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Alerted by the latest Ancestry Weekly Discovery, I clicked over to Ancestry.com and spent a few minutes playing with their new Seattle Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957. In searching for the Surname, Meitzler, I found an entry for 63 year Continue reading Ancestry.com’s New Seattle Passenger Lists 1882-1957
Brock Dittrick and his family don’t go camping during the summer. Instead they pack up the car and go back in time. For 29 years, Dittrick has taken part in re-enactments of historical events, one year behind the 30 years Continue reading The 225th Anniversary of the First Landing by the United Empire Loyalists
Footnote.com has added over a million new images the last month. As my readers know, Footnote is extremely user interactive, and even allow us to add notes to the 1930 census. Pretty cool site. Following are links to just a Continue reading Footnote.com Adds Over a Million Images This Month
The Dutchess County Clerk, Brad Kendall, at Poukeepsie, New York, has secured a grant from Ancestry.com to scan and digitize the 1932-1989 naturalization records kept at the county. About 20,000 people are covered by the records that include original petitions Continue reading Dutchess County, New York to Digitize Naturalization Records 1932-1989
April 17 marks the day in 1907 (102 years ago) when more immigrants were processed through Ellis Island than on any other day in its long history – 11,747 people. Somewhere between a third and 40% of the U.S. population Continue reading It’s Ellis Island Family History Day – April 17
Dick Eastman just posted a very good article dealing with what he calls “Family Stories and Other Fairy Tales.” It’s educational and an excellent read – mainly dealing with our ancestors’ immigration to America and the stories that often surround Continue reading Eastman’s “Family Stories and Other Fairy Tales”
The Rijksmuseum, the Netherlands’ national museum in Amsterdam, put the Schaghen Letter, documenting the purchase of Manhattan from the American Indians, on display Friday. The display also includes the first map of Manhattan, dated 1614. The exhibit commemorates the 400th Continue reading The Schaghen Letter Goes on Display in Amsterdam
The following news release was written by SCGS staff: The Southern California Genealogical Society is proud to announce the publication of four new volumes in its Immigration and Naturalization Series. The following publications are now available for purchase in softbound Continue reading Los Angeles, Declarations of Intent – Oct. 4, 1906-Feb 3, 1916
It is being reported that the new Burns Monument Centre will open this Monday in Kay Park, Kilmarnock. The Centre will offer genealogy searches for those with Scottish ancestry. The Centre houses an archive store, a family & local history Continue reading The New Burns Monument Centre Is to Open on Monday
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
In September of 2008, The Circuit Court of Cook County announced that the Declarations of Intent (1906-1929) indexed database was going online. At that time there were approximately 140,000 records indexed and posted. I see that there are now about Continue reading A Review of the Declaration of Intention Database Now Online for Cook County, Illinois
Again, continuing my review of Chinese immigration records recently posted at Ancestry.com, I am concentrating my efforts this evening on the U.S. Chinese Immigration Case Files, 1883-1924. The original files are from three sources: The Western District Court of Texas Continue reading A Review of the New U.S. Chinese Immigration Case Files, 1883-1924 Posted at Ancestry.com
Continuing with my review of new Chinese arrival data found at Ancestry.com, this afternoon I spent some time checking out the “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chinese Arrivals, 1900-1923.” According to the website, the database contains descriptive lists of Chinese seamen arriving at Continue reading Chinese Seamen Arriving at Philadelphia, PA 1900-1923 – Now at Ancestry.com
Promoted by Chris Lydiksen’s Ancestry.com “Chinese New Year Brings New Records” blog, I clicked over to Ancestry this afternoon to check out some of the new and updated Chinese-related databases at Ancestry.com. One of the databases is an updated index Continue reading Ancestry’s Updated Chinese Exclusion Index Reviewed
Sponsored by Emory University, the new Voyages – Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database has data on over 35,000 slaving voyages. Three major databases care found at the site. They are: The Voyages Database Estimates of the Slave Trade African Names Database Continue reading Voyages – The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database