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“RootsMagic Essentials” Brings Free Tools for Family History SPRINGVILLE, Utah. — November 18, 2009 — RootsMagic, Inc. announced the immediate availability of RootsMagic Essentials, free desktop genealogy software based on their award-winning RootsMagic 4 system. RootsMagic Essentials contains many core Continue reading RootsMagic Releases Free Genealogy and Family Tree Software
The following databases have been added at The Original Record this past week: 1845 – The Yachtsman’s Annual and General Register The Yachtsman’s Annual and General Register gave a description of each of the main yachting clubs in the British Continue reading New Databases at The Original Record
As I’ve written before, our family spent a fair amount of time in the national parks over the years. A lot of memories were made there. The current 6th Edition of the Festival of Postcards encourages us to blog about Continue reading The Paradise Glacier Ice Caves
DeCode Genetics, a pioneering company that used the Icelandic population as its guinea pigs in detecting disease-causing mutations, filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday. The company’s demise suggests that the medical promise of the human genome may take much longer to Continue reading deCode Genetics Files for Bankruptcy
REGINA [Saskatchewan]— The provincial government is looking at how to better preserve Saskatchewan’s 3,500 known cemeteries and burial sites, some of which are overgrown or even near-forgotten. Appointed to lead a review is Al Dwyer, who previously served as registrar Continue reading Saskatchewan Provincial Government Wants to Preserve Forgotten Cemeteries
LITTLE ROCK — The number of visitors each year to the William J. Clinton Presidential Library has slipped only slightly in the library’s first five years, surpassing everyone’s expectations, its top administrator says. “We’re at about 300,000 (visitors per year) Continue reading Clinton Presidential Library Continues to Draw Crowds
The National Archives of Australia has announced it will close its State offices in Adelaide, Darwin and Hobart in a bid to cut costs. Director General of the Archives, Ross Gibbs said the offices would be closed over the next Continue reading The National Archives of Australia to Close Three State Offices
WASHINGTON—The last great archives of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency may soon be available to researchers and the public — 14 boxes of handwritten notes, gifts and correspondence, including a letter from Italian dictator Benito Mussolini congratulating him on his 1933 Continue reading 14 Boxes of Franklin D. Roosevelt Papers to Be Available to the Public Shortly
WASHINGTON – Rose Percy has a long history with the American Red Cross. Complete with an extensive wardrobe and her own Tiffany jewelry, this 23-inch wax doll was first sold for $1,200 back in 1864 to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Continue reading Red Cross Auctioning Historic Memorabilia to Reduce Their Deficit
The following is an excerpt from an article in the November 16, 2009 edition of the Telegraph. I came across an AP story about all this while reading my morning paper today. The except is from an article by Bonnie Continue reading Apology Offered to Children Shipped to Colonies From Britain
The 2009 Salt Lake Christmas Tour will start in just under three weeks. This is year #25, as we started doing this thing in 1985. At that time we had just published the first issue of Heritage Quest Magazine – Continue reading Photos from the 1985 “Christmas Tour”
The following excerpt is from an article by Jessica E. Vascellaro and Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, published in the the November 16, 2009 edition of the Wall Street Journal. If the topic interest you, I recommend that you read the whole Continue reading More About the Ongoing Google Books Saga
Randy challenged us to do a blog about the nicest thing another genealogist has ever done for us. Goodness – that list could go on forever, but on my part I’m going to go way back in time to mention Continue reading One of the Nicest Things Ever Done for Me
Although I have three of them scattered around the house, I’m really not a television person. Not that I don’t enjoy watching TV once in a while; but I just don’t have the time for such things. Most TV time Continue reading Television – via “Clicker” for the rest of us…
WESTMINSTER, Colo., November 13 – Laura G. Prescott of Brookline, New Hampshire, has been elected president of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), the world’s leading professional organization of family history and related professionals. Prescott is genealogist for the Nickerson Continue reading Laura G. Prescott Elected APG President