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The following press release was received from Thomas MacEntee: Special Guest Curt Witcher to Discuss 21st Century Genealogy Societies April 20, 2011 – Austin, TX. The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) announces the debut of My Society, the first Internet Continue reading Federation of Genealogical Societies Radio Debut
UPDATE: THE FREE SHIPPING SALE AT THE FPRC WEBSITE HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2011. SEE DETAILS BELOW. Family Roots Publishing Co., LLC is offered FREE SHIPPING on all orders for delivery within the United States totaling $25 Continue reading Free Shipping on over 1500 Items at the Family Roots Publishing Website Thru May 3, 2011
The following databases are new at The Original Record this week. 1810 – Essex Poll Book The poll of the freeholders of Essex at the election of a knight of the shire to serve in Parliament, taken at Chelmsford 31 Continue reading New Databases at The Original Record
I wrote about Mocavo.com a few weeks ago when I had a brick-wall breakthrough. Now I see that Cliff Shaw has added the genealogy blogs, as well as other genealogist-suggested sites to be searched by his genealogy search engine. Following Continue reading Mocavo.com Adds Thousands of New Sites to the World’s Largest Free Genealogy Search Engine, Including More Than 3000 Genealogy Blogs
Long before the firing on Fort Sumter, long before the War was official between the North and the South, Kansas was already at war. The folks in Lawrence, Kansas will be observing their part in the War, as well as Continue reading Lawrence, Kansas Remembers the Civil War
The Daily Genealogy Transcriber is a site owned by my friend, Michael John Neill, where every day a new handwriting sample is posted. The sample is usually a signature. Readers can guess at the interpretation. Michael says that he usually Continue reading The Daily Genealogy Transcriber
The second season of NBC’s Who Do Yo Think You Are? can be accessed and watched at the NBC website. Five of the 8 episodes are currently available. Click on the links to view. Vanessa Williams – aired 2-4-11 Tim Continue reading Who Do You Think You Are? – Second Season – Watch the Episodes Online
Most of us are acquainted with Franklin Day Planners – especially if we happen to live in Utah. To be seen without your Day Planner around here means you just aren’t organized. Folks live by these things. Now I see Continue reading Legacy Planner – from the Creator of the Franklin Day Planner
The following excerpt is from a Seattle Times article which I found this morning in my Sunday (April 17 2011) Deseret News. It’s an interesting article about philanthropic “green” aviation projects that Erik Lindbergh is associated with. I found the Continue reading Aviation Descendants – Lindburgh Included
The following item was just posted on the Gladstone Observer website. Hmmm… What I difference a few little letters can make… A 5.4 magnitude quake has hit near Bowen Queensland, and was felt from Airlie beach, down to Townsville. Just Continue reading Genealogical Earthquake Hits Down Under
The following book review is not about a genealogy book, instead it’s about an important period in American/Soviet history that was in the news nearly every day 1/2 century ago. The Insider – NASA’s Man at Baikonur, by Thomas S. Continue reading The Insider – NASA’s Man at Baikonur
The following Illinois marriage records were posted today! Illinois County Marriages, 1810-1934 – Name indexes and images of county marriages from the state of Illinois. Currently this collection is 9% complete. Additional records will be added as they are completed. Continue reading Illinois Marriage Records 1810-1934 Posted at FamilySearch.org
While searching for Meitzler information at the WorldVitalRecords website today, I ran across a newspaper item about a bank cashier by the name of George W. Meitzler who went home and shot himself while the bank examiner was auditing accounts Continue reading George W. Meitzler Commits Suicide by Shooting Himself
A new company called USFamilyTree.com has just released some great new tools that work on top of new FamilySearch called Advanced Tree Inspector. These tools allow people to do things you can’t do natively on nFS, such as see your Continue reading New Tools for New FamilySearch
My friend, Marlo Schuldt, writes a software called Heritage Collector. In support of the software and as a service to family historians, he also writes a very nice newsletter, all done up in 4-color as a pdf file. This week Continue reading Scanning a Lot of Pictures – FAST!