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What’s your story?… The Wabash County Museum in Mt. Carmel, Illinois would like to know your family’s story. The story of your family’s journey to the Mt. Carmel area, along the banks of the Wabash, will be saved in the Continue reading Wabash County [Illinois] Museum Looking for Journey Stories
The Salt Rock, West Virginia Library was cramped in the Elementary School for years. Now all library materials have been moved to a new facility across the street at 5575 Madison Creek Rd. And the new library includes a genealogy Continue reading New Salt Rock, WV Library includes a Genealogy Section
Martinsville, Indiana – Several major renovations to the main branch of the Morgan County Public Library beginning Wednesday will shift and limit the availability of several services at the library. The $296,900 project will include roof work and renovation of Continue reading Morgan County Public Library (Martinsville, Indiana) Genealogy Section Closed Jan. 19 to Feb. 18 for Renovations
DearMyrtle reported this morning that the Halstead Mortuary Records form 1923 to 1960 have been posted online by sfgenealogy.net. The mortuary records were posted by sfgenealogy, with Researchity holding the copyright. The 1961 through 1974 records are now being indexed, Continue reading Halstead Mortuary (San Francisco) Record Images Online
The Connecticut historical Society in Hartford is a great place to research your New England family. The museum’s Library and Research Center houses more than 125,000 volumes relating to Connecticut, New England and U.S. history. It includes Connecticut town and Continue reading Find Your Family at the Connecticut Historical Society
A large book found in an Oakland Park, Florida warehouse turned out to contain genealogy. The family is still to be found. Following is a teaser from an interesting article in the February 9, 2009 edition of the Miami Herald. Continue reading Connecticut Family History in Florida Warehouse
Bayside Cemetery, Ozone Park Queens, which contains the mortal remains of nearly 35,000 deceased Jews may be setting new heights for a cemetery in distress. The place is a mess. John Tucker, of Sudbury, has grandparents buried there, and was Continue reading New York’s Bayside Cemetery Going “Back to Nature”
There’s been a battle going on for some time now over making the names of those buried in the Hastings Regional Center Cemetery (Adams County, Nebraska) available to the public. Nine hundred fifty-seven people are buried in the hospital cemetery. Continue reading HIPPA Laws Frustrate Cemetery Research
Chimney Rock is one of those Oregon Trail landmarks that can’t be missed if you’re anywhere nearby. The landmark even found its way onto the Nebraska-themed quarter minted in 2006. The rock has been a landmark for travelers for nearly Continue reading Did Your Ancestor See Chimney Rock?
Why am I blogging the close of a state hospital in a genealogy-related blog? Because thousands of our relatives were born, lived and died at this facility. The Mayview State Hospital started in the 1893, known as Marshalsea, aptly named Continue reading Mayview State Hospital in Allegheny County, PA, to Close
Millions of village and town records nationwide beg to be preserved. However, in many, if not most, cases there is little chance that those records will be saved. The costs are high, and even if there are those who care, Continue reading Village Records Fade a Bit More Each Day
Last Friday (January 2, 2009), a new law passed in Maine went into effect. The new law allows adoptees the right to copies of their original birth records – complete with the names of their parents. Maine’s new law includes Continue reading Maine Adoptees Now Have Access to Their “Real” Birth Records
Although I faintly remember hearing something about the annual town censuses in Massachusetts, it wasn’t until I was playing with Google today that it was brought to my attention again. I ran across an article in the Providence Journal that Continue reading The Annual Town Census in Massachusetts
Did your ancestor work for the WPA (Works Progress Administration) during the great depression? Mine certainly did. My own father, Theodore Canfield Meitzler, worked for the WPA in Oregon for at least a short period. I remember hearing him talk Continue reading The WPA in Minnesota
The following was written by FamilySearch Staff: Salt Lake City, Utah – November 24, 2008 – Thousands of publications that capture the diverse histories of Gulf Coast states will be accessible for free online. FamilySearch and the Houston Public Library Continue reading Gulf Coast State Histories Slated for Online Access – Houston Public Library Joins FamilySearch in Digitization Effort