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This week’s blogging prompt is the State of Mississippi. Blog about an ancestor or your families connection to Mississippi . If you don’t have any connections to Mississippi, find a Mississippi resource useful for genealogy research to highlight and write about. This week’s prompt runs from 5/19/2013 – 5/25/2013. If you choose to follow along, I would appreciate a mention to the Hidden Genealogy Nuggets website.

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Since I do not have any personal links to Mississippi, I decided to highlight one particular link. Actually it’s the digital subsection of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

There is a vast array of data and records available within the digital archives of Mississippi. These include

• Confederate Pension Applications, 1889-1932
• Educable Children Records
• Historical Map Collection

There are many more collections within this digital archives collections. Be sure to check out these links if you have any ancestors from Mississippi.

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A few Mississippi Genealogy Links
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• Mississippi Genealogical Society
• Mississippi Historical Society
• Mississippi Department of Archives and History
• Mississippi Library Commission
• Mississippi State University Libraries

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Mississippi Newspaper Archives at Genealogy Bank

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The following transcription is from a Seymour, Connecticut School for the year 1891-92.  It appears to be a class at the high school.

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This week’s blogging prompt is the State of Indiana. Blog about an ancestor or your families connection to Indiana. If you don’t have any connections to Indiana, find a Indiana resource useful for genealogy research to highlight and write about. This week’s prompt runs from 5/12/2013 – 5/18/2013. If you choose to follow along, I would appreciate a mention to the Hidden Genealogy Nuggets website.

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As the Genealogy by the States series moves out to the Midwest and beyond, there’s going to be an increasing number of states where I do not have a direct connection to the state or that connection is rather remote. This week’s state of Indiana is one of those states where I do not have any connection at all. Therefore, this week I’m highlighting a Indiana resource I found.

The Indiana State Digital Archives is a great resource for those of you with ancestors in Indiana.

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A few Indiana Genealogy Links
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• Indiana Genealogical Society
• Indiana Historical Society
• Indiana State Archives
• Indiana State Library
• Allen County Public Library at Ft. Wayne
• Indiana State Digital Archives

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Indiana Newspaper Archives at Genealogy Bank
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Can you help identify these two men? Do you have any comments about the photo?
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Approximate Date of Picture: Unknown. Although this is a tin type photo, the suits and tie to me appear to be well after 1900, perhaps 1910-1916.

Description of Picture: Two young men sitting down. The water scene behind them is obviously a studio prop.

Size of Picture: 2.5” * 4”

Type of Picture: Tin Type

Possible Subject or Family Group: Sanders – Fryher

Studio: Unknown

Dates the Studio was in business: Unknown

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