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The following is from FamilySearch: Mama Mia! The Italian records continue to expand this week with new collections for Italy Arezzo Civil Registration (State Archive) 1314-1934, Italy Enna Civil Registration (State Archive) 1866-1944, Italy Imperia San Remo Civil Registration (State Continue reading New FamilySearch Database Collections Posted the Week of September 14, 2015
The following is from FamilySearch: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (September 1, 2015) — FamilySearch International has added more than 2.7 million searchable historical records from the 1915 New Jersey State Census to its free online collections. New Jersey records are Continue reading FamilySearch Makes 2.7 Million Historic Records From the 1915 New Jersey State Census Freely Searchable Online
In conjunction with the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association, Jim Jenney has compiled an online database of about 3,000 wrecks in Rhode Island waters… Read an article in the Providence Journal about it. Search the database of Rhode Island Shipwrecks. – Continue reading Rhode Island Shipwrecks – An Amazing New Online Database
The following is from FamilySearch: August 25, 2015 – Significant birth, marriage, and death records for Imperia, Italy and Savonna, Italy were published this week. Georgia county marriages have also been added, dating back to 1785! Discover these and other Continue reading New FamilySearch Data Collections Posted
The following was received from my friend, Kathy Meade: Saturday, September 26th & Sunday, September 27th, Lindsborg, Kansas, “Little Sweden” USA Join us for a Swedish genealogy weekend in Lindsborg, led by six genealogists from Sweden and three American Swedish Continue reading Swedish Genealogy Weekend in Lindsborg, Kansas
The following is from FamilySearch: A number of FamilySearch additions were made to the Colombia, France, Peru, and Philippines international collections this week including significant numbers of digital images for Colombia Catholic Church Records from 1600 to 2012. Important additions Continue reading New FamilySearch Data Collections Posted the Week of August 17, 2015
I had the opportunity to use some of the Discovery Center resources at RootsTech this last February, and came away quite amazed. Now FamilySearch has opened the Seattle Family Discovery Center at the LDS facility in Bellevue, Washington. I’m looking Continue reading FamilySearch Opens a New Seattle Family Discovery Center
The following excerpt is from the August 11, 2015 edition of csmonitor.com: In 1587, a group of 115 men, women, and children made the first attempt to found a permanent English colony in the New World. Led by Englishman John Continue reading Archeologists Pursue New Evidence Pointing to What May Have Happened to the Roanoke Island ‘Lost Colony’
The following is from FamilySearch: This week millions of indexed birth, marriage, and death records from Italy and Mexico were published online. These free collections are the direct results of the online indexing volunteer community. Discover your ancestry reaching back Continue reading New FamilySearch Data Collections Posted the Week of August 5, 2015
The Arizona Genealogy Library has now moved. The vast genealogy community was against it, as many valuable resources were not moved into the new digs. Following are links to articles both pro and con on the subject: New Genealogy Center Continue reading Arizona’s Genealogy Library Gets Downsized and Relocated
The following is from FamilySearch: Highlights of this week’s updates include the Alabama County Marriages 1809-1950, Denmark Deeds and Mortgages 1572-1928, Philippines Civil Registration (Local) 1888-1984, Utah Obituaries from Utah Newspapers 1850-2005, and Zimbabwe Death notices from 1904-1976. Explore these Continue reading New FamilySearch Data Collections Posted the Week of 27 July 2015
The following excerpt is from an article by Wes Wolfe, posted July 25, 2015 at the Kinston.com website: A project between the State Archives of North Carolina and State Library of North Carolina seeks to digitize, place online and make Continue reading 35,000 North Carolina Pension Confederate Applications 1901-1946 Going Online
The following teaser is from an article by Sarah Plummer posted July 28, 2015 at the Register-Herald website: SCARBRO [West Virginia]— Travelers and tourists to the area will soon have better access to maps, obituaries, articles and photographs associated with Continue reading Genealogy Research Room Set for the Whipple Company Store, Scarbro, West Virginia
The following teaser is from the July 31, 2015 edition of the TheRecord.com: “A 250 year event doesn’t happen often,” says Ron Jackson of Bridge City. Jackson and Judge Carl Thibodeaux, along with their families and friends will attend the Continue reading St. Martinville, Louisiana is Celebrating 250 Years of Acadian Ancestry
The following is from FamilySearch: Historic Philippines records stand out in this week’s collections update with more than 380,000 browsable digital images. Philippines Civil Registration (Archives Division) 1902-1945, Philippines Civil Registration (Local) 1888-1984, Philippines Civil Registration (Spanish Period) 1706-1911, and Continue reading New FamilySearch Database Collections Added the Week of July 20, 2015