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The following is excerpted from William Dollarhide’s new book, Delaware Name Lists, 1609-1992, with a selection of National Name Lists, 1600s – Present, an annotated bibliography of published and online name lists. For genealogical research in Delaware, the following timeline Continue reading A Genealogist’s Historical Timeline for Delaware, 1497-1787
I see that Ancestry.com has posted the New York Naturalization Petitions, 1794-1906. There are 1,198,635 records in the collection, wheich is from the National Archives. This is an amazing collection of records. On finding that the collection was posted, I Continue reading Ancestry.com Posts 1,198,635 New York Naturalization Petitions, 1794-1906
The following was received from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has recently added more than 4.4 million index records and images from Brazil, Czech Republic, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 3,651,739 images from the new Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, Continue reading FamilySearch Adds More Than 4.4 Million Index Records & Images from Brazil, Czech Republic & the USA
RootsMagic has released a new update for RootsMagic 6 users: version 6.3.0.0. This update adds coolnew feature called Problem Alerts. RootsMagic 6.3.0.0 will problem check in the background and display an alert next to the name of any person with Continue reading RootsMagic Update (6.3.0.0) Released
The following was received from APG: Brigham Young University (Provo, UT) is currently conducting a search to fill a History faculty position. The search is for a family history specialist, with preference for U.S. Southern States expertise, but other areas Continue reading BYU Seeking Family History Specialist
The following news release was received from Thomas MacEntee: HACK GENEALOGY: A NEW GENEALOGY ANd TECHNOLOGy RESOURCE Repurposing today’s technology for tomorrow’s genealogy 17 July 2013 – Chicago, IL. Genealogy educator and author Thomas MacEntee announces the debut of Hack Continue reading Hack Genealogy: A New Genealogy and Technology Resource
PROVO, Utah, July 16, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ancestry.com LLC, the world’s largest online family history resource, will release financial results for its second quarter 2013 on Tuesday, July 30, 2013, after the market closes. Following the release, the Company Continue reading Ancestry.com LLC to Announce Second Quarter 2013 Financial Results
The Colorado Family History Expo is just a few days away. If you haven’t signed up yet, you can do it online or call 801-829-3295 and Family History Expos will be happy to help you in anyway possible. There is Continue reading Colorado Family History Expo in Colorado Springs August 2-3, 2013
The following news release was found at prmac.com: July 11, 2013 [prMac.com] Eindhoven, the Netherlands – The AlgoCoil software company has announced their v1.1 release of LiveHistory, a genealogy app for the iPad, with features that extend its data model Continue reading LiveHistory for iPad v1.1 adds Genealogy Forecasting
A few days ago, Betty Carson sent me a copy of a CD-ROM about Jean (John) Gaston, and his descendants. Jean (John) was born about 1600 in France. He was a Huguenot. William Gaston (born 1642), along with his brothers, Continue reading The Jean (John) Gaston Genealogy CD-ROM
The following teaser is from an interesting article about a little-known program to get Swedes to immigrate to Vermont. EAST DUMMERSTON, VT. — Until recently, Earl Cavanagh didn’t know that many of his ancestors came to Vermont from Sweden as Continue reading Vermont Needed Swedes Who Could Withstand the Rigors of Vermont Rural Living
This may be common news, but I certainly hadn’t heard it before. Brightsolid – the British company behind FindMyPast.com is taking over the publication of PERSI. In fact, according to Michael Clegg and Jeff Krull, Brightsolid plans to go ahead Continue reading Brightsolid to Take Over PERSI Publication
According to am AP article in the thetimesherald.com, PBS is filming at a home today in the historic Indian Village of Detroit, Michigan. The new PBS series will begin broadcast this fall, and is said to combine science with history Continue reading Genealogy Roadshow to Tape in Austin, TX; Detroit, MI; Nashville, TN; and San Francisco, CA
Elephind.com is a website with a search engine that searches a number of newspaper collections. According to the website, 1,099,175 Newspapers are searched from 1,034 Newspaper Titles. Quite a number of newspapers are made available in searchable digital format with Continue reading Elephind.com – Search 1,099,175 Newspapers From 1,034 Newspaper Titles
The following teaser is from an article posted in the July 4, 2013 edition of thisisnottingham.co.uk: Nuthall Parish, Nottinghamshite, UK: FAMILIES thought vandals had run amok in a cemetery when around 50 headstones were knocked over. Some were in tears Continue reading So the Parish Council Knocked the Headstones Over…