USA > Pennsylvania > The Register of Pennsylvania : devoted to the preservation of facts and documents and every other kind of useful information respecting the state of Pennsylvania, Vol. III > Part 57
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116
1st quarter, 76,299 brls. Superfine
13,203 half brls. do.
4,892 brls. Scraped 159 half brls. do. 211 brls. condemned
5,752 brls. Rye Flour
405 brls. Middlings 57 brls. condemned 2,296 hhds. Corn Meal
2d quarter,
5,431 brls. do. do. 83,408 brls. Superfine 6,178 half brls. do.
3,466 brls. Scraped 145 half brls. do. 502 brls. condemned
7,539 brls. Rye Flour
707 brls. Middlings 20 brls. condemned
2,533 hhds. Corn Meal
11,553 brls. do. do.
3d quarter, 55,169 brls. Superfine
4,689 half brls. do.
2,061 brls. Scraped
173 half brls. do.
853 brls. condemned
6,414 brls. Rye Flour
377 brls. Middlings 29 brls. condemned 1,222 hhds. Corn Meal
9,357 brls. do. do.
4th quarter, 78,850 brls. Superfine 8,728 halfbrls. do.
7,782 brls. Scraped 340 half brls. do.
1,306 brls. condemned
9,433 brls. Rye Flour
417 brls. Middlings
146 brls. condemned
2,781 hhds. Corn Meal
19,095 brls. do. do.
Inspections for the year 1828, compared with 1827.
1828.
1827.
Wheat Flour,
brls.
314,799
331,740
66
half brls.
33,615
39,537
brls.
31,295
20,422
Rye Flour,
hhds.
8,832
6,161
Corn Meal,
brls.
45,436
30,756
Inspection of Bark at the Port of Philadelphia during the year 1828, and the seven proceding years.
hhds.
tierces.
brls.
1st quarter,.
896
0
6
2d quarter,
1106
27
118
3d quarter,
895
2
9
4th quarter,
1286
26
94
Total, 1828
4183
55
227
1827
3446
28
322
1826
2543
373
445
1825
3214
165
548
1824
3590
78
699
1823
3496
553
775
1822
4180
871
869
1821
3846
220
873
READING, March, 14.
We are gratified in being authorized to state, that from and after the 1st of April next, a daily (instead of a tri-weekly) mail-stage, will be in operation from and to this place and Mount Carbon. Our eastern and west- ern fellow-citizens will thus be enabled to visit the coal mines of Schuylkill co.without any detention on the way. |
again on 10th; open on 15th.
the month between 3 and 4 inches.
This month was 6º warmer than January 1828, and 4 degrees warmer than January 1827.
Ily ever noticed in Pennsylvania. The heaviest fall of snow without rain was on the 31st.
N. E. to N. and N. W. from a heavy rain it turned to snow, and continued snowing for 10 hours, the wind still at N. W. a circumstance scarce-
not less than from 5° to 15°. There has been snow on the 4th, 8, 9, 13, 14, 18, 27, 29, 31st. On the 18th and 27th the wind shifting from E. and
at 48º .- Difference of temperature between the mornings and noons, in many instances, from 10° to 25°, and upwards, and upon an average,
The morning of the 10th was the coldest in the month, Thermometer at 11º above Zero.
tions, . ..
Mean temperature from three daily observa- 1,22,23,24,28
Mean of extremes 2930 mean of extr. 29.42}|6,7
Diff. of extremes|25° |diff. extremes 1. 9 8,14,25,26,29,30,31
Minimum on 10th 1740 Min. on 27th 28.86
Maximum on 7th|421°|Max. on 12th|29.95 |2
Thermometer.
-
Barometer.
14,15,17,18,20,27
Days
LIAM MUSGRAVE, LIBRARIAN.
| Wind.
-
4,29,31
2,8,9,14
2 S. -
7 E. -
1,13,15
7,30
3,5,10, 12, 16,19,20,21,22,24,25,26,28 13 part clear pt. cloudy
3 days clear.
