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LITTLE ROCK — The number of visitors each year to the William J. Clinton Presidential Library has slipped only slightly in the library’s first five years, surpassing everyone’s expectations, its top administrator says. “We’re at about 300,000 (visitors per year) Continue reading Clinton Presidential Library Continues to Draw Crowds
The National Archives of Australia has announced it will close its State offices in Adelaide, Darwin and Hobart in a bid to cut costs. Director General of the Archives, Ross Gibbs said the offices would be closed over the next Continue reading The National Archives of Australia to Close Three State Offices
WASHINGTON—The last great archives of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency may soon be available to researchers and the public — 14 boxes of handwritten notes, gifts and correspondence, including a letter from Italian dictator Benito Mussolini congratulating him on his 1933 Continue reading 14 Boxes of Franklin D. Roosevelt Papers to Be Available to the Public Shortly
WASHINGTON – Rose Percy has a long history with the American Red Cross. Complete with an extensive wardrobe and her own Tiffany jewelry, this 23-inch wax doll was first sold for $1,200 back in 1864 to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Continue reading Red Cross Auctioning Historic Memorabilia to Reduce Their Deficit
The following is an excerpt from an article in the November 16, 2009 edition of the Telegraph. I came across an AP story about all this while reading my morning paper today. The except is from an article by Bonnie Continue reading Apology Offered to Children Shipped to Colonies From Britain
The 2009 Salt Lake Christmas Tour will start in just under three weeks. This is year #25, as we started doing this thing in 1985. At that time we had just published the first issue of Heritage Quest Magazine – Continue reading Photos from the 1985 “Christmas Tour”
The following excerpt is from an article by Jessica E. Vascellaro and Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, published in the the November 16, 2009 edition of the Wall Street Journal. If the topic interest you, I recommend that you read the whole Continue reading More About the Ongoing Google Books Saga
Randy challenged us to do a blog about the nicest thing another genealogist has ever done for us. Goodness – that list could go on forever, but on my part I’m going to go way back in time to mention Continue reading One of the Nicest Things Ever Done for Me
Although I have three of them scattered around the house, I’m really not a television person. Not that I don’t enjoy watching TV once in a while; but I just don’t have the time for such things. Most TV time Continue reading Television – via “Clicker” for the rest of us…
WESTMINSTER, Colo., November 13 – Laura G. Prescott of Brookline, New Hampshire, has been elected president of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), the world’s leading professional organization of family history and related professionals. Prescott is genealogist for the Nickerson Continue reading Laura G. Prescott Elected APG President
Scituate — On Saturday (that’s today!), Nov. 14, residents from across the country can once again resume their historic and genealogical research in Scituate, as a six-month-long closed window to the past will be reopened at the Little Red Schoolhouse. Continue reading Scituate, Massachusetts Historical Society’s Little Red Schoolhouse Reopens Today
Family Roots Publishing is shipping the soft cover editions of Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Kingdom of Prussia – Province of Sachsen II, RB Merseburg today. This is volume 28 of the series. Hard cover books will ship Continue reading German Map Guide – Province of Sachsen II, RB Merseburg – Now Shipping
I’m now writing for Family Chronicle, and while corresponding yesterday with publisher Ed Zapletal, he told me about a new publication from Moreshead Magazines Ltd that will be widely available within a few days. Ed sent me a PDF of Continue reading Life During the Civil War
The following news release posted two days ago, but I missed it. So – I’m posting it on GenealogyBlog now: November 10, 2009: Washington, DC: For the first time, the National Archives will launch a new online reservation system tomorrow, Continue reading National Archives Launches New Online Reservation System
A new database of source materials for Irish research, entitled simply “Sources,” has been launched by the National Library of Ireland. I did a search on the word, “genealogy,” and came up with 9,446 hits. Not bad! Following is an Continue reading The New “Sources” Database for Irish Research