On the main page, you can enter a surname, a first name (optional), and a location (either 'worldwide' or a US state). You really should do the search and browse the location and surname pages for best coverage.) (Why not all of them? Not all resources are searchable. (Now to confirm that he's my guy!) Linkpendium: The Family Discoverer Search EngineĪs if the links weren't enough, Linkpendium offers a search engine that covers 2.8 million of the links that they have. But Linkpendium listed his biography under Perry County, Ohio, which is where my Skinners are from. I never knew he was a Presbyterian minister and wouldn't have thought to look in that book. I doubt I would have found it without Linkpendium. Genealogy (from Greek: genealogia 'study of family trees') is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages.Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members. The Library does not endorse information provided by third parties. This list is included as a tool intended to help users find relevant information. (There's also a link under Polk County, Iowa, which is the county history where his biography appeared.)īy the way, while researching this article, I found a link to the biography of a possible collateral relative in the Presbyterian Ministerial Directory, 1898on Google Books. PLEASE NOTE:The B&ECPL cannot guarantee the validity or accuracy of information found on the Internet. That's because his biography mentions that he was born in Meigs County, Ohio.

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