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Jean-Marie Messier and Edgar Bronfman Jr., who escaped criminal guilty verdicts in America, where found guilty by a French court and had fines imposed upon them. The court cases stemmed from Messier’s spending spree while he was CEO of Vivendi. Continue reading CEO of Former Corporate Owner of Heritage Quest Found Criminally Guilty
Dee Gibson-Roles wrote a two-part series for the Ashville Citizen-Times that deals with North Carolina migration patterns. I found it very informative. The following links with take you to the newspaper’s website: Trace Ancestors with migration patterns – January 10, Continue reading North Carolina Migration Patterns
Time normally is the domain of historical researchers, but it is running out for the Lake County Genealogical Society. The 30-year-old non-profit group has to leave its second-floor home at the Fremont Public Library in Mundelein and is looking for Continue reading Lake County Genealogical Society in Mundelain, Illinois Looking for a Home
I’m afraid this is the kind of story that makes my blood boil. Memorial plaques with names of deceased veterans were stolen, probably with the object of selling them for scrap. The plaques held many names, and at this point Continue reading Thieves Make Off With Priceless War Memorial Plaques
WOODBRIDGE [New Jersey] — Three years ago after Antoinette Partesi buried her father Edmund at St. Gertrude Cemetery, the family placed a veteran’s grave marker next to his headstone to honor his service in the Army during the Korean War. Continue reading Veteran’s Grave Marker Designated a Trip Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. – To help mark the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy, David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, and Caroline Kennedy, President of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, today unveiled the nation’s Continue reading NARA Announces New Online Digital Archive – JFKLibrary.org
Mistakes happen, and sometimes those mistakes can have quite an effect on our family history research. The following teaser is from an article in the January 15, 2011 edition of M2M.tmcnet.com. Jan 15, 2011 (The Leader-Telegram – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Continue reading Mislabeled Photograph Gets a Fix
You may have noticed that I’ve not blogged as much as I normally do this last week. I thought it might be fun to tell you why. We’ve been busy… About 9 P.M. last Sunday night we set up the Continue reading Leland’s week…
The following announcement is a month old, but since I missed it, I figure a few of my readers may have missed it also. Library and Archives Canada Announces Suite of Digital Services for Canadians by 2017 OTTAWA, December 7, Continue reading Library and Archives Canada Digitizing Records
Randy Majors posted a fascinating research report a couple weeks ago detailing how he broke a brick wall caused by his ancestor having changed the family surname from Baumgardner to Brown. Mr. Majors was able to make the breakthrough by Continue reading From Baumgardner to Brown – or How to Baffle Your Descendants…
The following is from The Lincoln Journal, a paper published for residents of the Lincolnton, Georgia area. A book, titled “Lincoln County Lost: Lincoln County Before the Dam,” was recently published by the Georgia Department of Transportation. Sharman Southall, senior Continue reading Lincoln County [Georgia] Lost: Lincoln County Before the Dam
The following excerpt is from an article by James Kuch about the Arenac County Historical Society and Genealogy Research Center. It was published in the January 13, 2011 edition of The Arenac County Independent. AuGRES [Michigan] — The Arenac County Continue reading The Arenac County [Michigan] Historical Society & Genealogy Research Center
The Fort Worth branch of the National Archives is moving it’s public facilities to a location that should make it easier for the general public to access their genealogical resources. The following excerpt is from an article by Michael H Continue reading Fort Worth National Archives Accepting Applications for Volunteers at New Location
Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE is annually the biggest genealogy-related live event on Earth. Following is an excerpt from an article about the upcoming extravaganza. Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE 2011 is set to attract thousands Continue reading Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE 2011 Coming up February 25-27
The following teaser is from an excellent article by Julie Miller, CG, printed in the January 16, 2010 edition of the Broomfield Enterprise. I was recently helping a friend who had reached a brick wall in her genealogy research. As Continue reading Transcribe Your Genealogy-Related Documents