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The Vital Records found at the Family Search beta website continues to grow. Millions of birth, marriage, and death records — both indexes and digitized documents can be found at the site. As of August 8, 2010, I count 64,735,265 records for United States vital records, covering 33 states and the District of [...]

News from Tulare, California:
Volunteer Marilyn Hanson is glad the Sequoia Genealogical Society’s collection of research materials has made the cross- town trip to the new Tulare Public Library.
The collection is at the end of a corridor that splits the racks, next to the future home of the library’s tutoring center. Those seeking information about [...]

GLENDALE [California] — Lenore Devlin traveled more than 60 miles Sunday to visit the grave of a former student at Grand View Memorial Park.
“There are certain students in your life who just touch your heart,” the Los Angeles Unified teacher said as she arranged flowers for the grave of Ara Azaryan, who died in 2004. [...]

The Southern California Genealogical Society now has a new reader-printer available at the library. It will be up and running by mid-July. The society really has need for two of these machines. They are now accepting donations toward the purchase of another system, costing $4,995 plus computer and monitor. If you would like to support [...]

The following small databases were recently added to the Family Tree Connection database:

ALABAMA
Alabama’s White Regiments during the Spanish-American War - Southern Martyrs. A History of Alabama’s White Regiments during the Spanish-American War, Touching Incidentally on the Experiences of The Entire First Division of the Seventh Army Corps. By Seargeant M. Koenigsberg.
Birmingham High Schools [...]

Build a new library and leave out the genealogy section? This is an odd one…
Tulare City Manager Darrel Pyle said he and his staff are working to find a new home for the Sequoia Genealogical Society’s records collection, which won’t make the crosstown trip to the new library building.
“We’re fully engaged, working to deliver a [...]

Filmmaker Mark Oliver and retired Weed teacher James Langford are making a documentary film about the history of Weed’s Black community.
The film, which has a working title of “From the Quarters to Lincoln Heights,” was one of eight projects out of 200 chosen for a California Council for the Humanities [...]

I will be speaking at the California Family History Expo in Redding, California next week. My topics are: Using State and Territorial Censuses and Substitutes to Locate Your Family; Using Tax Records to Establish Relationships; and Blogs for Reading, Writing, and Research. Family Roots Publishing will also have several booth spaces at Expo, [...]

Update Oct 2, 2009: Patty and I watched the entire series on PBS. We learned a lot, while bringing back numerous memories of our trips to the National Parks scattered around the United States. Thanks, Ken Burns, PBS, et al…
Patty and I spent a couple hours this evening watching The National Parks: America’s Best Idea [...]

It’s now less than three weeks until we gather at the Family History Expo in Redding, California. I plan to be there, will have three exhibit booths - and will be speaking three times.
My three topics are as follows:

Using State and Territorial Censuses & Substitutes to Locate Your Family
Using Tax Records to Establish Relationships
Blogs [...]

Jamb-Inc.com is a professional recording service out of St Louis, Missouri. I’ve seen them at a number of the conferences lately, the last time at the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas, September 2-5, 2009. While they were recording at the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree in Burbank last [...]

To commemorate the 4,669 Americans of Japanese ancestry detained at the Merced County Fairgrounds from April to September 1942, the Merced Assembly Center Commemorative Committee (MACCC) is working on erecting a monument that is scheduled to unveil on Feb. 20, 2010.
As part of the educational component of this project, the MACCC is also [...]

This just in from Liz Stookesberry Myers:
Assembly Bill 130 will be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee very soon. It was introduced by Kevin Jeffries (Republican ) of the Temecula area. The Bill was presented at the request of the Recorder Association of California. They want to be able to handle [...]

Over several days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many new newspapers from a eighteen states. The majority of the papers posted the last few days are dated in the 1930s. Again, those interested in the early years of the depression in these areas will enjoy this data.
I am pleased to again announce that the folks at NewspaperARCHIVE.com [...]

This article was written for GenealogyBlog by my friend, Thomas Fiske. I’ve invited Tom to contribute to the blog, as I enjoy his articles, and I know my readers will too. Expect to see more from Tom.
He always had my attention. Born about 1802 near Louisville, KY and with surname Pryor, it is natural [...]