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The following was first printed in The Mountain Eagle, published Hudson-Catskill Newspapers (NY), issue of Friday, August 21, 2009. ALBANY – Genealogists and other researchers will have even more information about New York births available to them now that a Continue reading Pre-1881 New York Birth Certificate Index Now Available
According to an article posted at the Seeking Michigan website, the Michigan death records collection covering the years 1897 to 1920, is almost complete. There are now over 960,000 certificates available at no charge at the site, with the project Continue reading The Free Online Michigan Death Records 1897-1920 is 99% Complete – With 960,000+ Certificates Online
It is surely the biggest Big Brother project yet conceived. India is to issue each of its 1.2 billion citizens, millions of whom live in remote villages and possess no documentary proof of existence, with cyber-age biometric identity cards. The Continue reading India to Issue All Their 1.2 Billion Citizens Biometric ID Cards
This just in from Liz Stookesberry Myers: Assembly Bill 130 will be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee very soon. It was introduced by Kevin Jeffries (Republican ) of the Temecula area. The Bill was presented at the request of Continue reading California Legislators Need to Hear From YOU!
According to the latest newsletter from ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk, the following data has been added recently: New 1881 census indexes and images: this now completes the set of Scottish census records 1841-1901, uniquely available on ScotlandsPeople. Please note that this new version Continue reading New Data at ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk
Thanks to Paul Nauta for the following press release: June 17, 2009: Six million new records were added to the FamilySearch Record Search pilot this week. The much anticipated Louisiana and Idaho death records are now available. The states of Continue reading Louisiana & Idaho Death Records Now Online
Fitting out the new £1.25m Manx Ancestry Centre will take six months after the building work is complete. Alex Downie told the Legislative Council that construction of the building at the former Government Analyst’s Laboratory next to the Manx Museum, Continue reading The Isle of Man Ancestry Centre Project
The following is from the Warren County Genealogical Society e-news for June 2009: We are pleased to announce the availability of a new book in the series of Warren County Marriage Records that has been compiled by Warren County Genealogical Continue reading Warren Çounty, Ohio, Marriage Records 1902-1907 – Book Now Available
My friend, Jeff Bockman, just posted an article on death records at this “Genealogy According to Jeff” website. Click on the Deaths link under the Death heading to read all about it. Following is a teaser. Few people are fortunate Continue reading What Did Your Ancestors Leave You?
The following are three data sets are recently completed projects that have been removed from the available online indexing batches and will now go through a final completion check process in preparation for future publication: Argentina Censo 1869—Catamarca y La Continue reading Recently Completed and Current FamilySearch Indexing Projects
Eleven new indexing projects were added this week, most of them international. Five of the projects are birth, marriage, and death records for France. New indexing projects added this week were: INTERNATIONAL Argentina Censo 1869—Jujuy Salta Tucuman Canada, British Columbia Continue reading New Indexing Projects at FamilySearch Indexing
The California Supreme Court upheld a ban on same-sex marriage today, ratifying the proposition 8 decision made by California voters last November. The decision preserved the 18,000 marriages performed between the court’s May 2008 decision that same-sex marriage was lawful Continue reading California Supremes Uphold Proposition 8
Geoff Rasmussen, writing at the Legacy News blog, posted an interesting item today that he believes may apply to his Goez family of Lafayette, Indiana. It seems that behind the wallpaper of a dining room about to be painted held Continue reading Marriage Data Behind the Wallpaper
Thanks to Paul Nauta for the following info: 20 May 2009: Thirteen collections were added or updated on the FamilySearch Record Search pilot—over 3.5 million new records. International researchers will be excited to know that collections were added for Brazil, Continue reading 3.5 Million New Records, Including Brazil, Czech Republic and Italy, Added at the FamilySearch Record Search Pilot Website
Thanks to Paul Nauta for the following press release: SALT LAKE CITY—FamilySearch announced today it has published millions of records from Southern states to its rapidly growing, free online collection. The collection includes both digital images and indexes. Millions of Continue reading Millions of Historic Southern Records Now on the Web