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===Insurance records=== | ===Insurance records=== | ||
From fire insurance maps to databases of historical insurance policies, there are companies that date back into the 1700s providing farm, life, fire and marine insurance. Applicants for policies were asked to provide information about their beneficiaries (usually family members), their lifestyle, health, age, residence and other topics. | |||
Most of the insurance records that are currently available are still held by the individual companies, with some records dating back to the creation of the companies. Few companies provide search services but some do allow proven descendants to search the records to look for information about an ancestor. | |||
*Duane Galles, "Using Life Insurance Policies in Genealogical Research, " ''Genealogical Journal'' 20 (1992) 156-71. | |||
*[http://data.genealogytoday.com/contents/Insurance_Records.html Genealogy Today, Insurance Records] $ | |||
===Newspapers=== | ===Newspapers=== | ||
===Union records=== | ===Union records=== | ||