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At 6:30 tomorrow morning (Monday) Family Roots Publishing will begin set-up of a booth at the BYU Computerized Genealogy Conference in the Salt Palace here in Salt Lake City. We are in vendor booth number 6 in room 255A & Continue reading FREE SHIPPING offered by Family Roots Publishing at the BYU Computerized Genealogy Conference & the NGS National Conference
The following excerpt is from an article in the Wednesday, April 21, 2010 edition of the Arizona Daily Star (Tucson). A missing handwritten transcript from a coroner’s inquest done after the legendary gunfight at the OK Corral has resurfaced in Continue reading Missing Transcript of the Coroner’s Inquest for the “Gunfight at the OK Corral” Found
We have the Family Roots Publishing Company genealogy guidebook exhibit set up in the Salt Lake Room at the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel today. We will be here today until about 9:30 pm and again on Wednesday from about 1 Continue reading FRPC Vending at the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel
After months of starts and stops at getting a new website up for the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour, we finally got it posted this afternoon. After reading a number of articles and even posting a blog about using Google Continue reading The New Salt Lake Christmas Tour Website
Did you know that you could get a subscription to the Federation of Genealogical Societies Forum as an online publication? Starting with the Summer, 2009 issue, the FORUM switched from a paper publication to an online publication. In 2010, the Continue reading Get the FGS FORUM as an Online Magazine
Over the last week, Family Roots Publishing has shipped all the standing orders for German Map Guide Volume 31. This volume includes a total of 3,723 places – mostly towns, found in the Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hannover (Hanover) Continue reading Hannover II German Map Guide Now Available
Got Georgia research? If so, you might be interested in the North Georgia Family History Bulletin. Edited by Mike Brubaker, the online monthly periodical deals with Georgia, as well as topics of National interest. The periodical is well done – Continue reading The North Georgia Family History Bulletin
I see that a preliminary list of speakers and topics has been posted for the Colorado Family History Expo, taking place in Loveland, Colorado on June 25 and 26. Check it out – and while you’re at the site, register Continue reading Speaker List Posted for the Colorado Family History Expo in Loveland
I just received word that Harvey Wolf passed away last Monday. My readers will know him as the guy with the big beard that ran, with his wife Barbara, Wolf’s Head Books – and exhibited at the national genealogy conferences Continue reading Harvey Wolf Passes
Two years from today – April 2, 2012 – the National Archives will release the 1940 census to the public. According to the National Archives website: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/1940/general-info.html , the plan is that the census will be digitized and available at Continue reading Exactly Two Years from Today the 1940 Census is to be Released
It’s April 1. This is the Federal Census Day. That’s a rare occurrence in America. It’s only happened 23 times thus far, the first being in 1790 (that was before I was born). The census days have been as follows: Continue reading April 1 has been the Federal Census Day for the Past 80 Years
The following was received from Tom Champoux, Marketing Director for the New England Historic Genealogical Society: The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) in Boston announced on Wednesday that staff genealogists had uncovered a unique and fascinating aspect to the Continue reading The Ellen DeGeneres Full-Circle Celebrity Genealogy
It’s been announced on the Google blog that they are now offering their books in 3-D. I’m not sure if this is a good thing or not. I’ve been wearing glasses since I was 7 years old. The idea that Continue reading Google Now Offering Their Books in 3-D
The folks who produce OneGreatFamily.com are launching a new website. OneClickTempleTrip.com taps into new.FamilySearch.org and gives LDS Church members a quick and easy way to identify ancestors they can take to the temple for ordinance work. Testing shows that it Continue reading OneClickTempleTrip Launching for LDS Genealogists
The “Who Do You Think You Are?” schedule has been extended by one week. The season finale, an episode focusing on Spike Lee, will be shown on April 30 (previously scheduled for April 24). The updated schedule follows: April 2nd Continue reading “Who Do You Think You Are? Schedule Update