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The following is from Paul Nauta with FamilySearch: New U.S. records from MO, NC, NJ, OH, VT, WV Record collections for Mexico and the U.S. were expanded this week. The Mexico 1930 Census is drawing closer to completion with the Continue reading Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Vermont, West Virginia, as well as Mexico Records Posted at FamilySearch.org
People spied on by Hungary’s communist-era secret police will have the right to destroy their surveillance reports under a government proposal historians say would damage the country’s ability to acknowledge its past. The regime’s network of informants once kept as Continue reading Historians Want Hungary’s Communist-Era Surveillance Reports Protected
The Oprah Winfrey Network has now been around for about a month. From most reports, it’s not doing all that well. My own thoughts are to give it a little time. With the right programming and Oprah Winfrey herself (who Continue reading Searching for… on the Oprah Winfrey Network
According to an article in the Columbia Daily Tribune, the Missouri State Archives will digitize and post about 9,000 original Missouri Supreme Court cases heard between 1821 and 1865. A $148,000 grant was received from the Federal government, making this Continue reading Missouri State Archives to Post Another 9000 Missouri Supreme Court Cases 1821-1865 Online
Topeka — The Kansas Historical Society announced it is offering up to three paid internships for summer 2011. The paid internships are full-time positions (40 hours per week) for eight weeks. Two interns will write content for the Historical Society’s Continue reading 3 Paid Internships Announced for the Kansas Historical Society
Note that Genealogy Day is coming up this weekend! What do you have planned? If nothing else, it’s an excuse to drop everything, contact a few relatives, input some data into your genealogy database, scan a few photos – and Continue reading Genealogy Day is this Saturday – March 12
The comedic community often uses their own families to get laughs. I realized that my family history was hilarious years ago. Not being a comedian, I haven’t developed the talent to portray that to others very well, but it’s certainly Continue reading The Comedian Uses Genealogy for the Fun of It
The following excerpt is from an article by Nancy Powers in the March 9, 2011 edition of The Age Dispatch: JoAnn (nee Lucas) Galbraith has lived her whole life in Middlemiss and is proud of her ties to the historic Continue reading JoAnn Galbraith Receives Lifetime Achievement Heritage Award
The following excerpt is from an article in the February 28, 2011 edition of the Victoria Advocate. FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Unearthing family histories will be a lot easier for genealogists with the National Archives at Fort Worth new Continue reading Fort Worth NARA Branch Now Open at Montgomery Plaza
The following excerpt from an article by Kenneth H Thomas Jr. may be of interest to Georgia researchers: Anyone who enjoys gathering genealogical data and publishing books may be interested in the R. J. Taylor Jr. Foundation. The foundation gives Continue reading Grants Available For Production of Georgia Research Books
The following is from an article by Frank Wallis in the March 3, 2011 edition of the Baxter Bulletin. An effort to find a permanent location in Mountain Home for the Baxter County Heritage Museum has begun in earnest. The Continue reading Society Looking for a Home… in Mountain Home, Arkansas
The following excerpt is from Joan Griffis’ column in the March 6, 2011 edition of the Commercial-News. A membership in a genealogical society usually has many advantages. Joining a society in the geographic location where you live, besides providing support Continue reading Making the Most of Your Genealogical Society Membership
The following teaser is from an article by Dee Gibson-Roles of the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society, found in the March 4, 2011 edition of the Asheville Citizen Times. Many researchers, especially novices, fail to recognize the importance of bonds Continue reading Using Bonds for Genealogical Research
The following News Release is from the National Archives: Washington, DC: The National Archives and Records Administration and Duke University’s DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy will host the Media Access to Government Information Conference (MAGIC) on Tuesday, April Continue reading National Archives to Host Conference on Media Access to Government Information April 12
The following new databases have been added at The Original Record: 1288-1303 – King’s Ripton (Huntingdonshire) Court Rolls Among the Huntingdonshire possessions of Ramsey abbey was the manor of King’s Ripton or Ripton Regis. In the Augmentation Office Court Rolls Continue reading New Databases at The Original Record