ROOTS-L Resources: Historical Groups

    These files contain the names of about interesting groups of people, such as the men who fought at the Alamo, Irish immigrants to Canada, German immigrants to the Ohio valley, gunfighters of America's Old West, and more...
  • genealog.alamoper: The men who fell at the Alamo, and where they were from.
  • Fort Boonesborough Settlers: The references and surnames from A to G are in genealog.ftboon1. A second file, genealog.ftboon2, includes the remaining surnames from H to Z.
  • German-Americans in the Ohio Valley: Emil Klauprecht's "German Chronicle in the History of the Ohio Valley and its Capital City Cincinnati in Particular", from 1864, is "the solitary German-American history of the entire Ohio Valley." The first of these files, genealog.geramp1, contains the Table of Contents and the index of persons' names, from Mr. Aaronburg to A. Zoellner. The second file, genealog.geramp2, has the index to place names and organizations, and the bibliography.
  • genealog.gunfight: A brief discussion of who the gunfighters were (demographically speaking), followed by a list of fifty or so. I'm amazed at how many of these names are familiar. And be sure to visit Steve Chinn's Kansas Gunfighters.
  • The Irish-Canadian List: This list contains the names of Irish immigrants who settled in Canada and who are being researched by other genealogists. Information can include names, dates, and places in both Ireland and Canada. The list is currently being revamped to make it more Web friendly -- once it is, we hope to have a pointer to it here. Meanwhile, the most recent release is worth a look.
  • genealog.jjames1: Who was in the Jesse James Gang, and, if known, what became of them.
  • The Kansas Pioneers List: This is a compilation of Kansas settlers being researched by various networkers. genealog.kansasp1 describes the list format and contains the list of pioneers. genealog.kansascl contains information on how to contact the submitters. A more up-to-date and complete version is available at the Kansas Pioneers Project.
  • genealog.lewclark: The Roster of Personnel from the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the American West in 1804-1806.
  • genealog.mutinyb: Personnel Roster for HMS Bounty at the time of the mutiny on April 28, 1789.
  • genealog.quantril: Members of Quantrill's Guerrillas in the Civil War. Hundreds of names are listed, along with sources.
  • genealog.shiparl: Well, OK, people arriving at New Orleans on 23 April 1849 aboard the Arlington may not sound as exciting as the Jesse James gang or the Bounty mutineers. That is, not unless your family happens to be among them, then all bets are off. :-) Around 170 names.
  • See also
    • A list of Pearl Harbor Casualty List by Ship/Location
    • The Founders of Newark, NJ

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