Tax Digests [1890]. 140 volumes. Morrow, Georgia: Georgia Archives. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Georgia, U.S., Tax Index, 1789-1799 $
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Idaho County, Idaho Newspaper Tax Lists, 1886-93 $
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Kentucky, U.S., Tax Lists, 1799-1801 $
Original source: Clift, G. Glenn. Second Census of Kentucky, 1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Leavenworth County, Kansas Tax Payers, 1900-1920 $
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Leavenworth, Kansas Tax List, 1895-97, 1899-1900 $
Original source: 1895-96 County Taxpayers List, 1897 County Taxpayers List, 1899-1900 County Taxpayers List. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Lockerbie's assessment list of Indianapolis, 1835 $
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Nauvoo, Illinois Tax Index, 1842 $
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801 $
Original source: Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762–1794. Series No. 4.61; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, U.S., U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798 $
Original source: United States Direct Tax of 1798: Tax Lists for the State of Pennsylvania. M372, microfilm, 24 rolls. NAID: 5121373. Records of the Internal Revenue Service, 1791-2006, Record Group 58. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Savannah, Georgia, U.S., Land Tax and Property Records, 1809-1938 $
Original source: Municipal Records of Savannah, Georgia. Savannah, Georgia: City of Savannah. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Some early tax digests of Georgia $
Original source: Blair, Ruth,. Some early tax digests of Georgia. unknown: Georgia Dept. of Archives and History, 1926. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Susquehanna County, Silver Lake Township, Pennsylvania, U.S., 1878 -79 tax rolls $
Original source: Silver Lake Township Tax Rolls. Higginson Book Company, 1878-1879. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 $
Original sources: Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - The Voters and tax-payers of De Kalb County, Illinois, 1876 $
Original source: The Voters and tax-payers of De Kalb County, Illinois : containing, also, a biographical directory of its tax-payers and voters, a history of the county and state, map of the county, a business directory, an abstract of every-day laws, officers of societies, lodges, etc., etc.. Chicago: H.F. Kett & Co., 1876. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Art Family Tree Charts and Hand Illustrated Family Tree Templates - More Than A Branch
Printable family tree charts, genealogy art, Canva templates editable online, photo collage trees, coloring pages and pedigree charts.
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Did Ellis Island Officials Really Change the Names of Immigrants?
From Smithsonian Magazine
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FamilySearch - Rent rolls, 1703-1744
Pennsylvania. Secretary of the Land Office
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Genealogy.com - They Changed Our Name at Ellis Island
Article by Donna Przecha.
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ILW.com -American Names: Declaring Independence
Article by Marian L. Smith.
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Immigration Daily - American Names: Declaring Independence
by Marian L. Smith
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Legacy Family Tree Webinars - Name Changes and the Law
By Judy G. Russell
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No Names Were Changed at Ellis Island: Debunking a Persistent Myth (RootsTech)
by Jennifer Mendelsohn
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Oxford University Press: Dictionary of American Family Names
The most extensive compilation of surnames in the US, edited by Patrick Hanks.
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Sub-Group RG-017-GPNT-BPTB, Series RG-017-GPNT-BPTB-142 1684-1781
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Pennsylvania State Archives - Land Office Patent Books, P Series with Index 1781-1809
Sub-Group RG-017-GPNT-BPTB, Series RG-017-GPNT-BPTB-144 1781-1809
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Pennsylvania State Archives - Land Office Patent Index, H Series
Sub-Group RG-017-GPNT-CPTR, Series RG-017-GPNT-CPTR-155 1809-present
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The Ellis Island Myth - Genealogy and Family History - D. Joshua Taylor
A concise explanation of the "my name was changed at Ellis Island" myth.
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The Geography of surnames web site is devoted to the study of English, Scottish and Irish surnames. Surnames will be examined from a geographic perspective, focusing on their distribution, patterns and origins.
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The Myth of Ellis Island and Other Tales of Origin
By Dara Horn, on the Jewish tradition of changing names and inventing roots.
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Why Your Family Name Was Not Changed at Ellis Island (and One That Was)
By Philip Sutton, Milstein Division of U.S. History, Local History & Genealogy, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York Public Library.
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Your family name did not come from a mistake at Ellis Island
Brief podcast explaining why names were not changed at Ellis Island despite the popular and enduring myth.
