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The following is from the September 19, 2013 edition of the Trenton Republican-Times The Grundy County Genealogy Society, with the assistance of the Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library, has begun a project to digitize the entire microfilm collection of newspapers on Continue reading Grundy County, Missouri Newspapers Being Digitized
The following was received from FamilySearch: FamilySearch International, Salt Lake City, September 19, 2013 – Meet Ephraim Mecham. On September 10, 2013, this portrait of Ephraim Mecham became the one millionth photo uploaded to FamilySearch.org by contributors! And FamilySearch is Continue reading One Millionth Photo Received on New Free Family Photo Preservation Service Online
Most of us have been watching TLC’s Who Do You think You Are? Celebrity’s are visiting archives, flitting about the world from one city to another, and finding all kinds of neat things about their ancestry – all brought to Continue reading Genealogy Roadshow to Debut on PBS Monday, Sept. 23
PROVO, Utah, Sept. 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ancestry.com LLC, the world’s largest online family history resource, today announced the launch of a new, upgraded version of its Ancestry App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, with features designed to Continue reading Ancestry Releases New App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch – Supports iOS 7
The following is from Astrid Galván for findmypast.com: Survey also finds which families in history people most want to be related to LOS ANGELES (Sept. 9, 2013) – Whether it was the Brady Bunch or the Adams Family, we’ve all Continue reading The First Family Voted Favorite Family; Kardashians, Not So Much
According to RootsMagic’s latest newsletter, they are getting close to releasing the Android app. The programmer who was working on it was very sick and the project had to be transferred to a different programmer who needed to come up Continue reading RootsMagic Still Planning a Fall Release for Their Android App
Now this is cool… The NCDHS North Carolina Digital Library has now posted digitized city directories for 108 cities in 64 North Carolina counties dating from 1860 through 1963. The following teaser is from a UNC Library News and Events Continue reading North Carolina City Directories 1860-1963 Now Online at NCDHC
A very useful utility for genealogists is the WolframAlpha Computational Knowledge Engine found at http://www.wolframalpha.com. I use it for all kinds of calculations related to my family history. It’s as simple as typing in a question, and getting answers. The Continue reading Using WolframAlpha for Family History Calculations
The following is from SLIG: SLIG’s Early-Bird Registration is only weeks away, ending on October 31, 2013! Ensure you get yourself a spot in one of the few remaining courses. The following courses still have seats left: American Research and Continue reading Register Now for the 2014 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG)
The following excerpt is from Ancestry’s blog: The AncestryDNA science team presented the results of their latest research today at the Smithsonian Institute’s symposium on The African Diaspora in Washington D.C. Using unique proprietary DNA samples and a variety of Continue reading AncestryDNA Makes Scientific Breakthrough in West African Ethnicity, Bringing Their Number of Reported Genetic Ethnicity Regions in Africa to 10
The following news release is from GenealogyInTime: GenealogyInTime Magazine, the world’s most popular online genealogy magazine, and one of the world’s largest free genealogy websites, is announcing a very significant upgrade to our free Genealogy Search Engine. It continues to Continue reading More Powerful Free Genealogy Search From GenealogyInTime Online Magazine
As my readers know, I am a big fan of the MyHeritage Website, and it’s SuperSearch. Yesterday, MyHeritage launched a new feature that lets you save the records you discover on SuperSearch (http://www.myheritage.com/research) directly to the relevant profiles in your Continue reading Save the Records Discovered in SuperSearch – MyHeritage’s Online Historical Record Search Engine – Directly to Profiles in Your Family Tree
All of us deal with brick walls in our genealogy research. A few years ago, the late Marsha Hoffman Rising wrote what I believe to be one of the most important guide books for genealogists – that being The Family Continue reading The Family Tree Problem Solver – A 3-Day Family Roots Publishing Exceptional Bargain Offer at 32% Off!
The following is from FamilySearch Sept 17, 2013: FamilySearch has recently added more than 2.7 million indexed records and images from Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland. Notable collection updates include the 1,459,211 indexed records and Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Over 2.7 Million Indexed Records & Images to Collections from Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, & Switzerland
The following is from FamilySearch Sept 11, 2013: FamilySearch has recently added more than 352,000 indexed records and images from Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 206,787 indexed records from the United States Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Over 352,000 Indexed Records & Images to Collections from Guatemala, Italy, New Zealand & the USA