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The following excerpt is from prefixmag.com: Actor/writer/director Christopher Guest is set to co-write (with Jim Piddock) and hopefully direct a new show entitled Family Tree. Starring Bridesmaids’ Chris O’Dowd, the mockumentary series has been picked up by HBO and a Continue reading Christopher Guest to Co-Write HBO Mockumentary entitled “Family Tree”
If you’re doing Colorado research, your cost for a death certificate just went up. Effective Aug. 1, the cost for death certificates went up to $20 for the first copy and $13 for additional copies of the same record ordered Continue reading Colorado Death Certificates Go Up to $20.
Mathew Deighton, With Ancestry.com, sent out an announcement this morning letting us know that no new version of Family Tree Maker is coming out this year. Instead, they will do free upgrades for those using Family Tree Maker 2012. This Continue reading No New 2013 Family Tree Maker Software This Year – Free Updates Instead
If you’re are doing Irish and/or Scottish genealogy, and you haven’t checked out Dwight Radford’s Journey Home Genealogy blog lately, you might want to do so. He’s posted a lot of good stuff lately. I keep a daily running listing Continue reading Check Out Dwight Radford’s Journey Home Genealogy Blog
The following excerpt is from an article in the August 14, 2012 edition of BET.com. It is said to be the country’s oldest continuously operating Black church with a storied history that includes the founding of Morehouse College and the Continue reading The Oldest Black Church in the United States, Augusta Baptist Church, Celebrates 225 Years
It’s time to start planning for a trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City the first week of December! This is an invitation to join us on the 28th annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour. This year it Continue reading It’s Now Time to Register for the 2012 Salt Lake Christmas Tour!
Family Roots Publishing is taking over 100 Flip-Pal mobile scanners to the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Birmingham, Alabama (August 30 through September 1, 2012) – and more units to the Midwest Family History Expo to be held in Continue reading Flip-Pal mobile scanners Coming to the FGS Conference and the Midwest Family History Expo!
The following databases were added at TheOriginalRecord.com this week: 1578 – Cheshire Knights, Esquires, Gentlemen and Freeholders This muster roll, dated 7 October 20 Elizabeth 1578, is entitled ‘A booke conteyni’ge the numbre and names of all the knights, esquiers, Continue reading New at The Original Record
Congratulations to Ancestry.com. They have completed the indexing of the 1940 U.S. census – quite an amazing feat. The following news release was received from Matthew Deighton at Ancestry.com. A searchable index to 134 million records makes researching family history Continue reading Ancestry.com Releases Completely Searchable 1940 U.S. Federal Census
The following information is from FamilySearch – 7/27/2012: FamilySearch’s free online Slovakian record collection has now grown to over 5 million searchable records. The Slovakia 1869 census is also available as a browsable image collection. Other new searchable collections online Continue reading Slovakian Genealogical Records Growing Online at FamilySearch.org
The following teaser is from an AP story posted at mainichi.jp: PAJU, South Korea (AP) — Just south of the Demilitarized Zone, hundreds of identical wooden grave markers poke out of the grass on a hill surrounded by rice paddies Continue reading Neglect of a South Korean Cemetery Where North Korean and Chinese “Enemy” Soldiers are Buried
The following excerpt is from an article posted in the July 26, 2012 edition of cfoworld.com: Ancestry.com Inc., the family history research website in talks to sell itself, reported second-quarter sales and profit that topped analysts’ estimates, citing user gains Continue reading Ancestry.com Quarterly Revenue Tops Estimates Amid Buyout Talks
The following press release is from the National Archives website. World-Class Research, Education and Exhibitions at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House New York, NY… The National Archives and Records Administration today announced a fall 2012 opening of the new Continue reading National Archives at New York City Opens in New Location
The following is from The Original Record: 1645-1646 – Astrologer’s Clients William Lilly, an astrologer, kept practice books listing his clients, their questions and the figures or horoscopes that he cast. Their questions relate to stolen property, probable success in Continue reading New At the Original Record
The following infographic is courtesy of Archives.com: