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Pennsylvania public libraries all felt the sting of state budget cuts earlier this month, but the Martinsburg Area Public Library received a double whammy after legislators cut out the Access Pennsylvania program. The library lost $14,000 through the program that Continue reading Pennsylvania Libraries Struggle to Provide Services
One of the issues that many genealogists have with cremation is that our loved ones end up with no memorial headstone or marker. Some cemeteries are addressing the issue by setting aside a portion of their cemetery as an area Continue reading Cemetery Plots Specifically for Cremains
The Richmond Slave Trail Commission unveiled plans Oct. 19 for a slave heritage in Shockoe Bottom that would include a slavery museum. It’s hard not to examine what has been proposed by the commission, led by Del. Delores L. McQuinn, Continue reading Slavery Museum Proposed for Richmond, Virginia
WICHITA — The Kansas African American Museum has received a $25,000 grant to establish a statewide history and genealogy program called “Knowing Me, Knowing You.” The program is designed for anyone with a contribution to Kansas African American history. The Continue reading Kansas African American Museum Receives $25K Grant to Collect Stories
Mary H. Smallman, 90, formerly of Hermon, NY, died peacefully at Hamilton Continuing Care Center on October 26, 2009. … Mary was well known in Northern New York for her decades of work to preserve the history of the region Continue reading Mary H. Smallman, of Hermon, New York, Passes at Age 90
The following excerpt is from an article about several Michigan cemeteries, written by Jennifer Sakey, and published at candgnews.com. Birmingham [Michigan] is home to two cemeteries — the Jewish cemetery Clover Hill Park, on 14 Mile Road, west of Crooks, Continue reading The Tale of Several Michigan Cemeteries
An upcoming exhibition entitled “IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas” will be of interest to genealogists. The exhibition will take place November 10, 2009 through May 23, 2010 at the National Museum of the American Indian, located on the Continue reading African-Native American Exhibition to take place at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.
The New Sweden Centre has erected a map sign, at the Kalmar Nyckel Shipyard, 1124 E 7th St., Wilmington, DE, with 30 Swedish Heritage sites and museums the public may visit in the Delaware Valley. This informative sign has been Continue reading Delaware Valley Swedish Heritage Sites Map Unveiled
If you have any connection to Indiana County, Pennsylvania, you will want to read the interview that Indiana Gazette staffer Eric Ebeling did with amateur historian and collector John Busovicki. I don’t have any connections to the area at all, Continue reading An Interview With John Busovicki of Indiana County, Pennsylvania
FORSYTH [Missouri]— An all-new exhibit is on display at the White River Valley Historical Society building in downtown Forsyth. “Lewis & Clark Across Missouri: Mapping the Historic Landscape” which is an exhibit of the Missouri State Archives, will be on Continue reading Lewis & Clark Across Missouri: Mapping the Historic Landscape – Exhibit in Forsyth, Missouri
Cincinnati’s birth and death records located in the University of Cincinnati’s Archives and Rare Books Library expects a major overhaul with the funding from a $140,437 Library Service and Technology Act grant. The project is the result of six to Continue reading Cincinnati’s Early Birth & Death Records to be Digitized
It was called “the san” and it’s part of a haunting and nearly forgotten chapter in Pennsylvania history. The Cresson Sanitorium for tuberculosis patients was located 140 miles from Harrisburg, between Johnstown and Altoona. Thousands of people were sent there Continue reading Website Devoted to the Cresson TB Sanitarium, its History & its People
The following is an excerpt from a fascinating article about Pat Rumsey and Pauline Dawes, sisters from Richland, Washington, and their passion for visiting and photographing cemeteries. … But occasionally the living come to visit. Among them on a recent Continue reading Washington State Sisters & Their Passion For Photographing Cemeteries
Doris Jordan Worthington was honored recently at a North Carolina Society of Historians annual meeting in Morehead City for a family history book she edited. A copy of the book, “The Ties that Bind … The John E. Todd and Continue reading Doris Jordan Worthington Honored for Her “The Ties that Bind… The John E. Todd and Rosa Lee Matthews Family Story”
The following announcement is from the October 23, 2009 edition of the Altoona Mirror. Following the announcement is some info about the Pennsylvania Historical Mining Reports website. The Coalport Area Coal Museum will host guest speaker Robin Lighty from the Continue reading Pennsylvania Historical Mining Reports