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It has been announced that the FGS National Conference is to tie in with the annual RootsTech Conference in Salt Lake City in February of 2015. Traditionally, the conference is held in late Summer, as it is this year. However, Continue reading Federation Of Genealogical Societies Announces 2015 Conference
I’m flying out of Salt Lake City, heading for Fort Waayne, Indiana (via Indianapolis) tonight at 1 a.m. I don’t expect a lot of sleep, but am taking this route, as I am planning a quick trip to the Indiana Continue reading Fort Wayne, Here We Come!
For the first time ever, the National Archives will host a virtual Genealogy Fair via webcast using the Internet. This two-day program will showcase tips and techniques for using Federal records at the National Archives for genealogy research. Lectures are Continue reading The National Archives Virtual Genealogy Fair – Sept. 3 & 4, 2013
The following is from the stltoday.com website. If you’ve seen the Gateway Arch in the opening titles of this season’s “Who Do You Think You Are?” (8 p.m. Tuesdays on TLC), maybe you wondered which celebrity would be investigating his Continue reading Chris O’Donnell of “NCIS: Los Angeles Featured in Tuesday’s “Who Do You Think You Are?”
The following teaser is from an excellent article by Russell Shorto, published in the August 18, 2013 edition of the New York Times: Recently I began considering my family. Among its manifold curiosities is our last name. People always ask Continue reading Finding Sicilian Roots
The following was received from David Osborne with TheGenealogist.co.uk: This unique collection contains Criminal Registers, Prisoners Pardoned, Criminal Lunatics and criminal charges for England and Wales. In the 1800s it could be hard to earn an honest living and those Continue reading TheGenealogist Announces a New Criminal Record Collection With Over 90,000 Records
The following news release is from FindMyPast.com: Addition from Archives CD Books Canada Provides 200 Name-rich, Searchable Volumes LOS ANGELES (August 16, 2013) – Findmypast.com, an international leader in online family history, today announced the recent addition of Canadian Books Continue reading Findmypast.com Collections Head North with Debut of Canadian Books
The following exceprt is from a fascinating article posted in the August 12, 2013 edition of gvnews.com: At 93, there wasn’t much that Green Valley resident Loren Thorson thought he’d yet learn about his past, but an email from a Continue reading Family History Found in Dresser & Posted on the Web Finds it’s Way to Family
The following teaser is from an article posted in the August 13, 2013 edition of StarTribune.com: RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond National Battlefield Park has acquired a large portion of a Henrico County battlefield where one of the largest Civil War Continue reading Richmond National Battlefield Park Acquires an additional 251 Battlefield Acres
The Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference 2013 Flip-Pal mobile scanner promotion from Family Roots Publishing works like this – Order a Flip-Pal with Creativity Suite 3.1 from Family Roots Publishing between now and midnight MDT, Monday, August 26, 2013, and Continue reading FGS Conference Flip-Pal mobile scanner Promotion – Good Online through August 26, 2013
The following data was received from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has recently added more than 3.1 million indexed records and images from England, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 2,669,755 indexed records from the New Zealand, Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Over 3.1 Million Indexed Records & Images to Collections from England, New Zealand, Sweden, & the USA
Genealogists spend a lot of time researching in old church records. In many cases, if it were not for records found within the world’s chuches, genealogists would have no records to turn to at all. Understanding the various religions is Continue reading Comparing the Similarities Between Byzantine Orthodox & Catholic Religions
Last Tuesday, the historic 35-acre Congressional Cemetery was turned over to the goats. In some cases, goats work much better than lawn mowers – and such is the case there. Lots of important people are buried there, including J. Edgar Continue reading DC’s Congressional Cemetery Being Cleaned Up by Goats
The following teaser is from an excellent adoption reunion article found at the WTVM.com website: PHENIX CITY, AL (WTVM) – A Phenix City woman had the opportunity of a lifetime when she recently met her biological father, who believed she Continue reading Woman Finds Father, Who Thought She Was Dead
On the 6th of August, MyHeritage launched a global initiative called – Treasure Family Photos – to encourage people to learn more about their family’s history from their old photos and to preserve these precious artifacts online for future generations. Continue reading MyHeritage Launches “Treasure Family Photos” Initiative