Collection of city directories containing the names of nearly 13,500 residents. Includes coverage of Bronx, Kings and Queens Counties. Useful substitute for the 1890 Federal Census. Registration list of men born between 1873 and 1900 who registered for the draft in 1917 and 1918. Includes approximately 24 million men.
Patents are the initial transfer of land from government to private hands.
Databases are also available for Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. A database of 13,000 names compiled by the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Includes decedent's name, birth and death dates, county and town of death, and county and town of residence at time of death. Index of names that appear in 14 different newspapers from Cheboygan and Mackinac Counties from 1871 to 1929. Ohio Department of Health's index of deaths from 1958 to 1969.