Caperton Society Blog

Details

Category: Caperton Society Blog

Created: 21 June 2015

A new Milestone has been reached at the Caperton Society Website. There are now images of over 2000 original source documents available to assist Caperton's in researching their roots. 2067 to be exact! The collection that pushed us over the top is the WWII 'Old Man' draft records update. Not only were 38 names added to the collection, along with images, but the entire database was reworked to include more extracted data, and links where possible to the Bernard Caperton book" The Caperton Family".
This has been a busy year for the website with the addition of the 1860 and 1870 US Censuses, hundreds of Marriage and Death records added, and the War of 1812 and WWII draft records updating. For details on what has been added or updated you can always click on the "What's Available" link at the bottom of most webpages. The What's Available page has a summary listing of all of the collections and includes the most recent time the collection was updated. I can tell you that 2000 only scratches the surface of what I have available to put online! Each of these new collections does however take a considerable amount of work on my part and I could certainly use help. One of the more important goals in these collections is to include where ever possible, the Henry number from Bernard Caperton's book to help those using the book to locate information on a specific person. If you are interested in helping to research and identify these numbers for the those in the collections without a number please let me know and I can set you up with the needed access. You dont need to be a computer geek to help either. If you can handle the basics of an excel spreadsheet, you can help! The more individuals that help with this the more time I will have to work on new collections and the revision of "The Caperton Family" book!!!!

Details

Category: Caperton Society Blog

Created: 12 June 2015

The 1860 Census has now been added to the Census Collectons. This collection contains 56 census pages along with 219 family members with the surname of Caperton linked to both an original page source and the household. Sortable fields include first name, county, state and household. Simply click the header title at the top of the table to resort the list. The search engine is also available for this collection, enter the keyword in the search box at the top of the page. I have continued the goal of linking as many names as possible to

Read more: 1860 Census Added to Collections

Details

Category: Caperton Society Blog

Created: 21 February 2015

I have added over 300 new Caperton death records to the US death records database. Right now it is labelled as US Death Records - BETA. The original Death Records Database was one of the first databases I built and over the years it has become too restrictive to include all the information I wnat to publish. So, I have rebuilt a new database from the ground up. Please have a look and let me know if you find any isues. I anticipate replacing the existing database by the end of the month. All of these records include an image of the actual document. This huge addition took months to scan and upload into the database. I have also included columns for both the Bernard Caperton Henry number and the new Henry number. And this is where your help is needed. I am looking for people to help identify and enter the Henry number for these records. If you would like to help with this please email me.