What's New This Week

New records added to Porter Surname Genealogy for the week of March 19 - 25, 2011

• World War 1 records from The Anzac Memorial.

• 404 World War 1 Draft Registration Card records, 1917-1918.

• 175 Australian Birth records.

• Porters listed in the 1850 Ashe County, North Carolina Federal Census

• Porters listed in the 1870 Anson County, North Carolina Federal Census

• New Census Name Index Page which lists all Porters we have in our online Census Collection and links to the family view.

Porters in Census and New Census Name Index Page

Added Porters listed in 1850 Ashe Co., NC and 1870 Anson Co., NC Federal Census.

Also a created a new Census Name Index Page which lists all Porters we have in our Census Collection online, and links them to the page with the family household view so you can see all others living with them.

175 Australian Birth records added

We added 175 new Australian birth records for the years 1795 to 1855 to our Birth Records Collection.

Rest in Peace Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor in Father of the Bride
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Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor

February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011

No truer words can be spoken than those from her son, Michael Wilding...

"My Mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humor, and love. Though her loss is devastating to those of us who held her so close and so dear, we will always be inspired by her enduring contribution to our world. Her remarkable body of work in film, her ongoing success as a businesswoman, and her brave and relentless advocacy in the fight against HIV/AIDS, all make us all incredibly proud of what she accomplished. We know, quite simply, that the world is a better place for Mom having lived in it. Her legacy will never fade, her spirit will always be with us, and her love will live forever in our hearts."

Over 400 New World War I records Added

We added over 400 World War I records consisting of data from World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards, for the years 1917 and 1918 for the states of Alabama, Alaska, Wyoming, and Montana.

Porters Listed in The ANZAC Memorial, 1914-1918

The ANZAC Memorial, is a book compilation that  commemorates those who served and died in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I. The book contains a list (Roll of Honour) of almost 20,000 who died in the war.

The Anzac Memorial published by New South Wales Branch Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia in Sydney, Australia September, 1919

Honour Roll - Soldiers & Sailors, Officers and Men, of the Australasian Imperial Expeditionary Forces. Died on Service from August 4, 1914 to June 30, 1919

Name, rank, unit, cause of death, date of death

Porter, O. E., Pte. 60th Battn. Illness 19/11/18
Porter, J. W., Cpl. 7th F.C. Engrs. K. in A. 5/17/18
Porter, J., Pte. 7th Battn. K. in A. 4/10/18
Porter, T., Pte. 46th Battn. D. of W. 30/6/18
Porter, T. H., Cpl. 10th F. Amb. D. of W. 20/5/18
Porter, S. E., Pte. 9th F. Amb. K. in A. 28/4/17
Porter, W. F., Pte. 1st Battn. K. in A. 5/11/16
Porter, S. G., Pte. 53rd Battn. K. in A. 24/9/17
Porter, J. H. C., Pte. 4th Battn. K. in A. 24/7/16
Porter, F., L.-Sgt. 19th Battn. K. in A. 12/11/16
Porter, F. M., Pte. 54th Battn. D. of W. 2/11/16
Porter, S. N., Pte. 15th Battn. K. in A. 9/8/15
Porter, A. E., Pte. 3rd Battn. K. in A. 27/7/16
Porter, W. J., Pte. 13th Battn. K. in A. 3/5/15
Porter, L., Pte. 30th Battn. K. in A. 30/9/17
Porter, J., Pte. 25th Battn. K. in A. 4/10/17
Porter, W. H., Pte. 53rd Battn. K. in A. 19/7/16
Porter, A. W., Pte. 58th Battn. K. in A. 10/5/17
Porter, W. R., Lieut. 18th Battn. K. in A. 3/5/17
Porter, S. F., Capt. 15th Battn. D. of W. 25/11/18
Porter, S. E., Pte. 9th F. Amb. K. in A. 8/4/17
Porter, C. A., Pte. 18th Battn. K. in A. 15/4/1?

Black Sheep Sunday: Death of Noted Criminal Frank Porter

Chicago Daily Tribune
July 11, 1882

FRANK PORTER

DEATH OF THIS NOTED CRIMINAL

Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune

NEW YORK, July 10 - Frank Porter, a Criminal well known in all parts of the country, who has spent most of his time in prison, died this morning in the hospital of the Kings County Penitentiury from a complication of disorders brought on by debauchery and crime. The chief characteristic of the man was his absolutely pitiless nature. About a year ago he cut open a fellow convict's face from his ear to his mouth, simply because he took a dislike to the man. Some years ago, while in Sing-Sing, he tore out a fellow-convict's eye and threw it against the prison wall with a savage laugh. Porter was serving a five years sentence for burglary when he died. When he first became dangerously Ill he said he would just as soon go to hell from the penitentiary as anywhere else. Porter is an assumed name, and the man is not "Billy Porter," the well-known bank burglar.