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Comment on Searching For Historical Adoption Records by Tammy

Tammy — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:29:57 +0000

I am looking for the adoption of my great grandmother Tennessee Worley. She was adopted and raised by her uncle after being abandoned. The uncles name is John W Worley. Would love to have her birth certificate too.

Comment on Searching For Historical Adoption Records by Rebecca Merryman

Rebecca Merryman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:05:56 +0000

I am looking for adoption records for my grandfather and uncle.
Alvin Arthur Clifton born November 25, 1888 in Arkansas. Eddie Clifton born Feb 16, 1880.
Their mothers name would have been Elizabeth Sharp Clifton Shipman.
Unsure if my grandfather died or they divorced. Elizabeth remarried a man named Isaac William Shipman.
Not sure if they were adopted or if they just took on the Shipman name.

Comment on Cemetery Research Basics by Lora Giga

Lora Giga — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:47:21 +0000

Your comment about asking for permission if you are doing gravestone rubbings is very important as I found out from a caretaker. He told me that a lot of the older stones are very fragile and becoming damaged because so may of us are engaging in the practice. He and his wife provided copies of rubbings and I only hope other cemeteries do the same to preserve this prescious heritage.

Comment on The Short Story of Military Land Bounty Warrants by geneadmin

geneadmin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:31:28 +0000

A great PDF to see what is available in bounty records as well as other military records is available from the National Archives at http://www.archives.gov/publications/ref-info-papers/109/index.pdf. It is a LARGE file. There appears to be an index but some of the bounty records are also un-indexed for the periods of service between 1812-1855. As well some of the bounty record information is in the Pension documents of the soldier. So there apparently is no one area where you can see an entire index of these!

Comment on The Short Story of Military Land Bounty Warrants by M. Alcorn

M. Alcorn — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:43:21 +0000

Are these indexed or is the only access by service record?