The following is from Matthew Deighton at Ancestry.com: With today’s addition of 12 states (18 million records) to the 1940 US Federal Census, Ancestry.com now has 37 states and Washington DC fully indexed and searchable on the site. All of the 1940 US Census will be free through 2013. Number of records per state: Alaska: [...]

The following information is from FamilySearch.org: 76 million much-anticipated state census, naturalization, immigration, and vital records were added this week for 22 states, including Ohio, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Since partnering with the National Archives of Italy to digitally preserve and index its civil registration, more than 24 million images have been published [...]

The following U.S.A. vital-records oriented databases have been recently added or updated at FamilySearch.org. This blog covers 76 new and updated entries. We’ve also updated four of our five of the GenealogyBlog Online Database Links Files. See: United States Birth & Christening Records Found at FamilySearch.org United States Marriage Documents & Indexes Found at FamilySearch.org [...]

The following U.S.A. vital-records oriented databases have been added or updated at FamilySearch.org since January 31st. 15 new data items have been added for nine States. In addition, these updates have been made to U.S. Censuses: 1790, now at 410,887 records and 6,398 browsable images 1800, now at 540,614 records and 18,862 browsable images 1810, [...]

Several weeks ago I reviewed Civil War in Kansas, one of series of books by different authors about the Civil War on a state and territory level. In the review, I discussed the value of studying history beyond the stories of our own ancestors. Local and world events shaped the course of lives, including our [...]

UNITED STATES BIRTH AND CHRISTENING RECORDS FOUND AT FAMILYSEARCH.ORG – UPDATED AS OF 11 April 2013. Note that many of the “number of records” are marked as AFTER a specific date. That means that additional records, in some some cases tens of thousands, have been added since that date, which is the last one found [...]

UNITED STATES DEATH RECORDS POSTED AT FAMILYSEARCH.ORG – UPDATED AS OF 6 May 2013. The following databases can all be accessed at FamilySearch.org. Alabama Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952- Name index to death and burial records from the state of Alabama – 105,825 Records as of 4 May 2010 Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974 -Name index to death [...]

UNITED STATES MARRIAGE RECORDS AT FAMILYSEARCH.ORG – UPDATED AS OF 6 May 2013. Alabama Marriages 1816-1957 – Name index to marriage records from the state of Alabama – 1,516,339 records as of 22 March 2012 – up 1,472,271 records from of 6 May 2010. Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950 – Name index and images of marriage [...]

Posted at: 12/31/2010 9:01 AM By: Governor’s Office Billy the Kid is not dead. He was shot through the chest on the night of July 14, 1881 by one of the most famous lawmen of the American Old West. His body fell to the floor, glass-eyed and lifeless. His corpse was buried where it expired, [...]

The following teaser is from an article that was published several days ago, on the eighth of October, in USA Today. I missed it, so am posting it now… If a picture is worth a thousand words, an epic artwork being unveiled [last] Sunday in Albuquerque speaks volumes. It took more than nine years of [...]

I see that more digital newspapers will be coming online at the “Chronicling America” site soon. Now it’s New Mexico papers. Cool… Following is an excerpt from an article in the August 16, 2010 edition of the Daily Lobo. UNM Libraries received a more than $350,000 grant to resurrect hundreds of thousands of New Mexico [...]

The Vital Records found at the Family Search beta website continues to grow. Millions of birth, marriage, and death records — both indexes and digitized documents can be found at the site. As of August 8, 2010, I count 64,735,265 records for United States vital records, covering 33 states and the District of Columbia. Twenty-five [...]

The following information was received this morning from Paul Nauta with FamilySearch: There were over 150 new collections added or enhanced this week at FamilySearch.org. FamilySearch volunteers indexed over 120 million records — over 300 million new names — from original source documents to accomplish this great feat. The massive release was announced this past [...]

The following small databases were recently added to the Family Tree Connection database: ALABAMA Alabama’s White Regiments during the Spanish-American War – Southern Martyrs. A History of Alabama’s White Regiments during the Spanish-American War, Touching Incidentally on the Experiences of The Entire First Division of the Seventh Army Corps. By Seargeant M. Koenigsberg. Birmingham High [...]

Thanks to Paul Nauta for the following info.: Twelve new collections were added to the FamilySearch Record Search pilot this week. International collections were added for Argentina, Australia, Mexico, Netherlands, and Spain. New United States collections were added for Delaware, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Utah. Happy searching! These collections can be searched for [...]