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Queensland, Australia’s Births, Deaths & Marriages registry is now going online, allowing genealogists to download and view files dating back to the late 1800s. Index searches are FREE. It is planned that by the middle of 2015, all six million Continue reading Queensland’s Births, Deaths & Marriages Registry Goes Online
The following excerpt is from a fascinating article in the June 18, 2013 edition of the Victoria Advocate. For most of his life, Daryl Ewers believed he was white, but two years ago, he learned he is a descendant of Continue reading So, if not white, then what am I?”
With this new exciting series of genealogical guides, William Dollarhide continues his long tradition of writing books that family historians find useful in their day-to-day United States research. Bill’s Name List guides give a state-by-state listing of what name lists Continue reading 9 New Dollarhide Research Guides (AL – DC) Now Available at Introductory Prices with FREE PDF eBook & Nearly 50% Savings!
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has recently added more than 3.4 million images from Colombia, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Italy, Nicaragua, Peru, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 207,550 images from the new Continue reading FamilySearch Adds More Than 200,000 Images to New United States Confederate Officers Card Index Collection
The following excerpt is from the June 18, 2013 edition of FoxNews.com: In a small Welsh village, Nikki Vousden and Roderick Bale were enjoying an evening stroll in the woods when a rock with strange carvings by the side of Continue reading Silian 3 Stone Found in Wales Stream
The following was shared with us by Thomas MacEntee: June 18, 2013 – Lincoln, Nebraska. Professional genealogist Gail Blankenau has recently solved an ongoing mystery: Who was the first woman to secure a homestead in her own right through the Continue reading Genealogist Gail Blankenau uses Homestead Act records via Fold3 and Ancestry.com to discover Mary Myers of Gage County, Nebraska
I see that Ancestry.com has just posted a new database made up of 3,784 new records from the digitized Savannah, Georgia Records of Titles 1791-1971. The data is mostly from the Laurel Grove Cemetery, although early entries also seem to Continue reading Savannah, Georgia, Records of Titles, 1791-1971 digitized and posted at Ancestry.com
The following is from RootsTech via FamilySearch. Presentation proposals for RootsTech 2014 are now being accepted online at rootstech.org/proposals. Proposals will be accepted through July 8, 2013. The fourth annual RootsTech conference, hosted by FamilySearch, will be held February 6-8, Continue reading Presentation Proposals For RootsTech 2014 Now Being Accepted
The following excerpt is from HaysPost.com. The Kansas Historical Society announced that the inmate case files for notorious murderers Richard Eugene “Dick” Hickock and Perry Edward Smith have been added to Kansas Memory, the Historical Society’s online archives of photographs, Continue reading “In Cold Blood” Case Files Digitized and Online
The following teaser is from a fascinating article posted at the June 11, 2013 edition of walesonline.co.uk. It seems that chasing down heirs can become a costly proposition… A TV-featured “heir hunter” has been beaten by a World War Two Continue reading Heir Hunters Expert Loses to WWII Veteran’s Daughter
According to a short article posted in the June 13, 2013 edition of the McCook Daily Gazette, Trish Collister, of Dwight, Nebraska, and president of the Nebraska State Genealogical Society, presented Susan Doak of McCook the Genealogist of the Year Continue reading Nebraska State Genealogical Society Awards Susan Doak “Genealogist of the Year” Award
The following teaser is from the June 17, 2013 edition of the Rockdale Citizen. COVINGTON [Georgia] — The first time Debbie Autry saw the historic family cemetery, she was about 10. It was in such a decrepit state, “I just Continue reading Middlebrooks Cemetery in Georgia Cleaned Up by Sons of Confederate Veterans
The following teaser is from the June 17, 2013 edition of the StatesmanJurnal.com. What did Malia and Sasha Obama do on their summer vacation? They went to the library. In Ireland. The little-seen, little-discussed Obama girls, now 14 and 11 Continue reading Michelle, Malia and Sasha Obama Receive the Obama Family Genealogy in Ireland
The following guest post is written by Judith Sanders. FamilySearch, the largest genealogy organization worldwide, recently announced the addition of new features that will make the work of tracing a family tree even easier. The features are specifically geared to Continue reading New Features Launched by FamilySearch Explained
The following excerpt is from an interesting story written by reporter Dan Vergano, for the June 13, 2013 edition of USA TODAY. I’m not even much of a Neanderthal. Only 1.5% of my genes are traceable to the doughty cavemen Continue reading This Reporter’s DNA Results Were Disappointing to Say the Least…