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Posted at: 12/31/2010 9:01 AM By: Governor’s Office Billy the Kid is not dead. He was shot through the chest on the night of July 14, 1881 by one of the most famous lawmen of the American Old West. His Continue reading Richardson’s Statement About His Non-Pardon of Billy the Kid
A number of pipes – the tobacco-smoking kind, have been found in Jamestown, Virginia. And they seem to be inscribed with names of people… The following excerpt is from an AP article by Michael Felderbaum, and posted on the Yahoo Continue reading Jamestown Pipes Found – With Names on Them!
I just ran across a most interesting “top ten” list. It’s a list of technologies that the Angela Mulholland, with CTV.ca News, figures are on their way out. I’ll post just the list – with a few comments of my Continue reading 10 Technologies about to be consigned to the rubbish heap of time…
RootsTech is fast approaching and many of us are really, really, looking forward to it! The following news release about the keynote speakers was just received from Paul Nauta with FamilySearch. Remember that Early Bird Registration ends at midnight January Continue reading RootsTech 2011 Announces Lineup of Keynote Speakers
Do you have ancestry that stems from the Allen County, Indiana area? If so, the History Center Digital Collections, sponsored by the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society will be of interest to you. Thus far, 571 items have been digitized Continue reading The Allen County – Fort Wayne Historical Society “History Center Digital Collections”
Geraldine Hoff Doyle, the inspiration behind the now-iconic Rose the Riveter WWII poster, has died at age 86 in Michigan. The poster of a young woman in a factory uniform and red polka dot head kerchief, her arm flexed to Continue reading Geraldine Hoff Doyle, the Face of Rosie the Riveter, Passes at 86
Noting that additional data had been added to the the Germany Vital Records databases at FamilySearch.org in the last two days, I spent a few minutes checking them out, thinking that there wasn’t much possibility that I’d find MY ancestors Continue reading The German Vital Records Databases at FamilySearch.org Continue to Grow
Ancestry.com just posted the “Indenture of Apprenticeship Recorded in the Orphans Court, Washington County, District of Columbia, 1801-1811.” It’s a hand-written digitized volume (originally from microfilm M2011), with the index preceding the indentures. You can browse the index or use Continue reading Washington D.C. Apprenticeship Records 1801-1811 Digitized & Posted at Ancestry.com
Earlier this moth, a water pipe burst in the Local History Room in the Rockingham Library of Bellow’s Falls, Vermont. The following excerpt is from an article in the December 30, 2010 edition of the Vermont Public Radio website. It Continue reading Saving the Water-damaged Items from the Flooded Local History Room at the Rockingham Library
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Anyone who frets over organizing family records ought to consider the daily challenge facing Barbara Teague and her staff. As Kentucky’s state archivist, Teague oversees 310,000 cubic feet of records stored in the Public Records Division of Continue reading Kentucky State Archives Preserves Records With Reduced $ and Personnel
I see that the 60,000 piece Kendrick Photograph collection has now been sorted and is finally on it’s way to the Washington State Archives in Cheney. The following is an excerpt from the December 30, 2010 edition of the Ritzville Continue reading 60,000 Piece Kendrick Collection on its Way to the Washington State Archives
Hanna was founded as a village in 1912 and while it has a museum, the town is lacking a proper archive. Ed Jensen and a centennial committee are trying to co-ordinate another historic book on Hanna, which will include the Continue reading Stories & Pictures Wanted for a History Book of the Town of Hanna, Alberta
I just got a tweet that WikiTree Online surpassed the 700,000 profile mark today. In fact, in looking at the home page of the site, I see that 30,426 WikiTreers have added 704,936 profiles. Not bad for a site that Continue reading WikiTree Online Surpasses 700,000 Profiles
“The Cemeteries of Cadiz and Trigg County [Kentucky],” a thorough record of all the burial sites east of Land Between the Lakes in the county, is in its third and final printing and is available to anyone who enjoys local Continue reading The Cemeteries of Cadiz and Trigg County in 3rd & Final Printing With a New Book in the Planning
A reworked version of Ireland’s broadcaster, RTE’s “Who Do You Think You Are?” will aid families to trace their genealogy. The television program had concentrated on celebrities in the past but the new show “Genealogy Roadshow” will feature “ordinary folk” Continue reading Irish “Genealogy Road Show” to Feature Ordinary Folks