St. Louis Post Dispatch Obituaries Index

It was reported this morning in the MoSGA Messenger blog that the Keith Zimmer, working at the St. Louis Public Library, has indexed the obituaries, death notices, and burial permits noted in the Post-Dispatch for following years: 1880-1930 1942-1945 1960-1963 Continue reading St. Louis Post Dispatch Obituaries Index

Charleston, Illinois Carnegie Public Library Opens Addition, Including a Genealogy Research Section

Approximately 150 people were at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library in Illinois this last Sunday afternoon for a ribbon cutting, opening the library’s new addition, which includes a new genealogy research section. Read all about it in the March 9, Continue reading Charleston, Illinois Carnegie Public Library Opens Addition, Including a Genealogy Research Section

Grant for Cemetery-Interpretation Program for the Oak Grove & Zion Hill Cemeteries in Nacogdoches

Collaboration between the City of Nacogdoches [Texas] and SFA [Stephen F. Austin University] has resulted in a $250,000 “Preserve America” grant from the National Park Service for cemetery interpretation. The grant was awarded to the City of Nacogdoches based on Continue reading Grant for Cemetery-Interpretation Program for the Oak Grove & Zion Hill Cemeteries in Nacogdoches

New Databases at Family Tree Connection

The following items were recently added to the Family Tree Connection database: CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Orphans’ Home Society 1925 Report – Los Angeles Orphans’ Home Society, Forty-fourth Annual Report, for the year ending June thirtieth, 1925. Includes lists of the Continue reading New Databases at Family Tree Connection

Rawlins County, Kansas, History Volume III to Be Published

ATWOOD, KANSAS – Materials are being sought for inclusion in Volume III of the History of Rawlins County, Kansas. The book’s emphasis will be on the last 20 years. Family histories that weren’t included in Volumes I and II are Continue reading Rawlins County, Kansas, History Volume III to Be Published

FamilySearch Indexing Update

March 4, 2009: The FamilySearch indexing application is available in three new languages: Italian, Portuguese, and Russian. These languages are in addition to English, French, German, and Spanish. They have current indexing projects in all of these languages except Portuguese. Continue reading FamilySearch Indexing Update

Arizona’s New Polly Rosenburg Archives & History Building Closes

Less than two weeks after its dedication, the new Arizona $38 million Polly Rosenburg Archives & History Building closes today, the latest consequence of the state’s budget problems. The building opened late last fall and was dedicated in mid-January. This Continue reading Arizona’s New Polly Rosenburg Archives & History Building Closes

The New SouthDakotaGravestones.org

A new statewide headstone project has begun in an endeavor to post photos of South Dakota headstones. The site has been up for about three weeks, and currently has 2700 headstone photos posted. Granted – this isn’t findagrave.com, but in Continue reading The New SouthDakotaGravestones.org

Pennsylvania Says that Birth Dates of the State’s Employees are Public Record

Pennsylvania’s Office of Open Records ruled on Thursday that birth dates of the state’s employees as well as the names of its contractors are public, this coming about under Pennsylvania’s newly revised Right-to-Know Law. The Law shields information like employees’ Continue reading Pennsylvania Says that Birth Dates of the State’s Employees are Public Record

New Small Databases at Family Tree Connection

The following new small databases have recently been added at Family Tree Connection: CALIFORNIA Southern California University 1922 Commencement – University of Southern California, Commencement Week, June eleventh to fifteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, Los Angeles. MAINE Bangor Theological Seminary Continue reading New Small Databases at Family Tree Connection

He’s Buried in Waldheim Cemetery… or is he?

A while back I downloaded the death certificate from the Cook County Genealogy Online website for a cousin whose name was Albert Schaaf. He died April 26, 1935 in Chicago. According to the Death Certificate he was buried in the Continue reading He’s Buried in Waldheim Cemetery… or is he?

New At Footnote.com

The following data is new this month at Footnote.com: Civil War Union Soldier Service Records: Mississippi Missouri Utah Territory Dakota Territory Danish West Indies – Slavery and Emancipation (1672-1917) Military Intelligence Division – Negro Subversion (1917-1941) Secretary of the Interior Continue reading New At Footnote.com

New Data at FamilySearch Record Search Pilot

The following was received from Paul Nauta at FamilySearch today: Familysearch added over 6 million new indexed records and 1.4 million new images since January 5, 2009, to its Record Search pilot (see chart below). The West Virginia birth, marriage, Continue reading New Data at FamilySearch Record Search Pilot

Alexandria, Virginia Historian, Michael Miller, to Retire as His Position is Eliminated

In many ways, the position of city historian was created for the singular talents of Michael Miller. He’s the first person to ever hold that title — a position that was created for him by the Office of Historic Alexandria Continue reading Alexandria, Virginia Historian, Michael Miller, to Retire as His Position is Eliminated