Weather.
Har. Chron ..
REPORT ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Communication from the Secretary of the Common- wealth, accompanied with an abstract relative to the instruction of poor children of the commonwealth.
SECRETARY'S OFFICE, 3 Harrisburg, February 28, 1829. 5 To the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Gentlemen,-In obedience to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the fourteenth day of April last, I herewith transmit an abstract of the reports re- ceived from the commissioners of thirty-one counties
Days.
1
13 heavy fall of snow
3 heavy rain and snow
4 part rain part snow
3 pt. clo. pt. rain & snow
2 cloudy no rain or snow
6 N. E.
11 day N. 6,10,23
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER FOR JANUARY 1829: TAKEN AT THE STATE CAPITOL, HARRISBURG, PA. BY WIL-
· |3,5,9,10,11,12,13,16,19,21|10 N. W. 1,18,27
5 W .-
River closed with ice on 5th; open on 7th; closed
The greatest depth of snow, at any time during
The noon of the 23d the warmest, Thermometer
207
REPORT ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
1829.]
of this commonwealth, relative to the number of poor children instructed at the public expense in those coun- ties, and the expense of their instruction. It appears that in the thirty-one counties from which reports have been received, in the year 1825, 4940 poor children re- ceived instruction in the common schools, at an expense of $15,931 793. In the year 1826, 7,943 poor children were instructed at an expense of $30,192 47. In the year 1827, 9,014 poor children were instructed at an ex- pense of $25,637 363; and in the year 1828, up to the date of the reports, 4,477 poor children were instruct- ed at an expense of $15,067 994. The number educat- ed at Lancasterian schools were in the year 1826, 3,950; 1827, 4,342; 1828, 4,267.
No schools on the Lancasterian plan have been re- ported, except by the commissioners of the counties of Philadelphia and Lancaster. The number above stated to have been educated at Lancasterian schools, is in ad- dition to those educated at common schools. In the county of Philadelphia, the expense of education in the Lancasterian schools is reported to be at the rate of four dollars per annum for each scholar, and the expense of education in the common schools at the rate of ten dol- lars per annum for each scholar. The whole number of children educated at the public expense, within the first school district of the state of Pennsylvania, compris- ing the city and county of Philadelphia, during the last year, ending the 31st of December, was, 5,057, Of this number 4,297 were instructed at the schools conducted on the Lancasterian plan, at an expense of $16,011 94 cents.
In the thirty-one counties from which reports have been received, $86,829 623 have been expended dur- ing the years 1825, 1826, 1827, and part of the year 1828, in the education of the poor, exclusive of the ex- pense of those educated at the schools conducted on the Lancasterian plan. In the county of Lancaster, the commissioners pay yearly for the education of poor chil- dren in Lancasterian schools $800. The price of cdu- cation in the Lancasterian schools at Lancaster, is re- ported to be from twenty-five cents to two dollars per quarter for each scholar; being varied to suit the circum- stances of the parent.
RECAPITULATION.
.» Year
Number
Expense.
Number educated on Lancasterian plan.
1825
4940
|$15,931 792
1826
7943
30,192 47
3950
1827
9014
25,637 36₺
4342
1828
4477
15,067 993
4267
26374
86,829 623
12559
The length of time which the children have attended to receive instruction has not been reported. The av- erage expense of instruction in the common schools, is from six to eight dollars per annum, at which rate the time of attendance of the children educated at the com- men schools, during the last three years, may be fixed at an average of from four to six months per annum.
