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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
March 4, 2009: The FamilySearch indexing application is available in three new languages: Italian, Portuguese, and Russian. These languages are in addition to English, French, German, and Spanish. They have current indexing projects in all of these languages except Portuguese. Continue reading FamilySearch Indexing Update
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
As I’ve been saying for some time now, the recession is most likely going to make it tough for us to do research in publicly financed facilities – especially those funded by state or federal funds. The latest example is Continue reading Massachusetts Vital Records Research Room Cuts Hours Dramatically
James Avery Smith will receive the Conch Shell Award for his work relating to Amherst, Massachusetts history in a special ceremony this next Friday. The following excerpt is from an interesting article by Phyllis Lehrer in the February 6, 2009 Continue reading James Avery Smith to Receive Award for Work in Amherst History
The following Family Search Indexing update information was received from Paul Nauta, Public Affairs Manager for FamilySearch. February 6, 2009: FamilySearch volunteers wrapped up 14 online indexing projects already in 2009 and continue to make good progress on the 38 Continue reading Family Search Indexing Update
Urn and Willow Publishing has announced the release of a new DVD publication: “Photographs of Lakeville, Massachusetts Gravestones 1711-2003,” by Jean A. Douillette. The pictorial companion to the recent book “Lakeville, Massachusetts Gravestone Inscriptions 1711-2003,” contains excess of 6,000 photographs. Continue reading Photographs of Lakeville, Massachusetts Gravestones 1711-2003
More new items have recently been added to the many other “small databases” located at Family Tree Connection. Once again, the following databases are now available to search: ILLINOIS Monticello Seminary 1904-1905 Catalogue – Sixty-Seventh Annual Catalogue of the Officers, Continue reading More Small Databases at Family Tree Connection
Again, more new databases have recently been added to the many other “small databases” located at Family Tree Connection. The following databases are now available to search: ALABAMA Ensley High School 1946 Graduation – Birmingham Public Schools, Graduation Exercises of Continue reading More New Small Databases at Family Tree Connection
Footnote.com sent out an update today stating the new records that can be found at their site. The following items are new or updated for January. I added a listing of cities for which Footnote earlier posted city directories. Indian Continue reading New at Footnote.com – Indian Census Rolls – City Directories – Civil War Widows’ Pensions – Arkansas Civil War Service Records
There’s a lot of Obama family history to be found in newspapers this week. The following teaser is from a very good article in the January 18, 2009 Boston Herald (article initially written for the Cape Cod Times). According to Continue reading Obama is a 10th-Generation Grandson of Edward FitzRandolph
President-elect Obama is a 13th-generation descendant of one of the Plymouth colony’s earliest settlers, Thomas Blossom. So is Obama’s very distant cousin, George W. Bush. Thomas Blossom did not arrive in America in 1620, because he was aboard the Speedwell, Continue reading Obama’s Pilgrim Roots
Although I faintly remember hearing something about the annual town censuses in Massachusetts, it wasn’t until I was playing with Google today that it was brought to my attention again. I ran across an article in the Providence Journal that Continue reading The Annual Town Census in Massachusetts