A Florida man [Ron Clayton] recently received a national genealogy award for his ongoing effort to document everyone who has ever lived in Randolph County [Indiana].
Ron Clayton of Altamonte Springs, Fla., late last month received the 2010 Federation of Genealogical Societies Director’s Award. He continues his Herculean task, albeit at a much slower pace, in [...]
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 [...]
The following small databases have been posted at Family Tree Connection in the last several weeks.
CONNECTICUT
Connecticut College for Women 1926-1927 Catalogue - Thirteenth Annual Catalogue of Connecticut College. Announcements for 1927-1928. Published at New London, Connecticut, March 30, 1927. Twelfth Series, Third Number.
Connecticut College for Women 1924-1925 Catalogue - Eleventh Annual Catalogue of [...]
The following small Illinois and Indiana databases have recently been added at Family Tree Connection:
ILLINOIS
Hahnemann Medical College 1911 Commencement - 51st Annual Commencement of the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Chicago, Thursday afternoon, May twenty-fifth, at two thirty o’clock, Abraham Lincoln Center, Cor. Oakwood Boulevard and Langley Avenue, Chicago.
Moline Woman’s Club 1929-1930 [...]
The city [Fort Wayne, Indiana] will use $125,000 in income tax revenue both this year and next to provide financial support to the Friends of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection to permanently protect and manage the collection from the defunct Lincoln Museum.
City Council’s 7-0 approval of a resolution in committee session Tuesday evening paves the [...]
Indiana’s state archives, original and irreplaceable paperwork documenting the people’s business since before statehood, got rained on a few weeks ago - for the third time this year.
A fourth time seems inevitable.
Among the most treasured documents are the state constitution; the earliest state Supreme Court cases; John Dillinger’s prison records; and the contract, [...]
October is Family History Month - and the Allen County Public Library is doing it up in style. The month will end at the library with the Black Genealogy Summit. Following is an excerpt from an article about the Summit.
Click Here for a PDF Calendar of Family History Month programs at the Allen County Public [...]
28 September 2009: Volunteers with Rhode Island roots will be excited about the new indexing projects this week. The Rhode Island 1905 and 1935 State Censuses were added. New international projects for Argentina, Germany, Philippines, Spain, and the U.K. were also added.
Note: the links within the charts won’t work as they are just images [...]
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 [...]
Over several days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many new newspapers from 19 states. The majority of the papers posted the last few days are dated toward the end of the 1920s and Early 1932. Those interested in the stock market crash and the early years of the depression in these areas will enjoy this data.
I am [...]
Over several days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many new newspapers from 20 states. The majority of the papers posted the last few days are dated between 1915 and 1925. I note that some South Carolina papers were included this week. This is good stuff…
I am pleased to again announce that the folks at NewspaperARCHIVE.com appreciate what [...]
Over the last four days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many new newspapers from 16 states. The majority of the papers posted the last few days are dated between 1900 and 1915. I find the Alaska newspapers to be fascinating. What a wealth of information!
I am pleased to again announce that the folks at NewspaperARCHIVE.com appreciate what [...]
The following are three data sets are recently completed projects that have been removed from the available online indexing batches and will now go through a final completion check process in preparation for future publication:
Argentina Censo 1869—Catamarca y La Rioja
Minnesota—1920 U.S. Federal Census
Minnesota Probate Court Wills 1849–1918
Current FamilySearch Indexing Projects, Record Language, & [...]
Eleven new indexing projects were added this week, most of them international. Five of the projects are birth, marriage, and death records for France.
New indexing projects added this week were:
INTERNATIONAL
Argentina Censo 1869—Jujuy Salta Tucuman
Canada, British Columbia Births, 1854–1903
France, Paroisses de Cherbourg, 1802–1907
France, Paroisses de Saint-Lo, 1802–1907
France, Paroisses de Coutances, 1802–1907
France Registres Protestants, [...]
Geoff Rasmussen, writing at the Legacy News blog, posted an interesting item today that he believes may apply to his Goez family of Lafayette, Indiana. It seems that behind the wallpaper of a dining room about to be painted held this note: H E and D B Goaz - July 1th 1905.
Read all about it [...]
