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Alerted by an article in the NEHGS eNews for April 29, 2009, I immediately checked out the Boston Post canes. Seven hundred canes were handed out to the oldest resident of Massachusetts towns in 1909. Following is an excerpt from Continue reading The Citizen’s Canes of Massachusetts
UPDATE: Bill is out of the hospital and back home. The last I saw of him this afternoon, he had a big grin on his face, and told be he was feeling fine. He’s also relieved that things went well. Continue reading Dollarhide in the V.A. Hospital For Minor Surgery
Footnote.com has added over a million new images the last month. As my readers know, Footnote is extremely user interactive, and even allow us to add notes to the 1930 census. Pretty cool site. Following are links to just a Continue reading Footnote.com Adds Over a Million Images This Month
A letter written in 1824, by President Andrew Jackson, prior to his presidency, has been recovered and returned to the New York State State Library, from which it was stolen. The letter was for sale in an on-line auction site Continue reading Andrew Jackson Letter Stolen From the New York State Library Recovered
The following news release was received from Helen Osborn at Pharos. There is no sign of the credit crunch at specialist online tutors, Pharos. Demand from students who have enjoyed Pharos online genealogy courses and want more, mean that four Continue reading Four New Teachers Join Pharos Online Genealogy Courses
April 29, 2009, (Sawf News) – DNA evidence shows that Native Americans and Greenlanders are more closely related to each other than to any other existing Asian populations, except those that live at the very edge of the Bering Strait. Continue reading DNA Confirms That Native Americans Are Descended From One Ancestral Group
The City of Rome, Georgia, has posted a website that now facilitates the search of several of their cemeteries. The Rome Cemetery Department maintains a total of 86.3 acres in four cemeteries. There is now web-based search solution for ancestors Continue reading Rome, Georgia Cemetery Searches Now Available Online
Pine Forest Cemetery in Wilmington, North Carolina serves as the final resting place for many of Wilmington’s Black residents. The cemetery dates to back prior to the American Civil War, being purchased in 1860 by the Commissioners of Wilmington who Continue reading Lost Graves Found at Wilmington’s Pine Forest Cemetery
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has announced “America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2009.” The announcement was made at one of the sites announced as at risk, the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The list is Continue reading America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2009
The following News Release was received from Paul Nauta, FamilySearch: Millions of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Civil Registration Records Are Now Digitally Searchable on the Web! SALT LAKE CITY — FamilySearch added the Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Civil Registration to Continue reading FamilySearch Publishes Its First Online Portuguese Collection
Prompted by a note placed on Facebook by Roger Moffat earlier today, I read an article on the Time website entitled, “Why Google Wants You to Google Yourself.” What it comes down to is that Google started a new website Continue reading Is Google Getting Into the Social Networking Arena?
In the last three days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many new newspapers. Eighteen states are represented this time around. Iowa is again the clear winner when it comes to numbers of papers represented. I am pleased to again announce that the folks Continue reading New Papers Posted are NewspaperARCHIVE
The doorbell just rang. On answering the door, a gentleman handed me a sheet of paper, informed me he was with the 2010 Census, stepped back from under the overhang of my front porch and took a GPS reading of Continue reading “Just Your Place on Planet Earth Please…”
A few years ago I bought a tiny book entitled “Employee Social Security Record” on eBay. I use it as an example in a couple of my lectures. The booklet is only 2.25×4 inches in size, saddle stapled, and contains Continue reading The Social Security Record of Frank Roscoe Lofton 1884-1950
I happen to be a Johnny Cash fan. In fact, you could say I am a fan of the entire Cash family. As a boy I started collecting Johnny’s albums. I would get one of my friends to drive me Continue reading Tribute Album Produced Honoring Johnny Cash’s “Bitter Tears”