The Eliis Island Oral Histories are now available at Ancestry.com. There will be no charge for accessing these files. In addition, Ancestry.com is making their immigration records available to the public at NO CHARGE through September 6 - that’s all the way through the Labor Day weekend.
The following news release was received from Heather [...]
The following news release was received from Heather Erickson at Ancestry.com:
World’s Largest Family History Web Site Continues Sponsorship of Critically Acclaimed TV Series That Takes a Personal Look at Celebrity Family Histories
PROVO, Utah, August 25, 2010 – Ancestry.com is pleased to announce it has extended its relationship with NBC for the [...]
The following news release was received from Tom Champoux, with the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
AmericanAncestors.org reflects the organization’s expanding national collection and resources.
Boston, MA August 19, 2010: D. Brenton Simons, President and CEO of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), today announced the launch of AmericanAncestors.org, the organizations new website that [...]
I see that more digital newspapers will be coming online at the “Chronicling America” site soon. Now it’s New Mexico papers. Cool…
Following is an excerpt from an article in the August 16, 2010 edition of the Daily Lobo.
UNM Libraries received a more than $350,000 grant to resurrect hundreds of thousands of New Mexico [...]
The following news release was received from my my friends, Elizabeth Lapointe and Louise St. Denis:
(Toronto: August 16, 2010) The National Institute for Genealogical Studies is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, and Louise St. Denis, Managing Director of the Institute, will be at the FGS Conference.
Louise will be there on Thursday, August 19th [...]
Korea’s genealogy is gaining global attention with the unveiling of a digital database of genealogical records by the Paik Inje Memorial Library of Inje University at the 76th World Library and Information Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden.
During the congress, Director Park Jae-sup proudly introduced Inje’s Digital Genealogy Library, after three years of dedicated [...]
The following news release was received from Jim Ericson, FamilySearch. It sounds terrific! I will be there for sure…
SALT LAKE CITY —Technologists and genealogists from around the world will gather at the first annual RootsTech Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 10-12, 2011. The new conference, hosted by FamilySearch and [...]
Revisions are a new way to track changes to your tree and discover new collaborators. Revisions are built on an entirely new technology that will enable some great features in the future, including the ability to undo changes to your tree and compare different versions of profiles. Today you can view a list [...]
It’s amazing the stuff you find on the Internet. I just ran across a site with a few details and a picture of the new home belonging to Ancestry.com VP, Josh Hanna. Following is a teaser.
Congrats to Josh and Halicue…
Halicue Hanna and Joshua J. Hanna bought a five-bedroom, three-bath home at 198 Lovell Ave. [...]
VANCOUVER, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — The Canadian government announced Monday 900,000 U.S. dollars for the creation of a new website documenting the experiences of Chinese settlers, past and present.
The bilingual portal, “Chinese Canadian stories: Uncommon stories from a common past history,” will be created by the University of British Columbia with funding from the Community [...]
Following is an excerpt from a fascinating article dealing with various “famous folks” wills. Ancestry.co.uk is posting 6 million English & Welsh wills running from 1861 to 1941. If you do a Google News search, you’ll come up with all kinds of articles about this. However, this exceprt is from the best one I could [...]
Interesting…
Ancestry.com Inc. (ACOM) [Chart - Analysis - News] established a new 52-week high yesterday at $21.21. Clearly investors are enthusiastic about the firm’s prospects. The rally was accompanied by higher than average volume, which adds to the momentum behind yesterday’s move
See the full article at the August 11, 2010 learningmarkets.com.
Maps are an integral part of doing any genealogy or historical research. The following excerpt is from an interesting article at Mainebiz.biz.
Smaller is better for Historic Map Works. The company recently relocated from the former Portland Glass building in Westbrook to a 1,285-square-foot office in Portland’s Marine Trade Center, downsizing by two thirds.
The reason for [...]
Terry Thornton, of Fulton, Mississippi, died in the evening of August 9, 2010. He was known among genealogy bloggers for his popular blog and writing on the Hill Country of Monroe County, Mississippi. I consider his blog to be one of the very best produced for a local area. He’s been at [...]
We’ve been selling Dan Lynch’s Google Your Family Tree at the Family Roots Publishing website, and at conferences since last December. The book is a wealth of information, and it’s not surprising that the book has turned out to be one of the genealopgical best sellers.
The following is what I wrote about it last December. [...]
