Everton's Computerized Roots Cellar, 1640-1990 Family Queries

This data set contains alphabetical listings of more than 200,000 individuals who were the subjects of queries in Everton's Computerized Roots Cellar Ancestor Data Bank. Everton's Computerized Roots Cellar is an electronic database of family history queries. The purpose of a query is to find information on ancestors by making contact with other researchers seeking information on the same family lines. This data set includes information taken from queries originally collected by Everton Publishers and published in Everton's Genealogical Helper Magazine.

Should you find an ancestor in this data set, you'll have the opportunity to learn about an event in that person's life. Information includes the individual's full name as well as an event type (such as birth or death), date of that event, and location of the event. You can also learn the name and address of the person who contributed the original query to Everton Publishers. With this information, you can contact the contributor and obtain or exchange even more detailed family history information.

More About this Data

Look up your ancestor's name, and you will find the following information:

Name — This is the individual's given name and surname, as well as any titles that were included in the original index.

Event — You'll learn the type of event referenced in the family history query. If an event is marked "Unknown," information about the specific family history event information was not provided to Everton Publishers. However, in such cases, it is safe to assume that the individual resided in the location noted during the year noted.

Date — This is the year in which the event occurred.

Locality — This is the city or county in which the event took place.

State/Country — This is the state or country in which the event took place.