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“Journey through Generations” – A Conference for the Nation’s Genealogists March 8, 2013 – Austin, TX. Online registration is now open for the 2013 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference, scheduled for 21-24 August 2013 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Register at Continue reading 2013 FGS Conference Registration is Open
The following news release was received from Darlene Anderson: The Indiana Genealogical Society is pleased to announce that D. Joshua Taylor of the genealogy TV show, “Who Do You Think You Are?” will be our featured speaker at our annual Continue reading 2013 Indiana Genealogical Society Annual Meeting and Conference
Have you registered for the conference yet? The deadline for the early bird discount and ordering a print syllabus is March 19. That’s only a few days away! If you put it off much longer, you’ll miss out on major Continue reading Only 1 1/2 Weeks Left to Save on Your NGS Las Vegas 2013 Registration!
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has added 10.5 million indexed records and images in the last two weeks. The largest portion of this update includes the 8,613,673 images added to the New York Probate Records from 1629 to 1971, Continue reading FamilySearch Adds 8,613,673 Images to New York Probate Records from 1629 to 1971
There’s an excellent article about Tom Tryniski’s Fultonhistory.com website posted at the March 5, 2013 edition of reason.com. Fultonhistory.com is one of my very favorite websites – one that has allowed me to gather all kinds of interesting information about Continue reading Twenty-Two Million Newspaper Pages and Growing
The following excerpt is from an interesting article published in the March 4, 2013 edition of the Times-Herald. Coweta County, Georgia: Frances Banks Storey was a wife, mother, retail clerk and a writer. She penned a couple of books about Continue reading Genealogy Files on Coweta County Donated to the Coweta County, Georgia, Genealogical Society.
The following excerpt is from the March 2, 2013 edition of the News-Sentinel: Allen County, Indiana: Genealogists and others searching for birth and death certificates will pay a little more after the Allen County Commissioners passed a vital records fee Continue reading Allen County, Indiana Raises Vital Records Fees
In another of the fantastic books reprinted in 2012 by the New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS), the 1874 book The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: 1600-1700, by John Camden Hotten, provides individual names compiled from documents listing Continue reading The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: 1600-1700
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch added an additional 6.6 million indexed records and images in the last two weeks. Included in this update are 15 new collections: 1 from Canada, 1 from Guam, 4 from Italy, 1 from Russia, Continue reading FamilySearch Adds 18 New Collections Including Germany, Italy, Netherlands, & the USA
The following teaser is from an article by Robin C. Mason, published in the February 28, 2013 edition of the examiner.com: Probate records can add more to your genealogy than heirs and possibly death dates; it can add stories and Continue reading Finding Massachusetts Probate Records
The following excerpt is from an article posted in the February 21, 2013 edition of newstimes.com: Blaming overzealous members of the media as well as those seeking to disprove that the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School occurred, three state Continue reading Connecticut Lawmakers Want to Seal Children’s Death Records
The following exceprt is from an article posted in the February 26, 2013 edition of cherokeephoenix.org. TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Citing the need for a new evaluation process, the Virginia Senate Rules Committee on Feb. 12 tabled resolutions calling for state Continue reading Virginia State Senate Tables Recognition of Groups Claiming Cherokee Ancestry
Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790 is a series of books which provide abstracts from the 1790 U.S. Census for the heads of house for each state. This volume covers Continue reading Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790, Maryland
Beginning in 1987, the National Genealogical Society began publishing a series of state guides in the organization’s magazine, the Quarterly. These guides were later issued as special publications. The latest version of the series contains revised guides, plus additional states Continue reading NGS Research in the States Series: West Virginia
The following excerpt is from an article in the February 21, 2013 edition of the Herald Star: WINTERSVILLE [Jefferson County, Ohio] – The Ohio Genealogical Society, Jefferson County Chapter, has completed another chapter in its work for digitizing original records Continue reading Jefferson County, Ohio Courthouse Records Digitized