Planning Your 2012 Get Away: How About a Personalized Genealogy Tour?

According to an article posted in the Canberra Times, one of next year’s big travel trends will be to take a personalized genealogy tour. I can think of worse ways to spend two weeks, but hiring someone to handle a Continue reading Planning Your 2012 Get Away: How About a Personalized Genealogy Tour?

New Records From 20 Countries at FamilySearch.org

A broad range of records were added to FamilySearch.org this week from 20 countries, notably Australia, Austria, Canada (Saskatchewan), Chile, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Germany, England, Dominican Republic, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Slovakia, Spain, Venezuela, and Continue reading New Records From 20 Countries at FamilySearch.org

New Databases Posted at FamilySearch for Australia, Estonia, Mexico & U.S. with Additions for UT, CA, IL, ID, ME, MN, MS, OH, & WI

The following press release was received from FamilySearch: 28 September 2011: New records collections from Australia, Estonia, Mexico and the United States can now be searched for free at FamilySearch.org. In addition, new records were added to Austria, Canada, Chile, Continue reading New Databases Posted at FamilySearch for Australia, Estonia, Mexico & U.S. with Additions for UT, CA, IL, ID, ME, MN, MS, OH, & WI

Australian Premier Candidates Have Fascinating Ancestry

The Aussies find the ancestry of their Premier candidates fascinating, just as Americans do with our Presidents… The following news release was written for folks living in Australia. From links to Brisbane barmaids to law enforcement in Victoria, our future Continue reading Australian Premier Candidates Have Fascinating Ancestry

Over 300 Million New Names Added Online @ the New Beta.FamilySearch.org Site

The following information was received this morning from Paul Nauta with FamilySearch: There were over 150 new collections added or enhanced this week at FamilySearch.org. FamilySearch volunteers indexed over 120 million records — over 300 million new names — from Continue reading Over 300 Million New Names Added Online @ the New Beta.FamilySearch.org Site

Melbourne’s “The Argus” Newspaper 1848-1945 Posted Online

The National Library of Australia, using their Trove online database system, has posted the historic newspaper, The Argus, published in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The digitized newspaper runs from Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 15, 1848) through about 1945. The newspaper Continue reading Melbourne’s “The Argus” Newspaper 1848-1945 Posted Online

Volunteers Search for Family Connections of 191+ Soldiers Buried in Fromelles’ Tiny Pheasant Wood

HE CALLS her Marples and she refers to him affectionately as Sherlock. He is a determined, quiet cop with a forensic background, while she is a chatty grandmother with degrees in social research and 30 years of genealogy experience. They Continue reading Volunteers Search for Family Connections of 191+ Soldiers Buried in Fromelles’ Tiny Pheasant Wood

Trust Fund Established in Armidale, NSW, to Restore Vandalized Cemetery

Armidale Dumaresq Council and the Armidale [New South Wales – Australia] Family History Group have established a trust fund in order to help meet the cost of restoring damaged headstones and grave sites at the Armidale Cemetery. A senseless vandal Continue reading Trust Fund Established in Armidale, NSW, to Restore Vandalized Cemetery

Ancestry World Archives Project Update

The following announcement is from Anastasia Tyler, PR and Events Manager at Ancestry.com: The Ancestry World Archives Project is a collaborative effort that has allowed thousands of people around the world help to preserve history that might otherwise be lost. Continue reading Ancestry World Archives Project Update

FamilySearch Indexing Updates

28 September 2009: Volunteers with Rhode Island roots will be excited about the new indexing projects this week. The Rhode Island 1905 and 1935 State Censuses were added. New international projects for Argentina, Germany, Philippines, Spain, and the U.K. were Continue reading FamilySearch Indexing Updates