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:#Houses and building materials<ref>National Archives, ''Indexes to Manufactures Census of 1820'' (1920; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977), 116-117.</ref> | :#Houses and building materials<ref>National Archives, ''Indexes to Manufactures Census of 1820'' (1920; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977), 116-117.</ref> | ||
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'''Biographies '''or lists are sometimes compiled of members of professional trades. Tennessee examples include: | '''Biographies '''or lists are sometimes compiled of members of professional trades. Tennessee examples include: | ||
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The Frisco Railway (also called St. Louis-San Francisco) operated from 1876 to 1980 in the Midwest and south central United States: | The Frisco Railway (also called St. Louis-San Francisco) operated from 1876 to 1980 in the Midwest and south central United States: | ||
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=== Pullman-Standard Employees Project === | === Pullman-Standard Employees Project === | ||
The Pullman-Standard Company of Michigan and Indiana was a well-known builder of railroad cars. During World Wars I and II, the company also "played a leading role as an arsenal," producing "freight cars, tanks, and munitions for America's war efforts during both World Wars."<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~innwigs/Archives/PullmanStandard-EmployeesIndex.htm "NWIGS - Pullman-Standard Employees Project,"] Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society.</ref> The company's employee personnel cards at kept at Indiana University Northwest's Calumet Regional Archives and contain references to many natives of Tennessee. An [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~innwigs/Archives/PullmanStandard-EmployeesIndex.htm index for employees ]with surnames beginning with the letters A to M is currently available online, along with a [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~innwigs/Archives/PullmanStandardNameIndex/PullmanStandard-RequestForm.htm request form] to retrieve copies of the original documents. | The Pullman-Standard Company of Michigan and Indiana was a well-known builder of railroad cars. During World Wars I and II, the company also "played a leading role as an arsenal," producing "freight cars, tanks, and munitions for America's war efforts during both World Wars."<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~innwigs/Archives/PullmanStandard-EmployeesIndex.htm "NWIGS - Pullman-Standard Employees Project,"] Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society.</ref> The company's employee personnel cards at kept at Indiana University Northwest's Calumet Regional Archives and contain references to many natives of Tennessee. An [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~innwigs/Archives/PullmanStandard-EmployeesIndex.htm index for employees ]with surnames beginning with the letters A to M is currently available online, along with a [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~innwigs/Archives/PullmanStandardNameIndex/PullmanStandard-RequestForm.htm request form] to retrieve copies of the original documents. | ||
=== See Also === | === See Also === | ||