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The 30th International Conference on Jewish Genealogy will be held in Los Angeles, California July 11-20, 2010. I’ve attended several of the conferences over the years, and always find the programs excellent, and the attendees motivated. Conference Website The Conference Continue reading The 30th International Conference on Jewish Genealogy in L.A. July 11-16, 2010
Number 4 Our professionals use the library on a regular basis The Salt Lake Genealogy Christmas Tour only uses the best professional researchers to work with our attendees. Our professionals are intimately acquainted with the library and it’s holdings. These Continue reading Top 10 Reasons for Attending the 25th Annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour – #4
Julie Miller wrote an excellent article on locating your female ancestors for the October 17, 2009 edition of the Broomfield Enterprise. Following is a teaser. Identifying females is one of the hardest challenges genealogists face. It might be that only Continue reading Finding Those Elusive Female Ancestors
FORSYTH [Missouri]— An all-new exhibit is on display at the White River Valley Historical Society building in downtown Forsyth. “Lewis & Clark Across Missouri: Mapping the Historic Landscape” which is an exhibit of the Missouri State Archives, will be on Continue reading Lewis & Clark Across Missouri: Mapping the Historic Landscape – Exhibit in Forsyth, Missouri
Cincinnati’s birth and death records located in the University of Cincinnati’s Archives and Rare Books Library expects a major overhaul with the funding from a $140,437 Library Service and Technology Act grant. The project is the result of six to Continue reading Cincinnati’s Early Birth & Death Records to be Digitized
It was called “the san” and it’s part of a haunting and nearly forgotten chapter in Pennsylvania history. The Cresson Sanitorium for tuberculosis patients was located 140 miles from Harrisburg, between Johnstown and Altoona. Thousands of people were sent there Continue reading Website Devoted to the Cresson TB Sanitarium, its History & its People
The following is an excerpt from a fascinating article about Pat Rumsey and Pauline Dawes, sisters from Richland, Washington, and their passion for visiting and photographing cemeteries. … But occasionally the living come to visit. Among them on a recent Continue reading Washington State Sisters & Their Passion For Photographing Cemeteries
Number 5 No waiting for films to arrive by interlibrary loan The Family History Library has millions of films available – most by interlibrary loan to Family History Centers worldwide. However, if you’ve ever used the system, you know that Continue reading Top 10 Reasons for Attending the 25th Annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour – #5
NEW YORK – Cantonese, a Chinese dialect that has dominated the Chinatowns of North America for decades, is being rapidly swept aside by Mandarin, the national language of China and the lingua franca of most of the latest Chinese immigrants. Continue reading Mandarin Eclipsing Cantonese in American Chinatowns
One of the more interesting and informative technical blogs on the Internet is Steve Bass’s TechBite blog. This week he’s written a blog about people-finding websites – and gives links, as well as his commentary. Check it out.
The following press release was written by Ancestry.com: PROVO, UT – (Marketwire) – 10/23/09: There are multiple theories surrounding the mysterious disappearance of iconic aviator Amelia Earhart in 1937, but a unique case file published online for the first time Continue reading Ancestry.com Posts De-Classified Records on Amelia Earhart’s Disappearance
NEW YORK — Remember Ida, the fossil discovery announced last May with its own book and TV documentary? A publicity blitz called it “the link” that would reveal the earliest evolutionary roots of monkeys, apes and humans. Experts protested that Continue reading Ida Related to Lemurs, Not Humans
Doris Jordan Worthington was honored recently at a North Carolina Society of Historians annual meeting in Morehead City for a family history book she edited. A copy of the book, “The Ties that Bind … The John E. Todd and Continue reading Doris Jordan Worthington Honored for Her “The Ties that Bind… The John E. Todd and Rosa Lee Matthews Family Story”
All standing order copies of the latest Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Volume 27 – Kingdom of Prussia – Province of Sachsen I (Erfurt) & Duchies of Anhalt & Brunswick – have now been shipped. Published by Family Continue reading German Map Guide Vol. 27 – Province of Sachsen I – now shipping
Number 6. Stay next door and immerse yourself in your genealogy. The Salt Lake Christmas Tour uses the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel as our tour headquarters. We sleep, eat breakfast, attend classes and have all our “functions” in the hotel. Continue reading Top 10 Reasons for Attending the 25th Annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour – #6