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The Tallahassee Genealogical Society wants folks to share their stories about Leon County and the people of the area. They are currently putting together the Leon County Heritage Book and need short stories and photos. The book is to be Continue reading Leon County, Florida, Heritage Book in Process
The Rijksmuseum, the Netherlands’ national museum in Amsterdam, put the Schaghen Letter, documenting the purchase of Manhattan from the American Indians, on display Friday. The display also includes the first map of Manhattan, dated 1614. The exhibit commemorates the 400th Continue reading The Schaghen Letter Goes on Display in Amsterdam
President Barack Obama named a University of Michigan professor, Bob Groves, to head up the Census Bureau on Thursday. The Republicans were not happy with the pick, as about 20 years ago, Groves advocated statistical sampling as a means of Continue reading U. of Michigan Professor, Bob Groves, to Head the Census Bureau
London, April 3 (ANI): In a new DNA analysis, Scots living on Islay, Lewis, Harris and Skye were found to have strong links with Irish people, thus providing evidence of an ancient invasion of Scotland from Ireland. According to a Continue reading DNA Provides Evidence of Ancient Invasion of Scotland From Ireland
The following is from the Utah Genealogical Association website. The Institute is always one of the best annual learning situations that genealogists have available to them in the U.S. I thought I’d pass on the 2010 topics. The 2010 Salt Continue reading The 2010 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy
The following column is written by Bryan L. Mulcahy, and was received from him in this weeks’ newsletter. I found it interesting, and as he asks us to share his columns, I thought I’d pass it on. The column brought Continue reading Excommunications and Genealogical Research
The following article is the Introduction to “Part 4 – The Best Civil War Resources Centers for Local & County Research,” from the new book, Genealogical Resources of the Civil War Era by William Dollarhide. The book will be available Continue reading An Introduction to the Best Civil War Resources for Local & County Research
Kicking and Screaming… But I finally broke down and joined Facebook. I’ve just got too many friends who kept inviting me. In fact, I note that I’ve only been a Facebooker (is that right?) for about 3 hours, and I’ve Continue reading Facebook… Here I come
My friend, Jeff Bockman, just sent me a note with a link to the BigCornIsland.com website, complete with Big Corn Island Photos. For those of you who might not know about Big Corn Island, it’s in Nicaragua. Check out the Continue reading Which Way? the Garbage Dump or the Cemetery?
The folks at Readex (a division of NewsBank – the people that bring you GenealogyBank) are making a package of (initially) nine digitized historic newspapers available. The package will be called American Newspaper Archives. It looks to me like new Continue reading Readex Launches American Newspaper Archives
Sarah Lacey, at TechCrunch, has written an interesting article about the Israeli genealogy site, MyHeritage.com. Lacey basically lays out how start-up MyHeritage was able to build a site with 31 million registered users, documenting 330 million family members, without getting Continue reading How MyHeritage.com Survived Startup
Greenback Historical Society has presented Volume I of the Greenback Heritage Scrapbook to Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society to be housed at the Blount County Public Library. The scrapbook, which covers years prior to 1900, is one of four Continue reading Greenback (Tennessee) Historical Scrapbook Placed With the Blount County Public Library
Macworld has just published a review of the new Reunion for iPhone app. They give it four mice out of five. That’s a good rating, but not good as they gave Reunion 9 for Mac itself in 2007. Most genealogists Continue reading Macworld Reviews Reunion for iPhone App
The recession is taking its toll on funerals… I hadn’t thought about it too much, but when my brother passed away on Feb. 21, I found that he had opted for cremation instead of being buried next to his father Continue reading It’s Cheaper to be Fried Than to be Buried – and That’s Tough on the Funeral Home Folks
The Arkansas Studies Institute is something that the the State of Arkansas can be very proud of. In an absolutely fantastic article in the April 2, 2009 edition of the Arkansas Times, Leslie Newell Peacock gives us the full scoop. Continue reading Yes! Arkansas Really Does Have a History