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Looking for a library? – or then again, are you looking for an online library catalog? At Vanderbilt University’s lib-web-cats website, you can find all kinds of them. You can browse by locality, or search by city, county, state, library Continue reading Find a Library Catalog – Online
If you have Union Civil War ancestors, you’ve got to check out the new National Graves Registration Database posted by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. I just took a quick look and found that my Union Continue reading The New Sons of Union Veterans National Graves Registration Database
The microfiche research center in Kyrkhult, Bekinge closed April 27, 2006. This sad event was caused by a decreasing number of visitors and growing costs. Unfortunately, this important information is lacking on its English-language web page (www.arkivcentrum.nu/), but found on Continue reading Kyrkhult, Sweden Microfiche Center Closes
The Barnsley Indexing Project enables internet users to search indexes held by Barnsley Register Office, select a birth, marriage or death record they are interested in and download an application form. The register office staff will send a certificate containing Continue reading Search Indexes of the Barnsley UK Register Office
Why would anyone be interested in a cemetery whose first burial was in 1851 and where there have not been many recent burials? For Jewish genealogists, Jewish Graceland is a treasure of our heritage. It documents members of the earliest Continue reading Chicago’s Jewish Graceland
Permits to Emigrate (Reisepass Protokolle), applications for Permits or Passports of persons sailing from Hamburg to America, have been microfilmed for the years 1851 to 1929. The applications, indexed, required the physical description of the applicant, the former place of Continue reading Hamburg Permits to Emigrate Have Been Filmed
This being Veterans’ Day, I think that it’s a good time to remember just a few of my ancestors who fought for the freedoms we enjoy today. My great grandfather, Henry Canfield (1831-1866) served from Michigan throughout the Civil War. Continue reading My Veterans’ Day
In Bill’s post earlier today, he noted that he would: “…now comply with this politically correctness, but only because I know that it is unwise to have a Scots-Irishman mad at you (for any reason).” I’m very pleased that he Continue reading Definitely Scots-Irish
Have you had any of your relatives incarcerated in the Texas State Prison System? It you have, then you’re in luck! (A good scandal makes for interesting genealogy.) The prison system included Huntsville Penitentiary, which opened in 1849, and Rusk Continue reading Texas Prison Records on Microfilm
We just returned from a seminar held by the Southern California Genealogical Society in Burbank. I spoke on Using Tax Records and Finding the Women in Your Pedigree. Dollarhide spoke on Wagon Roads of Our Ancestors and Using Deed Records. Continue reading The Searcher
We are in the final stages of preparing for this year’s Salt Lake Christmas Tour. It looks like we will have about 70 attendees with us during the first full week of December. As always, we are expecting to have Continue reading Stay at the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel!
FRPC GENEALOGY NEWSLETTER – Vol. 1 #5 – October 4, 2009 – Finding Relatively Current Obituaries Online This is the fifth newsletter published by Family Roots Publishing. Enjoy! The FREE FRPC Genealogy Newsletter (FRPC standing for Family Roots Publishing Company) Continue reading FRPC GENEALOGY NEWSLETTER – Vol. 1 #5 – October 4, 2009 – Finding Relatively Current Obituaries Online
FRPC GENEALOGY NEWSLETTER – Vol. 1 #4 – September 21, 2009 – Finding the Place of Origin for Your Ancestor in Germany This is the fourth newsletter published by Family Roots Publishing. Enjoy! The FREE FRPC Genealogy Newsletter (FRPC standing Continue reading FRPC GENEALOGY NEWSLETTER – Vol. 1 #4 – September 21, 2009 – Finding the Place of Origin for Your Ancestor in Germany
FRPC GENEALOGY NEWSLETTER – Vol. 1 #3 – August 20, 2009 – Knowing the County Boundary Changes Can be the Key to Your Success. This is the third newsletter published by Family Roots Publishing. Enjoy! The FREE FRPC Genealogy Newsletter Continue reading FRPC GENEALOGY NEWSLETTER – Vol. 1 #3 – August 20, 2009 – Knowing the County Boundary Changes Can be the Key to Your Success.
FRPC GENEALOGY NEWSLETTER – Vol. 1 #2 – August 13, 2009 – The Recession Takes Its Toll. This is the second newsletter published by Family Roots Publishing. It’s now the plan to do just two newsletters per week – and Continue reading FRPC GENEALOGY NEWSLETTER – Vol. 1 #2 – August 13, 2009 – The Recession Takes Its Toll