Bureau of Land Management

Online records of land grants,  homestead and bounty land granted to US citizens by the US government.  Search for and view legal descriptions.  Get actual images of the original documents to print.
It's all free!  You can also order online.

Census Lookup Site

This site is manned by a group of volunteers who are available to do census lookups.   Just go to the site and follow the directions.  Most all states are represented but not all years or counties within the state are available.   This is also free!

USGenWeb Research Helps

Everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask, or didn't know to ask.  Census, plagues, wars, how to find the maiden name and hosts of others.

  Birthdate Calculator

You know when your ancestor died.  You know how old he/she was in years, months, days.  Figure out the birthday without the complicated math!

Friends of the Metropolitan Archives

This is a very informative site.

THE INFLATION CALCULATOR

 If you are ever reading a will of your ancestor and want to know how much the  monetary amounts mean in today's terms, then go to the web site above  and  find the Inflation Calculator.  This Calculator was posted to the web by Morgan Friedman and covers values from 1800 to 1998.  I found it quite interesting and fun!  You can also put in an amount in today's terms and figure out what value it would have been in 820 or any other year.   Example:  If your ancestor left an inheritance of  $500.00 in 1850, that amount would be worth $9569.74 today.
 

History of Versailles:

The Tenth District and It's People
This Rutherford County publication has been put online by permission from the original authors.    It speaks of the early inhabitants of Versailles and many of it's families.