Why post this list? Because many genealogists do not know of all the “wars” which might have affected their ancestors. I certainly don’t — do you? For example, if you had ancestors in Florida in 1739-1742, they might have been affected by the “Jenkin’s Ear War”. No—that’s not a typo.
The links provided may not be to the best resource; however, they show the variety of information on the Internet available via search. Update to column data occurs as links are found. You should do further searches, especially if an ancestor was involved in that ‘war’. If you have a
Parents of Reuben Livingston Parents of wife, Rachel McCollum If you do much genealogy research, you will hit brick walls. Below are the current challenges in the Livingston research. If you have ANY data on the following individuals, please contact me and include whether or not you have source data
Ancestors here before 1800? Then you probably have New England ancestors. I’ve been missing a GREAT resource, the Vita Brevis blog from AmericanAncestors.org. I knew about the American Ancestors site since I subscribe to the New England Historic Genealogical Society newsletter. If you join NEHGS, you are subscribed to American
A good chart from Ancestry.com [free] displays a comparison of census information, 1790-1940. The chart is on the 1940 Census Wiki page. Very helpful when trying to determine what census asked questions such as “Month of birth” (don’t we wish that was asked on ALL of them!) Link: Comparison of Census