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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 [...]

Got Georgia research? If so, you might be interested in the North Georgia Family History Bulletin. Edited by Mike Brubaker, the online monthly periodical deals with Georgia, as well as topics of National interest. The periodical is well done - and free! It’s also available in paper format for $10 a year.
The March [...]

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 Friends of Georgia Archives and History are holding a book sale to raise money to support the Archives that house the legal, financial and historical documents of the state. The Archives is an important center for genealogical research, but much of its work and many educational programs have been severely curtailed by state [...]

The following press release was received from Ed Johnson today.
The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the availability of a new online resource: African American Funeral Programs from the East Central Georgia Regional Library at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/funeral.
The African American Funeral Programs from the East Central Georgia Regional Library online collection consists of [...]

Have you any family members who may have served time in the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia between the years 1880 & 1922? If so, the Ancestry.com has a database that you need to check out. It doesn’t show any original documents, but it’s a great index with enough details that you actually get quite [...]

Representatives from the Whitfield-Murray Historical Society traveled to the State Archives in Morrow recently where they accepted statewide recognition for “Excellence in Archival Program Development.” Only a small number of these awards are given annually by the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board.
For 34 years, the Whitfield-Murray Historical Society has been the pivot point for all [...]

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 [...]

Thanks to Paul Nauta for the following press release:

SALT LAKE CITY—FamilySearch announced today it has published millions of records from Southern states to its rapidly growing, free online collection. The collection includes both digital images and indexes. Millions of death records from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida were the most recent additions. Viewers can [...]

The City of Rome, Georgia, has posted a website that now facilitates the search of several of their cemeteries. The Rome Cemetery Department maintains a total of 86.3 acres in four cemeteries. There is now web-based search solution for ancestors buried in City-owned cemeteries. Searchers can also also produce printable reports and maps [...]

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has announced “America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2009.” The announcement was made at one of the sites announced as at risk, the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
The list is as follows:

The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California; the “West Coast White House.” Two [...]

Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi state government offices will be closed Monday for Confederate Memorial Day. The actual date is supposed to be April 26, but some do it on Saturday, others on Monday. This was a new one to me. I didn’t know there was a Confederate Memorial Day. Dalton, Georgia will be celebrating the [...]

Finding 1861–1869 Names of Residents & Civil War Soldiers
Part Three - Florida through Illinois
By William Dollarhide
Between the 1860 and 1870 federal censuses, there were state censuses, statewide tax lists, military lists, and other statewide name lists produced for Union and Confederate states, including territories and states created during the Civil War. Post-Civil War Pension Records [...]

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 [...]

Think about it… Genealogists love the ease with which we can get information from the Internet. But we know it’s not all here… So we still end up in libraries and archives - a lot! And at the library, who do we go to speak with (especially if we are unfamiliar with the collection)? The [...]