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Finding Family Connections in Iceland

Filed in Iceland, Internet Genealogical Research on Oct.27, 2011

Icelanders have a problem few experience elsewhere in the World. With an isolated population of only 300,000, Icelanders face the very real threat of accidental incest. The concern may be more urban legend than not, then again, it seems to be a real enough fear that Íslendigabók, a genealogical information website for Iceland’s inhabitants, plays [...]

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Over 300 Million New Names Added Online @ the New Beta.FamilySearch.org Site

Filed in Argentina, Arizona, Arkansas, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, British Columbia, British Records, Canada, Caribbean, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Delaware, Digital Documents Online, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, FamilySearch, Florida, France, Germany, Gibralter, Grenada, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, India, Internet Genealogical Research, Ireland, Isle of Man & Channel Islands, Italy, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Luxembourg, Maine, Maryland, Mexico, Montana, New Brunswick, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Online Databases, Online Searchable Indexes, Ontario, Oregon, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Quebec, Russia, Samoa, South Dakota, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tennessee, U.S. Census, Ukraine, United States, Uraguay, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Vital Records, Wales, West Virginia, Wyoming on May.03, 2010

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 [...]

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