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The following News Release is from Legacy: The 9th annual Legacy Genealogy Cruise, to be held May 12-21, 2012, starts and ends in Oslo, Norway, and visits the following ports: Le Havre (Paris), France; Cherbourg, France; Dublin, Ireland; Liverpool, England; Continue reading Legacy Cruise 2012 to do the British Isles
With Memorial Day coming up, we need to know where the bodies are buried. Jack Mavins claims to know how… The following excerpt is from an article in the May 27, 2011 edition of the Brandon Sun. ANOLA – Jack Continue reading Witching For Graves
The following news release was received from my friend, Claire LeBeaux. Note that the App is for the iPhone at this time, but “a Droid version is in the works, just not this weekend.” PROVO, Utah – May 26, 2011 Continue reading BillionGraves.com Launches to Preserve Family History on Memorial Day
The following was received from Paul Nauta at FamilySearch: The inaugural RootsTech Conference in 2011 was a huge success. Over 3000 attendees filled the presentation venues to learn about technologies and applications that could impact the many emerging facets of Continue reading Call for Presentations RootsTech 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah
Thousands of new records have just been added to the name index and images (index cards) of Vermont town clerk transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths, 1760-1954. This collection has been complete for years 1871-1908 for several months. However, just Continue reading Over 517,000 Early Vermont Vital Records Just Posted at FamilySearch.org!
The following excerpt is from an article by Elaine Alexander, published in the St. Louis Jewish Light. Earlier this month, 94-year-old Elsie Hirsch Levy received an astonishing phone call from Buettelborn, Germany, the town her family had fled during the Continue reading Survivor Receives Family Artifacts – 70 Years Later
The following teaser is from an AP article by Jim Fitzgerald in the May 25, 2011 edition of The Statesman. OSSINING, N.Y. — A mysterious man who wandered New York and Connecticut in a 60-pound leather suit during the 19th Continue reading Reburial of the Leatherman
The following except is from an article by Ray Weiss, published in the May 22, 2011 edition of the Daytona Beach News-Journal. PORT ORANGE — Not long ago, the names on the headstones were no more meaningful to Michael Davis Continue reading Michael Davis Locates 23 Half-siblings in Search for his Father
The following is an excerpt from a letter written to Governor Christie by adoptee Stacy Patton. Very interesting letter. I am case number KC 114343 in the New Jersey foster care system, and like thousands of other adoptees — some Continue reading A Plea to New Jersey Governor Christie to Sign the Adoptees Birthright Bill
My Deseret News had an AP item on page two this morning that caught my eye. The headline was “Paper Corrects 112-Year-Old Obit.” Sure enough, when Daniel Schwank wrote the paper pointing out that the 112-year-old obit for his great-uncle Continue reading New York Times Obituary Corrected 112 Years Later
The following teaser is from an article by Brad Shannon, published in the May 24, 2011 edition of The Olympian: In a year like this, what passes for a legislative victory is always couched in what disastrously didn’t happen. So Continue reading Funds for the Washington State Heritage Center Raided to Keep Museums Open
The following excerpt is from an article by Allison Carter, published in the May 24, 2011 edition of Newton Patch: Studying your family history can be extremely rewarding and personally fulfilling. It can also be an incredibly frustrating task, fraught Continue reading Researching Your Newton, Massachusetts Roots
The following is excerpted from an article by Kenneth H. Thompson Jr. printed in the May 24, 2011 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Religious newspapers are a great source for genealogical research but are often very hard to locate — Continue reading Brent Holcomb Authors Two More Volumes of Southern Presbyterian Vital Records
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Military Bounty Land 1776-1855, by Christine Rose, was published in March. The 176 page book is without a doubt one of the best genealogical research guides published this year. Bounty land was often awarded to those who served in American Continue reading Military Bounty Land 1776-1855