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A Jewish family whose impressive history can be traced back more than 450 years celebrated the birth of its 50,000th member in Jerusalem on Monday at a special family event. The Rivlin family consists of 22 documented generations and has Continue reading 50,000 Members in the Rivlin Tribe.
CD-ROM Announcement: Genealogy Books on CD-ROM – Volume 1; Compiled by Stemmons Publishing, See: www.stemmonspublishing.com This set of 10 CD-ROMs makes up a massive genealogy library of 705 books. Altogether, there are over 60,000 images, making up 230,643 pages. According Continue reading Huge Genealogy Library of 705 Books – all on CD-ROM
Over the last couple weeks, I’ve been corresponding with Joshua Claybourn, the creator of a world-class website for the Claybourn Genealogical Society. According to information I found at the site, the purpose of CGS is “to provide leadership in assembling Continue reading The Claybourn Genealogical Society Website
A few days ago, Larry (Loreto) Tocci contacted me and asked me to take a look at blogs that he has produced on the Cedrone-Tocci and Trimble-Ohmstead families. Wishing to share the rich history of his Italian family, about two Continue reading The Cedrone – Tocci & Trimble – Ohmstead Family Blogs
John D. Reid, with Anglo Celtic Connections posted a blog today announcing the fact that Bill Arthurs has a great new Titus family website up and running. Having Titus family ancestry myself, I got fired up upon reading that blog, Continue reading The New Titus Family Website
Last Monday (January 19, 2009) was the 200th birthday of Edgar Allen Poe. Now I see that the Library of Virginia, in partnership with the Poe Museum, is preparing an exhibition dealing with Poe’s life and works. The centerpiece of Continue reading The Poe Family Bible to Go on Display
The following press-release was received from Cliff Kemball this morning: The Guild of One-Name Studies and Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Ltd are pleased to announce a brand new five week introductory course on One-Name Studies, starting 27th April 2009. This Continue reading New Online Course: Introduction to One-Name Studies
I can imagine that it must be rough to have to go through grade school with a name like Korney… However, Amy Korney Hotz decided to do a bit of searching and find out the origins of the name. It Continue reading Korney Name Traced to its Origins