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Are you looking for a special genealogy gift for a friend, family member or for yourself? www.FunStuffForGenealogists.com has some great things for you! Just added and in hot demand are Cotton Gloves for handling those precious artifacts and photos. Also Continue reading These Gloves Aren’t for Gardening…
WASHINGTON—The last great archives of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency may soon be available to researchers and the public — 14 boxes of handwritten notes, gifts and correspondence, including a letter from Italian dictator Benito Mussolini congratulating him on his 1933 Continue reading 14 Boxes of Franklin D. Roosevelt Papers to Be Available to the Public Shortly
The following excerpts are from an article in the November 2, 2009 edition of the Rapid City Journal. The archives at Deadwood’s City Hall hold shelves filled with voting records, county inventory and appraisal ledgers, probate ledgers and other circuit Continue reading Deadwood, South Dakota’s Historic Documents
During the class periods, exhibit halls at conferences can be pretty quiet – if not dead. That’s when the exhibitors themselves get to visit. This was the case at the California Family History Expo a couple weeks ago. One of Continue reading Entrepreneur Bill Burch Introduces ArchivaLife – to Document Your Life Story
What happens to your trash when you throw it out? It’s my bet that most of us don’t think twice about throwing out an out-of-date fishing license or our old hotel rewards cards. It seems that some very personal items Continue reading Provenience of Carter-Cash Family Items at Virginia Tech Questioned
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… Continue reading The National Parks – Where the Soul of Our Families Are Restored
The Friends of Devon’s Archives have come up with a rather novel idea – an idea that I’d like to see duplicated worldwide. Devon is a large county in southwest England. The Donor Cards have been distributed throughout the county. Continue reading Devon’s “Document Donor Card” Saves Family Papers
FORT EDWARD – Archaeologists plan to excavate a Hudson River site where crews dredging PCB-contaminated sediment last week mistakenly ripped out the remains of what was once Britain’s largest fort in colonial America. John Vetter, the Environmental Protection Agency’s national Continue reading Fort Edward to be Excavated
I’ve blogged several times about the collapse of the Archives in Cologne, Germany. I can finally give my readers another update. It seems that the collapse of the Cologne city archives three months ago could have been worse. Not all Continue reading Large Portions of the Cologne City Archives Documents Are Saved
First – note that this blog is not about the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Instead, it is about the new LDS Church History Library, located just over a block to the east on North Temple (next to Continue reading The New LDS Church History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah
ST. LOUIS (CN) – Thousands of St. Louis court cases from the Civil Car era have been restored and released to the public. The lawsuits include those of a slave owner who sued a steamboat that took his slave to Continue reading St. Louis Court Cases of the Civil War Era Restored
The Greene County (NY) Historical Society is sponsoring its 33rd Annual Tour of Homes on Saturday, June 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sites along the Hudson River, from Catskill to Coxsackie, have been chosen to celebrate the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Continue reading Homes Along the Hudson
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 Continue reading America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2009
Marvin Lee Harper, noted Northport historian and Tuscaloosa County [Alabama] preservationist, died Friday morning at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa. He was 89… During those years in the antique-filled house, he amassed more than a lifetime’s worth of honors, Continue reading Marvin Lee Harper, Northport Historian & Tuscaloosa County Preservationist, dies at 89
MALTA [New York] — The blue-and-gold metal historic marker cast for the 200-year-old Alexander Weed house has been sitting in the highway department’s garage for five years, gathering dust. It’s a $700 reminder of a bungled attempt at a town Continue reading Property Owner Rejects Historic Marker, saying “They should have talked with me beforehand.”