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The Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum will reach a milestone in April when it celebrates 10 years under the current management and 30 years as a repository of Denton County history. “The last 10 years have been an exciting time for the Courthouse Continue reading The Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum in Denton, Texas, Celebrates 30 Years
The following announcement about the opening of a family history exhibition at the Trowbridge Museum in Wiltshire, England is from the March 23, 2009 edition of the Wiltshire Times. Archaeologist, writer and broadcaster Julian Richards will officially open a family Continue reading Family History Exhibit to Open at the Trowbridge Museum April 4
The Orillia Museum of Art and History is located in Orillia, Ontario. They are now planning a major expansion. Following is a teaser from an article at the Orillia Today website. The Orillia Museum of Art and History will double Continue reading The Orillia Museum of Art and History to Double Its Exhibit Space
The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. is currently hosting a new forensic anthropology exhibit – Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake. The exhibit is made up of skeletal remains – human bones Continue reading Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake
The Missouri History Museum recently launched the Genealogy and Local History Index which includes references to hundreds of thousands of St. Louis ancestors. In this index, you can search by personal name, business/corporate name, or street address. (The latter search Continue reading The New Missouri History Museum “Genealogy & Local History Index” Online
Some anonymous American handed over £1.4 million to the National Trust of Scotland. The man has no Scottish connection, but he thinks Scottish castles are cool. Beside that, he “had lost all trust in bankers and the US government.” It Continue reading Scottish Castles Get Cash, as the Donor Had “Lost all Trust in Bankers…”
On January 16, 2009, Elizabeth Heath was presented with a plaque of appreciation for her many years of voluntary service to Ward County. Heath is a 50-year resident of Monahans, Texas and founder of the Ward County Archives in the Continue reading Volunteer Elizabeth Heath Retires – Leaving a Ward County, Texas Historical Legacy
The staff at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham, England have posted Wiltshire Treasures, a terrific new website which incorporates the catalogs from eight local museums as well as art and photographic collections owned by Wiltshire County Council. Continue reading Wiltshire Treasures & Wiltshire Wills – New English Websites
The Boxholm, Iowa museum is principally a one-man show. Thanks to David Peterson, the area’s history is being preserved. The Boone County town itself is nearly gone, having only 215 people residing there at the point when the 2000 census Continue reading The Boxholm, Iowa Museum
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 Nodaway Valley Historical Museum, in Clarinda, Iowa has been preserving the past since 1988. Since it was built, the facility has grown to include two additions to the main building, the Reminisce Building to display farm equipment and a Continue reading Nodaway Valley Historical Museum – 21 Years of Preserving the Past
A large collection of Lincoln artifacts has been donated to the State of Indiana. From what I’ve read in various publications, the collection will most likely be digitized at the Allen County Public Library for Internet dissemination to the world. Continue reading Lincoln Collection Donated to the State of Indiana
What’s your story?… The Wabash County Museum in Mt. Carmel, Illinois would like to know your family’s story. The story of your family’s journey to the Mt. Carmel area, along the banks of the Wabash, will be saved in the Continue reading Wabash County [Illinois] Museum Looking for Journey Stories
The Chemung Valley History Museum in Elmira, New York, where people flocked for genealogical research and historic anecdotes, was closed nearly two years ago when the floor began to buckle under the weight of its history. Now, the library will Continue reading Booth Library to Reopen in Elmira, New York this Fall
We just returned from a seminar held by the Southern California Genealogical Society in Burbank. I spoke on Using Tax Records and Finding the Women in Your Pedigree. Dollarhide spoke on Wagon Roads of Our Ancestors and Using Deed Records. Continue reading The Searcher