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I know – the title above seems like just another dumb headline… Old court records should be found in old courthouses. But wait… It’s amazing the way old records can be hidden in plain site. Courthouse offices are often very Continue reading Old Court Records Found in the Boone County, Missouri, Courthouse
Tarlton Corporation is taking on an expanded role on the new $100 million 474,690-square-foot National Archives and Records Administration military personnel records facility to be built in north St. Louis County. The new role for Tarlton came about as Barry Continue reading Tarlton Corporation to Take on Expanded Role in the Construction of the New Military Personnel Records Center
For the last two years, Florence, Alabama residents have been working to gain historic recognition for the Florence City Cemetery. Now, members of the Florence Heritage Preservation Inc. have been informed that the cemetery has been added to the Alabama Continue reading Alabama’s Florence City Cemetery Makes the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register
$388,869 was awarded to Crawford County, Kansas charities, organizations and schools yesterday by the Pritchett Trust. Recipients were able to pick up checks during a ceremony at M&I Bank. The Pritchetts operated an insurance agency in Pittsburg and, during the Continue reading McCune Osage Township Library Gets $5000 for Genealogy & History
The South Dakota State Historical Society History Conference will be held in Pierre on April 17 and 18, 2009. The schedule of Speakers, and their lectures looks very good. The following is extracted from their website. Speakers and topics include: Continue reading Immigration… A New Beginning – The 2009 South Dakota State Historical Society History Conference
It was reported this morning in the MoSGA Messenger blog that the Keith Zimmer, working at the St. Louis Public Library, has indexed the obituaries, death notices, and burial permits noted in the Post-Dispatch for following years: 1880-1930 1942-1945 1960-1963 Continue reading St. Louis Post Dispatch Obituaries Index
Sam Weller’s Bookstore is preparing to close it’s venerable old bookstore on Main Street in Salt Lake City. For those of us who love books, this is just another sign that we’re way out of tune with the rest of Continue reading Sam Weller’s Bookstore to Close at its Salt Lake City Main Street Location
Approximately 150 people were at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library in Illinois this last Sunday afternoon for a ribbon cutting, opening the library’s new addition, which includes a new genealogy research section. Read all about it in the March 9, Continue reading Charleston, Illinois Carnegie Public Library Opens Addition, Including a Genealogy Research Section
Collaboration between the City of Nacogdoches [Texas] and SFA [Stephen F. Austin University] has resulted in a $250,000 “Preserve America” grant from the National Park Service for cemetery interpretation. The grant was awarded to the City of Nacogdoches based on Continue reading Grant for Cemetery-Interpretation Program for the Oak Grove & Zion Hill Cemeteries in Nacogdoches
The following items were recently added to the Family Tree Connection database: CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Orphans’ Home Society 1925 Report – Los Angeles Orphans’ Home Society, Forty-fourth Annual Report, for the year ending June thirtieth, 1925. Includes lists of the Continue reading New Databases at Family Tree Connection
ATWOOD, KANSAS – Materials are being sought for inclusion in Volume III of the History of Rawlins County, Kansas. The book’s emphasis will be on the last 20 years. Family histories that weren’t included in Volumes I and II are Continue reading Rawlins County, Kansas, History Volume III to Be Published
March 4, 2009: The FamilySearch indexing application is available in three new languages: Italian, Portuguese, and Russian. These languages are in addition to English, French, German, and Spanish. They have current indexing projects in all of these languages except Portuguese. Continue reading FamilySearch Indexing Update
Less than two weeks after its dedication, the new Arizona $38 million Polly Rosenburg Archives & History Building closes today, the latest consequence of the state’s budget problems. The building opened late last fall and was dedicated in mid-January. This Continue reading Arizona’s New Polly Rosenburg Archives & History Building Closes
A new statewide headstone project has begun in an endeavor to post photos of South Dakota headstones. The site has been up for about three weeks, and currently has 2700 headstone photos posted. Granted – this isn’t findagrave.com, but in Continue reading The New SouthDakotaGravestones.org
Pennsylvania’s Office of Open Records ruled on Thursday that birth dates of the state’s employees as well as the names of its contractors are public, this coming about under Pennsylvania’s newly revised Right-to-Know Law. The Law shields information like employees’ Continue reading Pennsylvania Says that Birth Dates of the State’s Employees are Public Record