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Participants still have 3 weeks in order to cross the last “t” and dot the final “i” in their articles. The submission deadline is April 1 for entering DGS’s 2014 Writing Contest. The Society hopes that your readers will enter Continue reading Dallas Genealogical Society 2014 Writing Contest with Cash Prizes Deadline is April 1
The following teaser is from the March 8, 2014 edition of local10.com: CNN – Amid a grove of trees, buried beneath the grass and dirt, Mississippi’s past is colliding with its future. Surveyors last month discovered dozens of neat, tight Continue reading Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum Cemetery Found – and it’s In The Way
The following excerpt is from an interesting article posted in the March 9, 2014 edition of dailymail.co.uk: Around 930,000 people can claim to be of direct Viking descent A study compared Y chromosome markers to estimated Viking DNA patterns The Continue reading About 930,000 Folks Can Claim to be of Direct Viking Descent
Hmmm… I had not considered that there would be the remains of “practice battlefields” still in existence today… Interesting. The following teaser is from an AP article in the March 9, 2014 edition of theitem.com: GOSPORT, England (AP) – Two Continue reading Trenches Reveal How WWI Transformed Britain
For a number of years we’ve been able to search Ancestry.com with “Old Search,” as well as the default search known as “Primary Search.” Most of us haven’t used “Old Search” for years, so we won’t miss it, but there Continue reading Ancestry.com Kills “Old Search”
A new iPhone app has been produced for Find A Grave. This is a Find A Grave by Ancestry App, and it does some pretty cool stuff. The App is produced in the following languages: English, Arabic, Bokmål, Norwegian, Catalan, Continue reading New iPhone App For “Find A Grave”
The following teaser is from an article which was posted January 5, 2014 at the KCRG.com website. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – In the basement of the Masonic Library in Cedar Rapids, there’s a hidden treasure that few people know about. Continue reading Hidden Treasure in the Basement of the Masonic Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The following excerpt is from an article by Vanessa Remmers posted in the MArch 3, 2014 edition of progress-index.com. PRINCE GEORGE – Virginia – A building that held Prince George County records in the late 1800s will soon become the Continue reading Prince George (VA) Regional Heritage Center Transforming Old Clerk’s Office Into Genealogical Research Facility
The following press release is from PRLog: PRLog (Press Release) – Mar. 4, 2014 – DUBLIN, Ohio – OCLC and FamilySearch International are working together to share data between WorldCat and the FamilySearch Catalog to provide more resources for improved Continue reading Genealogists Can Now Find FamilySearch & WorldCat Records Through Both Online Resources
The following teaser is from the March 4, 2014 edition of the Orlando Sentinal: GRAND ISLAND — The missing link in the family has been found. Born in 1957, the baby girl who connects two families belonging to a Lake Continue reading Siblings Meet For the First Time
The following is from the National Genealogical Society NGS 2014 Family History Conference Richmond, VA 7–10 May 2014 The National Genealogical Society announces the live streaming of ten lectures from the NGS 2014 Family History Conference. The upcoming conference will Continue reading Live Streaming of 10 Lectures from the NGS 2014 Family History Conference
I just heard from an old friend of mine this morning. I got a note from Bill Lee, whose genealogy books I have reviewed during my tenure as a magazine editor. Bill and his wife, LaVonne, spent a number of Continue reading Check Out fodgerelations.com
The following excerpt is from the February 27, 2014 edition of http://news.rpi.edu: The staff of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Archives has digitized more than a century of The Polytechnic student newspaper. The Poly archive is available online through the Rensselaer Continue reading Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Archives Digitizes Over 100 Years of the Student Newspaper
The following News Release is from the British Library: Europeana 1914-1918: A new website that brings all sides of World War One together launches in Berlin, featuring 10,000 items from the British Library’s collections www.europeana1914-1918.eu The Federal Government Commissioner for Continue reading Europeana 1914-1918: Bringing All Sides of World War One Together – Launches in Berlin, Featuring 10,000 Items From the British Library’s Collections
The following excerpt is from an article posted at the ktvl.com website. RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A congressman is stepping in to help the family of a soldier buried at California’s Riverside National Cemetery. A friend of Lieutenant Jared Landaker says Continue reading Construction at Riverside National Cemetery Causes Controversy