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The following teasor is from an article posted in the April 23, 2012 edition of CityBeat.com. Newly restored digital copies of 73-year-old maps detailing where U.S military veterans are buried throughout Hamilton County will be unveiled Wednesday. The Hamilton County Continue reading Historic WPA-Created Hamilton County, Ohio, Veteran Burial Map Books Posted Online
The following news release was received from Thomas MacEntee: Everyone from novice genealogists to hobbyists to people interested in becoming professional researchers will find something of value at the Illinois State Genealogical Society’s (ISGS) 2012 Fall Conference scheduled for Oct. Continue reading Illinois State Genealogy Society’s Fall Conference Scheduled for Oct. 19-20 in Rockford
The following article was written by my friend, Bill Dollarhide: Do your ancestors have you stumped? Well, it could be that some of your ancestors were stumped too — on Zane’s Trace. Here is a bit of history on the Continue reading Getting Stumped on Zane’s Trace
The following teaser is from the April 19, 2012 edition of jconline.com/usatoday. CROWN POINT, Ind. (WTW) — Large leather-bound books line the walls of the Lake County [Indiana] recorder’s office. They contain vital information, primarily about deeds and mortgages dating Continue reading Lake County, Indiana Recorder’s Records Being Indexed and Digitized
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, New Hampshire
Originally printed in 1976, in observance of the country’s Bicentennial, and in honor of the American dream which brought so many immigrants to these shores, Gerard Wilk wrote and published Americans from Germany. A full quarter of the American population Continue reading Americans From Germany
With an historical focus so often on the great European migrations it can be easy to overlook more regional migrations which occurred throughout North American history. Namely, there have been many migrations between Canada and the United States, both during Continue reading Genealogy to Go! Migration: Canada And The United States
The following excerpt is from an article by Bruce Parham, published in the April 10, 2012 edition of Juneauempire.com: Many Alaskans may not have heard about the dire condition of Alaska State Library, Archives, and Museums in Juneau. The state’s Continue reading Something Must be Done About the Alaska State Library, Archives, & Museums in Juneau
The following April 11, 2012 press release is from the National Archives: Emancipation documents offer a rare glimpse into slaves’ lives for Act’s 150th anniversary Washington, DC: In commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the DC Emancipation Act, the National Continue reading National Archives Shares Rarely-seen Slave Petitions from the District of Columbia Emancipation Act
Click on the map to get a graphical view of indexing progress thus far on the 1940 Census. FamilySearch has begun publishing images online from the 1940 U.S. Federal Census to engage the army of volunteers who have been waiting Continue reading FamilySearch Posts 1940 Census Images Plus 14 Million Additional Records for 19 Countries This Week
Finally! I got a case of Michael J. Leclerc’s new 5th edition of the Genealogist’s Handbook For New England Research today. And this is one great book. Although I don’t have the time at the moment to do a full Continue reading Genealogist’s Handbook for New England Research – 5th Edition – now available!
With the Louisiana Purchase St. Louis effectively became the gateway to the western frontier. After the purchase from France, many of the pre-1803 vital records and historical documents of the are were sent to the United States government, though some Continue reading St. Louis Family History Research Guide
The following was received from Mathew Deighton at Ancestry.com this afternoon: Ancestry.com is proud to announce the first indexed states of the 1940 U.S. Census are now ready for searching. After 72 years being held from public view, the Nevada Continue reading Ancestry Has Finished the Indexing of the 1940 Delaware & Nevada Censuses
The following news release was received from FamilySearch: 4 April 2012: The 1940 U.S. Census is here and the 1940 US Census Community Project has kicked off to a great start! The excitement and enthusiasm for this project is far Continue reading The 1940 U.S. Census Now Being Indexed by the US Census Community Project – Delaware Finished
Well, the 1940 census opened today. I wasn’t ever able to get anywhere on the 1940census.arhcives.gov site, so this evening I tried seeing what I could find on Ancestry.com. They had a dozen states or so up tonight, so I Continue reading My First Forage Into the 1940 Census