Library
From My Research Wiki
My research library contains (potentially) useful information.
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General
- Abbreviations
- Relationship Terms
- Soundex coding system for indexing family names
- Spelling Changes
Charts and forms
Occupations and daily life
Medical history
THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE.
- Dictionary of Medical Terms -- words people used in the past to describe diseases, etc
- Epidemics and pandemics -- serious cases of life threatening diseases that affected our ancestors
- Famines -- usually caused by war, poor or greedy government administration, regional or global weather conditions, etc
- Genetic Medical History -- the article discusses how to collect and, to some extent, use your family medical history
Military conflicts (war)
- Wars -- war, probably more than any other factor, caused our ancestors hardship
English wars
These conflicts might have involved the North American or other colonies but the colonies were not the primary theater.
- English Civil War (1642-1653)
- Queen Anne's War
- Seven Year's War -- also called the French and Indian War in North America
English colonial wars
These conflicts were fought entirely in the colonies.
United States wars
- U.S. Revolution
- U.S. War of 1812
- U.S. War of Succession -- also called the Civil War, American Civil War, War for Southern Independence, etc
- World War I
- World War II
