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Court of Pleas and Quarterly Sessions

In doing genealogical research, we often ignore the sources where we will find the information because we think it is too difficult to locate. The Court of Pleas and Quarterly Sessions as some states call them, is one of those sources. In every state and every county, there is an organization established to handle the day to day matters of that area. It is called by different names, but the actions are pretty much the same. A world of important records is found in their minutes with notations that are…

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Militia Records

Militia Records

In doing genealogical research, frequently we find that we have to get into the military/militia records for our ancestors. The military records are fairly easy to find since the Federal Government has kept most of these. The main thing you have to know is about the time period researching. Most of the military records are kept by the war that was fought at the time you are researching. The most difficult records to locate are those militia records from the very early periods of our history. From the very beginning…

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