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Genealogy Databases
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Ancestry Library Edition (available inside the libraries). This resource has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as:
- U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930
- American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 volumes)
- Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes)
- The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630
- Social Security Death Index
Heritagequest Online includes:
- Genealogy & Local History Collection of over 20,000 book titles, including family and local histories
- 1790-1930 U.S. Federal Census with complete original images
- The Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, which identifies more than 80,000 Americans who served in the war
- The Freedman's Bank Records, one of the most important resources for African-American genealogical research
- Articles (1993 to present) from the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer can be located via this database. From home, enter your Library Card number and PIN (usually the last 4 digits of your phone number). Articles prior to 1993 can be obtained using the microfilm in the Genealogy department at the Columbus Public Library.
Links to the Genealogy databases below are temporarily unavailable.
About the Database
Staff members used microfilmed copies of the original Muscogee County Marriage Records 1845-1878 to create this database. Because no complete index existed for all of the individual volumes and no index exists for the records as a whole, staff began keying the data from each record into a database. Searchable Fields include: Bride Surname, Groom Surname, Bride First Name, and Groom First Name. When a search retrieves a name from the database, an abstract of the records will be displayed. Information includes: Bride and Groom Surname, Bride and Groom First name, Date of recording, page and Book.
About the Database
Staff members used microfilmed copies of the original Lee County Marriage Records 1867-1875 to create this database. Although various indexes for Lee County, Alabama Marriages exist, none of them included the pre-1900 Colored Marriages. Searchable fields include: Bride Surname, Groom Surname, Bride First Name, and Groom First Name. When a search retrieves a name from the database, an abstract of the records will be displayed. Information includes: Bride and Groom Surname, Bride and Groom First name, Date of recording, page and Book.
About the Database
Staff members used microfilmed copies of the original Harris County Wills 1833-1849 to create this database. Searchable fields include: Surname and First Name. When a search retrieves a name from the database, an abstract of the records will be displayed. Information includes: Surname, First name, mark indicating whether testate or Intestate, Year and Page.
About the Database
Staff members recorded every obituary printed in the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer from January 1998–December 2005 to create this database. The data from each obituary includes First name, Middle name, Nickname, Last name, Maiden name and the date the obituary appeared in the newspaper. To obtain a copy of the actual obituary, the microfilm archives of the Columbus Ledger will have to be consulted using the date cited on the database obituary record. Searchable Fields include: First name, Middle name, Nickname, Last name, and Maiden name.
About the Database
Genealogist Dan Olds abstracted all extant birth records covering the dates 1890-1900 from Muscogee County, Georgia to create this database. This database contains abstracts of the parents name, child’s name if recorded, sex of the child, race of the child, date of birth, book and page number, and additional notes if provided. Searchable Fields include: Parents name and Child’s name.
For the databases above, staff entered the data from the original microfilm record into the database. The advantages of the database over the current microfilmed records are that of access through the Internet at home and that it can be searched in a variety of ways. To obtain a copy of the actual record, the microfilm will have to be consulted. In creating the database, staff members copied the entries exactly as they were written in each volume, interpreting the handwriting to the best of their ability. If a staff member was unable to determine the spelling of an entry, a question mark (?) was added to indicate that the name/spelling was uncertain.
