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Micheal Bennet was recently appointed to the U.S. Senate by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter. Bennet was the Denver Public Schools superintendent, but replaces former Senator Ken Salazar, who is now Interior secretary. There’s an extensive “Rocky Mountain News” article about Continue reading The Family History of U.S. Senator Michael Bennet
Kristin Hopper has created a blog titled “Genealogy and Ancestry of Barack Obama and the Other U.S. Presidents.” She is attempting to share photos of the parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents of each of the presidents when available. Pictures are an Continue reading The Genealogy of Presidents Blog
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
John D. Reid, with Anglo Celtic Connections posted a blog today announcing the fact that Bill Arthurs has a great new Titus family website up and running. Having Titus family ancestry myself, I got fired up upon reading that blog, Continue reading The New Titus Family Website
There’s a good article in the Seattle P-I today about Fumiko Hayashida, who in March of 1942, was loaded up along with 225 other folks from Bainbridge Island, Washington – and transported to the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California. Continue reading Japanese-American Fumiko Hayashida says, “There’s No Use Crying About the Past”
An article titled Scanning Project Digitizes 25,000 US Library of Congress Books, by Art Chimes, caught my eye today. I’d previously read that Library of Congress volumes were being posted at www.archive.org, but had not spent any time checking it Continue reading Digital Books From the L.O.C. for Genealogists at the Internet Archive
The Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society has extended its story deadline for Volume 2 of San Jacinto Valley – Past and Present. The genealogical society is requesting families’ stories, no matter how long the families may have lived in the area. Continue reading Stories Needed for Volume 2 of “San Jacinto Valley – Past and Present”
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
January 25 is the 250th anniversary of poet Robert Burns’ birth, and the Scottish government hopes that worldwide interest in Burns will create an upsurge in tourist trade. The Royal Mail is issuing a set of three stamps to mark Continue reading Scotland is Cashing In on Robert Burns’ 250th Birthday Anniversary
In late summer, a beautiful family tree quilt panel and kit were released for quilters from one of the leading fabric manufacturers and it instantly became a hit with genealogists. The kit contains the family tree panel and ovals for Continue reading New Family Tree Quilt Panel & Kit at FunStuff
A federal judge has ordered Russia to preserve historic documents sought by members of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said Thursday he plans to order Russia to preserve the documents & return any that already may have Continue reading Russia Ordered to Preserve & Return Chabad Documents
New Book Announcement: Colville Collection, Book Two – Military Fort Colville 1859 To 1882 The second volume in this excellent collection, this book was compiled by Patrick J. Graham, local historian and former publisher of the Statesman-Examiner newspaper. Graham previously Continue reading Colville Collection, Book Two – Military Fort Colville 1859 To 1882
LibraryThing is a website that I love. If you have a personal library, as I have, then it can be a great tool. I’ve signed up for the service and plan to input my own library collection when I get Continue reading LibraryThing’s Product to Be Exclusively Distributed to Libraries Worldwide by Bowker
New Book Review: New Kent County Virginia in 1863 Three hundred and fifty years of neglect and fires has made it impossible to put together a real history of New Kent County, Virginia, one of the first counties established in Continue reading New Kent County Virginia in 1863
January 20 – Iranian authorities have destroyed parts of Tehran’s Khavaran cemetery which contain mass unmarked graves of political prisoners executed in 1988. The son of one of the victims tells Radio Farda: “They cannot annihilate all proof of a Continue reading Bulldozer Destroys Graves of Political Prisoners in Tehran’s Khavaran Cemetery