This week’s blogging prompt is the State of Idaho. Blog about an ancestor or your families connection to Idaho. If you don’t have any connections to Idaho, find a Idaho resource useful for genealogy research to highlight and write about. This week’s prompt runs from 10/27/2013 – 11/22/2013. If you choose to follow along, I would appreciate a mention to the Hidden Genealogy Nuggets website.
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I have yet to find family ties to Idaho, so I will highlight a genealogy resource instead. The Idaho Historical Society and State Archives has created a number of searchable indexes on it’s website.
These indexes are:
- Civil War
- 1890 Census Substitute
- Naturalization
- 1870 & 1880 Census
- Idaho Biographical Index
- Mother’s Pension Records
- Old Age Pension Records
- Innmate Catalog
If you have Idaho ancestors be sure to check out this great resource.
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A few Idaho Genealogy Links
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Idaho Newspaper Archives at Genealogy Bank 
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This week’s blogging prompt is the State of Washington. Blog about an ancestor or your families connection to Washington. If you don’t have any connections to Washington, find a Washington resource useful for genealogy research to highlight and write about. This week’s prompt runs from 10/20/2013 – 10/26/2013. If you choose to follow along, I would appreciate a mention to the Hidden Genealogy Nuggets website.
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My connection to the state of Washington is rather remote. Anna Louise Hayward was born in Spokane, Washington on July 17, 1881. She married my second cousin twice removed, Ralph Barnard Trousdale. His parents were James Barnard Trousdale and Mary Barbara Valdivia. Mary’s parents were Rafael Joseph Valdivia and Frances Augusta Sanders. Frances parents were Henry Lewer Sanders and Barbara Anne Warwick, out common ancestor.
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A few Washington Genealogy Links
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Washington Newspaper Archives at Genealogy Bank
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This week’s blogging prompt is the State of Montana. Blog about an ancestor or your families connection to Montana. If you don’t have any connections to Montana, find a Montana resource useful for genealogy research to highlight and write about. This week’s prompt runs from 10/13/2013 – 10/19/2013. If you choose to follow along, I would appreciate a mention to the Hidden Genealogy Nuggets website.
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I do not have any family connections to Montana, so I will highlight one resource instead.
The Montana Memory Project has a wonderful collection of online information. This website contains military enlistments for servicemen between 1890 and 1918, World War I, World War II. There is also an interesting array of diaries, letters and other publications.
If you have Montana relatives, be sure to check out this on-line resource.
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A few Montana Genealogy Links
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Montana Newspaper Archives at Genealogy Bank
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This week’s blogging prompt is the State of South Dakota. Blog about an ancestor or your families connection to South Dakota. If you don’t have any connections to South Dakota, find a South Dakota resource useful for genealogy research to highlight and write about. This week’s prompt runs from 10/6/2013 – 10/12/2013. If you choose to follow along, I would appreciate a mention to the Hidden Genealogy Nuggets website.
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I have not been able to find any family ties to South Dakota, so I highlight one genealogical resource for this state. The South Dakota State Historical Society has a wonderful collection of online records for the genealogist. Below are a few of those collections.
If you have ancestors to South Dakota, be sure to check out these resources.
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A few South Dakota Genealogy Links
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