Research Links to Other Sites

As follows are helpful links for our Holloway, Jordan, Steward and Scholdberg family research.

Archives and Libraries

  1. Genealogical Research at the National Archives

Cemetery Locations

  1. Oakwoods Cemetery is at 67th and Ellis, Chicago (mailing address unknown). William and Isabella Knowles and Robert Knowles are buried at Oakwoods Cemetery.
  2. San Fernando Mission Cemetery is at 11160 Strandwood Avenue, San Fernando, California. Herbert and Elizabeth Jordan are buried there.
  3. Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Morturaries is in Glendale, California. Margaret Jane Graham (nee Knowles) is buried there.
  4. Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Canada. Various Knowles and Black families are buried there.

General Genealogy

  1. Rootsweb Surname List - Interactive Search - Our family surnames have been entered
  2. ProQuest - good source for various research data bases; however most are fee based.

Illinois

  1. Genealogy Records at the Illinois State Archives - Some searchable databases
  2. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index - Data is prior to 1901
  3. RootsWeb Cook County Message Board - Some surname lists and obituaries

Immigration

  1. American Family Immigration History Center - Ellis Island Immigrant Database
  2. Castle Garden - the arrival location in New York for many ship before Ellis Island was opened in 1893.
  3. Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - Transcriptions of Ship Records
  4. Hamburg Passenger Lists 1850-1934
  5. Passport Applications - National Archives and Records Administration

 

England

  1. East of London Family History Society
  2. Free Birth, Marriage, Death Search in the UK records index
  3. General Register Office - Registrations On-Line ordering of birth, marriage, death registrations

Canada

  1. to be added

Sweden

  1. Genealogy and Local history of Jämshög and Kyrkhult parish in Blekinge, Sweden
  2. Travlang - A useful link for travel and everyday language translation.

 

Links last updated: May 24, 2009