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I just got a note from my friend, Illya D’Addezio, telling me that genealogists can now view results from the Record Search pilot from within Live Roots. “The FamilySearch Record Search pilot include millions of indexed records, and is expanding Continue reading FamilySearch Pilot Database & Documents Now Searchable at LiveRoots
The following is another interesting and thought-provoking article by my friend, Tom Fiske: Did you ever read the story or see the movie, Mrs Wiggs and the Cabbage Patch? It was an interesting but sad story about poverty-bound people that Continue reading Cabbage Patches in Our Past
The Albany, New York City Hall burned on February 10, 1880. However, historians and genealogists alike can thank fire chief James McQuade and Wheeler B. Melius for “saving 700 volumes of records weighing between 12 and 16 pounds each” by Continue reading Albany City Hall Burned 130 Years Ago Today – But Many Records Were Rescued
Good news. The “Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Oldenburg & Schleswig-Holstein” is again in print in the soft cover edition. If you have ancestors from the area, this book is sure to be or help in your genealogy Continue reading “Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Oldenburg & Schleswig-Holstein” is back in print
The following is another thought-provoking article by my Friend, Tom Fiske. Today I received an email from a man named Vic who is writing a book. He thanked me for help that I have given him over the past two Continue reading Sleeping Well at Night
I see that NBC has a website posted their new “Who Do You Think You Are? series which premieres on March 5. If this doesn’t get you excited about the upcoming series, nothing will. It includes a terrific video promoting Continue reading Check Out the New NBC “Who Do You Think You Are? Website
The following news release was received from Tom Champoux, Marketing Director, New England Historic Genealogical Society: Click on the illustration to see it at the NEHGS website. January 29, 2010 (Boston, MA) – Researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Continue reading NEHGS Discovers that President Obama & Senator-Elect Scott Brown are Related
I just received a copy of Ron Arons’ new book, “Wanted! U.S. Criminal Records – Sources & Research Methodology.” Ron told me about six months ago that he was authoring and publishing the volume, and I’ve been eagerly anticipating its Continue reading Wanted! U.S. Criminal Records
The following note was just received form Kathleen Hinckley. It looks like the Association of Professional Genealogists is looking for someone to act as a sales rep for advertising within the Quarterly. This could be a challenging and rewarding part-time Continue reading Advertising Sales Rep Position for the APG Quarterly Available
This is now the second day of the Arizona Family History Expo. It’s been an eventful time thus far – for a number of reasons. First off, we wondered if we were even going to get to Mesa. Dollarhide and Continue reading Report from the Mesa, Arizona Family History Expo
The following news release was received from Pharos: 19 January 2010 – For Immediate Release Get the children involved! Pharos provides unique help for family historians with innovatory new courses Hannah Baker, B.A. (Hons) History, PGCE, has joined the Pharos Continue reading Online Courses for British Genealogists
I got a note from my friend, Tom Kemp, this morning, apprising me of the fact that GenealogyBank.com is now up to over 280 African-American newspapers in their online offerings. The following is from the website: This fully searchable and Continue reading African American Newspapers 1827-1999 Added at GenealogyBank.com
The following databases have been added at The Original Record: 1130-1770 – Bodleian Library Charters and Rolls A large accumulation of documents preserved in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, formerly constituted the antiquarian collections of Anthony a Wood, Roger Dodsworth, Ralph Continue reading More British Databases Posted at The Original Record
Registration is now open for the 41st Annual SCGS Genealogy Jamboree. I’ll be there, giving 4 lectures, and exhibiting at the Family Roots Publishing Co. booth. The Jamboree promises to be a fantastic experience this year! Following is the news Continue reading Registration Now Open for the 41st Annual SCGS Jamboree – June 11-13, 2010
One of the resources that we were informed about on January 8 when the bloggers visited Ancestry.com was the 1950 census substitute. Ancestry.com announced this last week that the resource was now posted. This “substitute” for the yet-to-be-released 1950 census Continue reading The New 1950 Census Substitute at Ancestry.com