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The following teaser is from a article written for the Waterloo Region Record by Olivia Carville: Over a century of Canadian yearbooks, carrying more than one million historical records, have recently been uploaded to Ancestry.com, the largest online family history Continue reading Canadian Yearbooks Posted at Ancestry.com
The following is from Globe Newswire via Yahoo Finance: PROVO, Utah, Aug. 10, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ancestry.com LLC today announced that its subsidiary, Ancestry.com Inc. (the “Company”), intends to refinance its credit facility. The Company expects that the new Continue reading Ancestry.com Refinancing
The following is from ScotlandsPeople: You can now view the updated indexes for statutory records until the end of 2014, and in addition to this, images for births until 1914, marriages until 1939 and deaths until 1964. You can also Continue reading Statutory B, M & D Indexes for 2014 Now Available to Search at ScotlandsPeople.
The following excerpt is from the August 11, 2015 edition of csmonitor.com: In 1587, a group of 115 men, women, and children made the first attempt to found a permanent English colony in the New World. Led by Englishman John Continue reading Archeologists Pursue New Evidence Pointing to What May Have Happened to the Roanoke Island ‘Lost Colony’
The following is from the August 10, 2015 edition of the startribune.com: As students head back to school, here comes a big homework assignment: StoryCorps wants tens of thousands of teenagers across America to interview a grandparent or elder this Continue reading Tell Your Story and Upload it to the Library of Congress
AncestryDNA is once again running a 20% off promotion on their DNA test! The promotion ends Monday, August 17, 2015. The $79 price is the best price they have ever offered to my knowledge. This is a deal you can’t Continue reading Ancestry DNA Test – 20% Off! – Just $79 – Sale Ends This Monday, August 17, 2015
The following is from FamilySearch: This week millions of indexed birth, marriage, and death records from Italy and Mexico were published online. These free collections are the direct results of the online indexing volunteer community. Discover your ancestry reaching back Continue reading New FamilySearch Data Collections Posted the Week of August 5, 2015
TLC was kind enough to supply me with a screener for the upcoming show again this week. Alfre Woodard will be the featured celebrity on TLC’s Who Do You think You Are? this Sunday, August 9, 2015. The episode is Continue reading Alfre Woodard to Be Featured on TLC’s Who Do You Think You Are? Sunday, August 9, 2015
The following press release is from directionsmagazine.com: View the History of Britain from the Air as Bluesky Brings Old Aerial Photos Online Thousands of aerial photographs of Britain, dating back more than seventy years, are now available online. Visitors to Continue reading Bluesky Brings Old British Aerial Photos Online
It was earlier rumored that Finding Your Roots was returning to finish Season Three. Now it seems that may have been premature. Following is an excerpt from the August 3, 2015 nydailynews.com: BEVERLY HILLS — Stung by Ben Affleck whitewashing Continue reading “Finding Your Roots” Series Remains in a Timeout
The following excerpt is from an article posted August 4, 2015 at techcentral.ie: Family Tree Analyzer is a portable free tool which can analyse a family tree (in GEDCOM form) and produce various reports on it. You’ll first need to Continue reading A Review of Family Tree Analyzer 5.1.0.3
The following teaser is from an article posted in the August 6, 2015 dailymail.co.uk: A blue-collar American is getting the royal treatment after a search for his family ancestry online revealed that he is the heir to the throne of Continue reading Maryland Mechanic Discovers He is Heir to the Throne of the Isle of Man
The Arizona Genealogy Library has now moved. The vast genealogy community was against it, as many valuable resources were not moved into the new digs. Following are links to articles both pro and con on the subject: New Genealogy Center Continue reading Arizona’s Genealogy Library Gets Downsized and Relocated
The following is from the August 5, 2015 North County Outlook: The second annual Northwest Genealogy Conference, one of, if not the only northwestern genealogy conference, will again be held in Arlington this August. The conference, which runs from Aug. Continue reading The Northwest Genealogy Conference – August 13-15
The following teaser is from an article posted in August 6, 2015 Deseret News: PROVO, UTAH Fifteen years ago Apple was a beleaguered tech company. Today, it is a transformative leader across multiple industries (computers, smart phones, music, movies, wearable Continue reading FamilySearch is Undergoing a Fundamental Transformation