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": Jesse Tyler Ferguson's Black Sheep Ancestor + Old Newspaper Research Tips Posted by Diane In last night's "Who Do You Think You Are? " Jesse Tyler Ferguson's great-grandfather Jess Uppercue—the father of Ferguson's paternal grandmother, Jessie, with whom he was close—seemed to get into trouble wherever he went. It started when he was arrested for the murder of an aunt he lived with at age 22. Although he had motive (he stood to gain a tidy sum when she died, having just insisted upon the rewriting of her will), the evidence was circumstantial. The first trial ended in a hung jury; the second, in acquittal. Uppercue later turns up in Evanston, Ill.; Fargo, ND; St. Then, as the promoter for an expedition to the Alaskan Klondike in 1898, he brought so many participants and provisions, and so much mining machinery, that the group couldn't use the rugged trail. Subscription site Newspapers.com , which was used on last night's episode (it's owned by "WDYTYA?

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Any reselling, profit making, or surcharges added by an Internet provider for access to the data will result in loss of access to the data. Accessing the data will be interpreted by the University as agreement to the above terms. More information is available from the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, the Kentucky Historical Society, and the Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics. The vital records index data was obtained from the Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics in 1994 for a research project. The original data is from the Kentucky Department of Health Statistics in Frankfort. Please refer to the notes for each index for more information. 75 Best State Websites Now Available Online. France Genealogy Links | French genealogie | over 180 links. France Genealogy - French Genealogy - French Ancestry. FrancoGene : Le Portail de la généalogie francophone dans Internet. Genealogy Software Reviews. The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding ("TNG")

AllCensusRecords.com. Canada's first census was initiated by Intendant Jean Talon in 1666 in New France (present day Quebec). The census counted the colony's 3,215 inhabitants and recorded their age, sex, marital status and occupation. Before 1871 (Canada's first national census) there were 98 colonial and regional censuses. The first national census of Canada was taken in 1871. The Census Act of May 12, 1870 stated that census-taking was to take place no later than 1 May. Census returns contain the official enumeration of the Canadian population. For each census, the records are arranged by province or territory, then divided into districts. What you Need to Know About Canadian Census Records Prior to the first Dominion Census in 1871, census enumerations were conducted in different areas in various years. Family Search.

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