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Evansville-Vanderburgh County, Indiana, Death Record Index 1919-1947 to be Placed at Willard Library

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Leland Meitzler — 2 Comments ↓

The Vanderburgh, Indiana, County Commissioners have announced that they will consider a request from the Special Collections Section of Willard Library for the Evansville-Vanderburgh County Death Record Index, dated from 1919 to 1947. The Vanderburgh County Health Department’s Vital Records Continue reading Evansville-Vanderburgh County, Indiana, Death Record Index 1919-1947 to be Placed at Willard Library→

Rare Civil War & Spanish-American War Battle Flags to Be Restored at the Minnesota Historical Society

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

The following news release was written by Minnesota Historical Society staff: A project to restore fragile Civil War battle flags in the Minnesota Historical Society’s collection has been selected to receive funding from the Save America’s Treasures program, which is Continue reading Rare Civil War & Spanish-American War Battle Flags to Be Restored at the Minnesota Historical Society→

Wills & Probates Can Fill in the Family Tree

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

Dee Gibson writes an excellent column on using estate records for genealogy. The column was printed in the March 2, 2009 edition of Ashville’s Citizen Times. The following teaser is meant to encourage my readers to go read the entire Continue reading Wills & Probates Can Fill in the Family Tree→

Vermont State Archives and Records Administration Opens in Middlesex

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

The Vermont State Archives and Records Administration has now opened for business in a new location in a warehouse complex in Middlesex. Eighty-eight thousand boxes of records have been stored there anyway, so the move seems logical to me. The Continue reading Vermont State Archives and Records Administration Opens in Middlesex→

Online Cemetery Information

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

My good friend, Kory Meyerink, spoke at the Conference on Computerized Family History and Genealogy held at Brigham Young University this last weekend. One of his lectures dealt with locating cemetery information online. Kory shared information about websites of special Continue reading Online Cemetery Information→

Headstones Are Public Information – Otherwise There Would be a REALLY HIGH FENCE

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Leland Meitzler — 3 Comments ↓

Alerted by blogs already posted this morning (Eastman, Robbins-Midkiff), I looked at the controversy over the photographing of headstones by genealogist David Shannon at the Old Union Christian Church Cemetery in Lexington, Kentucky. Not only did Mr. Shannon takes pictures Continue reading Headstones Are Public Information – Otherwise There Would be a REALLY HIGH FENCE→

New Databases at Family Tree Connection

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

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 Orange County Library in Chapel Hill, May Lose its North Carolina Room

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Leland Meitzler — 2 Comments ↓

It looks like the economy and a lack of support on the part of the current library director may cause the North Carolina room – and its collection, to find it has no home this coming fall, when the Orange Continue reading The Orange County Library in Chapel Hill, May Lose its North Carolina Room→

Ohio’s Early Shakers Had Few Descendants

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

Shakerism never appealed to me a whole lot. I’ve visited a few historic Shaker compounds over the years, and found that it must not have appealed to many other folks either – for they’re all empty (of live people, that Continue reading Ohio’s Early Shakers Had Few Descendants→

A Grave Robber’s Defense

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

I can’t say that I’ve heard a lot of good excuses for grave robbing over the years. I suppose that the main reason is that I just never ran with that crowd. But some guy in Ghana tried to justify Continue reading A Grave Robber’s Defense→

Cleopatra May Have Had African Ancestry

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

It seems that Cleopatra, often thought to have had Greek – Caucasian ancestry, may also have had African ancestry. I know – Elizabeth Taylor didn’t look African at all in Cleopatra. But keep in mind that she was just an Continue reading Cleopatra May Have Had African Ancestry→

GenealogyBlog Upgrades & Maintenance in Process

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

You might see all kinds of errors and such for the next few hours – maybe even days. I’m currently making all kinds of changes in the Blog – in its look, feel, content and utility. Password requests that were Continue reading GenealogyBlog Upgrades & Maintenance in Process→

Watch for Changes in the Federal Government’s Freedom of Information Act System

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

With Congress’s approval last Tuesday of the omnibus spending bill, the Office of Government Information Services, which will house the new ombudsman for the Freedom of Information Act, received $1 million in start-up funds. OGIS, which will be housed in Continue reading Watch for Changes in the Federal Government’s Freedom of Information Act System→

Dan Lynch Says that Google Can be a Genealogist’s Best Friend

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

My friend, Dan Lynch, says that Google can be a genealogist’s best friend – or something close to that anyway. Dan spoke at the recently completed Conference on Computerized Family History and Genealogy, held here in Provo this weekend. Following Continue reading Dan Lynch Says that Google Can be a Genealogist’s Best Friend→

Ontario Genealogical Society Conference 2010 – Call for Papers

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

The following was written by Ontario Genealogical Society staff: The Ontario Genealogical Society’s Toronto Branch will host the Society’s annual conference on May 14-16, 2010, at the Doubletree by Hilton – Toronto Airport. The Ontario Genealogical Society, founded in 1961, Continue reading Ontario Genealogical Society Conference 2010 – Call for Papers→