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The following teaser is from an article written by Rachel Wallach, and posted January 20, 2022 at the Johns Hopkins website. Johns Hopkins University historian Jessica Marie Johnson has received a $120,000 planning grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for Continue reading Records of Enslaved & Free Black People in Colonial Louisiana Being Digitized
The Department of Digital Government and Service NL Vital Statistics Division has digitized death records that were registered in Labrador and Newfoundland from the years 1950 to 1968. Approximately 59,000 death certificates were transferred online this last year, allowing the Continue reading Labrador & Newfoundland Death Records from 1950 to 1968 Digitized
Family Roots Publishing is now shipping German Map Guides that cover the German cities of Braunschweig, Chemnitz, Halle, Dortmund & Erfurt. Soft Cover and PDF eBook volumes are available now, with Hardbound volumes to ship in a few days – Continue reading German Map Guides Covering Braunschweig, Chemnitz, Halle, Dortmund & Erfurt Now Shipping
Over the last several years, Family Publishing has produced five books dealing with the intersection of German genealogy and heraldry. All these volumes are written from a geographical point of view. We’ve covered five of the most popular Germanic names, Continue reading Miller, Wagner, Hoffman, Bauer, & Becker Heraldry & Genealogy Volumes – 20% off Through Feb.15, 2022
Tracing Your Ancestors – Female Ancestor Research; by Gena Philibert-Ortega; 2022; 68 pp; High Gloss Soft Cover; Saddle Stapled; ISBN: 978-1-926510-16-3; Item # MM036 Family Roots Publishing is offering this guide for 15% off for a limited period. Regularly $9.95 Continue reading NEW – Tracing Your Ancestors: Female Ancestor Research, by Gena Philibert-Ortega – 15% Off for a Limited Time
Compendium of 4,000 German Middle-Class Citizens: 1250-1850 – Volume One; by Frederick Siler; 2022; 259 pp; 8.5×11; Paperback; Perfect bound; ISBN: 978-1-62859-331-0; Item # FR0705; $34.95. Note – There is a 3,220-surname index to this volume later in this entry. Continue reading NEW : 4000 Middle Class German Citizens 1250-1850
Two-time Golden Globe Nominee for Best Actor and star of the hit Netflix series Stranger Things, Matthew Modine is a well-known and celebrated Hollywood actor. His credits include Full Metal Jacket, The Dark Knight Rises and Cutthroat Island. According to Continue reading Mathew Modine will be a keynote speaker at RootsTech 2022
Between the 16th of December, 1811 and February 7, 1812, seven major earthquakes with a magnitude as high as 7.5 on the Richter scale shook the small community of New Madrid, Missouri Territory. There were as many as 1,874 aftershocks Continue reading The New Madrid, Missouri Earthquakes of 1811 & 1812
I just renewed my Ancestry.com subscription. Yes – it was expensive, but I wouldn’t want to be without it. I have several subscriptions that I refer to on a daily basis. Three of those are my Ancestry, MyHeritage, and GenealogyBank Continue reading Purchase an Ancestry.com Membership at 50% Off – Ends This Monday!
This is a reminder to stop for a few minutes and get registered for the 2022 RootsTech. It’s FREE! Last year, as you remember, was amazing – and all online. In fact, you can still go to www.rootstech.org and view Continue reading Are You Registered for the 2022 RootsTech Conference?
The David Rumsey Digitized Map collection is my go-to place to find digitized copies of old maps. It’s an amazing collection, always of help to genealogists. An excellent article was written by Andres Picon for the San Francisco Chronicle, and Continue reading The Digitized David Rumsey Map Collection – What Now? An Update
As a regular user of MyHeritage, I am once again working with them to allow my readers to enjoy the same great benefits that I get on a daily basis. I am excited to be able to offer my readers Continue reading MyHeritage Complete – 50% Off Through Sunday, January 9
With the start of a new year, I’ve decided that for the first time in years I am setting in place a resolution or two for the new year. I started research on my family about 1976 – that’s 45 Continue reading My 2022 Resolution – Prove and Extend My Meitzler Lines
The Chester Creek Murders – A Venator Cold Case is a genealogy-related novel, written by our favorite author, Nathan Dylan Goodwin. It was written a year ago (January, 2021), but I’ve just now gotten the time to enjoy it. As Continue reading The Chester Creek Murders – A Venator Cold Case – a Book Review
The following is a review of the new book, Not Forgotten: An Unabridged History of the Barbieri Family, by Michael J. Barberi of Charlotte, North Carolina. This hardback family history of 361 pages is a prime example of what a Continue reading Not Forgotten: An Unabridged History of the Barbieri Family – a Book Review