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The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has added 10.5 million indexed records and images in the last two weeks. The largest portion of this update includes the 8,613,673 images added to the New York Probate Records from 1629 to 1971, Continue reading FamilySearch Adds 8,613,673 Images to New York Probate Records from 1629 to 1971
The following news release is from FindMyPast.com: 400 Years of Baptism, Marriage, and Burial History Published Online Findmypast.com just added millions of new parish registers to its Westminster Collection. Family historians can now search for London ancestors on transcripts and Continue reading Parish Registers Added to Westminster Collection on findmypast.com
There’s an excellent article about Tom Tryniski’s Fultonhistory.com website posted at the March 5, 2013 edition of reason.com. Fultonhistory.com is one of my very favorite websites – one that has allowed me to gather all kinds of interesting information about Continue reading Twenty-Two Million Newspaper Pages and Growing
Well – it’s finally happened. Family Tree is now open to the public. Where previously it was only available to LDS members, the general public is now invited to get involved. I just spent a few minutes on the Family Continue reading Family Tree is Live on FamilySearch.org for All Users & Open to the Public
The following excerpt is from an interesting article published in the March 4, 2013 edition of the Times-Herald. Coweta County, Georgia: Frances Banks Storey was a wife, mother, retail clerk and a writer. She penned a couple of books about Continue reading Genealogy Files on Coweta County Donated to the Coweta County, Georgia, Genealogical Society.
The following excerpt is from an article by Daniel Klein, posted in the March 2, 2013 edition of the Jersey Journal: [Daniel Klein] was listening to Howard Stern earlier this week and he talked about having done an oral history Continue reading Howard Stern’s Family History
The following excerpt is from the March 2, 2013 edition of the News-Sentinel: Allen County, Indiana: Genealogists and others searching for birth and death certificates will pay a little more after the Allen County Commissioners passed a vital records fee Continue reading Allen County, Indiana Raises Vital Records Fees
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch added an additional 6.6 million indexed records and images in the last two weeks. Included in this update are 15 new collections: 1 from Canada, 1 from Guam, 4 from Italy, 1 from Russia, Continue reading FamilySearch Adds 18 New Collections Including Germany, Italy, Netherlands, & the USA
The following was received from the National Genealogical Society: The Board for Certification of Genealogists Education Fund will again sponsor a full-day pre-conference workshop at this year’s conference. The workshop, “Walk in Your Ancestor’s Footsteps,” will take place on Tuesday, Continue reading Pre-NGS Conference Event – BCG Education Fund Workshop
The following teaser is from an article by Robin C. Mason, published in the February 28, 2013 edition of the examiner.com: Probate records can add more to your genealogy than heirs and possibly death dates; it can add stories and Continue reading Finding Massachusetts Probate Records
On Wednesday, February 27, 2013, a new website was launched that deals with British slave ownership. The database itself is to about 46,000 slave-owners or others who benefited indirectly from that ownership who filed claims and the awards made to Continue reading British Slave Ownership Website With Searchable Database Launched
The following news release, all dealing with friends of mine, is from PRWEB: Ferndale, Wash. (PRWEB) February 28, 2013: Nationally respected genealogy experts and authors Maureen Taylor and Janet Hovorka are the latest sponsors of Houstory’s Heirloom Registry Scavenger Hunt, Continue reading Houstory’s Heirloom Registry Scavenger Hunt March 4-10, 2013
The following excerpt is from an article posted in the February 21, 2013 edition of newstimes.com: Blaming overzealous members of the media as well as those seeking to disprove that the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School occurred, three state Continue reading Connecticut Lawmakers Want to Seal Children’s Death Records
The following excerpt is from an AP article about the gravesite of the little-known doctor who cared for President Lincoln’s feet. LONDON — He may just be a footnote to history, but Dr. Isachar Zacharie is having a posthumous mini-moment, Continue reading The Gravesite of Dr. Isachar Zacharie, President Lincoln’s Foot Doctor
The following teaser is from an interesting post published on February 26, 2013 about Ancestry’s use of the Hadoop Framework to allow users to find more ancestors. Good article… Genealogy website Ancestry.com, an Internet veteran that traces its own roots Continue reading Hadoop Framework is Used to Stitch or Link Records Together at Ancestry.com