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Genealogists have long used coroners’ records to fill out our family histories. These records are what we call “public records,” making them available to researchers as well as the media, and anyone else for that matter. Since most of the Continue reading Time Provisions of Pennsylvania’s Coroner’s Act Argued Before the State’s Supreme Court
The following excerpt is from the February 15, 2012 edition of Berksmontnews.com: … the public may now access birth and death records online and in person for free at the Pennsylvania State Archives thanks to a new law, according to Continue reading Expanded Access to Pennsylvania Vital Records
Read the details in the following article from the Lebonon Daily News: Roots & Branches: State historical society teams with Ancestry.com By JAMES M. BEIDLER Teamwork and collaboration have been the bywords of the genealogical world the last few years Continue reading Historical Society of Pennsylvania Partners with Ancestry.com
The following News Release was received from Ancestry.com: Ancestry.com Partners with Historical Society of Pennsylvania to Bring the State’s Rich History Online – Family History Leader Adds Millions of State Birth, Marriage and Death Records to its Pennsylvania Vital Record Continue reading Ancestry.com Partners with Historical Society of Pennsylvania
The following U.S.A. vital-records oriented databases have been added or updated at FamilySearch.org since January 10th. 10 new data items have been added for nine States. – Updated 23 January 2012. We’ve also updated all five of the GenealogyBlog Continue reading Latest Updates at FamilySearch.org
A new law was passed in Pennsylvania, back in December, in an effort to make access to birth and death records easier. However, there is some controversy as to how much easier the law really makes records access. See the Continue reading Easier Access to Pennsylvanian Vital Records, Sort Of!
The following U.S.A. vital-records oriented databases have been added or updated at FamilySearch.org since my last posting made November 26. New data has been added for 24 states & the District of Columbia! We’ve also updated all five of the Continue reading New USA Vital Records Data at FamilySearch.org
Pennsylvania Genealogists – take note… My friend, Jim Beidler, wrote the following information about the potential watering down of the open records legislation now underway in Pennsylania. The following is just an excerpt of his article in the November 27, Continue reading Amendments Would Defeat Pennsylvania Open Records Bill’s Purpose
The following news release was written by familySearch staff: FamilySearch Adds 6 Million Records – Austria, Mexico, Peru, U.S.A. – Each Add Over a Million Records 30 August 2011: FamilySearch.org added over six million records this week to its free Continue reading FamilySearch Adds 6 Million+ Records for Austria, Brazil, Guatemala, Hungary, Mexico, Peru, Poland, South Africa, Spain & the U.S.A.
Last week, I wrote about the many State Censuses and Tax lists now found free online at FamilySearch.org, and referred readers to my descriptive linked listing of these resources posted on GenealogyBlog.com. Upon reading the materials I’d posted, Ed Storey Continue reading The Pennsylvania 1927 Agricultural Census
May 6, 2011 – Pittsburgh, PA – GRIP – The Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh – a new genealogical institute of learning announces a genealogy educational opportunity planned for July 2012. Consisting of four courses, it will be held Monday, Continue reading The Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Pennsylvania State Archives will host a public open house in its newly renovated search room from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, April 18. The State Archives, housed in the iconic Continue reading Pennsylvania State Archives to Host Open House April 18
The excerpt below is from a rather lengthy article, published in the April 6, 2011 edition of the Daily Reporter, dealing with the strange case of a fake marriage between Erie residents Timothy Booth and Myra King. Pretty interesting… ERIE, Continue reading Are These Folks Married or Are They Not?
UNITED STATES DEATH & PROBATE DOCUMENT & INDEXES AT FAMILYSEARCH.ORG Last Updated 5 November 2015 Alabama, Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952 — Searchable Index — Name index to death and burial records from the state of Alabama. Microfilm copies of Continue reading United States Death & Probate Documents & Indexes at FamilySearch.org
Footnote.com is one of my favorite websites. Found among the many databases located there is the entire series of the Pennsylvania Archives. It’s one of the FREE databases found at Footnote.com, and one of the most useful, if you’ve got Continue reading Search the Records Found in the Pennsylvania Archives – FREE at Footnote.com