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The following databases have been added or updated at FamilySearch.org from June 28, 2016 to August 8, 2016 Location – Number of Indexed Records – Date Posted or Updated Australia, Tasmania, Migrant Files, 1945-1968 – Browse Images – 20 Jul Continue reading FamilySearch Databases Added or Updated From June 28 through August 8, 2016
The following teaser is from an article posted August 5, 2016 at the wiscnews.com website. The Juneau County Historical Society will soon have a better way to archive its valuable artifacts. Located at the Boorman House in Mauston, the county Continue reading Juneau County (Wisconsin) Historical Society Receives Grant
The following teaser is from the August 8, 2016 edition of the Houston Herald. More than 83,000 pages of past issues of the Houston Herald are available on the publication’s website this week, marking the completion of a project that Continue reading The Houston Herald is Digitized and Now Available Online for 1881-2016
The following excerpt is from an article posted August 5, 2016 at the Chicago Tribune website. Tucked in the back left corner of the Glenview [Illinois] Public Library, the Genealogy and Local History room is staffed by seven volunteers who Continue reading Residents Volunteer in the Glenview, Illinois, Public Library Genealogy & Local History Room
The following teaser is from an article posted July 28, 2016 at the tapinto.net website. NEW JERSEY – Adoptees may apply for their birth certificates and potentially learn more about their family’s demographic, medical and social/cultural histories, as part of Continue reading New Jersey Adoptees May Apply for Birth Certificates as Part of New Adoption Law
The following is from the July 30, 2016 edition of Hoodline.com: Once upon a time, San Francisco was crawling with streetcars. And thanks to the new interactive map Where The Streetcars Used To Go, history buffs can retrace their historic Continue reading Historic Streetcar Routes of San Francisco
The following excerpt is from an article in the 1 August 2016 Seattle Times. It has nothing to do with genealogy – but it’s a topic that many genealogists can identify with. That’s the tendency for many of us to Continue reading 98-Year Old Boat Nearly Sinks its (Previous) Owner
The following excerpt is from the July 29, 2016 edition of publicopiniononline.com: CHAMBERSBURG [Pennsylvania] – Coyle Library is well underway in the $5.5 million renovation process, which is scheduled to be completed in the winter of 2018. “We’re in that Continue reading Coyle Public Library in Chambersburg, PA Gets a Renovation With Expanded Genealogy Center
The following except is from the July 25, 2016 edition of the Tacoma News Tribune. It’s the paper that lands on my driveway every morning – and I see that a Family Discovery Day is about to take place in Continue reading Family Discovery Day in Gig Harbor, Washington: August 6, 2016
According to an AP article posted at fox2now.com, Dr. Sam Wheeler has been appointed as the Illinois state historian. He will direct collections and research at the state historical library. Dr. Wheeler has been a research historian at the library, Continue reading Dr. Sam Wheeler Has Been Appointed Illinois State Historian
I am excited to be able to announce that Family Roots Publishing just signed contracts to continue the publication of what was Picton Press’s German Immigrants in American Church Records series of books. Under the direction of Lewis Rohrbach, these Continue reading German Immigrants in American Church Records – the Series
The following teaser is from the July 28, 2016 edition of TheDenverChannel.com: DENVER – Many Colorado Hispanics who have reached retirement age aren’t ready to stop working. Some want to continue contributing to their community, so they do volunteer work. Continue reading Volunteers at the Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy Help Others Locate Their Ancestors
The following teaser is from the July 27, 2016 edition of FoxNews.com. PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. – Archaeologists have found the location of a long-sought Spanish fort on the South Carolina coast at the site of what was once the first Continue reading 450 Year Old Fort San Marcos, On Parris Island, SC, Located and Mapped
The following excerpt is from the June 27, 2016 edition of silive.com: STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Those who believe those “Print is Dead” rumors might want to reconsider. The oldest Staten Island newspapers, like the Richmond County Advance, are now Continue reading Old Staten Island Newspapers Now Online
The following teaser is from My Backyard News. (PROVIDENCE, R.I.) – The Rhode Island Historical Society has launched the digital archive “Colonial Justice: Preserving and Digitizing Early Rhode Island Court Records.” These specific collections were selected by RIHS curators for Continue reading Early Rhode Island Court Records now available online