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The following is from Matthew Deighton at Ancestry.com: With today’s addition of 12 states (18 million records) to the 1940 US Federal Census, Ancestry.com now has 37 states and Washington DC fully indexed and searchable on the site. All of Continue reading Ancestry Adds 1940 Indexes for 12 More States & is Now up to 37 States plus Washington D.C.!
The following news release was received from Brian Spekart, Marketing Manager of North America for brightsolid Online Publishing Inc.: “Pioneer Offer” Provides World Subscription at a 75 Percent Discount – $4.95 per Month Instead of $20.83 per Month LOS ANGELES, Continue reading FindMyPast.com Launch Offers Big Bargain on Global Records to First Subscribers
The Halsted Trust is delighted to announce that findmypast.co.uk have agreed to sponsor their forthcoming conference on migration, to, from and within the British Isles “Exodus: Movement of the People” will take place from the 6th to 8th September 2013 Continue reading findmypast.co.uk Becomes Headline Sponsor for “Exodus: Movement of the People,” a Major Family History Conference in Leicestershire
The following news release was received from Beth Cook, Publicist for Findmypast.com • Findmypast.com launches into U.S. July 24; seeks to become go-to site for Americans of British and Irish ancestries • World’s second largest genealogy company takes on its Continue reading British “David” Takes On Billion-Dollar U.S. “Goliath” For Share of U.S.’s Growing Online Genealogy Market
A bill has been submitted to congress that would allow the National Park Service to buy battlefields of the War of 1812. Following is a teaser from an article in the July 22, 2012 edition of the examiner.com. The House Continue reading Bill to Buy War of 1812 Battlefields Before Congress
The following teasor is from the July 23, 2012 edition of dailypolitical.com: Equities research analysts at Imperial Capital lowered their price target on shares of Ancestry.com (NASDAQ: ACOM) from $35.00 to $33.00 in a research note issued to investors on Continue reading Analysts Rate Ancestry.com from $33 to $34 with a Buy Recommendation
Check out the infographic below to discover the history and strongholds of 20 of the most popular Irish family names. Click on the image and go to the GoIreland.com website, where the resolution of the image is better.
Over the years I’ve continued to collect what little information I could find on my third-great-grandfather, Gold Canfield. He died in 1814 in the War of 1812, having frozen his arm while on guard duty in Harlem Heights, New York. Continue reading Lots of Robertson Cousins Found in an 1896 Obituary this Morning & GenealogyBank Annual Subs for only $48.95!
Dwight Radford has posted a 3-part Dictionary of Quaker Genealogy Terms and Phrases on his Journey Home Genealogy blog. Following are the Direct links: Dictionary of Quaker Terms and Phrases (Part 1) Dictionary of Quaker Terms and Phrases (Part 2) Continue reading The Dictionary of Quaker Genealogy Terms & Phrases
The following is from the National Archives website: Washington, DC… The National Archives National Declassification Center (NDC) has issued its fifth biannual Report on Operations of the National Declassification Center, covering the period of January 1 through June 30, 2012. Continue reading National Declassification Center Issues Fifth Report
The Family History Expo, to be held in Springfield, Illinois is less than two weeks away. It will be at the Crowne Plaza Springfield, 3000 South Dirksen Parkway, Springfield, Illinois 62703 on Friday and Saturday, August 3 and 4, 2012. Continue reading The Illinois Family History Expo is Less Than 2 Weeks Off!
FamilySearch added new searchable collections online this week for Nevada and South Africa plus additional free records for Austria, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Korea, Peru, Portugal, Spain, and the United States. Search these diverse collections and 2.8 billion Continue reading New Collections from Nevada and South Africa at FamilySearch.org
The folloing databases have been added this week the TheOriginalRecord.com: 1664 – Leicester Hearth Tax The Michaelmas 1664 hearth tax returns for the city of Leicester, transcribed by Henry Hartopp mainly from the original collectors’ books in the Public Record Continue reading New at The Original Record
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 Join Us on the 2012 Salt Lake Christmas Tour
I’ve had a membership to WorldVitalRecords.com since the beginning of that website. I went to work for Everton’s in 2006, and they had a relationship with World Vital Records, allowing WVR to scan books and magazines in the Everton collection Continue reading Using the MyHeritage Family Trees Now Found on the World Vital Records Site