The whole number of children within the common- wealth, between the ages of five and sixteen, is proba- bly not less than three hundred and fifty thousand .- The necessity of extending to these the benefits of ele- mentary education is obvious to all. It can hardly be sup- posed that, at this day, those children who are placed within the reach of instruction at private expense, should be deprived of it by those under whose super- perintendance they are placed. The legislature have continually kept in view the provision of the constitu- tion, which enjoins that the poor shall be instructed at the public expense. If all the children within the com- monwealth are not instructed, the interest of the com- munity requires that the means of education should be, as far as possible, placed within the reach of all. I have been led to make these observations by noticing the
large sums that are now expended by the public for ed- ucation under existing laws. These expenditures will be greatly increased. Every year the necessity ofplac- ing under proper control the public expenditures for this purpose, will become more apparent. It is more than probable, that the money expended, bythe public, and by individuals throughout the commonwealth, for education in the common schools, is sufficient, if applied under the control of agents, familiar with the most ap- proved systems of elementary education, to extend the benefits of instruction to all the children within the state. The introduction of the Lancasterian plan of in- struction into the populous parts of the state, would greatly reduce the expense of education; and the ben- efits of extending to all parts of the state a knowledge of the most improved plans of instruction, would be sen- sibly felt in lessening the time of attendance upon in- struction, and consequently lessening the expense. A due regard to economy, relating to public and private expenditure, as well as a regard to the improvement of the youth of our country, requires that the best systems of education known, should be introduced into all parts of our commonwealth, with as little delay as public opin- ion will warrant.
All which is respectfully submitted.
C. BLYTHE.
LOAF BREAD.
The subscribers, a committee appointed by the town meeting of the citizens of the city and county of Philadelphia, on the 21st ult. to propose and obtain signatures to a memorial to the legislature, praying that an act may be passed to remedy the evils that exist for want of a law to regulate the sale of loaf bread, beg leave to report the following memorial.
GEORGE GUIER, Chairman. MATHEW CAREY, SAMUEL J. ROBBINS, SAMUEL ARCHER, ANTHONY STOCKER, J. R. COXE, M. D.
March 24, 1829.
To the Honourable the Senate and House of Represen- tatives of the State of Pennsylvania, the Memorial of the subscribers, Citizens of the City and County of Philadelphia,
Respectfully showeth-
That it is of great importance to the public, particu- larly to the poor, that the commerce in bread, an article which forms a considerable item in the expenditures of that class, should be conducted on fair principles-
That in most well ordered communities it has been found necessary to establish some regulations on the subject by law.
That in conformity with this idea the Legislature of this State, in the month of April, 1797, passed an act which directed that " all loaf bread made for sale with- in the Comwonwealth, should be sold by the pound avoirdupois," and imposed a penalty of ten dollars for every violation of the provision.
" From and after the first day of May next, all loaf bread made for sale, within this Commonwealth, shall be sold by the pound avoirdupois, and every baker or other person, offering the same for sale, shall keep at his or her house, or at such other place at which he or she shall at any time offer or expose for sale, any such bread, sufficient scale and weights, lawfully regulated, for the purpose of weighing the same; and if any baker or other person, shall from and after the first day of May next, sell, or offer for sale, any loaf bread, in any other manner, the contract respecting the same shall be void; and the person offending against this act, shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for every such offence, one half to the use of the informer, and the other half to the use of this Commonwealth; and it shall be the especial duty of the clerk of the market, in any place where such officer is appointed, to disco-
4
208
ANNUAL SICK REPORT OF THE PHILADELPHIA PRISON.
[MARCH
ver and prosecute all persons offending against this act."
That this clause, for want of declaring specifically the weight at which bread should be sold, has been wholly inoperative; as it is obvious that every possible variety of weight, at every possible variety of price, might be regarded as coming within the meaning of the act, and as "sold by weight."
That for want of some legal regulation on the sub- ject, the commerce of bread is carried on with great ir- regularity, there being differences in the weight of loaves sold by different bakers at the same price, equal to 15 and even 20 per cent.
That it is the custom of the bakers of this city to sell bread by the dozen loaves to the bucksters, by whom the poor are generally supplied-and that although the total weight of their dozen is generally the same, the number of loaves differs from 13 to 15 or 16, each loaf, nevertheless, being sold at the same price.
