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It is with great pride that the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois (JGSI) announces that JGSI Board Member Judith R. Frazin was awarded with The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) “Outstanding Contribution to Jewish Genealogy via Print” at the 30th International Conference on Jewish Genealogy conference held July 11-16, 2010 in Los Angeles.
The [...]

My friend, Leslie Albrecht Huber, will be speaking at the Salt Lake City main library on August 26. The program will be carried live on Radio Station KCPW. Leslie recently wrote an excellent family history titled “The Journey Takers.”
Also note that Leslie will also be speaking at the Salt Lake City Family History Expo [...]

There’s was a good article in the Cape Gazette yesterday about my friend and colleague, Ed Wright. Following is a teaser.
Sorting through details, connecting the dots and unraveling mysteries are Ed Wright’s things. From naval intelligence to genealogy, Wright has always been a details guy.
Surrounded by books at Colonial Roots, his small [...]

Family Roots Publishing continues to expand our lineup of Genealogy Research Guides available at the website. Although we’re still posting, and by no means is everything up or fully described, we do have several hundred titles now posted and available for immediate shipment. Following is a linked listing of the categories currently available. [...]

The following news release was received from my friends, Greg & Vicki Boyd, whose books I highly recommend:

Norman, Oklahoma, July 19, 2010: The nation’s largest publisher of original landowner maps, Arphax Publishing Co., announces today that its two primary book series are now available in soft-cover editions. In its first five years, Arphax has published [...]

I’ve sold a few books on Polish research over the years, most often the classic Polish Roots, by Rosemary Chorzempa. Family Roots Publishing is now offering a wonderful new title written by Ceil Jensen, whom I met at the 2010 NGS Annual Conference in Salt Lake City. The volume is a lavishly illustrated [...]

I’ve been waiting patiently (well, maybe not all that patiently) for several years for the publication of the new third edition of Shirley Riemer’s classic The German Research Companion. I wait no longer! The book has always been the best place to look for sources of German research information, but this new edition [...]

Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak has just announced that her new book,Who Do You Think You Are?: The Essential Guide to Tracing Your Family History is being released tomorrow! The book is a companion piece to NBC’s ground-breaking new genealogy series, Who Do You Think You Are?, which premiers on Friday.
The book is selling at Amazon for [...]

I just received a copy of Ron Arons’ new book, “Wanted! U.S. Criminal Records - Sources & Research Methodology.” Ron told me about six months ago that he was authoring and publishing the volume, and I’ve been eagerly anticipating its arrival. The subject is one that I’ve always found interesting, and have often lectured on [...]

If you have New Jersey ancestors, you may want to get a copy of “Research in New Jersey,” written for the NGS Research in the States” series by Claire Keenan Agthe. The following is excerpted from the December 16, 2009 “What’s New at the National Genealogical Society?”
Just in time for Christmas, the latest NGS Research [...]

At its meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 10 October 2009, the American Society of Genealogists voted to give their annual Donald Lines Jacobus Award to Forgotten Patriots, African American and African Indian Patriots in the Revolutionary War: A Guide to Service, Sources, and Studies, edited by Eric Grundset, Director of the [...]

The “Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses 1790-1920” by Dollarhide & Thorndale is back in print! And just in time for Christmas!. Order your copy today and I’ll throw is a FREE Copy of Dollarhide’s “198 page “Grow a Family Tree! - a $24.95 value.” And that’s a “real book,” not an electronic one! [...]

While thumbing through a book a few years ago, Spencer Sadler saw an old photograph of members of Pennsylvania’s Coal and Iron Police, a private police force created under state legislation to protect company property but which later became better known for their often heavy-handed, strike-breaking tactics.
“The concept struck me so oddly,” Sadler said. He [...]

Author Lois Herr has stopped by to answer your questions about her new book “Dear Coach: Letters Home from WWII.” Please join me in welcoming Lois Herr.
Thank you for having me! I received some very good questions and can’t wait to share my answers. But first, for those unfamiliar [...]

Family Roots Publishing Company is offering Bill Dollarhide’s new Genealogical Resources of the Civil War Era .
Following is the description of the book:
Most genealogical records during the decade of the Civil War are related to the soldiers and regiments of the Union and Confederate military. However, there are numerous records relating to the [...]