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The following was received from Nick Thorne at TheGenealogist: TheGenealogist’s latest innovation helps you find an ancestor’s property and watch the landscape change over time. The team have georeferenced their Lloyd George Maps for Greater London which are available at Continue reading TheGenealogist Announces Map Explorer – A Powerful New Map Tool to Help Trace British Properties Through Time→

The following announcement was made by MyHeritage DNA this morning. TEL AVIV, Israel & LEHI, Utah – (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 27, 2019: MyHeritage, the leading global service for family history and DNA testing, revealed today its latest innovation in genetic Continue reading The Theory of Relativity – New from MyHeritageDNA→

Family Roots Publishing contracted to continue the publication of the extremely important series titled German Immigrants in American Church Records when the publisher at Picton Press passed away in January of 2016. With Roger Minert as the editor, and BYU Continue reading German Immigrants in American Church Records – Missouri Volumes 19-25 Now Shipping→

The following news release is from MyHeritage: For the past 2.5 years, MyHeritage and FamilySearch engineers have been developing together a unique feature — FamilySearch Tree Sync — that allows members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Continue reading MyHeritage Posts FamilySearch Tree Sync→

One of the guys who acted as a mentor for so many genealogists has passed on. Alan Edward Mann, 67, of Herriman, formerly of Saratoga Springs, Utah, passed away last Friday, February 23, 2018. He was a great guy. I Continue reading R.I.P. Alan Mann→

I received he following news from Kindex on February 13, 2018: Today we are excited to announce the release of a major update to Kindex archival software, with several new features that will make creating searchable family archives faster and Continue reading New Kindex Features Released→

This is an update to let everyone know that we are now shipping both the soft and hard-bound versions of the first seven volumes of Map Guide to Swiss Parish Registers. The latest is Volume 7, covering the Canton of Continue reading Map Guide to Swiss Parish Registers Vol. 7 – Canton of Vaud (Waadt) – Now Shipping→

The Salt Lake Christmas Tour is in its 33rd year. The Tour is the genealogy research trip where you can find ancestors quickly! It’s renowned for the genealogy research success of its attendees, many of whom come back year after Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour Preregistration Extended Thru October 31 – register today!→

Great New! Scott Hamilton will be one of the keynote speakers at RootsTech 2018. This guy is an inspiration to us all. It’s sure to be a great program this next year… SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (6 October 2017), RootsTech Continue reading Gold Medal Olympian Scott Hamilton to Keynote RootsTech 2018→

The following news release was received from Nick Thorne at TheGenealogist.co.uk: TheGenealogist has extended its UK Parish Records collection with a new and exclusive release of 650,000 parish records for Nottinghamshire. These records can be used to find your ancestors’ Continue reading TheGenealogist Releases 650,000 Additional Parish Records for Nottinghamshire→

Since 1/2 of our ancestors are female, it seemed only fitting that we offer a promo on two of our most popular items, The Tracing Your Female Ancestors booklets from Moorshead Magazines. Family Roots Publishing has created a bundle of Continue reading Tracing Your Female Ancestors Bundle – 20% Off!→

The following was received from Richard E. Hartle, Publicity Chairman for the Spring Seminar of the Ohio Chapter Palatines to America: Saturday, October 21, 2017 – Columbus, Ohio Ohio Chapter Palatines to America Fall Seminar Columbus Metropolitan Library, Main Branch, Continue reading Ohio Chapter of Palatines to America – Fall Seminar – Oct 21 2017→

The following news release is from the Association of Professional Genealogists: REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR PMC 2017 – WASHINGTON, DC! The Association of Professional Genealogists is pleased to announce the opening of registration for the 2017 Professional Management Conference to Continue reading Registration Opens for the Annual APG Professional Management Conference – 29 Sept thru Oct 1 in Arlington, VA→

Yearbooks from five high schools in Wayne County, North Carolina are now available on DigitalNC. Included in this batch are five years of The Chieftain by Nahunta High School from 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, and 1960, two years of Gohisca Continue reading Goldsboro, Nahunta, Southern Wayne, New Hope, and Charles B. Aycock North Carolina High School Annuals Digitized and Posted→