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The following is from FamilySearch: Historic Philippines records stand out in this week’s collections update with more than 380,000 browsable digital images. Philippines Civil Registration (Archives Division) 1902-1945, Philippines Civil Registration (Local) 1888-1984, Philippines Civil Registration (Spanish Period) 1706-1911, and Continue reading New FamilySearch Database Collections Added the Week of July 20, 2015
Finding cities, towns, and other places by name is not always as simple a task as one might expect. For genealogists researching their ancestral origins, a lack of familiarity with local human geography of foreign countries along with language barriers Continue reading Switzerland Place Name Indexes (In English & auf Deutsch)
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has recently added more than 192 million indexed records and images from Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Spain, Switzerland, the United States, and Wales. Notable collection updates include the 314,910 images from the Spain, Province of Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Over 192 Million Indexed Records & Images to Collections from Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Spain, Switzerland, the USA & Wales
The following is from FamilySearch Sept 17, 2013: FamilySearch has recently added more than 2.7 million indexed records and images from Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland. Notable collection updates include the 1,459,211 indexed records and Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Over 2.7 Million Indexed Records & Images to Collections from Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, & Switzerland
The following Data is from FamilySearch May 30, 2013: FamilySearch has added more than 7.3 million images this week from Austria, Brazil, China, Honduras, Luxembourg, Peru, Portugal, Switzerland, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 5,766,135 images from Continue reading FamilySearch Adds More Than 5.7 Million Images to New Massachusetts Land Records Collection
A complete list of place names for countries has obvious value to the family history researcher. However, a reverse alphabetical index may be even more valuable. Reverse indexes help researchers uncover town names when they have partial names but not Continue reading Switzerland Place Name Indexes
The following information is from FamilySearch.org: 76 million much-anticipated state census, naturalization, immigration, and vital records were added this week for 22 states, including Ohio, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Since partnering with the National Archives of Italy to Continue reading 76M New US Historic Records & Millions more for Brazil, China, Ireland, Italy, Russia, & Spain Added at FamilySearch.org
The following excerpt is from a fascinating column posted in the September 29, 2011 edition of swissinfo.ch: Legendary Swiss marksman William Tell is often portrayed as a heroic freedom fighter. But when he killed the Habsburg bailiff, was it not Continue reading Legendary Swiss Marksman William Tell – Freedom Fighter or Murderer?
The following news release was written by FamilySearch.org staff: 21 September 2011: Among the 16 million records added to FamilySearch.org this week, over six million are from the United States, including new collections from California, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New York, Continue reading FamilySearch Adds 16M New Records, including those for Brazil, Canada, Cote d’Ivoire, Czech Republic, Ecuador, and the U.S.A.
The following news release was received from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch. New Historic Brazil and Honduras Records Online Six Additional Country Collections Also Updated More digital images poured out of the FamilySearch pipeline this week—over 2 million, in fact. Historic Continue reading New Historic Brazil & Honduras Records Online at FamilySearch.org
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 news release was written by dynastree.com staff. See my comments and direct links to the Foreign language sites at the end of the news release. Hamburg, August 11, 2009 – The family network dynastree.com features maps for showing Continue reading Surname Distribution Maps for the USA, Canada, Spain, France, Germany, Austria & Switzerland on dynastree.com
Now and then we get word of a school project where the children are compiling their personal family histories. I just ran across an article from Bressaucourt, Switzerland telling about just such a project. Bressaucourt is a municipality in the Continue reading Students do their Family Trees in Bressaucourt, Switzerland
swissinfo has launched an interactive, multimedia special [website] aimed at people whose ancestors left Italian-speaking Switzerland for a better life abroad. The second half of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th was a period of great upheaval as Continue reading “We Shall Not Stay Long” – The Story of Swiss-Italian Migrations