chronography.com
About Chronography.com

Chronography.com hosts four distinct genealogy websites whose only relationship is an interest in genealogy and family history. These are The Rainwater Collection, which covers the entire American Rainwater family and allied surnames; Chance & Blades, which provides information on the Chance, Blades and Marshall families of the Upper Eastern Shore of Maryland; the Upper Shore Genealogy Society of Maryland, a non-profit genealogical organization with nationwide membership; and New England Leaves & Branches, a small database covering the Dimes and Bardo families, and their allied surnames, of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania.

The Rainwater Collection

The Rainwater Collection While the The Rainwater Collection does contain an online database, the primary focus is its archive of raw data complete with source documentation.

If you are researching your branch of the Rainwater family, this is the place to find wills, obituaries, Bibles, tombstone transcriptions, marriage records, death indexes, military record summaries, pension application transcriptions, and scans of original documents.

Chance and Blades
The Blades Collection

The Blades, Chance and Marshall families of Maryland's Upper Eastern Shore are the focus of Chance & Blades.

With particular emphasis on Talbot County, this site includes a large online database, family Bible pages, wills, obituaries and military service summaries. The summaries of early evidence for the Chance and Blades families are fully sourced and documented. Also included is a complete listing for the 1890 Sardis Subscription Quilt of St. Michaels, MD.

 
Upper Shore Genealogical Sociery of MD

USGS Founded in 1973, the Upper Shore Genealogical Society of Maryland is a volunteer organization dedicated to assisting individuals with genealogical research focused on Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Talbot and Queen Anne's counties.

The USGS bookstore contains many regional publications about of interest researchers. The cost of membership is nominal and use of the web site is free!

 
New England Leaves and Branches

New England Leaves and Branches GEDCOM Index
Reference number & source list
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts & Rhode Island families in this limited GEDCOM file include Bardo, Buckley, Conrad, Dimes, Hartman & Shaffer.

Genealogy in General

Get the Death Certificate

Genealogists, List Collectors & Parasites

No, I don't think your Grandma was a liar: An exploration of old family tales

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