That this state of things appears to your memorialists to require legislative interference and regulation, and they conceive that most of the evils of the present mode of managing this business would be removed by a law obliging Bakers to make their loaves of a certain speci- fic weight, say one pound, two pounds, three pounds, &c.
They therefore respectfully request, that a law to this effect, and providing adequate penalties for trans- gression, may be passed by your honourable bodies.
Philadelphia, March 24, 1829.
ANNUAL SICK REPORT OF THE PHILA- DELPHIA PRISON FOR THE YEAR 1826.
I. Sick in Hospital.
Remaining sick on the 1st Jan. 1826,
19
Taken under treatment during the year, 264
Total under treatment,
283
Of this number there were-
Cured,
191
Discharged, relieved, 18
Discharged, convalescent to sick in quarters,
19
Discharged, time of sentence expired,
1
Discharged, pardoned,
4
Died, 37
Total terminated cases,
270
Remaining under treatment on the 31st December, 1826,
13
283
Monthly Statement of Admissions and Deaths.
ADMITTED. DEATHS.
ADMITTEN. DEATHS.
January,
25
4
August,
27 2
February,
26
3 September, 23
5
March, 23
3 October, 20
0
April, 21
4 November, 18
1
May,
14
5
December, 19
2
June,
23
7
July,
25
1 264
37
Diseases in the fatal cases, with the number of deaths from each disease.
DEATHS.
DEATHS.
Consumption 13
Rheumatism
1
Inflammation of the lungs 5
Bilious Pleurisy
1
Hydrothorax
6
Cholera Morbus
1
Dropsy
3
Diarrhoea
1
Typhus fever
2
Epilepsy 1
Catarrhal fever
2
-
Remittent fever
1
37
Males 25.
Females 12-37.
II. Sick in Quarters.
Remaining on the list of sick in quarters on the 1st of January, 1826 24
Received on the list during the year
1105
Total under treatment during the year
1129
Of this number there were- Cured 991
Discharged, relieved 2
Transferred to sick in Hospital 117
Discharged, time of sentence expired 2
Discharged, pardoned 2
Total terminated cases -1114
Remaining under treatment on 31st December, 1826 15
FRANKLIN BACHE, Physician.
January 8, 1827.
[For the Annual Sick Report of 1827, see Register,
vol. I. page 150; and for 1823, see Ib. page 384.]
ANNUAL SICK REPORT OF THE PHILADEL- PHIA PRISON FOR THE YEAR 1828.
I. Sick in Hospital.
Remaining sick on the 1st of Jan. 1828 15
Taken under treatment during the year 292
Total under treatment
Of this number, there were-
Cured 209
Discharged, relieved
41
Discharged, time of sentence expired
6
Discharged, pardoned 1
Died
35
Total terminated cases 292
Remaining under treatment on the 31st December, 1828 15
Monthly Statement of Admissions and Deaths. ADMITTED. DIED. ADMITTED. DIED
January 23 1
August 31
5
February 23
3
September 19
3
March
25
4 October
21
4
April 24 3 November 21
May
18
3
December
25
June
28
0
-
July
34
5
292
35
Diseases in the fatal cases, with the number of deaths from each disease.
DEATHS. DEATHS.
Hydrothorax
9 Remittent Fever 1
Consumption
7 Bilious fever
1
Diarrhea
4 Chronic inflammation of
Typhus 3 liver
1
Inflammation of the
Atrophy
1
lungs
2 Inflammation of the
Chronic inflammation
heart
1
of the lungs 2
Aneurism
1
Dropsy
2
35
Males 32, Females 3-35. II. Sick in Quarters.
Remaining on the list of sick in quarters on the 1st Jan. 1828 14
Received on the list during the year
850
864
Total under treatment during the year Of this number, there were
Cured 755
Discharged, relieved
1
Transferred to sick in Hospital 96
Discharged, time of sentence expired 1
Total terminated cases
853
Remaining under treatment on the 31st of December, 1828 11
The average number of Convicts confined in the pri- son for the year 1828, has been 568; the deaths having been 35, gives the mortality for 1828 at 6.1 per cent. FRANKLIN BACHE, Physician.
