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The new Discovery Center on the ground floor of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City is now under construction. The following news release is from FamilySearch. Check out the time-lapse video covering the construction. Salt Lake City, Utah Continue reading Family History Library in Salt Lake City Begins Construction of New Discovery Center
The following teaser is from the New York Public Library blog. New York Public Library is digitizing its collection of New York City Directories, 1786 through 1922/3, serving them free through the NYPL Digital Collections portal. The first batch—1849/50 through Continue reading New York City Directories – 1786 through 1923 – Going Online
The following is from my friend, Kathy Meade: SwedGen Tour 2016 www.swedgen.se There will be three wonderful Swedish genealogy research workshops in North America this autumn that you don’t want to miss if you have the opportunity. Three genealogists from Continue reading Three Swedish Workshops – Portland, Tacoma, and Seattle – Sept 20, 24, & 25
The following excerpt is from the Digital North Carolina Blog: Materials from 200 partner institutions across North Carolina are now officially online through DigitalNC, with the publication of The Brunswick Beacon. Thanks to our 200th partner institution, the Rourk Branch Continue reading Materials from 200 Institutions Across North Carolina Now Online at DigitalNC
The following excerpts are from an article August 20, 2016 at the chieftain.com website. ST. AMANT, La. — Louisiana continues to dig itself out from devastating floods, with search parties going door to door looking for survivors or bodies trapped Continue reading Reburying the Dead in Flood-Ravaged Louisiana
The following teaser is from the August 20, 2016 edition of the Victoria Advocate. For the first time, Texas individuals will be recognized in the 2016 class of the Texas Genealogical Hall of Fame. The Texas Genealogical College is seeking Continue reading Texas Genealogical College Seeking Nominations of Outstanding Genealogists
The following is from a Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania Facebook page. For quite some time, the Officers and Board of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania have envisioned moving to an office with more space. A suburban setting with train and Continue reading The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania is Moving to 2100 Byberry Road in N.E. Philadelphia
The following excerpt is from an August 17, 2016 article posted at TheAdvocate.com: The [Louisiana] State Archives has offered several tips for Louisiana residents trying to save flooded documents and photographs. Wide-spread flooding has left thousands of homes with damage Continue reading The Louisiana State Archives Has Posted Tips For Saving Flood Damaged Documents & Photos
The following teaser was posted sugust 18, 2016 at the news.rutgers.edu website. NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – The New Jersey Digital Newspaper Project is a collaboration of Rutgers University Libraries, the New Jersey State Archives and the New Jersey State Library Continue reading New Jersey Newspapers to be Digitized & Posted at Chronicling America
The following excerpt is from the August 20, 2016 edition of News-Sentinel.com: Curt Witcher, manager of the Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library, was honored Friday with a Hoosier Hospital Award from the office of Lt. Gov. Eric Continue reading Curt Witcher Honored
The following teaser is from the Digital North Carolina Blog: We’re pleased to welcome a new partner, Jackson County Public Library, from Sylva, N.C.! Thanks to the library, DigitalNC has recently made available issues of two area newspapers: the Jackson Continue reading Digital NC Posts two digitized Sylva, N.C. Newspapers
The following excerpt is from the August 15, 2016 edition of mainebiz.biz: The Maine State Library in Augusta has received a $275,000 federal grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize over 100,000 pages of historical Maine newspapers. Continue reading Maine State Library to Digitize Historic Maine Newspapers
The following is from FamilySearch: New Collections Update: Week of August 15, 2016 SALT LAKE CITY, UT — The past two weeks have brought a few new large indexed collections, including New York passenger lists, English parish registers, and United Continue reading New & Updated Databases Posted FamilySearch: August 15, 2016
The following news release is from NYGBS: The publication unlocks key resources for anyone tracing New York City’s vast history to leverage the hundreds of key collections housed at the Municipal Archives. NEW YORK, NY — The New York Genealogical Continue reading New York City Municipal Archives: An Authorized Guide for Family Historians
The following teaser is from an article posted August 8, 2016 at the FoxNews website. Archaeologists digging at the Alamo may be close to locating the site of the historic compound’s main gate. Experts discovered stones beneath San Antonio’s Alamo Continue reading Alamo Archaeologists May Have Found the Main Gate to the Old Mission