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… anything to raise the needed money. Since tax revenues have plummeted in the down economy, why not allow those who have still have money to give it to the State if Washington, and have a room named after them Continue reading Room Naming For the New Washington State Heritage Center
The Alabama State Archives in Montgomery is feeling the pinch of the recession. The major effect on genealogists is that there will be no more Saturday hours. Bummer… Due to mid-year budget reductions, the Alabama Department of Archives and History Continue reading Alabama State Archives to Reduce Hours & Services
There’s an absolutely outstanding article posted by journalist Monica Guzman in the January 14, 2009 edition of the Seattle P-I blog. It’s known that President-elect Obama’s mother lived in the Seattle area for a short time between 1961 and 1962. Continue reading Did Obama’s Mother Live Here?
MADISON, GEORGIA: The Morgan County Landmarks Society (see the Morgan County Landmarks Society YouTube Video) will be scanning your historic photographs this Sunday afternoon, January 18, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Barnett Parish House next to the Continue reading Morgan County, Georgia Historic Photos Wanted
The Public library in Winsted, Connecticut is asking for donations. Their microfilm readers are beyond repair. Following is an excerpt from an article about the need. WINSTED — Much of Winsted’s history is noted in newspapers, census records, minutes and Continue reading Winsted, Connecticut’s Beardsley & Memorial Library’s Microfilm Readers Need an Upgrade
The following news was received from the National Genealogical Society today. The 2009 NGS Family History Conference in Raleigh will take place in the brand new Raleigh Convention Center. Hotel accommodations are in the adjoining new Marriott Hotel or nearby Continue reading 2009 NGS Family History Conference-Local Tours, Pre-Conference Sessions, Free Events, and More
President-elect Obama is a 13th-generation descendant of one of the Plymouth colony’s earliest settlers, Thomas Blossom. So is Obama’s very distant cousin, George W. Bush. Thomas Blossom did not arrive in America in 1620, because he was aboard the Speedwell, Continue reading Obama’s Pilgrim Roots
The Nodaway Valley Historical Museum, in Clarinda, Iowa has been preserving the past since 1988. Since it was built, the facility has grown to include two additions to the main building, the Reminisce Building to display farm equipment and a Continue reading Nodaway Valley Historical Museum – 21 Years of Preserving the Past
A blog announcement posted by Dick Eastman brought to my attention the fact that a new website with 55,000 early War Department digital documents has now gone online. Early War Department papers as such have been hard to come by, Continue reading Digital “Papers of the War Department 1784-1800” Now Online
Prior to the Civil War, free blacks were required to register at their local courthouses in Virginia. The Rockingham County Clerk of Circuit Court, Chaz Evans-Haywood, said Monday the rebinding of the “Register of Free Negroes, 1807-1859” for Harrisonburg and Continue reading Harrison & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, Register of Free Negroes, 1807-1859 Gets New Life
The County Clerk of Hamilton County, Tennessee has posted a searchable marriage database online. Data from Marriage Licenses issued from 1857 to 1919 and then from 1985 through 2008 are posted at the website. The plan is to post the Continue reading Hamilton County, Tennessee Marriage Database Now Online
George Bryson wrote an interesting DNA-related article for the AP out of Anchorage, Alaska. I find it amazing as to how much we’re learning from all these DNA studies be undertaken. Following is a teaser from Bryson’s article: An ancient Continue reading DNA Tracks Descendants of Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian in Southeast Alaska
The following CD-ROMs & book are available from the Hackettstown [New Jersey] Historical Society: “Hackettstown Centennial 1853-1953.” This CD-ROM celebrates Hackettstown’s first 100 years in photographs with 290 black and white images from the 1953 Centennial commemoration. The CD includes Continue reading Hackettstown, NJ Historical CD-ROMs & Book Available
A large collection of Lincoln artifacts has been donated to the State of Indiana. From what I’ve read in various publications, the collection will most likely be digitized at the Allen County Public Library for Internet dissemination to the world. Continue reading Lincoln Collection Donated to the State of Indiana
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ –The National Archives announced today the year-long celebration of its 75th anniversary. Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 19, 1934, the legislation established a National Archives to preserve the permanently valuable papers Continue reading National Archives Celebrates 75th Anniversary