January 19, 1829.
307
2
THE
REGISTER OF PENNSYLVANIA.
DEVOTED TO THE PRESERVATION OF EVERY KIND OF USEFUL INFORMATION RESPECTING THE STATE.
- EDITED BY SAMUEL HAZARD.
VOL. III .- NO. 14. PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 4, 1829. NO. 66.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SIR WIL- | him therefore I refer for many things in thy letter which LIAM KEITH.
Communicated.
In addition to the Biographical Sketches of Sir Wil- liam Keith inserted in page111 of the Register, give me leave to offer the following notices which may be de- pended on as authentic.
Previous to Sir William Keith's coming out as Gov- ernor of Pennsylvania he had been in the Colonies and had held a Commission in them under the Crown-I be- lieve it was Surveyor General of the Customs; but he had not then his title. He was a man of abilities and education, but was ambitious, artful and unprincipled and soon began to take advantage of his popularity, and the unhappy situation of the Proprietary family after the death of William Penn, to establish himself so as to hold his commission from the Crown in case of a surren- der of the Government. His treatment of the family, and disregard of their Interest was very apparent and there is yet extant a letter ofreproof from Hannah Penn to him, complaining of his conduct in various respects, and his utter disregard of the instructions which he had re- ceived from the family. The letter is an excellent one, and has been printed more than once. In the mean time endeavouring to strengthen himself in popularity, he, widened every breach between the proprietors and the public, acted as he pleased without regard to the feelings of the original settlers, and made use of all the means in his power to appropriate whatever he could of property and credit, to himself.
Upon his arrival, he was received with every demon- stration of joy by the people of Pennsylvania, who, wearied with the imbecillity and folly of Gookin, look- ed forward to the change with great satisfaction; he brought his lady and several children with him, one of whom was born on the passage; but whether they died young or were sent back to Europe, I have no informa- tion. A daughter of his lady by a former husband, was married to Dr. Græme, and was the mother of the cele- brated Elizabeth Ferguson, and also of another daugh- ter married to a gentleman of the name of Young, and who left issuc. .
Sir William Keith lived, at least part of the time ofhis command, in Chesnut street, in the house built by Joshua Carpenter. of late years owned by Judge Tilgh- man, and lately taken down to build the arcade.
Sir William Keith was commissioned by William Penn and approved by the Crown, in 1716. His title also was conferred upon him about the same time. Hannah Penn in a letter of this date to Jas. Logan says, "And since those on whom I have most reason to confide for justice and friendship have advised to a change of Gov- ernor, we have, all concurring, joined our helping .hands therein, and overlooking all other difficulties, have at your request, got William Keith commissioned by my husband and approved by the crown; and with a general consent he now goes Deputy Governor over the Province. And though he was pretty much a stranger to me, yet his prudent couduct and obliging behaviour,joined to your observations thereon, give me and those concerned good hopes. He is certainly an understanding man, a man of temper,and seems to have made himself master of the affairs of your Province, even beyond what one might expect in so short a time. To VOL. III.
should otherwise be answered, for all things relating to government are answered by his person, his commis- sion and his instructions."
"Collonel Keith has obtained his approbation by so general a consent, that whatever becomes of proprie- tary government, we think he will be continued over you if his conduct answer his character. He has also given me such assurance of his care and zeal in our affairs, as gives us room to hope you may safely consult with him for your own case and our benefit in cases of property, however that is left to thine and the other commission- ers prudence. Thou art, as Secretary of the Province, or (as I should rather conceive) Agent to my husband, to take a bond of him which his instructions mention, and was thought more proper to be given there than here, and is drawn and sent by Thomas Grey accord- ingly."
