In this episode of Genealogy Weekly, learn about an online Civil War roster for Ohio, state censuses from Michigan, and a huge database of obituaries from across the Midwest.
I’m changing things up a little bit with Genealogy Weekly. Beginning with this episode, I’ll be highlighting cool resources that might have flown under the research radar. Let me know what you think!
Show Notes:
Evangelical Messenger Obituary Index
- The Evangelical Messenger Obituary Index, 1848-1946
- Hosted by the Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- More than 194,000 entries from the Evangelical Messenger, an English newspaper by the Evangelical Church
- Mostly Midwestern states
Ohio Civil War Roster (starts at 7:44)
- Ohio Civil War Roster
- Free database by the Ohio Genealogical Society
- Same data as the Ohio portion of the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System website, but much easier to use
Michigan State Census of 1884 and 1894 (starts at 12:48)
- Available at SeekingMichigan.org
- Click on the Discover tab and select State Censuses
- Search by surname or surname, first name
- Great resource to help fill in the gaps with the missing 1890 Federal census
You can see previous episodes of Genealogy Weekly here.