These 45 genealogy databases comprise part of the Pennsylvania Digital Archives from the state government. We’ve only included those databases and documents which are most relevant to genealogists. All of them are free for you to use.
Austin as a surname is a variation of Augustine or Augustus. The Austin line enters the Spracklin line with the marriage of George E. Spracklin to Grace Belle Austin on 29 March 1903. There have been several Austin coats of arms granted as early as 1660 but many of the lines have died out. This particular Austin line came early to Calvert Co., Maryland. They were planters, that is, owners of plantations and more than likely raised tobacco on the land there. To help them with their plantations, they owned slaves as evidenced by wills. And it is quite possible, … Read more
Knowing the Slave owners will help the researcher in finding records for Slave Ancestors. Hosted at LAUSGenWeb Archives of African American Genealogy Louisiana Slave Sales, 1800-1832 Mabry/Maybery Slave Records Maryland Slaves Sold to Louisiana Plantation Owners Emancipation Freeing Thomas Jackson from Slavery Carroll Parish Inventory of Nancy Beiller Carroll Parish Slave Sales – 1848-1856 Carroll Parish Desoto Parish Collins Will Desoto Parish, Louisiana Interview’s with Mabry/Mayberry Slaves 1861 Slave Owners Desoto Parish Vanhook Slave Sale Union Parish Slave Records Mabry/Mayberry Family East Baton Rouge Parish Lost, Found & runaway Slave Ad-1861 East Baton Rouge Parish Auditors Office Report on Runaway … Read more
Many wills contained information about slaves. Reading these wills may provide the reader with a clue on their ancestors. Statewide Alabama Slave Owners Slaves in the Records of the Monroe Session, North Alabama Presbytery – 1823-1827 Autauga County Alabama Slave Owners Slaves deeded from George Anderson to son William Anderson – Jun 1831 Slaves sold by William Anderson to various – Feb 1836 Will [Aug 1840] and Appraisement of Estate of Nicholas Zeigler – Mar 1841 Barbour County Alabama Slave Owners Slave owned by J. R. Upshaw in the records of Liberty Baptist Church – Sep 1846 Chambers County Alabama Slave Owners Slaves in … Read more