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A number of pipes – the tobacco-smoking kind, have been found in Jamestown, Virginia. And they seem to be inscribed with names of people… The following excerpt is from an AP article by Michael Felderbaum, and posted on the Yahoo Continue reading Jamestown Pipes Found – With Names on Them!
Do you have ancestry that stems from the Allen County, Indiana area? If so, the History Center Digital Collections, sponsored by the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society will be of interest to you. Thus far, 571 items have been digitized Continue reading The Allen County – Fort Wayne Historical Society “History Center Digital Collections”
Ancestry.com just posted the “Indenture of Apprenticeship Recorded in the Orphans Court, Washington County, District of Columbia, 1801-1811.” It’s a hand-written digitized volume (originally from microfilm M2011), with the index preceding the indentures. You can browse the index or use Continue reading Washington D.C. Apprenticeship Records 1801-1811 Digitized & Posted at Ancestry.com
Earlier this moth, a water pipe burst in the Local History Room in the Rockingham Library of Bellow’s Falls, Vermont. The following excerpt is from an article in the December 30, 2010 edition of the Vermont Public Radio website. It Continue reading Saving the Water-damaged Items from the Flooded Local History Room at the Rockingham Library
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Anyone who frets over organizing family records ought to consider the daily challenge facing Barbara Teague and her staff. As Kentucky’s state archivist, Teague oversees 310,000 cubic feet of records stored in the Public Records Division of Continue reading Kentucky State Archives Preserves Records With Reduced $ and Personnel
I see that the 60,000 piece Kendrick Photograph collection has now been sorted and is finally on it’s way to the Washington State Archives in Cheney. The following is an excerpt from the December 30, 2010 edition of the Ritzville Continue reading 60,000 Piece Kendrick Collection on its Way to the Washington State Archives
“The Cemeteries of Cadiz and Trigg County [Kentucky],” a thorough record of all the burial sites east of Land Between the Lakes in the county, is in its third and final printing and is available to anyone who enjoys local Continue reading The Cemeteries of Cadiz and Trigg County in 3rd & Final Printing With a New Book in the Planning
The following excerpt is from an article in the December 28, 2010 edition of the NewJerseyNewsroom.com. At least 3,427 New Jersey armed service members died in World War I and now the State Archives has developed an online database designed Continue reading Online Database of New Jersey Soldiers Who Died in WWI
The following excerpt from a much longer article published in the December 13, 2010 edition of the Braintree Patch, tells us that thousands of Catholic sacramental records of the Archdiocese of Boston are available for research at Braintree, Massachusetts. When Continue reading Archives of the Archdiocese of Boston Holds a Treasure-Trove of Genealogy Data
The following teaser is about one women’s quest to document online the graves of Trinity Rest Cemetery, located in Hixton, Jackson County, Wisconsin. Hixton’s Trinity Rest Cemetery has been a beautiful and peaceful final resting place for generations. Now, through Continue reading Hixston Wisconsin’s Trinity Rest Cemetery Headstone Photos Uploaded to FindaGrave.com
And here’s another church history recently published… I absolutely love church histories, and would be delighted if all churches produced these once in a while. I think it should be a “requirement.” Not enforceable, of course, but these things are Continue reading Pasadena, California’s Holy Family Church Publishes History Book
The following teaser is from an article by Marcia Worth found in the December 28, 2010 edition of the South Orange Patch. As the Episcopal Church of St. Andrew and Holy Communion begins its 152nd year in South Orange, church Continue reading New Book – “The Episcopal Church(es) of Saint Andrew & Holy Communion, South Orange, NJ, 1859-2009” Now Available
The following excerpt is from an article in the December 21, 2010 edition of the River Falls Journal. At the present time, the Pierce County [Wisconsin] Historical Association (PCHA) has about 112 family histories on its office shelves. These range Continue reading The Pierce County (Wisconsin) Historical Society Wants Family Histories
SARATOGA SPRINGS , NY (12/27/2010)(readMedia) – As the Nation prepares to observe the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the New York State Military History Museum and Veterans Research Center is making capsule histories of 360,000 New York Civil War Continue reading New York State Military History Museum & Veterans Research Center Posting 360,000 Capsule Histories of NY Civil War Soldiers Online
The following teaser is from the December 26, 2010 edition of the Star-Telegram: FORT WORTH – Pull out that old box of family photos and start quizzing Grandma. Digging up your family roots is going to get a little easier Continue reading Fort Worth National Archives Branch Opening a New Family Research Center