"I cannot doubt of the countries willingness to make William Keith on his first arrival a handsome present, and afterwards to settle upon him enough to make them thoroughly comfortable and happy amongst you, which I shall be glad to hear: for his obtaining this post and removing his large family have been no small expense to him"-and the following extract of a letter from James Logan contains so curious a circumstance that it must not be omitted, it is dated 1717.
"That poor man Colonel Gookin, after the Govern- or's (Keith's) arrival continued his weakness so far, as privately, between themselves, to charge John French and me to the Governor with being friends to the pre- tender, alledging that had he not prevented it, we de- signed to declare for him, the Governor considering us both to be in some posts was apprehensive there might be some snare in it, and desired, last week, the opinion of council upon it; yesterday was appointed for a full one, at which Colonel Gookin was desired to attend, by a message sent to him in a respectful manner by two members, which he did; the Governor with much mild- ness told him how much he had been surprised with the information he had received, and that his duty o- bliged him to inquire into it, that those persons, if guil- ty, might be removed from all trusts in the government, and desired he would enable him by proof to proceed against them."
"Col. Gookin owned what he had said, but declared that he really did not know that any were disaffected, (for the Governor had not named any one to the Board, only saying that one of them was a member there) that he had from some inferences formerly imagined they were, but he had no reason for it, that his discourses of that kind had been owing to his passions, and that late- ly his Physician knew that he had a weakness in bis head from an indisposition of body to which he imputed what he had said. This being said before a full Board, he was civilly dismissed, and so ended the accusation."
As I have before said the People of Pennsylvania re- ceived Col. Keith in lieu of this weak man with sincere satisfaction. He was a man unquestionably fitted by his abilities for the station he occupied, yet we find his art and talent for intrigue justly gave occasion for un- easiness during the greatest part of his administration. The assembly made an ample provision for him, far ex- ceeding what any former Governor had enjoyed, for lie
27
210
EARLY HISTORY.
[APRY
L
had from the province and territories, at least eighteen hundred pounds for the first year, a great salary in those days! He arrived the latter end of May 1717, with his lady and 5 children. All was auspicious in the first part of his carreer, and here it is not my intention to mark the mistakes of his administration, nor his declension in that honour and principle which bind society together, and which in the latter part of his time he seems to have ut- terly disregarded. I believe from a paper which I have seen, that he had separated from his wife, and that his plantation in Horseham (Græme Park) was settled upon her, and was afterwards possessed by her descendants. The following transcripts from letters written at that period, will truly depict the latter part of Sir Williams' carreer in Pennsylvania. "Though by the change of a. Governor you are now secure from being hurt by one clothed with your own authority, yet I see no prospect of our being restored to our former tranquillity. Sir W. K. for twelve months before his removal had given out freely that when he should no longer be Governor, he would be Speaker of our assembly, at least, and at our last election he put up both for New Castle and this county that he might be in both houses. In the first he missed it, but in this place where his partizans are most numerous, he was elected. On the 14th inst. however, when the Representatives met to choose their Speaker, though he came into town with a cavalcade of 80 horse under the noise of many gun's firing (of which Capt. Annis may more particularly inform you ) yet he was not so much as named for Speaker, for Da- vid Lloyd, who now expresses a great regard for Col. Gordon and an equal resentment against Sir William, carried it, they say by every vote but three"-"the les- ser number not thinking it fit to try for what would ne- cessarily be carried against them."-Letter to the Pro- prictors.
The accounts of those times are full of Sir William's management and intrigues-he published a vindication of himself which he caused to be printed at New York and in Maryland; and which was answered by a piece depicting his conduct truly. He declined in conse- quence so much that the two years which he staid in the province after being superceded in the government, must have been as galling to his pride as discreditable to his honour. We have a notice of him at New Castle insulting the Governor (Gordon) "with the grossest abuse of the proprietary family," and was "otherwise so free with his abuse that the old gentleman was oblig- ed to propose their stepping over in a boat to Jersey where both would be on equal footing; but the other's blood is not used to kindle that way, &c."
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.