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The following announcement is from Richard E. Hartle, Publicity Chairman, Ohio Chapter PalAm: The Palatines to America National Conference will be held on June 25 – 28, 2014 in Columbus, Ohio at the Ramada Plaza Conference Center, 4000 Sinclair Road. Continue reading Palatines to America 2014 National Conference June 25-28 in Columbus, Ohio
The following excerpt is from an article in the February 24, 2014 edition of NewsNetScotland.com: The wills of 26,000 Scottish soldiers who died in the Great War are to be made available online for the first time as part of Continue reading Wills of Scottish Soldiers Killed in WWI to Go Online
The following excerpt is from an article posted in the March 3, 2014 edition of the CBC News. The province of Ontario is asking descendants of people buried in a forgotten cemetery near Elgin and Queen Streets in Ottawa to Continue reading Ottawa Cemetery Unearthed in LRT Dig Prompts Call for Descendants
After many months in the making, the Map Guide to German Parish Registers Volume 45 – Kingdom of Prussia, Province of West Prussia II, Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder, by Kevan Hansen, is now shipping. All the standing orders shipped over a week Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers Vol. 45 – West Prussia II – Now Shipping
Iowa Name Lists, Published and Online Censuses & Substitutes 1833-2004 with a selection of National Name Lists, 1600s – Present, is now available with a FREE PDF immediate download eBook. The latest in a series of books detailing Online Censuses Continue reading Iowa Name Lists, Published and Online Censuses & Substitutes 1833-2004 Now Shipping!
The following news release was written by Ancestry.com staff and distributed via Marketwired News Releases: PROVO, UT — (Marketwired) — 02/26/14 — Thanks to cutting-edge genetic science from AncestryDNA, African Americans are now able to make new discoveries about their Continue reading AncestryDNA Advances Exploration of African American Ethnic Origins by Coupling Genetic Science With Historical Records
The following excerpt is from an article published in the February 27, 2014 edition of cnn.com: Los Angeles (CNN) — One of the largest Jewish cemeteries in the Los Angeles area has agreed to an $80.5 million settlement of a Continue reading California Cemetery Agrees to $80M Settlement
The following easer is from an excellent article by Michel E. Ruane, published in the February 27, 2014 edition of the Washington Post. The slave manifest for the brig Orleans, bound from Richmond that Tuesday in 1841, included one Plat Continue reading The Document Behind “12 Years a Slave”
The following press release was received from Thomas MacEntee: 26 February 2014: Genealogists at WikiTree, the free global family tree website, have teamed-up with best-selling author A.J. Jacobs to find cousin connections for the Global Family Reunion to be held Continue reading Genealogists Needed for Global Family Reunion in 2015
The following teaser is from the Feb. 28, 2014 edition of abc.net.au: An historic prisoner record missing for decades is in the hands of Tasmania’s Archives and Heritage Office. Inside the weathered exterior of the leather-bound book are 525 previously Continue reading Historic Prisoner Record Book Surfaces and is Given to the Tasmanian Archives
The following excerpt is from an interesting article by Suzette Parmley, posted at the February 23, 2014 edition of philly.com: Not knowing the identity of her real mother was always a painful, unresolved issue, but when Susan Perry was diagnosed Continue reading Pennsylvania and New Jersey Bills Would Open Adoption Records
Family Roots Publishing Company just got in a hundred copies of What Did They Mean By That? A Dictionary of Historical and Genealogical Terms Old and New. It’s by far the most popular of the genealogical dictionaries, and has traditionally Continue reading What Did They Mean By That? On Sale For Just $19.44 Through Thursday, May 15 – a 46% Price Drop!
Property records containing the names and addresses of more than 1.4 million people living in Scotland in 1885 were released on ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk, the government’s family history website, a few days ago. The following News Release is from Scotland’s People: Historical Continue reading Scotland’s Valuation Rolls 1885 Posted Online
The following excerpt is from an extensive piece published at GouldGenealogy.com. Some issues have been discovered in Family Tree Maker 2014, and their programmers have been working on fixes which are included in this patch update. Covering general bug fixes, Continue reading Family Tree Maker 2014 Patch Available
The following news release is from PRNewsWire: WASHINGTON, Pa., Feb. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Every year, thousands of cremated remains go unclaimed for a variety of reasons at funeral homes, cremation providers and local and state agencies across the country. Continue reading ForgottenAshes.com Launched to Attempt to Get Cremated Remains to Loved Ones