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The following databases were added or updated at FamilySearch.org between October 21, 2017 and February 8, 2018. We’ve sorted the following linked listing so you can check out your country or U.S. state of interest quickly and easily. DATABASE TITLE Continue reading FamilySearch Databases Added or Updated October 21, 2017 through Feb 8, 2018
When someone has a real passion for genealogy, it will sometime drive them to perform marvelous, if somewhat crazy, feats. I must assume it was passion that drove the late Fred Q. Bowman to abstract individual vital information for over Continue reading 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York: 1809–1850 – on sale 20% Off
The following databases have been added or updated at FamilySearch.org between the dates of August 11, 2017 and October 20, 2017. DATABASE – NUMBER OF RECORDS – DATE BillionGraves Index – 22,500,536 – 26 Sep 2017 Find A Grave Index Continue reading Databases Added or Updated at FamilySearch.org From August 1 1 thru October 20
Digital North Carolina just announced that the last batch from a set of photos contributed by the Benson Museum of Local History is now up on DigitalNC. They embarked on the digitization project in 2015, and the complete set of Continue reading 1K Historic Benson, Johnston County, North Carolina Photos Posted Online.
The following press release was received from Jaymie Middendorf, Marketing & Publicity, the Illinois State Genealogical Society: SPRINGFIELD, IL, 6 October 2017 – The Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS) announces their annual Honors and Awards. ISGS President Dawn Carey Henry Continue reading Illinois State Genealogical Society to Present Honors & Awards at 2017 Fall Conference
The following is from FamilySearch: SALT LAKE CITY, UT — This week, millions of new historic records were made freely available from the Netherlands, Kansas, Sweden, and Washington. Many more were published from Argentina, Italy, Louisiana, Paraguay, and South Africa! Continue reading New Historic Records Databases at FamilySearch the Week of August 28, 2017
The following databases were published or updated at FamilySearch between June 2 and August 10, 2017: Title – Number of Indexed Records – Last Updated BillionGraves Index – 21,969,173 – 02 Aug 2017 Find A Grave Index – 161,552,555 – Continue reading Databases Posted at FamilySearch June 2 through August 10, 2017
The following teaser is from the August 8, 2017 Fort Hays University News: The new digital version in Forsyth Library’s Scholars Repository is faster, friendlier, better looking & easier to search 08/08/17 – HAYS, Kansas: Complete issues of Fort Hays Continue reading Fort Hays State’s Reveille Yearbook Archive Digitized and Online
Four new guides in the National Genealogical Society Research in the States Series are now available. They are for the following states: Mississippi North Carolina Tennessee Oklahoma – American Indians And they are 10% off through August 18. Click on Continue reading Four New Research in the States Guides From the NGS
The following News Release is from Jaymie Middendorf, Marketing & Public Relations Chair for ISGS. Springfield, IL – July 29, 2017. The Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS) is bringing the 2017 Annual Fall Conference to beautiful Moline, Illinois. The Society Continue reading Illinois State Genealogical Society 2017 Annual Fall Conference
The following teaser is from an article by Alexandra Connor, and posted August 5, 2017 at The Gazette website. Click here to read the article. Millions of pages from past issues of The Gazette [Cedar Rapids, Iowa], dating back to Continue reading Cedar Rapids Iowa “The Gazette” Newspaper – Digitized and Available Online from 1883
The following news release is from the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 – 11:30am: Today the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYG&B) announced the retirement of editor Karen Mauer Jones and the selection of Continue reading NYG&B Announces the Retirement of Karen Mauer Jones & the Selection of Laura Murphy DeGrazia as Editor of The Record
The following article was written by my good friend, by William Dollarhide: The study of Michigan’s early American history includes the Indian Land Cessions, and subsequent public land sales in Michigan Territory. Twenty State Land States each held the original Continue reading Historical Timeline of Michigan, 1612-2016
Databases added at FindMyPast this last week: WWI Draft Registration Cards Over 5.1 million new records have been added to our collection of United States WWI draft registration cards. This final update completes this fascinating collection, which now totals more Continue reading New Records at FindMyPast This Last Week
The following databases were published or updated at FamilySearch between May 1 and June 1 2017: Title – Number of Indexed Records – Last Updated Argentina, Entre Ríos, Catholic Church Records, 1764-1983 – 601,470 – 30 May 2017 Canada, New Continue reading Databases Posted at FamilySearch May 1 through June 1, 2017