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Recording Your Family History: A Guide to Preserving Oral History helps genealogist record living histories while they are still available. The introduction acquaints the reader with the “Life History Interview.” Effectively, audio or video interviews with family members, usually the Continue reading Recording Your Family History: A Guide to Preserving Oral History
The following release was sent from Findmypast.ie: Drunk in charge of an ass and cart, tippling in a sheebeen and the disturbance of a divine service: 1.2 million Irish Petty Session Records now searchable online Another 15 million cases are Continue reading Irish Petty Session Records Now Searchable Online
Ever wanted to create a family website but you weren’t sure where to get started? Creating a Family Web Site Can Be Fun & Easy, by Marian Press, can help. This primer was designed to help any genealogist create their Continue reading Creating A Family Web Site Can Be Fun & Easy
The following press release was received from findmypast.co.uk NEW MERCHANT SEAMEN RECORDS ONLINE First time that 19th century merchant navy records are available online UK merchant seamen records from two centuries now searchable at findmypast.co.uk Leading family history website www.findmypast.co.uk Continue reading Findmypast.co.uk Makes Merchant Seamen Records from the 19th Century Available Online
Air Force Records: A Guide for Family Historians, Second Edition is part of a series of books covering military records available at the British National Archives. From the Boer War, through two World Wars, Korea, Kenya, Suez, and other interwar Continue reading Air Force Records: A Guide for Family Historians
Only a Few Bones: A True Account of the Rolling Fork Tragedy and Its Aftermath is not a novel. Author John Philip Colletta does, however, tell a story. The story is dates back to March of 1873, in a little Continue reading Only a Few Bones
For the greater part of American history, and like most of the World, the United States has been largely a patriarchal society. As such, through law and custom, men and husbands ruled the affairs of home and were the recognized Continue reading The Hidden Half of the Family
Read the details in the following article from the Lebonon Daily News: Roots & Branches: State historical society teams with Ancestry.com By JAMES M. BEIDLER Teamwork and collaboration have been the bywords of the genealogical world the last few years Continue reading Historical Society of Pennsylvania Partners with Ancestry.com
So many of the books we come across focus on tracing one’s ancestry to Europe. And why not? For hundreds of years Europeans represented the majority of immigrants into North America. Ellis Island alone saw 12 million enter this country Continue reading Mexican-American Genealogical Research
In an interesting story a genealogy society finds remnants of a nearly forgotten cemetery among the trees and brush. Read more about their find in an article from the aikenstandard.com: Genealogy society finds remnants of cemetery By Suzanne Stone Members Continue reading The Aiken Barnwell Genealogy Society Finds a Cemetery
There are few enough books on researching Slovak Ancestry. For this reason alone, Finding Your Slovak Ancestors…, by Lisa A. Alzo is valuable to many researchers. Approximately 650,000 Slovaks emigrated to North America between 1875 and 1914. That mean millions Continue reading Finding Your Slovak Ancestors
Its amazing how the stock market will respond at times. Ancestry.com dropped today by 20% on news that its revenues were up, they had 22% more subscribers, and they beat analyst expected earnings per share. What? How does a company’s Continue reading Ancestry.com Posted its Forth Quarter Earnings
For 14 years Mary L. Jackson Fears worked diligently on her family’s history. Slave Ancestral Research: It’s Something Else is a narrative of her experiences in researching her slave ancestors. Instead of a how-to book, Fears has created a guide Continue reading Slave Ancestral Research: It’s Something Else
MyHeritage.com has partnered with Family Tree DNA in order to offer DNA services. See this article from the MyHeritage.com blog: NEW: MyHeritage DNA tests for genealogy! MyHeritage is proud to take genealogy to the new millennium by offering a revolutionary Continue reading MyHeritage.com Now Offering DNA Testing
Inhabitants of New Hampshire 1776, by Emily S. Wilson, is a list of adult male inhabitants living in New Hampshire in 1776. This records was originally published in Peter Force’s American Archives, in 1848. In response to a Continental Congress Continue reading Inhabitants of New Hampshire 1776