The following excerpt is from an excellent article by Roxanne Moore Saucier on doing Acadian research. The article is written for readers of the Bangor (Maine) Daily News, and refers to resources available in that area, as well as online resources. If you have Acadian forebears, you will want to know the name Stephen A. [...]
Many years have passed since North America has seen any of its national boundaries change. Most of the World has proven less stable of recent decades. Even Europe has seen its share of change. World history is wroth with the ebb and flow of political and military boundaries. During the middle ages and on up [...]
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, [...]
If you are looking for French-Canadian research, there are plenty of resources available to help you out; including, a Genealogy at a Glance: French-Canadian Research. However, there are precious few book on researching one’s French ancestors, as in, from France. This makes Genealogy at a Glance: French Genealogy Research, that much more important as a [...]
The following was received from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch: New Free Records Online for Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain Keep updating your wish list as FamilySearch continues to expand its online historical records. New collection additions this week represent seven European countries. Millions of records were added for the Czech Republic, [...]
Volume 36 of the German Map Guide series was shipped to standing order customers last week. This volume includes a total of 904 places – mostly towns, found in the Imperial Province of Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass-Lothringen – District of Oberelsass II French Department of Haut-Rhin – Kreise (Arrondissements) Altkirch and Thann, and the Territory of Belfort. [...]
The following excerpt is from a family history success story by Gemma Fraser, published in the December 31, 2010 edition of the Edinburgh Evening News. THE closest surviving relatives of a soldier killed in a bomb blast in France more than 90 years ago have been traced by Edinburgh historians. Charles F Fox died on [...]
Volume 34 of the German Map Guide series has now been shipped to all customers with standing orders, and is available at the Family Roots Publishing Co. website. This is the second volume of the 6-volume Alscace-Lorraine series and includes a total of 671 places – mostly towns, found in the Imperial Province of Alsace-Lorraine [...]
The following was received from Paul Nauta, With FamilySearch: FamilySearch volunteers have some exciting new indexing projects to work on during this holiday season. Recently released projects include records from Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and the United States. There are also projects from four different countries that were recently completed and will soon be [...]
Finally! After years of waiting while other regions were finished, Family Roots Publishing is printing volumes for genealogists doing research in Alsace-Lorraine. The full title of the first book in a series of six is Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Imperial Province of Alsace-Lorraine I (Elsass-Lothringen) District of Unterelsass I, French Department of [...]
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 article was written by my long-time friend, Marielle A. Bourgeois. Marielle wrote numerous articles for me when I was editing Heritage Quest Magazine, most with a French-Canadian slant to them, but others of a more general nature. While visiting with her a few weeks ago, I invited her to send along some materials [...]
HE CALLS her Marples and she refers to him affectionately as Sherlock. He is a determined, quiet cop with a forensic background, while she is a chatty grandmother with degrees in social research and 30 years of genealogy experience. They live vastly different lives on opposite sides of the continent, but West Australian Sandra Playle [...]
The following announcement is from Anastasia Tyler, PR and Events Manager at Ancestry.com: The Ancestry World Archives Project is a collaborative effort that has allowed thousands of people around the world help to preserve history that might otherwise be lost. All records indexed through this effort are available for free to the public. Would you [...]
28 September 2009: Volunteers with Rhode Island roots will be excited about the new indexing projects this week. The Rhode Island 1905 and 1935 State Censuses were added. New international projects for Argentina, Germany, Philippines, Spain, and the U.K. were also added. Note: the links within the charts won’t work as they are just images [...]
