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Few people are aware it was the job foreman and half-a-dozen Mormons who first discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California. Even fewer are aware of the overall presence and contribution Mormons made during the gold rush years. The Continue reading Mormon Gold
The Halsted Trust is delighted to announce that findmypast.co.uk have agreed to sponsor their forthcoming conference on migration, to, from and within the British Isles “Exodus: Movement of the People” will take place from the 6th to 8th September 2013 Continue reading findmypast.co.uk Becomes Headline Sponsor for “Exodus: Movement of the People,” a Major Family History Conference in Leicestershire
A FamilySearch blog provides the details. Here is an excerpt: Mormon Migration Index Give you More Than Ever Before If you have Mormon ancestors who crossed the ocean to join the Saints in America, you may have heard of the Continue reading Mormon Migration Index Website Has Been Revised
The following article was written by my friend, William Dollarhide: Note: Any old wagon roads identified here in bold type are shown graphically on the map below. If you had ancestors who went from the Chesapeake to the interior of Continue reading Get On Board the Great Valley Road
The following article was written by my friend, Bill Dollarhide: Do your ancestors have you stumped? Well, it could be that some of your ancestors were stumped too — on Zane’s Trace. Here is a bit of history on the Continue reading Getting Stumped on Zane’s Trace
For all the disagreement we hear today about immigration from Mexico and Asia, migration issue have been argued from one corner of this country to the other for well over a hundred years. Between 1880 and 1890 the foreign-born population Continue reading Finding American Arrival Records for Your Ancestors
In our discussions on research topics, we so often spend a great deal of time focusing on our ancestors who have come to the United States from the East or the West. But what about those who came from the Continue reading A Look at Some Central & South American Records at FamilySearch
Dee Gibson-Roles wrote a two-part series for the Ashville Citizen-Times that deals with North Carolina migration patterns. I found it very informative. The following links with take you to the newspaper’s website: Trace Ancestors with migration patterns – January 10, Continue reading North Carolina Migration Patterns
The following excerpt is from the January 4, 2011 edition of the Milford Beacon: Dover, Del. — From Hawaii to Germany to Delaware, railroad enthusiasts everywhere clamor for photos of Jackson and Sharp Company trains. The Delaware Public Archives is Continue reading Photos of Delaware’s Jackson & Sharp Company Trains Being Exhibited & Planned to Go Online at the Delaware Public Archives Website.
There’s a fascinating new art display opening on the 22nd at the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, Georgia. Over 60 paintings and sculptures will portray the part played by those of color in the American West. Following is an Continue reading The Black West: Buffalo Soldiers, Black Cowboys & Untold Stories
swissinfo has launched an interactive, multimedia special [website] aimed at people whose ancestors left Italian-speaking Switzerland for a better life abroad. The second half of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th was a period of great upheaval as Continue reading “We Shall Not Stay Long” – The Story of Swiss-Italian Migrations
My article in the Heritage Quest Magazine #109, “Locating Colonial Wagon Roads on a Modern Map,” describes the first wagon roads in America. A sidebar to the article describes the first known written account by someone traveling the Boston Post Continue reading Madam Knight on the Boston Post Road in 1704