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Book Review: Ploughshares into Swords: How Civilians and Caltech Helped Win WWII, by Thomas S. Fiske with Lannea G. Melzian. I tend to put myself to sleep every night with a book, and the last few days, Tom Fiske’s new Continue reading Ploughshares into Swords: Civilians and Caltech Joined Forces to Win WWII
I’m on my way to Little Rock – and the Oklahoma Historical Society is on the way… So I stopped here for a few hours. The last time I was here, the society was housed in an old building, was Continue reading Researching at the Oklahoma Historical Center
The following was first printed in The Mountain Eagle, published Hudson-Catskill Newspapers (NY), issue of Friday, August 21, 2009. ALBANY – Genealogists and other researchers will have even more information about New York births available to them now that a Continue reading Pre-1881 New York Birth Certificate Index Now Available
With the Everton job quickly becoming a memory, I’m finding that I’m spending most of my time expanding Family Roots Publishing Company. We’re adding new product nearly every day, and have plans already laid out for numerous new guidebooks for Continue reading The New FREE FRPC Newsletter for Genealogists
Tom Kemp just sent me a note about the I Love My Librarian Award, thinking my readers might be interested. I believe he may be right, so am passing the info on. The following is excerpted from the website. Go Continue reading I Love My Librarian – 2009 Award
FORT EDWARD – Archaeologists plan to excavate a Hudson River site where crews dredging PCB-contaminated sediment last week mistakenly ripped out the remains of what was once Britain’s largest fort in colonial America. John Vetter, the Environmental Protection Agency’s national Continue reading Fort Edward to be Excavated
The following news release was received from Paul Nauta, FamilySearch: 400 million names included in largest indexing effort to-date FALKÖPING, Sweden—FamilySearch and Svensk Arkivinformation (SVAR), a division of the National Archives of Sweden, announced today the launch of the largest Continue reading Volunteers to Bring Historic Sweden Church Records Online
Several months ago I blogged that it looked like The Genealogical Helper was about to be sold. I was even offered a job to work as publisher and editor of the “new” Helper. That offer was contingent on the purchase Continue reading Don’t Expect the Genealogical Helper to Reemerge
Map Guide to German Parish Registers, Kingdom of Saxony I, is now shipping in both soft and hard-bound editions. This volume includes a total of 2,375 places – mostly towns, found in the Kreishauptmannschäfter of Leigpzig and Zwickau. The entire Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers, Kingdom of Saxony I, is Now Shipping
I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that I’ll be speaking for the 2010 Virginia Beach Genealogical Society Annual Conference. I am scheduled to be there on March 20, 2010, and will be presenting at the Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library in Continue reading Join Us at the 2010 Virginia Beach Genealogical Society Conference!
Tina Sansone, the genealogy editor at BellaOnline, just posted a good review of Bill Dollarhide’s new “Genealogical Resources of the Civil War Era.” She finished by saying “After reading through this book, Genealogical Resources of the Civil War Era, I Continue reading Tina Sansome Reviews Dollarhide’s “Civil War Era” book
The following news release is from Paul Stuart-Warren, FGS Publicity Chairperson: StoryCorps is coming to the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference: Make your reservation today! StoryCorps, an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives Continue reading StoryCorps is Coming to the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference
Alerted by the NEHGS eNews Vol. 11, No. 32, (August 12, 2009) to the fact the there was an article in the New Yorker about Ohio genealogist Kenny Burke’s son, I clicked on over to check it out. Sure enough, Continue reading The Naked Cowboy for Mayor of New York City
The following is provided by Ancestry.com at eventbrite.com. Ancestry.com is excited to provide FGS conference attendees the opportunity to have their family records scanned, for free, on high–speed scanners. The scanners will be available for up to 15-minute scanning sessions Continue reading Ancestry to Provide High-Speed Scanners to Attendees at the FGS Conference
I ran across the following news release, and found this website interesting and different. Bergen, NY (PRWEB) August 15, 2009 – GenealogyVoice.com, a blog that encourages and assists those hoping to research and record their genealogy, has added new pages Continue reading Genealogy Templates – Used to Help Organize Your Genealogical Records