FamilySearch has added more than 1.5 million index records and images this week from Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Italy, Peru, South Africa, Spain, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 217,016 index records from the U.S., Idaho, Eastport, Arrival Manifests, 1924-1956, collection, the 151,020 index records and images from the United States, Civil War [...]

The following excerpt is from an article posted in the April 4, 2013 edition of IllinoisTimes.com: The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency has balked at a demand from the National Archives to return a page torn from a ship’s log so that the damaged document can be restored to its original condition. The page in question [...]

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 [...]

The following teaser is from an article posted at the March 10, 2013 nbcchicago.com website. A suburban Chicago coroner wants to find a final resting place for cremated remains that have gone unclaimed. Kane County Coroner Rob Russell says the remains of 47 people have been sitting in an office storage unit. Some are remains [...]

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 [...]

The following news release is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch added 8.5 million new, free indexed records and images this week to its collection. Included are 2,897,940 additional index records and images for the new New York State Census of 1855 collection, the 1,070,807 index records and images from the Texas Birth Certificates collection from 1903-1935, and [...]

The following excerpt is from the January 24, 2013 edition of the Lake County News-Sun. A “treasure trove” of Lake County historical documents dating back to the 1840s was transferred to Illinois State Archives on Thursday. Hundreds of U.S. naturalizations documents have been tucked in the county’s Clerk of the Circuit Court’s storage room. The [...]

The following teaser is from the January 26, 2013 edition of the Lincoln Daily News. A new book entitled “Neighborhoods, Lincoln, IL” is being published by the Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society and the Lincoln Woman’s Club, with Lincoln city and rural residents being asked to submit photos and resumes about their homes or [...]

The following news elease was received from Jennifer Holik: Chicago, Illinois – January 4, 2013: Jennifer Holik of Generations collaborates with staff at Casa Italia Chicago to create a new genealogy department. The mission of the Genealogy Department is to collect, catalogue and preserve vital records, documents, published materials, artifacts, and stories pertaining to the [...]

The following excerpt is from an excellent article which was on the front page of the December 25, 2012 edition of the Chicago Tribune. It’s quite a story – and worth clicking out to. For most of her 90 years, all Josephine Stout knew about her arrival in America was that she came from Ireland [...]

The following excerpt is from a December 25, 2012 AP story published in the Chicago Tribune. Imagine strolling through a wooded acreage once called home by early 20th century occupants of a poor farm and patients of a tuberculosis infirmary. … just 25 miles from Chicago. That’s the plan for the Oak Forest Heritage Preserve, [...]

FamilySearch added an additional 6.4 million new, free indexed records and images this week to its collection. Notable additions include the 1,034,803 records for the Netherlands, Zeeland Province, Church Records from 1527-1907, the 1,436,121 added from Italy Civil Registrations from 1824-1941, and the 1,069,308 added to the new Saskatchewan, Canada, collections from 1846-1957. Other new [...]

The following news release was received from Thomas MacEntee: Preserve the Pensions Project to Digitize Important Pension Records and Provide Free Access to the Public December 11, 2012 Springfield, IL: The Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS) is proud to announce that it has completed its recently launched $10,000 War of 1812 Pension Match Challenge with [...]

Chicago has been home to Polish immigrants and their descendant since the 1830s. Even today, there remains a large Polish population. Becoming an avid genealogist after the passing of a great aunt, Jason Kruski developed an interest in combining the knowledge he developed from other books and from his own studies on the topics of [...]

American Population Before the Federal Census of 1790 represents an exhaustive research project to extract population data for the area encompassed by the  United State as represented in 1790. Data was gathered from previous research studies, government studies, and independent research. The population lists, which are of paramount importance to the genealogist, include poll lists, [...]