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March 4, 2009: The FamilySearch indexing application is available in three new languages: Italian, Portuguese, and Russian. These languages are in addition to English, French, German, and Spanish. They have current indexing projects in all of these languages except Portuguese. Continue reading FamilySearch Indexing Update
UPDATE: Read about just how bad this disaster was in the March 4, 2009 article titled “Archive Collapse Disaster for Historians” in Spiegel Online. The Cologne City Archive in Germany collapsed today. It seems that all the employees are safe. Continue reading Cologne City Archive Collapses in Germany
My friend, Jim Derheim has launched an archive of his photos online at www.europeanfocus.com. To see his work, click on the tab that says “Ancestral Villages Photography” (illustration below). It is visible at the upper right side of the page. Continue reading European Focus Puts European Village Photography Online
The German Interest Group of the Iowa Genealogical Society (IGS) will hold their Seventeenth Annual German Conference on Saturday, June 6, 2009 at the Des Moines Botanical Center. The speaker will be Baerbel K. Johnson, a professional genealogist who works Continue reading German Interest Group of the Iowa Genealogical Society to Sponsor Conference in Des Moines June 6, 2009
The following Family Search Indexing update information was received from Paul Nauta, Public Affairs Manager for FamilySearch. February 6, 2009: FamilySearch volunteers wrapped up 14 online indexing projects already in 2009 and continue to make good progress on the 38 Continue reading Family Search Indexing Update
The following news release was just received from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch: 30 January 2009 – Since the last update on January 5, 2009, FamilySearch added over 40 million new records to its Record Search pilot. Individuals with international roots Continue reading New Digitized and Indexed Records at FamilySearch
German Chancellor Angela Merkel got the grand tour of the former East Germany’s secret police, the Stasi, Archives today. What files may reside there of interest to genealogists I do not know, but I guarantee that there must be a Continue reading German Chancellor Angela Merkel Visits the Stasi Archives
We tend to identify the Bad Arolsen, Germany – based International Tracing Service with the files and/or index entries of 17.5 million persons folks killed or persecuted by the Nazis. However, AP reporters recently located a file marked “Escapee Program” Continue reading Escapee Program File – with Names – File Found in Bad Arolsen Attic
As you folks know, we publish the Map Guide to German Parish Registers series of books. All the books currently in print (23 as of today) are available at the Family Roots Publishing website. With the exception of Volume 23 Continue reading German Town Names Now Found at Family Roots Publishing Website
It took us about a year, but the entire ten volumes covering Bavaria were recently completed by Family Roots Publishing. Written by Kevan Hansen, and edited by Patty Meitzler, the German Map Guide series now has 23 volumes in print. Continue reading Bavaria Series Complete for Map Guide to German Parish Registers
The Palatine to America Library has been closed. Our collection is being relocated to the Columbus Metropolitan Library in Columbus, Ohio. It is anticipated the Palatine Collection will be available for use sometime in the first quarter of 2009. Courtesy Continue reading The Palatine to America Library Relocating
It’s taken a while to get back into production, but the Map Guide to German Parish Registers is again being authored by Kevan Hansen, with the three Rhineland volumes (11 through 13) coming off the press first. Family Roots Publishing Continue reading Rhineland Map Guides Now Shipping
On August 24, Ancestry.com posted 301 new items, including many books that I’m familiar with. In running through the list, I find that the books seem to all be those published by Genealogical Publishing Company. These books cover many topics Continue reading Ancestry.com Adds About 300 New Online Resources from GPC
Permits to Emigrate (Reisepass Protokolle), applications for Permits or Passports of persons sailing from Hamburg to America, have been microfilmed for the years 1851 to 1929. The applications, indexed, required the physical description of the applicant, the former place of Continue reading Hamburg Permits to Emigrate Have Been Filmed