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I posted an item about the WWI soldiers buried at Fromelles, France just over a month ago. The soldiers are back in the news. The following is an excerpt from an article in the March 24, 2009 edition of the Continue reading Identifying the WWI Soldiers at Fromelles, France, isn’t an Easy Task
Have you searched the Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Index lately? The online index covers the pre-1907 vital records as well as about 150,000 other records, including biographical sketches, obituaries, and newspaper articles published before 2000. You may now search on Continue reading Using the Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Index
A Jewish family whose impressive history can be traced back more than 450 years celebrated the birth of its 50,000th member in Jerusalem on Monday at a special family event. The Rivlin family consists of 22 documented generations and has Continue reading 50,000 Members in the Rivlin Tribe.
Do you have an inventor in the family? Take a look at the MIND Database of the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. The Modern INventors Documentation (MIND) database pulls together information from hundreds of archives across Continue reading Find Your Ancestor in the MIND Database
My good friend, Jeff Bockman, has begun posting articles that he’s written on his website. So far, he has four articles up there, three of which I commissioned and published either in Heritage Quest Magazine or the Genealogical Helper. Jeff Continue reading Genealogy According to Jeff
Jim Beidler’s column in the Lebanon Daily News today will be of interest to anyone with Pennsylvania roots. In the column, titled “Death certificate effort needs some noise,” Jim says that “It’s time for genealogists in Pennsylvania to make some Continue reading Step Up For Better Access To Pennsylvania Death Certificates
The following press release was written by Ancestry24.co.za staff. I went to the site, and registered, so that I might fully use the various services available there, including the databases. The big news is the new online database to Cape Continue reading Marriage & Baptism Records of St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town Available Online at Ancestry24.co.za
UPDATE: As of May 26, 2009, the Nationwide Grave Locator website is down – thus the following link will not work. I can find no further information on the subject – and figure that this is most likely temporary – Continue reading Using the Department of Veterans Affairs “Nationwide Gravesite Locator”
Dick Eastman is reporting that Shrubs 2.0 of the I-Phone and iPod Touch has been released. The following is directly from the Apple AppStore. Shrubs is an easy to use application making it possible to carry your family tree with Continue reading Shrubs 2.0 for Apple i-Phone and iPod Touch Now Available
Having a lot of family from Southwest Michigan, I’ve been very pleased by the progress being made on an index to obituaries from the counties of Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo and Van Buren. Over 89,000 obits are indexed. The obits Continue reading The SW Michigan Obituary Index with Over 89,000 Obits Indexed
On the tail of having had the opportunity to blog about the wonderful online resources, including digital death certificates, available from the Library of Michigan, my friend, Herb Mellinger, forwarded me the following note from Peggy, his co-moderator of the Continue reading Is the Library and Archives of Michigan to Be Eliminated?
A few days ago, I did a short review of the current state of the Book Search at HeritageQuestOnline. I was pleased to see about 4000 more titles there than there were just a couple years ago. I determined to Continue reading The Google Book Search for Genealogists Revisited
The following announcement about the opening of a family history exhibition at the Trowbridge Museum in Wiltshire, England is from the March 23, 2009 edition of the Wiltshire Times. Archaeologist, writer and broadcaster Julian Richards will officially open a family Continue reading Family History Exhibit to Open at the Trowbridge Museum April 4
The Orillia Museum of Art and History is located in Orillia, Ontario. They are now planning a major expansion. Following is a teaser from an article at the Orillia Today website. The Orillia Museum of Art and History will double Continue reading The Orillia Museum of Art and History to Double Its Exhibit Space
Test pile drivings will begin later this month at the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center site at Pearl Harbor as work begins on a $58 million program to rebuild the tourist destination’s facilities. Watts Constructors LLC was awarded a $32.6 Continue reading USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center to be Demolished and Rebuilt