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My friend, Jim Petty, has teamed up with other Utah firms and taken on a massive project. That project is to link up Jamestowne Colony Descendents. No small undertaking… This partnership combines genealogy, family history and DNA genetics to link Continue reading Jamestowne Project Underway
According to a short article in the July 27, 2006 Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake County, Utah Death records 1847-1949, and births as early as 1890 have been digitized and will be online in about a year. “…Salt Lake County Continue reading Salt Lake County, Utah, Vital Records Documents to Go Online in About a Year
The Research Center for Beaver County and Board of Commissioners of Beaver County announced that Caldwell’s Illustrated, Historical Centennial Atlas of Beaver County, Pennsylvania 1876, in now available on CD-ROM. Copies are for sale at the Research Center, 1301 Seventh Continue reading Historic Beaver County, Pennsylvania Book Available on CD-ROM
You can now check the marriage indexes for Multnomah County, Oregon – 1855 through 1904 – Online and order copies of the original documents (by mail). The docs are only $5! The Genealogical Forum of Oregon Library is the home Continue reading Multnomah County, Oregon Marriage Indexes Online
Larry Naukam, Head of Local History and Genealogy, at the Rochester Public Library just announced the launch of their new web site, which contains a link to the local history department. A series of indexes, totaling over 130,000 names, in Continue reading Rochester, New York, Library Launches New Online Indexes
If you’ve got Missouri folks, you really need to check out the Missouri Death Certificate database, sponsored by the Missouri State Archives. The Death index is complete for 1910 to 1955 and you can actually download a digitized copy of Continue reading Missouri Death Certificates 1910―1955
For the first time, anyone can perform Jewish Massachusetts genealogical searches online. So, if someone is looking for late Uncle Ben on their mother’s side of the family, chances are they can locate his burial records at any one of Continue reading 55,000 Massachusetts Burial Records Now Online
Prompted by a short article in the May 20, 2006 Baxter Bulletin in honor of a group of volunteers from the Baxter County Historical and Genealogical Society, I spent some time on the new Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture Continue reading The New Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture
An amazing number of cemetery and funeral home records have never been computerized in any way. How often have you pored over a cemetery map that was nearly 100 years old, faded, and tattered at the edges? And that was Continue reading Canton, Illinois’ Greenwood Cemetery Gets New Maps and History
The Chemung Valley History Museum in Elmira, New York, where people flocked for genealogical research and historic anecdotes, was closed nearly two years ago when the floor began to buckle under the weight of its history. Now, the library will Continue reading Booth Library to Reopen in Elmira, New York this Fall
The new Yakima Valley Genealogical Society Library opened early this last Spring. “The new library is the result of a fund-raising campaign that began in 1987. For years, the society was housed in cramped quarters in the basement of the Continue reading New Yakima Valley Genealogical Society Library Opens
The Wisconsin Historical Society has a terrific Online Pre-1907 Vital Records Index. Births, marriages and deaths can all now be searched at the site. Check out the Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Index at: www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords
Dianne Poteat, genealogy librarian at the Lincoln County, Georgia, Library, is asking local residents to bring in their family Bibles so the marriages, births, deaths, etc. can be copied for the archives. From the April 13, 2006 edition of The Continue reading Lincoln County, Georgia Library Wants Family Bible Information
Genealogy researchers on a quest for information will find thousands of documents at the Bentonville Public Library, once it opens because of a “significant donation” from Northwest Arkansas Genealogical Society. The documents, now housed in a room at Compton Gardens, Continue reading Genealogy Collection in Bentonville, Arkansas to Open in October
Birdie Holsclaw, CG and Julie Miller, CG announce the creation of Colorado Genealogy Blog and invite you to visit the blog at www.cogenblog.com. The purpose of COGenBlog is to share news and tips about genealogy in Colorado. Editor’s Note: I’ve Continue reading New Colorado Genealogy Blog