The free daily online genealogy nautamagazine
Prompted by an article posted in the July 28, 2011 edition of kval.com, I am posting links to 30 digitized historic Oregon newspaper titles, as well as links to other Oregon Newspaper resources. The University of Oregon has posted 180,000 Continue reading Oregon Historic Newspapers
Prior to reading about the loss of records in this weekend’s Deseret News, I hadn’t even considered the loss of records when the World Trade Center towers fell. The massive loss of lives overshadowed everything else. However, many important records Continue reading The September 11, 2001 Attacks Destroyed Millions of Records
Last week, I wrote about the many State Censuses and Tax lists now found free online at FamilySearch.org, and referred readers to my descriptive linked listing of these resources posted on GenealogyBlog.com. Upon reading the materials I’d posted, Ed Storey Continue reading The Pennsylvania 1927 Agricultural Census
United STATES TERRITORIAL & SCHOOL CENSUSES and TAX RECORDS at FAMILYSEARCH.org Last Updated: 5 November 2015 Colonial, Territorial and State Censuses are of vital importance to genealogists, as they were often taken on non-Federal Decennial census years, taken prior Continue reading United States Territorial & School Censuses and Tax Records at FamilySearch.org
The following news release was received from Kathryn M. Doyle, Communications, California Genealogical Society & Library: “I’m Sorry. Those Records Were Lost” California Genealogical Society Publication Gives Researchers New Hope OAKLAND, California–July 25, 2011–The California Genealogical Society (CGS) announces publication Continue reading New Edition of Book on Pre-1906 San Francisco Research Now Available
The following teaser is from an article printed in the July 23, 2011 edition of the Echo Press. The Minnesota Historical Society, its museums, historic sites and library will reopen to the public today, Saturday, July 23, following the state Continue reading The Minnesota Historical Society Reopens After State Government Shutdown
The following excerpt is from a fascinating article by Alison Leigh Cowan, published in the July 22, 2011 edition of the New York Times. “I was in seventh or eighth grade, and we were asked to do a little genealogy,” Continue reading Discover the Van Dusens of New Amsterdam – 1627-2011
The Tehama County Genealogical and Historical Society, of Red Bluff, California, has just published a new 2011 revised edition of “Tehama County, 1856-2006: 150 years of Photos and History.” It is now available for purchase. The new edition has an Continue reading “Tehama County, 1856-2006: 150 years of Photos and History” now available in a Revised Edition
The following event is to take place in Quitman, Texas on August 5, 2011. It has been added to the GenealogyBlog Genealogy Events Calendar. August 5, 2011 – Quitman, Texas Up-to-the-minute ideas on how to explore one’s family tree – Continue reading George Morgan Seminar to be Held in Quitman, Texas on August 5
The following events are to take place in Plano, Texas, and Little Rock Arkansas in October and November. They have both been added to the GenealogyBlog Genealogy Events Calendar. November 4-5, 2011 – North Little Rock, Arkansas The Arkansas Genealogical Continue reading Seminars to be Held in Arkansas & Texas
The following excerpt is from an article published in the July 11, 2011 edition of the North Texas e-News. It caught my eye and my attention, as Patty has Delta County ancestry, and this museum didn’t exist the last time Continue reading Mary Slough Museum in Enloe, Delta County, Texas May Have the History of Your Ancestors
This is a big story… And I’m afraid that we’re going to be following it for a while… The following excerpt is from an article in the July 12, 2011 edition of The Baltimore Sun: At the Maryland Historical Society, Continue reading Barry H Landau Accused of Historic Document Thefts
The following obit for Carrie Adamson is excerpted from an article in the July 7, 2011 edition of The Augusta Chronicle. Carrie Adamson, the founder and lifetime honorary president of the Augusta Genealogical Society, died Wednesday of natural causes. Adamson Continue reading Carrie Adamson R.I.P.
I understand the need for privacy – especially as deals with medical information. But it seems to me that some common sense should have been written into our privacy laws in this country. But I suppose that’s asking too much… Continue reading Willard Cemetery Memorial Project Faces Daunting Challenges Due to Privacy Laws
The following news release was received from Suzanne Curley: The Riverton FamilySearch Library Hosts an Event on July 16 RIVERTON, UTAH – Genealogists and family history enthusiasts looking for new ways to work together in searching for ancestors will want Continue reading Free Seminar on the Bringing the FamilySearch Community Together – Riverton, Utah