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The following was received from Paul Nauta, With FamilySearch: FamilySearch volunteers have some exciting new indexing projects to work on during this holiday season. Recently released projects include records from Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and the United States. There Continue reading New Indexing Projects at beta.FamilySearch.org for the Holidays
The following small databases were recently added to the Family Tree Connection database: ALABAMA Alabama’s White Regiments during the Spanish-American War – Southern Martyrs. A History of Alabama’s White Regiments during the Spanish-American War, Touching Incidentally on the Experiences of Continue reading New Small Databases at Family Tree Connection
The shear numbers of records found at the FamilySearch labs website are mind boggling. Within the digitized records now found posted at the site are quite a number of State Census records. Records for Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Rhode Continue reading State Census Records Found at FamilySearch Labs
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
The following items were added to the Family Tree Connection database this last week: ILLINOIS Chicago Registered Voters, October, 1934, Ward 40, Precinct 48 – Registered Voters, October, 1934, Ward 40, Precinct 48, Issued by Board of Election Commissioners, Edmund Continue reading Just Posted at Family Tree Connection
Goodness… Talk about the opposite of “Rest in Peace.” I was a bit shocked by the following excerpt from an article in the April 24, 2009 edition of the Eau Claire, Wisconsin Leader-Telegram. The whole episode seems criminal to me, Continue reading No Peace in Eau Claire’s Hill Cemetery Mausoleums
In the last four days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many turn of the century newspapers, as well as numerous papers from the 1870s and 1880s. Twenty-one states are represented this time around. Iowa is again the clear winner when it comes to Continue reading New Newspapers Posted Over the Weekend at NewspaperARCHIVE
As you folks know, I’m a big fan of digital documents, books, and periodicals online. This last week I finally bought a NewspaperARCHIVE.com subscription. I’ve already found numerous papers that have items about both my family, as well as Patty’s. Continue reading New Online Digital Newspapers at NewspaperARCHIVE – 1
Have you searched the Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Index lately? The online index covers the pre-1907 vital records as well as about 150,000 other records, including biographical sketches, obituaries, and newspaper articles published before 2000. You may now search on Continue reading Using the Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Index
It has just been announced that the Wisconsin Historical Society Library will be one of the libraries in which Google will scan and digitize books and “genealogy materials.” This is important to genealogists, because this library has one of the Continue reading Google to Digitize Wisconsin Historical Society Books
The Wisconsin Historical Society has a terrific Online Pre-1907 Vital Records Index. Births, marriages and deaths can all now be searched at the site. Check out the Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Index at: www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords