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My friend, Jeff Bockman, just posted an article on death records at this “Genealogy According to Jeff” website. Click on the Deaths link under the Death heading to read all about it. Following is a teaser. Few people are fortunate Continue reading What Did Your Ancestors Leave You?
The XXeme Congres Genealogie was held at Champs-sur-Marne on the edge of Paris, France from May 22 through 24, 2009. A video of a bit more than 10 minutes is now posted on YouTube. It has a music background. The Continue reading Video on the French XXeme Congres Genealogie on YouTube
The following are three data sets are recently completed projects that have been removed from the available online indexing batches and will now go through a final completion check process in preparation for future publication: Argentina Censo 1869—Catamarca y La Continue reading Recently Completed and Current FamilySearch Indexing Projects
A bullet-pierced skull, along with a curious note, found on the shelves of a pawnshop is now being studied to attempt to determine if it may that of a Mountain Meadows Massacre victim. Following is an excerpt from an interesting Continue reading DNA Tests May Determine If Skull is Actually From a Mountain Meadows Massacre Victim
Eleven new indexing projects were added this week, most of them international. Five of the projects are birth, marriage, and death records for France. New indexing projects added this week were: INTERNATIONAL Argentina Censo 1869—Jujuy Salta Tucuman Canada, British Columbia Continue reading New Indexing Projects at FamilySearch Indexing
On the first of June, Ontario will join the other Canadian Provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, and Newfoundland in opening their adoption records. Although the government has given adoptees as well as birth parents the ability to opt-out of Continue reading Ontario Adoption Records to Open on June 1
Since the President yesterday announced that Judge Sonia Sotomayor was his choice as the next Supreme Court Justice, there has been all kinds of controversy as to whether she will be the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. It seems that Continue reading Yes – If Confirmed, Judge Sonia Sotomayor WILL BE the First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice
Advertising Agency Hurrell Moseley Dawson & Grimmer has landed the advertising account for Ancestry.co.uk – the British equivalent of Ancestry.com. HMDG has now been commissioned to produce an advertising campaign spanning British television, press, outdoor, and digital, which is set Continue reading Ancestry.co.uk Hires Ad Agency Hurrell Moseley Dawson & Grimmer for Fall Campaign
There’s an interesting article in the May 26, 2009 edition of Fredericksburg.com about the Central Rappahannock Heritage Center in Fredericksburg, Virginia – and how it serves as a repository for over “46,000 documents, photos and library books, some dating to Continue reading The Central Rappahannock Heritage Center in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Has the Records for Blacks & Whites Alike
The California Supreme Court upheld a ban on same-sex marriage today, ratifying the proposition 8 decision made by California voters last November. The decision preserved the 18,000 marriages performed between the court’s May 2008 decision that same-sex marriage was lawful Continue reading California Supremes Uphold Proposition 8
Geoff Rasmussen, writing at the Legacy News blog, posted an interesting item today that he believes may apply to his Goez family of Lafayette, Indiana. It seems that behind the wallpaper of a dining room about to be painted held Continue reading Marriage Data Behind the Wallpaper
For those interested in British research, a FREE eBook titled “At Home With Your Ancestors” is now available at the howto.co.uk website. The book is written by Diane Marelli, and details online genealogy research from a British point-of-view. Although the Continue reading “At Home With Your Ancestors” – Free eBook Detailing British Genealogy Research
The following excerpt about the Hudson-Fulton 1909 Celebration about an event that took place 300 years previously is from an interesting article in the May 17, 2009 edition of the Times Union. ALBANY — At 10 a.m. on Oct. 7, Continue reading The Hudson-Fulton 1909 Celebration Was Really Something!
The world’s largest collection of Canadian Civil Service records is now available on the internet. Familyrelatives.com today launched over 200,000 Canadian Civil Service records for the period 1872-1918. The fully searchable records offer a fascinating insight into the machinery of Continue reading Canadian Civil Service Records Published Online @ Familyrelatives.com
Thanks to Paul Nauta for the following info: 20 May 2009: Thirteen collections were added or updated on the FamilySearch Record Search pilot—over 3.5 million new records. International researchers will be excited to know that collections were added for Brazil, Continue reading 3.5 Million New Records, Including Brazil, Czech Republic and Italy, Added at the FamilySearch Record Search Pilot Website