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The following excerpt is from an article posted August 4, 2016 at the royalgazette.com website. It details information about Samuel Toddings, who was a prominent Bermuda journalist with slave ancestry. The website where the information is now posted also has Continue reading Bermuda Biographies
Amazing! Every now and then something I can get really excited about gets posted. And today I am excited! It just happens that ResearchBuzz had an item posted that mentioned that the diaries of the early Rochester, New York cyclist, Continue reading Rochester’s May Bragdon Diaries Digitized and Posted Online
The following excerpt is from an article posted August 5, 2016 at the Chicago Tribune website. Tucked in the back left corner of the Glenview [Illinois] Public Library, the Genealogy and Local History room is staffed by seven volunteers who Continue reading Residents Volunteer in the Glenview, Illinois, Public Library Genealogy & Local History Room
The following teaser is from an article posted August 5, 2016 at the fox7austin.com website. Two sisters from Texas recently found out that they have a long lost sister in England. The three were recently reunited with help from British Continue reading Texas Sisters Find Long-lost Sister in England
The following teaser is from a good article posted August 8, 2016 at the timesofisrael website. Discovering a Jewish past of which she was wholly unaware, Danette Devlin of Little Rock, Arkansas, has also found family. Devlin was raised without Continue reading Little Rock Woman Finds Her Jewish Roots
The following was received from FGS: FGS Marshals Volunteers to Help National Historic Park Tell the Stories of Over 130,000 U.S.-Mexican War Soldiers August 8, 2016 – Austin, TX. and Brownsville, TX. The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and the Continue reading FGS & the NPS Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park Partner for 130k U.S.-Mexican War Database
The following teaser is from an article posted July 28, 2016 at the tapinto.net website. NEW JERSEY – Adoptees may apply for their birth certificates and potentially learn more about their family’s demographic, medical and social/cultural histories, as part of Continue reading New Jersey Adoptees May Apply for Birth Certificates as Part of New Adoption Law
The following teaser is from an interesting article posted August 1 , 2016 at http://alittlebitofstone.com: Stories of [British] conscientious objectors and how bakers, butchers and farmworkers fought conscription are amongst a rare collection of Military Appeal Tribunal records being published Continue reading Records of WWI British Conscientious Objectors Come to Light
The following excerpt is from an interesting article posted to the July 23, 2016 edition of IrishCentral.com: …Kaine certainly feels Ireland in his heart. During his acceptance speech for The American Ireland Fund Leadership Award, he talked about his family’s Continue reading Vice-Presidential Nominee Tim Kaine – the Genealogist
Family Tree Magazine has published their annual 101 Best Websites for 2016. It’s a good list, and breaks down as follows: 101 Best Websites for 2016 main page 2016 Best Big Genealogy Websites 2016 Best Websites for Exploring Your Ancestors’ Continue reading 101 Best Websites for Genealogy in 2016 – from Family Tree Magazine
Do you watch Australian television? The following was excerpt is from a post of August 1, 2016 at au.tv.yahoo.com: Who Do You Think You Are? returns with some prominent Australian names ready to delve into their family history. Peter Garrett, Continue reading Australia’s Peter Garrett Traces His Ancestry For TV
The following News Release is from PRNewsWire.com: MADISON, N.J., and LEHI, Utah, Aug. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ – Quest Diagnostics (DGX), the world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, and AncestryDNA, the leader in family history and consumer genomics, are teaming Continue reading Quest Diagnostics & AncestryDNA Form Multi-year Global Collaboration
The following news release was received from Nick at TheGenealogist.co.uk: This month TheGenealogist is pleased to announce it has added several new early military records. Joining the ever growing and fully searchable Military collection is: ● The Waterloo Roll Call Continue reading Early British Military Records Posted at TheGenealogist.co.uk
The following excerpt is from the August 1, 2016 edition of the wort.lu website. While Luxembourg works on its new nation brand, Wort.lu looks back at past branding approaches, in a rare online photo collection. The 6,500-strong photo archive dating Continue reading Historic Luxembourg Photos
The following is from the July 30, 2016 edition of Hoodline.com: Once upon a time, San Francisco was crawling with streetcars. And thanks to the new interactive map Where The Streetcars Used To Go, history buffs can retrace their historic Continue reading Historic Streetcar Routes of San Francisco