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Database: California Voter Registers, 1866–1898 Records: 3,682,335 Last Update: 21 July 2011 Know as the Great Registers, an 1866 law required all counties in California to create a list of names by district of eligible voters. At that time, eligible Continue reading Ancestry Adds the California Voter Registers Database
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH⎯Genealogists and family history enthusiasts looking for help with Scandinavian research will be interested in free Danish and Swedish classes held at the Family History Library in September. A free Danish seminar will be held on Saturday, Continue reading The Family History Library in SLC Hosts Scandinavian Research Classes in September
The following letter from Cynthia S. Grostick, President of the Michigan Genealogical Council: August 25, 2011 To All Michigan Genealogists, It is with great sadness that I have to announce the passing this morning of a beloved friend to genealogists Continue reading Barbara Brown, President of the Abrams Foundation – R.I.P.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH⎯Genealogists and family history enthusiasts looking for help with England intermediate research will be interested in English classes held at the Family History Library in September. A free English seminar will be held on Saturday, September 17 Continue reading The Family History Library in SLC Hosts English Research Classes in September
Mexico Collections Account for 6 Million of 8 Million New Images New Records From Belgium, England, Nicaragua, Peru, Russia 23 August 2011 – Along with six million images added to Mexico collections at FamilySearch.org this week, additions were made to Continue reading Records Posted from Belgium, England, Nicaragua, Peru, Russia, USA, & Mexico at FamilySearch.org
The following teaser is from an excellent article published in the August 14, 2011 edition of the Mail Tribune. Medford, Oregon: Thousands of volunteers across the country and perhaps around the world are helping preserve Jackson County’s historic documents. After Continue reading FamilySearch Digitizes Jackson County, Oregon Marriage Records 1855-1950
The following excerpt is from the August 12, 2011 edition of the Star Courier. Toulon, Illinois – 3,000 pamphlets were sent from the Toulon Post Office this week to Stark County residents, seeking information for the new Stark County History Continue reading Stark County, Illinois History Book in Process
The following teaser is from the August 13, 2011 editiion of Bluffton Today. The Heritage Library [Hilton Head, South Carolina], a research center for history and genealogy, needs volunteers in a number of capacities. “Not necessarily historians or genealogists or Continue reading Hilton Head Heritage Library Needs Volunteers
The following excerpt is from the August 13, 2011 edition of the Gazette. Tim Blevins, mild-mannered and bespectacled, spends much of his time looking for lost people, ferreting out obscure clues about them and sometimes finding them across oceans or Continue reading Tim Blevins – Award Winning Special Collections Librarian of the Pikes Peak Library District
The following excerpt is from Joan Griffis’ column in the August 14, 2011 edition of Commerical-News. Anyone who has an ancestor who had been living in Illinois prior to 1881 is eligible to apply to the Illinois State Genealogical Society Continue reading The Illinois Prairie Pioneer Certificates
COURT HOUSE – Cape May County Freeholder M. Susan Sheppard announced that the Cape May County Historical & Genealogical Society has been awarded a General Operating Support Grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of Continue reading Cape May County (New Jersey) Historical & Genealogical Society Receives Grant
The following excerpt is from the August 10, 2011 edition of Indian Country. The Fort Smith Historical Society, in Fort Smith, Arkansas is looking for papers, displays and living history presentations covering the Native American tribes of Arkansas and Oklahoma Continue reading Call for Papers for the 4th Annual Fort Smith History Conference.
The following news release was received from Suzanne Curley with FamilySearch. The Riverton FamilySearch Library Hosts Event on August 20th from 9:00 a.m. to Noon RIVERTON, UTAH⎯Have you wanted to keep a journal of important life events, but just don’t Continue reading Free Seminar on Finding Your Purpose in Life Using a Three-Word Journal
Beginning Sept. 12, the Genealogical Research Services section of the State Library’s Government and Heritage Library will be closed on Mondays. New service hours for Genealogical Research Services will be Tuesday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, Continue reading State Library of North Carolina Genealogical Research Services Section Closes on Mondays
History buffs at the Manchester [Michigan] District Library will have a new resource to utilize come this fall. The library has formed a partnership with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to utilize its microfilm library of genealogical Continue reading Manchester, Michigan District Library Gets Branch FHL Status