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Dennis Northcott has published three volumes of GAR death records. FRPC has extended the 15% off sale thru Monday, August 3. See the details below. The G.A.R. was organized in departments, most of which comprised one state. The departments published Continue reading Grand Army of the Republic Death Records Books for Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas & Nebraska – 15% Off
The following is from FamilySearch: Family historians hungry for historic Irish records will enjoy FamilySearch’s new collection, Ireland Petty Sessions Court Registers 1828-1912. These indexed court documents bring 22 million records to your fingertips. These records were originally filmed at Continue reading New FamilySearch Collections Posted the Week of July 13, 2015
The following news release is from FamilySearch: Salt Lake City, UT — In a collaboration between the Church History Library and FamilySearch, individuals can now discover and explore more of their pioneer heritage on the newly redesigned Mormon Pioneer Overland Continue reading New Records Reveal Previously Unknown Mormon Pioneers
Germans make up the second largest ethnic group in the United States, second only to the English. Over the years, groups of Germans migrated in waves, the first wave coming during the colonial period. German influence and settlements spread from Continue reading Ohio’s German Heritage – 15% off Thru July 23, 2015
The Portable Genealogist: Seventeenth-Century New England Research is another in a line of laminated guides released as part of The Portable Genealogist series from The New England Historic Genealogical Society. Leland recently returned from the SCGS Jamboree with several of Continue reading The Portable Genealogist: Seventeenth-Century New England Research
The following teaser is from Ohio.com: An online treasure trove of photographs of Akron is now available — for free use by anyone — thanks to local photographer Shane Wynn and two nonprofits who work to give the city a Continue reading New Akron, Ohio Photo Archive – Free For the Public’s Use
The following excerpt is from the June 18, 2015 edition of newstribune.com: Missouri state workers donned masks and blue gloves with the care of surgeons to cut open the Capitol’s 100-year-old time capsule Thursday, revealing relics such as a Bible, Continue reading 100 Year Old Missouri Time Capsule Opened
The following teaser is from the June 25, 2015 edition of bccourier.com. The 84th Texas Legislature has increased the appropriation of the State Library and Archives Commission by $7.6M for the 2016-2017 biennium. The new funding includes resources to launch Continue reading Texas Legislature Increased Appropriation of the State Library & Archives Commission by $7.6M for 2016-2017
The Blog of the Digital Library of Georgia has announced that the City of Savannah, Research Library and Municipal Archives, through its online Digital Image Catalog, has made public all kinds of historic Savannah, Georgia digital images. Following is a Continue reading Savannah, Georgia Digital Images Now Available Online
The following teaser is from an article by Margaret Linford, published in the June 23, 2015 edition of swvatoday.com: There has been quite a bit of excitement in the lives of Virginia genealogists this month. On June 2, Governor McAuliffe Continue reading Virginia Vital Records Now Available at Ancestry.com
The following excerpt is from the June 22, 2015 edition of Alaska Public Media. A grease-smudged stack of 25 fading sheets of paper in a storage shed is one of only two copies of who’s buried where in Evergreen Cemetery. Continue reading New Maps of Juneau, Alaska’s Evergreen Cemetery to Go Online in October
The following teaser is from a fascinating article by Ana Swanson, published June 19, 2015 in the online edition of the Washington Post. The way that different races and ethnicities are spread around the U.S. says a lot about our Continue reading Maps of the USA Showing Our Ancestry & Other Cool Stuff
The following teaser is from the June 17, 2015 edition of the Circleville Herald: The Pickaway County Historical and Genealogical Library recently upgraded and renovated its facility to better accommodate patrons. “We received an inheritance which, together with our fundraising Continue reading Pickaway County Historical & Genealogical Library Gets a Renovation
The following is from the Collin County, Texas County Clerk’s website: Collin County [Texas] County Clerk Stacey Kemp has come up with a great tool for those documenting their Collin County roots. The archive of marriage licenses, dating back 126 Continue reading The Collin County, Texas County Clerk’s Marriage Records 1884-1949 Scanned and Searchable
The following teaser is from an article posted June 14, 2015 at the chicoer.com website. Bradley [CA] Joseph Botts Jr. stepped out of his pickup truck into a scrubby, sunbaked field of salt grass and mustard weed and bent over Continue reading Civil War Veteran’s Gravesite Emerges as the Monterey County Reservoir Dries Up