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FORT WORTH [Texas] – A treasure trove of priceless photographs were recently found dumped under a bridge in South Fort Worth. Among the found photographs were images of President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade just moments before his assassination, a young Continue reading Historic Photographs Found Dumped Under Fort Worth Bridge
The following small Connecticut databases have recently been added at Family Tree Connection. Wesleyan University 1838-39 Catalogue – A Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the Wesleyan University, For the Academical Year 1838-9. Middletown, Conn. Meriden Institute 1861 Merit Continue reading New Small Connecticut Databases Added at Family Tree Connection
The public service areas of the Kentucky State Department for Libraries and Archives, in Frankfort reopened Thursday at 10 a.m. after being closed since Nov. 13 because of minimal damage from a water leak. “The damage was not as widespread Continue reading Kentucky State Archives Public Areas Reopen After Water Leak
MUSKEGON COUNTY [Michigan] — History doesn’t change. But sometimes, its location does. Thousands of documents with historical significance, like century-old birth and death records for Muskegon County residents, are on the move. The county clerk’s office, which collects and preserves Continue reading Muskegon County, Michigan Vital Records Documents Are Moving
While thumbing through a book a few years ago, Spencer Sadler saw an old photograph of members of Pennsylvania’s Coal and Iron Police, a private police force created under state legislation to protect company property but which later became better Continue reading New Book On Pennsylvania’s Coal & Iron Police
The Friends of Georgia Archives and History are holding a book sale to raise money to support the Archives that house the legal, financial and historical documents of the state. The Archives is an important center for genealogical research, but Continue reading Book Sale at the Georgia Archives Thursday Evening – Friday & Saturday
Scituate — On Saturday (that’s today!), Nov. 14, residents from across the country can once again resume their historic and genealogical research in Scituate, as a six-month-long closed window to the past will be reopened at the Little Red Schoolhouse. Continue reading Scituate, Massachusetts Historical Society’s Little Red Schoolhouse Reopens Today
The following news release posted two days ago, but I missed it. So – I’m posting it on GenealogyBlog now: November 10, 2009: Washington, DC: For the first time, the National Archives will launch a new online reservation system tomorrow, Continue reading National Archives Launches New Online Reservation System
The following excerpt is from an article about the renovation of the McCain House, which houses the Armstrong County, Pennsylvania’s Historical Museum. The McCain House, home of the Armstrong County Historical Museum, is getting an overhaul so it can keep Continue reading Armstrong County Historical Museum Gets a Renovation – and Inventory
I was pleased to run across the announcement of a new publication from NEHGS this morning. It seems that they are producing a new annual journal with emphasis on New York State and out-migrations from New England. Having heavy New Continue reading Coming Soon – American Ancestors Journal – From NEHGS
The following press release was received from Ed Johnson today. The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the availability of a new online resource: African American Funeral Programs from the East Central Georgia Regional Library at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/funeral. The Continue reading Augusta, GA – African American Funeral Programs Posted Online
If you do New York genealogy, you have most likely used Fred Bowman’s books in your research. Possibly best known in genealogical circles for his 3-volume Western, Central & Eastern series of “10,000 Vital Records of New York,” Fred Bowman Continue reading Genealogist Fred Q. Bowman Passes at 93
The following excerpts are from an article in the November 2, 2009 edition of the Rapid City Journal. The archives at Deadwood’s City Hall hold shelves filled with voting records, county inventory and appraisal ledgers, probate ledgers and other circuit Continue reading Deadwood, South Dakota’s Historic Documents
I was pleased to read that Hampton’s High Street Cemetery records are going to be computerized – but a bit put off by the attitude of trustees in demanding that the data not be published online. So, who’s trying to Continue reading Hampton, New Hampshire’s High St. Cemetery Records to be computerized – but won’t be seen online
The Bachmann Publick House, Easton’s [Pennsylvania] first courtroom and possibly the city’s oldest building, will become the property of Northampton County’s historical society, County Council decided Thursday. In a vote that followed years of negotiations, council agreed to sell the Continue reading Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society Purchases Easton’s 1753 Bachmann Publick House for $1