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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
The following is from FamilySearch: SALT LAKE CITY (May 30, 2017) – The Family History Library and the Church History Museum of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will sponsor the third annual Family History Block Party on Continue reading The Family History Library Announces Third Annual Free Block Party
The following excerpt is from the June 3, 2017 edition of tahlequahdailypress.com: The 16th Annual Cherokee Ancestry Conference will be hosted by the Cherokee Heritage Center, 21192 S. Keeler Dr., Tahlequah, OK on June 9-10. The two-day event provides participants Continue reading 16th Annual Cherokee Ancestry Conference – June 9-10
The following article was written by my good friend, by William Dollarhide: The founding of the first English colonies in North America happened in an area known simply as Virginia. They happened in the early 1600s, during an era of Continue reading New England Timeline, 1603-1718
The following excerpt is from the Flagler College website. More than 1,000 archival items, from yearbooks and college catalogs to historic and college photographs are now available to the public, thanks to a new digital archives project by the college’s Continue reading Flagler College of St. Augustine, Florida, Digitizes and Posts Over 1000 Archival Items
The following excerpt is from an article in the May 12, 2017 edition of the East Bay Times. SANTA CRUZ – Santa Cruz biomolecular engineering professor Ed Green and a team of science students last month generated DNA results to Continue reading San Francisco Girl – 2-Year Old Edith Howard Cook, Who Died Oct. 13, 1876 – Identified Using DNA
The Georgia Archives has posted the company muster rolls for the Georgia Confederate military. The collection was launched in March of 2017. The following is from the Georgia Archives website: The majority of the company muster rolls in this series Continue reading Georgia Archives Posts the Georgia Confederate Muster Rolls
The following excerpt is from the April 27, 2017 edition of NashvilleScene.com: Chas Sisk over at WPLN-FM is reporting that Gov. Bill Haslam is asking for $50 million for a new Tennessee State Library and Archives building. This is good, Continue reading Tennessee to Get a New State Library & Archives Building?
The following teaser is from The Cornell Daily Sun: After a spate of vandalism and years of deterioration, Ithaca is funding a comprehensive study of the city’s second-largest green space — the Ithaca City Cemetery — and the dozen vaults Continue reading Crumbling Vaults Spawn City-Funded Review of Ithaca NY City Cemetery
The following teaser is from the sierrasuntimes website. April 30, 2017 – SACRAMENTO – April marks 100 years since the United States entered World War I, and the California State Archives has released its latest digital exhibit, “California Goes to Continue reading California Goes to War: World War I and the Golden State – An Online California State Archives Exhibit
The following teaser is from a posting by Rebecca Onion at Slate.com: The American Philosophical Society‘s library holds four fascinating admissions books offering details on prisoners held at Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary in the 1830s and 1840s. Three of those Continue reading Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary Admissions Books (1830 and 1840s) Digitized, Transcribed & Posted
The following excerpt is from an article posted in May 5, 2017 at chronline.com: Families who have had difficulties burying loved ones at Greenwood Memorial Park in Centralia and other abandoned cemeteries across the state will be getting some relief. Continue reading Washington State Governor Signed Law Dealing With Abandoned Cemeteries
Findmypast continues to release millions of marriage records every quarter and aims to complete the entire digitization project by the end of 2017. The following is their latest news release: 5th May 2017: Leading family history website, Findmypast, has announced Continue reading FindMyPast Adds 6.7 Million Exclusive Records to Their USA Marriage Collection
The following article is by my good friend, William Dollarhide: An historical timeline of events relating to the founding and early development of the Province of Maryland was extracted from the Maryland Censuses & Substitute Name Lists book. The history Continue reading Early Maryland Timeline, 1629-1715
Michael A. Ports – author of the groundbreaking series Georgia Free Persons of Color as well as numerous volumes of transcribed records from Baldwin, Elbert, and especially Jefferson County, Georgia – has applied his expertise in Georgia genealogy research to Continue reading Georgia Genealogy Research – Genealogy at a glance – New and On Sale for 10% Off