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I am currently compiling a GenealogyBlog Genealogy Event Calendar to run continuously on the GenealogyBlog site. It’s going to be rather unique, both in layout, and “shelf-life.” I’m producing it in reverse order (events farthest in the future posted first), Continue reading Genealogy-Related Events Wanted
The following announcement from made from the “Editor’s Desk” in the RootsWeb Review today (8 April 2009, Vol. 12, No. 4). Over the past few years we have seen a few changes to the Review – the loss of our Continue reading Ann Fechter Becomes the RootsWeb Review Editor
The following news release was written by FamilyRelatives.com staff: The team at the Family History website Familyrelatives.com is in the final stages of a new website design that will enhance and simplify the way records can be accessed on its Continue reading Familyrelatives.com Prepares Website for New Data Releases
“The New Jersey Historic Trust is helping to revitalize the that state’s economy by helping municipalities at a time when the recession is having a dramatic effect. The Trust picked 60 historic sites around the state to receive total grants Continue reading Ellis Island Hospital Complex & Hoboken Public Library Get Historic Site Trust Funds
Dick Eastman posted a very thought-provoking essay about why all historic documents need to be digitized and stored at multiple locations worldwide. He cites the recent archives collapses in Cologne and L’Aquila as impetus for such a worldwide project – Continue reading Should We Digitize All Historic Documents?
There are many new, upcoming, and completed indexing projects to report in this update from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch. Twelve of the projects below are new (see Current Projects). Included are three Belgian and two Argentina projects. The New York Continue reading All Kinds of Cool New Stuff Happening at FamilySearch Indexing!
Over the last two days, I’ve been blogging the tragic loss of lives (now up to 260, including 16 children), and historic structures in the area of L’Aquila, Italy. I’m finding that most of the reporting, as well as the Continue reading Crumbled Cultural & Historic Sites in Italian Earthquake May Get Outside-the-Country Aid
I know, the words Genealogy and Vacation probably shouldn’t be used in the same breath, since genealogy usually turns out to be anything but a vacation – it’s often more like “hard work.” Jeff Bockman just posted a very interesting Continue reading Taking the Genealogy Vacation
The following news release was received from Paul Nauta, FamilySearch: 7 April 2009: FamilySearch added over 16 million new indexed records and almost 500,000 new digital images this week to its Record Search pilot (see chart below). Seven new states Continue reading FamilySearch Adds 16 Million+ Indexed Records And 1/2 Million New Digital Images This Week at Record Search Pilot
Adoption reunions don’t always turn out well, and they can have unintended consequences. The following is a teaser from an article in the April 7, 2009 edition of the Mirror, titled “My adopted son came home… and nearly ended my Continue reading Adoption Reunions Can Be Tricky, if not disastrous…
The following News Release was written by Ancestry.com Staff: PROVO, Utah, April 7 /PRNewswire/ – Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online resource for family history, announced today that the late Alex Haley, author of Roots – the decisive masterpiece that inspired Continue reading Nephew of Alex Haley Meets Newfound Scottish Cousin for the First Time
There’s definitely a genealogical use for old aerial photography. A British company has a website that specializes in it. The following News Release was written by Bluesky Staff: Leicestershire, UK, 07 April 2009 – Aerial survey specialist Bluesky has launched Continue reading Old British Aerial Photographs Available Online
The Walpole [Massachusetts] Historical Society has recently published three new books, as follows: Industrialists of Walpole, by Elizabeth Cottrell, Charles W. Hardy, et.al and Susan Anderson, editor. The biographies of six entrepeneurs and the businesses they established are told in Continue reading Three New Walpole, Massachusetts Histories Now Available
Yes – I’ll admit to being twitterpated. The definition of the word is something like: 1) to be completely enamored with someone/something. That explains it. Patty has had that effect on me since we were about 12 years old. Now Continue reading I’m twitterpated…
I blogged about Alex Haley’s Scots’ roots in very early March. Now I see that USA Today is again reporting on his Scottish roots. And of course, his nephew Chris Haley, has those same roots, so he’s having quite a Continue reading Alex & Chris Haley’s Scots’ Roots Back in the News.