The following is from FamilySearch 04/23/2013: FamilySearch has added more than half a million images this week from Australia, England, Italy, Philippines, Spain, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 92,436 images from the new U.S., Ohio, Southern District Naturalization Index, 1852-1991, collection, and the 73,580 images from the new Australia, Tasmania, Civil [...]

The following is from FamilySearch, April 2, 2013: FamilySearch has added 23.9 million indexed records and images this week with new browsable image collections from Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, England, Italy, Mexico, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 19,206,333 images from the new United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920, collection, the [...]

In cooperation with FamilySearch, the Missouri State Archives is digitizing marriage records dating from Territiorial times through 1969. The following excerpt is from an article published in the April 1, 2013 edition of hannibal.net: The Missouri State Archives is working on a project that could allow people to look up old marriage records online. Secretary [...]

The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch added an additional 6.6 million indexed records and images in the last two weeks. Included in this update are 15 new collections: 1 from Canada, 1 from Guam, 4 from Italy, 1 from Russia, and 8 from the United States. Among these collections are the China Collection of Genealogies [...]

Beginning in 1987, the National Genealogical Society began publishing a series of state guides in the organization’s magazine, the Quarterly. These guides were later issued as special publications. The latest version of the series contains revised guides, plus additional states not included in the previous releases. NGS Research in the States Series: Missouri was written [...]

Forty-nine thousand 1962 Missouri death certificates are now posted online. Missouri death certificates can’t be posted for 50 years – so the annual January posting is always looked forward to by genealogists doing Missouri family research. The first searchable index to the Missouri death records was posted in April of 2006. There are now 2.36 [...]

The following teasor is from an article by Frankie Meyer, published in the November 12, 2012 edition of the Joplin Globe: JOPLIN, Mo. — Last July, St. John’s United Church of Christ in Springfield had a burglary. Although the building had damage such as broken doors, the loss that was most mourned by the members [...]

The following information is from FamilySearch – 7/27/2012: FamilySearch’s free online Slovakian record collection has now grown to over 5 million searchable records. The Slovakia 1869 census is also available as a browsable image collection. Other new searchable collections online were expanded this week for South Africa, Canada, Poland, Portugal, and the United States. Search [...]

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 excerpt is from an article posted in the July 12, 2012 edition of the TheRollaDailyNews.com: Rolla, Missouri: Members of the Phelps County Genealogical Society are seeking family histories that will be compiled into a book available later this year. The book, once completed, will be the third volume in a collection of stories [...]

The following excerpt is from the July 1, 2012 edition of the Chesterfield Patch: The Center for Family History, a project of the St. Louis County Library Foundation, is midway toward its fundraising goal of $18 million to begin building in Chesterfield. “The Center is being built to house the genealogy collection of St. Louis [...]

The following excerpt is from an article by Jennifer Davidson, posted in the June 21, 2012 edition of the ksmu.org website. It was known as “The Great War” because of its massive scale. Now, nearly 100 years later, a massive array of historical documents from World War I has yet to be preserved. As KSMU’s [...]

The following news release was received from FamilySearch.org: FamilySearch published new, free records online for Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, England, Georgia, Indonesia, Italy, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, and the United States. The 1940 US Census Community Project continues to progress quickly. Online volunteers have now indexed 80 [...]

The following news release was received from FamilySearch.org: The 1940 US Census Community Project, which includes FamilySearch, Archives.com, Findmypast.com, NARA, and ProQuest.com, have now published browsable images online for 1940 U.S. Federal Census and the completed searchable indexes for six of the states. Online volunteer indexers have indexed 35% of the census. At current rates, [...]

Beginning in 1987, the National Genealogical Society began publishing a series of state guides in the organization’s magazine, the Quarterly. These guides were later issues as special publications. The latest version of the series contains revised guides, plus additional states not included in the previous releases. NGS Research in the States Series: Missouri, is the [...]