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The following information was received this morning from Paul Nauta with FamilySearch: There were over 150 new collections added or enhanced this week at FamilySearch.org. FamilySearch volunteers indexed over 120 million records — over 300 million new names — from Continue reading Over 300 Million New Names Added Online @ the New Beta.FamilySearch.org Site
The following excerpt is from an article in the Wednesday, April 21, 2010 edition of the Arizona Daily Star (Tucson). A missing handwritten transcript from a coroner’s inquest done after the legendary gunfight at the OK Corral has resurfaced in Continue reading Missing Transcript of the Coroner’s Inquest for the “Gunfight at the OK Corral” Found
Got Georgia research? If so, you might be interested in the North Georgia Family History Bulletin. Edited by Mike Brubaker, the online monthly periodical deals with Georgia, as well as topics of National interest. The periodical is well done – Continue reading The North Georgia Family History Bulletin
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Authorities say the strange odor seeping into a western Colorado Census Bureau office came from more than 1,000 marijuana plants growing next door. Grand Junction census workers say the smell was coming through the vents. Police Continue reading “Potted” Plants have the Census Folks in Colorado Hallucinating
Polk County (Missouri) Genealogical Society has a new ongoing program entitled “First Families of Polk County.” The program recognizes folks who had ancestors in the county – in several different categories. The following teaser is from the March 12, 2010 Continue reading Polk County (Missouri) Genealogical Society Offers “First Families of Polk County” Certificates
I just got a note from my friend, Illya D’Addezio, telling me that genealogists can now view results from the Record Search pilot from within Live Roots. “The FamilySearch Record Search pilot include millions of indexed records, and is expanding Continue reading FamilySearch Pilot Database & Documents Now Searchable at LiveRoots
The Albany, New York City Hall burned on February 10, 1880. However, historians and genealogists alike can thank fire chief James McQuade and Wheeler B. Melius for “saving 700 volumes of records weighing between 12 and 16 pounds each” by Continue reading Albany City Hall Burned 130 Years Ago Today – But Many Records Were Rescued
The following small databases have been added at Family Tree Connection: CONNECTICUT Montville First Congregational Church 1875 Manual – Manual of the First Congregational Church, Montville, Conn, 1875. Connecticut College for Women 1929-1930 Catalogue – Sixteenth Annual Catalogue of Connecticut Continue reading New at Family Tree Connection
Patty and I spent the week manning a FRPC exhibit (store?) set up in the Heritage Room at the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel. Thus the light blogging… It’s been a very busy week here. We will be here until 10 Continue reading Heading for the Arizona Family History Expo in Mesa next week!
The following news release is directly from the Oregon State Archives website. As a legacy to the sesquicentennial of Oregon’s statehood, the Oregon State Archives presents the Early Oregonians Database. The information that can be found in the database is Continue reading Early Oregonians Database Now Available
Due to a 25 percent withholding in its fiscal year 2010 state appropriation, the State Historical Society of Missouri has decreased its hours open to the public to Mondays through Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. … To continue operations Continue reading State Historical Society of Missouri Cuts Hours
HONESDALE [PENNSYLVANIA] – A museum dedicated to preserving Wayne County’s history and Honesdale’s role as the birthplace of the American railroad will be shuttered over the winter due to a loss in critical state funding. “The easiest way to make Continue reading Wayne County (Pennsylvania) Historical Society Museum Closes Until April 15 Due to Budget Cuts
The following small databases have been posted at Family Tree Connection in the last several weeks. CONNECTICUT Connecticut College for Women 1926-1927 Catalogue – Thirteenth Annual Catalogue of Connecticut College. Announcements for 1927-1928. Published at New London, Connecticut, March 30, Continue reading New at Family Tree Connection
There was a good article by Kimball Perry posted at cincinnati.com last week that dealt with the many records posted by the Hamilton County Probate Court. It set me to searching records at the site, and I can tell you Continue reading Hamilton County, Ohio, Digitized Documents Online
A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Lynchburg against the Bedford Museum over the sale of cemetery records has drawn in principals from the two largest law firms west of Richmond. Representatives of the Bedford Genealogical Society, Inc. sued Continue reading Bedford [Virginia] Genealogical Groups Feuding Over the Cemetery Records