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The following excerpt is an article updated March 24, 2017 at shreveporttimes.com: Louisiana’s archival and historical records are in a state of emergency, whose destruction “would represent nothing less than a devastating and irreparable loss” of the state’s historical and Continue reading Louisiana’s Archives in ‘state of emergency’
The following excerpt is from an article posted at arkansasonline.com Asher Bagley Sr. served in the American Revolution as a private in the first New Jersey Regiment. Following the war, he settled in Saline County in about 1828 near the Continue reading Arkansas SAR to Honor Revolutionary War Soldier, Asher Bagley Sr., April 8 2017
The following teaser is from a must-read article posted at the New York Times website on March 24. As a Georgetown employee, Jeremy Alexander watched as the university grappled with its haunted past: the sale of slaves in 1838 to Continue reading Georgetown University Employee Learns the University Sold His Ancestor
The following excerpt is from an informative article dealing with Washington County, Maryland, and the Irish immigrants who worked on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, many settling in the area. Disease was not well understood in the early 19th-century, leading Continue reading Many Irish Immigrants Lost Their Lives in the Building of the C&O Canal
The following is from FamilySearch: Salt Lake City, Utah (March 25, 2017), Hundreds of thousands of free indexed records from all over Italy are featured in these newly published online collections. Additionally, find newly searchable records from Canada, Ecuador, Germany, Continue reading New Historic Records Databases Posted at FamilySearch the Week of March 20, 2017
As I’ve written a number of times on this blog, our family had friends of Japanese ancestry who lived here in the Tacoma/Puyallup/Orting area of Western Washington. They were interned in “camps” during the Second World War. The presidential order Continue reading The Japanese WWII Internment – 75 years ago today
The following is from FamilySearch: Another 15 million indexed historic records have been added to FamilySearch’s vast collections. Included are a wide variety of records from 13 countries (including Argentina, Australia, Denmark, England, and the Netherlands) containing passenger lists, obituaries, Continue reading New Historic Records Databases Posted at FamilySearch the Week of Feb 13 2017
At Rootstech yesterday, Patty and I were able to visit with our old friend, Brian Donovan, who is the Licensing Manager at Findmypast. He brought us up to speed on what will be the most comprehensive online collection of Roman Continue reading Catholic Records for Ireland, Britain & the USA Being Posted at FindMyPast
Over the years I’ve heard dozens of folks ask the question, Where can I buy groceries in Salt Lake? I’ve had folks ask me personally – and I’ve heard them ask at the front desk of the Plaza Hotel – Continue reading Looking for Groceries in Downtown Salt Lake City?
The following is from the Illinois State Genealogical Society: January 24, 2017 – Springfield, IL. – Lecture proposals are now being accepted for the Illinois State Genealogical Society 2017 Annual Fall Conference to be held October 27 & 28, 2017 Continue reading Illinois State Genealogical Society 2017 Annual Fall Conference – Call for proposals
The following excerpt is from an article first posted in the Columbus Dispatch: Yellow caution tape flapped in the wind, crisscrossing the entrance of a mausoleum erected nearly 100 years ago. It’s the latest sign of vandalism at Green Lawn Continue reading Over 600 Graves Damaged in the Last 2 Years at Columbus, Ohio’s Green Lawn Cemetery
The following news release was received from Frederick Wertz at the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society: NYG&B Labs will create an innovative space which leverages the latest trends in technology and digital services to assist in telling the stories Continue reading The NYG&B Announces NYG&B Labs
We’ve got a good stock of Graveyards of Chicago, The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries in the FRPC warehouse – so we’re making them the featured item for day 7 of of the 2016 FRPC 12 Continue reading Graveyards of Chicago, Second Edition – 30% Off Thru December 17 – Only $11.87
The following excerpt is from the November 12, 2016 edition of pilotonline.com: BARCO, N.C. – Capt. Basil Sherwood Snowden of Currituck County joined the Army on Sept. 2, 1917, as part of the 318th Engineers. He died in a motorcycle Continue reading World War I Service Cards for N.C. Vets Released to the Public on FamilySearch
The following is from FamilySearch: Over 4 million birth, death, census, civil, church, and other indexed records were published and made available the week of November 7 at FamilySearch this week. Find new historical records from South Africa, Peru, Netherlands, Continue reading New Historic Records Databases Added On FamilySearch the Week of November 7 & 14, 2016