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The following is from the Collin County, Texas County Clerk’s website: Collin County [Texas] County Clerk Stacey Kemp has come up with a great tool for those documenting their Collin County roots. The archive of marriage licenses, dating back 126 Continue reading The Collin County, Texas County Clerk’s Marriage Records 1884-1949 Scanned and Searchable
I’ve written about Scott Fisher’s Extreme Genes Radio broadcast in the past. Now David Allen Lambert is collaborating with Fisher on the weekly broadcast. This promises to be good! The following news release is from NEHGS: NEHGS Chief Genealogist David Continue reading Extreme Genes & David Allen Lambert Announce New Broadcast Collaboration
The following teaser is from an article posted June 14, 2015 at the chicoer.com website. Bradley [CA] Joseph Botts Jr. stepped out of his pickup truck into a scrubby, sunbaked field of salt grass and mustard weed and bent over Continue reading Civil War Veteran’s Gravesite Emerges as the Monterey County Reservoir Dries Up
The following is from a New York State Press Release: Albany, New York: 06/15/2015 – Plan Calls for 35,000 Square Feet of New Exhibitions; 4-year Phased Timeline The New York State Board of Regents today reviewed a multi-year renovation plan Continue reading New York State Museum Announces Gallery Renovation Project
It’s just been announced that the popular MacFamilyTree software for Mac OSx is now available in version 7.5. The following items are new in Version 7.5 Genealogy Book Creation and Printing Create complete genealogy books of your family tree Lots Continue reading MacFamilyTree 7.5 for Mac OSx Now Available
The following teaser is from the June 11, 2015 edition of USA Today. CONCORD, N.C. — On Monday, after competing in this weekend’s race at Michigan International Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. will embark on a treasure hunt. Earnhardt will fly Continue reading Dale Earnhardt Jr. is Going to Germany to Discover His Heritage
The following excerpt is from an article posted at deadlinenews.co.uk: DNA research has proved that one of the Founding Fathers of the United States was descended from a Highland clan chief. Scholars have long disputed the origins of James Monroe, Continue reading President James Monroe Was Descended from a Scottish Highland Clan Chief
The following is from newswire.ca: DNA test pinpoints genetic ethnicity and helps people discover family origins going back thousands of years AncestryDNA studies a person’s entire genome at more than 700,000 different locations Results detail a person’s ethnic origins across Continue reading Ancestry Launches Family History DNA Testing Service in Canada
According to a study done by the Pew Research Center, Non-Hispanic caucasians with American Indian ancestry make up half of the current population of mixed-race Americans. However, they don’t usually claim to be multiracial. Multiracial Americans make up 2.1 percent Continue reading Non-Hispanic Whites With American Indian Ancestry Make Up Half of Mixed-Race Americans
As I’ve written before, AncestryDNA has been in the news a lot this last year, with their new DNA Circles, shared ancestor hints, and New Ancestor Discoveries. Patty and I both got new AncestryDNA tests done a few months ago, Continue reading Ancestry DNA Kits on Sale for 10% Off Through Father’s Day, June 21, 2015
The poet, William Butler Yeats, was born on June 13, 1865. That was 150 years ago. Now we find that Church of Ireland Archive has made many items documenting Yeats life and death available online. Click on this link to Continue reading William Butler Yeats Family-Related Archival Items Online for 150th Birthday Celebration
It’s now been eight years since the first edition of Evidence Explained, by Elizabeth Shown Mills, was published. The book proved to be the definitive guide to citation and analysis. This guide left nothing to chance. As time went on, Continue reading Evidence Explained, Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace, 3rd Edition – 15% Off Sale Extended Thru June 16
DNA analysis is the new frontier in genealogical research. Combined with traditional research methods, it is the gold standard in genealogy. Four types of DNA tests are commonly used in genetic testing: (1) Y-DNA; (2) MT-DNA; (3) AT-DNA; and (4) Continue reading Quicksheet – Citing Genetic Sources for History Research – Evidence Style
A few months ago, I posted a blog with video capturing the reactions of people on the streets of New York City as they successfully made Instant Discoveries™ on MyHeritage. Now MyHeritage has done a similar video, this time on Continue reading Reactions to Instant Discoveries Made by Folks on the Streets of Oslo, Norway
Florida International University Libraries has unveiled an online resource to help families of the Cuban diaspora research their roots—and already several have hit pay dirt. An extensive set of family trees, civil records and sacramental documents is now available on Continue reading Huge Cuban Genealogy Data Collection Now Available Online