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The following teaser is from an article posted Sept. 17, 2015 at the InForum.com website. Near Fergus Falls, MN (WDAY TV) – A Perham man has been on a mission the last two years. Giving a voice and a name Continue reading Those Buried at a Fergus Falls, Minnesota Poor Farm Cemetery Finally Get a Voice
The following excerpt is from an AP article posted Sept. 13, 2015 at Telegram.com …The [Massachusetts] archives, built in 1986 with the expectation that it would exhaust its space within 25 years, is bursting at the seams. Officials say the Continue reading The Massachusetts Archives is Out of Space
Over the years I’ve blogged about the Hunley. Now the confederate submarine is again in the news. The following teaser is from an article posted September 17, 2015 at the FoxNews website. NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – The hull of the Continue reading The Submarine H.L. Hunley is Revealed
The following is from the September 17, 2015 Fox5NY website. NEW YORK (FOX5NY) – The Fenley brothers of Brightwaters, Long Island: Owen Michael, Noah Charles and Miles John, were introduced to the world Thursday by their proud parents, Jason and Continue reading Rare Triplets Born in New York
I ran across an article posted at the New York Times website titled Whatever Happened to German America? Having German-American ancestry myself, I was drawn to the article, which laid out a case for why the ethnic German communities in Continue reading The Results of WWI & WWII on German-America
The following is from FamilySearch: Mama Mia! The Italian records continue to expand this week with new collections for Italy Arezzo Civil Registration (State Archive) 1314-1934, Italy Enna Civil Registration (State Archive) 1866-1944, Italy Imperia San Remo Civil Registration (State Continue reading New FamilySearch Database Collections Posted the Week of September 14, 2015
I first blogged about Benjamin Kyle almost exactly 6 years ago – in early October of 2009. Now – I see that through the use of genetic genealogy, his identity is known. The following teaser is from an article posted Continue reading Benjamin Kyle has an Indentity
The following excerpt is from the Center for Research Libraries website: LAMP (Latin American Materials Project) has digitized the Brazilian newspaper Diario de Pernambuco from the University of Florida’s microfilm collection. The holdings of the newspaper that were digitized include Continue reading Brazilian Newspaper Diario de Pernambuc – November 1825 – September 1924 – Now Digitized
The following is from the August 31, 2015 edition of the bangkokpost.com The National Archives of Thailand is moving ahead with the digitization of documents, photos, maps and microfilms, some dating back over a century as well as enabling online Continue reading National Archives of Thailand Digitizing Documents, and Making Them Available for Online Searches
The following is from FamilySearch: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (September 1, 2015) — FamilySearch International has added more than 2.7 million searchable historical records from the 1915 New Jersey State Census to its free online collections. New Jersey records are Continue reading FamilySearch Makes 2.7 Million Historic Records From the 1915 New Jersey State Census Freely Searchable Online
The following excerpt is from an article posted at luerzersarchive.com: Google collects the biggest online archive of war letters in Russia. The project is fronted by a typographic illustration by Willem Rabe. A typographic illustration made up of characters from Continue reading Google Posts Largest Online Archive of WWII Russian War Letters
Family Historians May Commemorate Labor Day by Working FREE on Family History on AmericanAncestors.org September 2 through September 9 September 2, 2015 — Boston, Massachusetts — To commemorate the Labor Day holiday, New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is granting Continue reading Numerous NEHGS Databases FREE to ALL at AmericanAncestors.org Through Sept. 9
I spent a few hours searching for wills and probate documents at the Ancestry website yesterday, and found some for my family that I’d not previously seen. The following news release is from MarketWired: More Than 170 Million Documents From Continue reading Ancestry Launches Largest Online Collection of Wills and Probate Records in the USA – FREE Access Through Sept. 7
The following is from FindMyPast: Today, 4 September 2015, one million records of service men, women and civilians who were taken captive during World War II are published online for the first time at Findmypast. The publication, in association with Continue reading British WWII Prisoners of War Records Published Online as Britain Marks 70th Anniversary
The following teaser is from an article posted Sept. 3, 2015 at the USA Today website: ASBURY PARK, N.J. — Dan Sivilich was skeptical of what his colleagues would uncover during an archaeological dig at Red Bank Battlefield, site of Continue reading Revolutionary War Red Bank Battlefield Yielding Up Bone Fragments and Artifacts