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The following information is from the January, 2011 edition of RootsMagic News. This is great news. Legacy Family Tree is having a lot of success with their online classes. I’m sure that RootsMagic will also. Throughout the year RootsMagic staff Continue reading RootsMagic Now Doing FREE Online Webinars
For the last year, Family Roots Publishing Company, under my direction, has set up exhibits at the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel. We usually set up in the Heritage Room across from the elevators, but now and then display the books Continue reading Family Roots Publishing Co. Exhibits at the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel
Looking into 2011 through a hole I made with my finger in the 7 inches of snow on our fence, I’m excited for the year ahead. I know this wacky wild winter weather has smacked too many of you, but Continue reading SLCT Week’s Peek #3
The following press release was received from Gayathri Kher, IT Systems and Conference Manager at the National Genealogical Society: ARLINGTON, VA, 3 JANUARY 2011: The National Genealogical Society announces the Call for Papers for the 2012 Family History Conference, “The Continue reading Call For Papers for the NGS Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio May 9-12 2012
The following excerpt is from Sharon Tate Moody’s in the January 2, 2010 edition of Tampa Bay Online. Those with Irish ancestors and relatives will be delighted to see that the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland is making photographic Continue reading New Online Irish Resources
The following excerpt is from Tom Mooney’s “Out On a Limb” column, published January 2, 2010 in The Times Leader. If you haven’t visited the Luzerne County [Pennsylvania] Genweb in a while, do so. You’ll find not just your old Continue reading Online Research of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
The following excerpt is from a much longer article by Steven C Smyrl, published in the January 3, 2011 edition of IrishTimes.com . If you have Irish ancestry, the article is a must-read… GIVEN the astounding success of the National Continue reading Thoughts on Irish Records, the FREE Irish Census Returns, & the 1926 Census of Ireland
Coroners’ records are an invaluable source of information for genealogists. Now we read that the Marin County, California Coroners’ records are being transferred to the public library, where plans are underway to create a searchable database. Since 1850, Marin’s coroners Continue reading 89,000 Marin County Coroners’ Cases Transferred to the County Library’s California Room
My friend, AC Ivory, has redesigned his website. Following is his news release, sent out today. A FRESH LOOK FOR A NEW YEAR Find My Ancestor Has Received a Makeover January 2, 2011 – Taylorsville, UT. Find My Ancestor has Continue reading Find My Ancestor Receives a Makeover
On the 16th of December, Ancestry.com posted the Maine Vital Records from data found at the Maine State Archives. The records themselves are transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths that took place statewide. They are digitzed, and indexed. These are Continue reading New Online Maine Vital Records Databases
Descendants of two people buried in Richmond County [NC] in the late 1800s are being sought so the landowner can relocate their graves. Riley Paving is soliciting relatives of the occupants of two graves about a quarter mile up Glider Continue reading Looking for Descendants of James (d 1899) & Nancy Hughes (d 1882) of Richmond County, North Carolina
A small group of board members and volunteers are working to preserve a collection of photographs and eclectic artifacts at the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum in Cathlamet. The museum’s board of directors has spent reserves to keep the doors Continue reading Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum in Cathlamet, Washington Could Use Help
The Burlington Liars Club, which began in 1929 as a lighthearted way to honor the creativity and humor of good exaggeration, said it received almost 500 entries this year. … The runners-up include this line from Ellen Everts of New Continue reading “If I Bought a Cemetery, People Would Stop Dying”
About two dozen grave markers were vandalized or damaged at historic St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery [Norfolk, Virginia] sometime late Friday or early Saturday, the cemetery’s caretaker said. At least two markers were broken in the incident, James Fitzpatrick, a member Continue reading Cemetery Vandalism at Historic St. Mary’s Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia
The following excerpt is from a family history success story by Gemma Fraser, published in the December 31, 2010 edition of the Edinburgh Evening News. THE closest surviving relatives of a soldier killed in a bomb blast in France more Continue reading Relatives of Fallen Scots WWI Soldier Found