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The following news release was written by SCGS staff: The Southern California Genealogical Society announces the publication of a new index publication, the 1892 Great Register of Voters for Los Angeles County, California. The index contains more than 27,500 records. Continue reading The 1892 Great Register of Voters for Los Angeles County, CA
Hendersonville NC – The WNC Historical Association will present its Outstanding Achievement Award to Dr. George A. Jones at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Henderson County Genealogical and Historical Society’s monthly meeting at 400 N. Main St. in Hendersonville. WNCHA Continue reading Dr. George A. Jones to Receive the Outstanding Achievement Award From the Western North Carolina Historical Assn.
Having been a Washington State native and resident for 40 years, I’ve written numerous times about the Executive Order 9066, which imprisoned 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry (most American citizens) during World War II. We had family friends that got Continue reading Memorial Groundbreaking for Japanese Americans Interned from Bainbridge Island
LAKE HELEN [Florida] – With more than 120 years under its belt, Lake Helen has a rich history. Aside from the 71 historic buildings that comprise the city’s historic district, though, much of its past has been tucked away in Continue reading The Lake Helen Historical Society Museum Opens
It looks like Claudia Joseph’s new biography of Kate Middleton, Kate: Kate Middleton – Princess in Waiting, points out that her 3rd great grandfather spent some time in 1881 in the Hollaway Prison in London. It isn’t known what he Continue reading Kate Middleton’s Convict Ancestor, Edward Thomas Glassborow
The following news release was written by SCGS staff: The Southern California Genealogical Society is proud to announce the publication of four new volumes in its Immigration and Naturalization Series. The following publications are now available for purchase in softbound Continue reading Los Angeles, Declarations of Intent – Oct. 4, 1906-Feb 3, 1916
I had the privilege to be asked to speak at a genealogy fair this weekend, and presented two lectures – speaking on State Censuses & Census Substitutes, as well as Brick Walls. I had a delightful time. The people were Continue reading Give Us a Break…
The Irish Times is celebrating their 150th year in circulation by opening up free public access to the newspaper’s digital archives. The Archives goes all the way back to March 29, 1859. Note that the free access won’t last long, Continue reading The Irish Times, 1859-2009 – Digital Archive Available FREE through April 5
You never know what you might find when you clean out the closet. It seems that the Rev. Mary Moore at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron, Ohio was doing just that when she came across an old metal box Continue reading Old Records Discovered at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron, Ohio
MUNCIE [Indiana] – When the Local History and Genealogy Center closes this summer, Muncie Public Library hopes to rent the downtown building, the newest of all the Muncie library facilities. The center – at 210 S. Jefferson St., just behind Continue reading Muncie, Indiana, Hopes to Rent the Local History and Genealogy Center After Closing
You never know what you might find when digging through that old stuff in the basement. It seems that Lee Traver found the meeting records for the Town of Greenbush, Rensselaer, County, New York, dating from 1796 to 1802. This Continue reading Records of Greenbush, Rensselaer County, NY 1796-1802 Located
Greene County, New York, is in the process of doing a search for an historian to take the place of the late Raymond Beecher. Following is a taser from an article by Melanie Lekocevic in the March 26, 2009 edition Continue reading Looking for a Greene County, New York, Historian
The Maricopa County (Phoenix is the big place down there) Department of Public Health announced today that its vital registration office will raise fees for copies of certificates beginning April 1. Birth & death certificates will increase from $10 to Continue reading Maricopa County, Arizona Vital Records Go Up in Cost
RALEIGH, N.C. – Dr. John Hope Franklin, who chronicled the South and gave definition to the African-American experience, died Wednesday of congestive heart failure. He was 94. Franklin was considered one of the most influential historians of the 20th century. Continue reading Black Historian, Dr. John Hope Franklin, Dead at 94
The hard work of doing genealogy just got a little easier. A new genealogy room at the Jessie Peterman Memorial Library in Floyd [Virginia] has been opened. The hard work of doing genealogy just got a little easier. A new Continue reading The Genealogy Room in the Jessie-Peterman Memorial Library in Floyd Virginia is Open