Obama’s family tree has been discussed on the Internet since he became U.S. senator from Illinois in 2005, but attention has usually been paid to his connection to Charlemagne, to other presidents such as George W. Bush, and to celebrities such as Brad Pitt.
Among all those relatives is Jonathan Singletary Dunham, born in 1639.
He is [...]
Thanks to blogs found at ResearchBuzz and Syracuse.com, I ran across a new database at the New Jersey State Department website that I’m sure my readers will want to know about - and just in time for Memorial Day!
The website is titled “Civil War Treasury Vouchers, 1861-1865,” and it includes over 9,300 Soldiers’ discharge certificates [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The following announcement is from Anastasia Tyler, PR and Events Manager at Ancestry.com:
The Ancestry World Archives Project is a collaborative effort that has allowed thousands of people around the world help to preserve history that might otherwise be lost. All records indexed through this effort are available for free to the [...]
SOMERS POINT [New Jersey] – Walking through the Atlantic Heritage Center at 907 Shore Road is like going on a treasure hunt with a really good map.
The three-story brick building sits between views overlooking the Historic Bayfront District and Somers Mansion and holds thousands of documents and historical artifacts from all over [...]
The following new small databases were added at Family Tree Connection this last week.
ILLINOIS
Chicago Registered Voters, October, 1932, Ward 40, Precinct 48 - Registered Voters, October, 1932, Ward 40, Precinct 48, Issued by Board of Election Commissioners, Edmund K. Jarecki, County Judge, John S. Rusch, Chief Clerk. Printed in Chicago. [Based on 1930 [...]
The following new small databases have been posted at Family Tree Connection since I last posted about the website. Over 1,549,000 names from small databases are now found there!
CALIFORNIA
California State Prison 1855 Report - Annual Report of the Inspectors of State Prison, to the Legislature of the State of California, February 15, [...]
In the last four days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many turn of the century newspapers, as well as numerous papers from the World War I time period - up to about 1919. Eighteen states and one Canadian province are represented this time around. Iowa is again the clear winner when it comes to numbers of papers [...]
In the last four days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many turn of the century newspapers, as well as numerous papers from the 1870s and 1880s. Twenty-one states are represented this time around. Iowa is again the clear winner when it comes to numbers of papers represented.
I am pleased to again announce that the folks at [...]
The following digitized newspapers are either available or planned at GenealogyBank.com
According to Tom’s entry today at the GenealogyBank Blog, “in the months ahead GenealogyBank will be expanding it’s coverage of 9 newspapers from 9 states.”
The dates of this planned coverage follow each of the titles below. The second date is what is [...]
In the last four days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many turn of the century newspapers. Seventeen states and one Canadian province are represented this time around. Iowa is again the clear winner when it comes to numbers of papers represented. I note that they are also posting turn-of-the-century Valdez, as well as Fairbanks, Alaska papers.
I [...]
In the last three days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many newspapers from the 1880s & 1890s. Seventeen states and one Canadian province is represented this time around. Iowa is again the clear winner when it comes to numbers of papers represented. I note that they are posting turn-of-the-century Valdez, Alaska papers - and my next posting will [...]
New Jersey is going through the struggle of debating and deciding whether to give adoptees rights to their birth information, or to continue to let things lie as they are. The New Jersey State Senate passed an adoptees’ rights bill in in March. Now it’s up to the House. It’s a tough one. I [...]
