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For those of us that love new digitized online resources, today is a day to celebrate! Yearbooks for Penn State have now been digitized and made available free of charge at the PennState Universities Library website. The site is called: Continue reading Penn State Yearbooks Now Digitized and Available Online
In the last four days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many turn of the century newspapers, as well as numerous papers from the World War I time period – up to about 1919. Eighteen states and one Canadian province are represented this time Continue reading See the Latest New Data at NewspaperARCHIVE
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
In the last four days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many turn of the century newspapers. Seventeen states and one Canadian province are represented this time around. Iowa is again the clear winner when it comes to numbers of papers represented. I note Continue reading More New Content at NewspaperARCHIVE
In the last three days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many newspapers from the 1880s & 1890s. Seventeen states and one Canadian province is represented this time around. Iowa is again the clear winner when it comes to numbers of papers represented. I Continue reading New Content at NewspaperARCHIVE.com
The following new small databases have been added at Family Tree Connection. CALIFORNIA The California Club 1907 – California Club, Los Angeles, California, By-Laws and House Rules with List of Members, July 1907, Fifth and Hill Street, Los Angeles. Oriental Continue reading More New Small Databases at Family Tree Connection
Digital records from the Pennsylvania State Archives ARIAS (Archives Records Information Access System) have been available online at the Archives website for some time now. The databases are as as listed and linked below. Go to: www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp Pennsylvania National Guard Continue reading ARIAS: Pennsylvania State Archives Records Online
Jim Beidler’s column in the Lebanon Daily News today will be of interest to anyone with Pennsylvania roots. In the column, titled “Death certificate effort needs some noise,” Jim says that “It’s time for genealogists in Pennsylvania to make some Continue reading Step Up For Better Access To Pennsylvania Death Certificates
CD-ROM Announcement: Genealogy Books on CD-ROM – Volume 1; Compiled by Stemmons Publishing, See: www.stemmonspublishing.com This set of 10 CD-ROMs makes up a massive genealogy library of 705 books. Altogether, there are over 60,000 images, making up 230,643 pages. According Continue reading Huge Genealogy Library of 705 Books – all on CD-ROM
The following items were recently added to the Family Tree Connection database: ALABAMA Alabama Technical Association 1917 Year Book – Alabama Technical Association, Year Book, Containing Lists of Officers and Members, Constitution and By-Laws, December 31, 1917, Birmingham, Ala. CONNECTICUT Continue reading New Databases at Family Tree Connection
The following items were recently added to the Family Tree Connection database: CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Orphans’ Home Society 1925 Report – Los Angeles Orphans’ Home Society, Forty-fourth Annual Report, for the year ending June thirtieth, 1925. Includes lists of the Continue reading New Databases at Family Tree Connection
Pennsylvania’s Office of Open Records ruled on Thursday that birth dates of the state’s employees as well as the names of its contractors are public, this coming about under Pennsylvania’s newly revised Right-to-Know Law. The Law shields information like employees’ Continue reading Pennsylvania Says that Birth Dates of the State’s Employees are Public Record
The following new small databases have recently been added at Family Tree Connection: CALIFORNIA Southern California University 1922 Commencement – University of Southern California, Commencement Week, June eleventh to fifteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, Los Angeles. MAINE Bangor Theological Seminary Continue reading New Small Databases at Family Tree Connection
It’s now being said that the Pennsylvania State Library may get a 50% cut in funding. A cut of that magnitude almost shuts the library down – leaving a staff of only 6 people. Note that this is just proposed. Continue reading Pennsylvania State Library May Cut 57 Jobs, Leaving a Staff of 6!
Juliana Smith reported this week that Ancestry.com had just posted an additional 987,415 U.S. Naturalization Records. The current update is made up of digitized original records from California, New York and Pennsylvania. According to Juliana’s blog, “Ancestry released the images Continue reading Ancestry.com Adds 987,415 U.S. Naturalization Records For California, New York & Pennsylvania