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This is what we’ve all been waiting for. It seems you can now have a sound system that plays music in one’s coffin from now into eternity… I note that the touchscreen is built into the headstone however, and is Continue reading Tunes Now Available to the Dearly Departed
My friend, Lisa Alzo, posted “13 Ways to Find Your East European Ancestors in 2013” in the Decmber 30, 2012 edition of The Examinar. The article is slanted toward those living in New York State, but the ideas and principles Continue reading Lisa Alzo’s “13 Ways to Find East European Ancestors in 2013”
The Arizona FamilyHistory Expo is just two weeks away! And we can’t hardly wait! The program is excellent again this year, and the genealogy-education will be great. The expo is to be held at the Mesa Convention Center, 263 N. Continue reading The Arizona Family History Expo is Just Two Weeks Away!
New England Historic Genealogical Society has purchased the adjacent brownstown building at 97 Newbury Steet for 3 million dollars. Following is an excerpt from an article by Thomas Grillio, posted in the January 3,2012 edition of Boston Business Journal. An Continue reading NEHGS Purchases the Adjacent Brownstone for 3 Million $
Mika Bartroff has some good suggestions for your genealogical resolutions of 2013. Following is Mika’s opening paragraph. Another year has come and gone. How did you do with your family research this year? And where do you want to focus Continue reading Genealogical Resolutions for 2013?
It’s been known for some time that Cyndi Howells had serious copyright issues with another online genealogy site – and I posted about it on November 5, 2012. On December 30, Dick Eastman posted that “On December 21, 2012, Cyndi Continue reading Cyndi Howells, of cyndislist.com, sues Barry Ewell, owner of mygenshare.com
The following excerpt is from an article by Seth Berkman published in the January 2, 2012 Jewish Daily Forward. Ellis Island, the historic point of arrival in the United States for more than 12 million European immigrants, has been closed Continue reading Ellis Island Still Closed After Suffering 59 Million $ in Damage Due to Hurricane Sandy
The following is a teaser from an article in the the December 26, 2012 edition of WicklowPeople.ie. It’s interesting in that it features a British soldier wounded in the Battle of New Orleans – a battle that actually occurred after Continue reading Records of Pensioners of British Army by the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham Digitized and Posted by findmypast.ie
The following excerpt is from an article in the January 3, 2013 edition of the Santa Cruz Sentinel. DALY CITY [CA]– On Christmas day 1938 a couple named Minnie and Fred sent a telegram to Emma Gonzales in San Francisco Continue reading Daly City Detective Searches for Telegram’s Rightful Owner
There is a very interesting pictorial slide show, made up of 10 pictures with detailed captions, about the sinking cemeteries of coastal Louisiana, It seems that eleven cemeteries in Jefferson Parish have repeatedly flooded since Hurricane Katrina, and in Lafourche, Continue reading Watery Graves in Louisiana
The following excerpt is from a short article published in the Decmember 2, 2012 edition of CBS Boston. BOSTON [Massachusetts] (CBS) – A piece of local church history dating back to the Colonial Era could be up for sale, and Continue reading “Bay Psalm Book” Up for Sale
The following teaser is from an article posted at The Tennessean website: FRANKLIN [Tennessee] — A pair of cemeteries in downtown Franklin will be placed on the National Register of Historic Places, officially designating the sites for preservation. Franklin City Continue reading Franklin, Tennessee Cemeteries to be Placed on the National Register of Historic Places
The following excerpt is from an article in the December 27, 2012 edition of the Salt Lake Tribune: Ancestry.com CEO Tim Sullivan said Thursday he expects almost no changes in the company’s operations after shareholders approved the sale of the Continue reading Ancestry.com Shareholders Okay Sale to Permira
The following was received from FamilySearch December 28, 2012: FamilySearch added an additional 38.5 million new, free indexed records and images this week to its collection. Notable additions include the 6,095,759 indexed records in the new United States World War Continue reading New Searchable Collections Added Online For Brazil, China, England, Ireland, Italy, Russia, Spain, & the USA
The following was received from the President of IGRA: The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) has released a new search engine for their AID (All Israel Databases) section www.genealogy.org.il/AID/ . In July, at the IAJGS International Conference in Paris, IGRA Continue reading New Search Engine Released for All Isreal Databases (AID)