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The following was received from Debra Chatfield of findmypast.co.uk: Findmypast.co.uk, leading UK family history website, has launched an easier way to find the births of English and Welsh ancestors online. The company has re-indexed over 100 million birth records dating Continue reading Findmypast.co.uk Re-Indexes Over 100M British Birth Records 1837-2006
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
Avery Anderson will turn 2 in August. With any luck, she will have a Social Security number by then. The toddler’s slow crawl through a thicket of red tape began last year when her father, Clay Anderson, went to file Continue reading Does Avery Anderson Really Exist?
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 following is from the British National Archives Website: … BMDRegisters.co.uk has added records of births, deaths and marriages of passengers at sea to its online service. The records give detailed information compiled from ships’ logs by the Registrar General Continue reading British Births, Marriages & Deaths at Sea Are Posted at BMDRegisters.co.uk
The West Virginia Division of Culture and History’s Archives and History Section has been posting birth, marriage, and death data, as well as images, at their website for some time. They now have over 5 million records indexed and available Continue reading West Virginia Online Vital Records Reviewed
Scotland’s People has now released the new years statutory images containing records from the Statutory Register of Births for 1909, the Statutory Register of Marriages for 1934, and the Statutory Register of Deaths for 1959.
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
The following is an excerpt from an interesting article about birth records, written by Russell Bangerter, and published in the October 28, 2009 edition of the Mormon Times. Birth – it’s the first thing that ever happens to us. It Continue reading Birth Records are Vital to Our Genealogy Research
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 looks like the legislators in Maine figure that the recession is putting a lot more money in folks pockets. As usual, the people are picking up the bill. They talk about not raising taxes – but I’d say that Continue reading Maine Vital Records Fees Jump Out of Site
In a news release this morning, Ancestry.com announced that they have digitized the “Death Records of American Citizens Abroad, 1910-1974.” These records were formerly in paper format at the National Archives and could only be accessed in the research rooms Continue reading Ancestry.com Posts “Death Records of American Citizens Abroad, 1910-1974”
28 September 2009: Volunteers with Rhode Island roots will be excited about the new indexing projects this week. The Rhode Island 1905 and 1935 State Censuses were added. New international projects for Argentina, Germany, Philippines, Spain, and the U.K. were Continue reading FamilySearch Indexing Updates
The following news release is courtesy of Paul Nauta, FamilySearch: 28 September 2009 – Family researchers seeking their Mexican heritage have two million new records at their fingertips this week with an update to the 1930 Census collection. There are Continue reading International Databases Grow at FamilySearch Pilot Site
Jeff Bockman recently posted an excellent article that he wrote for Heritage Quest Magazine in 2004. It’s titled “Birth Records & Alternatives.” As we research back in time, civil birth records often become nonexistent, since vital registration in many states Continue reading Birth Records and Alternatives