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Made available through an affiliation with Footnote.com, FamilySearch.org recently added millions of Confederate and Union Service Records for soldiers of the American Civil War. The newly added database contains millions of indexed, thus searchable, images. The records include the jacketed Continue reading Millions of Civil War Service Records Added to FamilySearch
Since 1864 nearly 260,000 of America’s finest have been interred at Arlington National Cemetery. Now, the Gravesite Accountability Task Force has been charged with verifying all cemetery records. Responding to a congressional law passed last year, the task force is Continue reading Photographing Tombstones at Arlington National Cemetery
Because Footnote.com made the name change to fold3.com, and their change in emphasis to being principally a military records website, I got to thinking about my 20th-Century war-related research. World War I was three decades in the past by the Continue reading Researching the Great War
Footnote.com has long been one of my favorite websites. I’ve had a personal subscription for years, and plan to keep it for a long time. The site is reasonably priced, and the data is etrememely valuable for any genealogist with Continue reading Footnote.com Announces New Focus on Historical U.S. Military Records & Changes Name to Fold3
The following excerpt is from an article in the August 11, 2011 edition of refu.com: The grand opening of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation’s long-awaited Interpretive Learning Center on Saturday, Aug. 20, will offer visitors a special opportunity to tour Continue reading Grand Opening Scheduled for the Heart Mountain Relocation Center Interpretive Center
The following excerpt is from the August 10, 2011 edition of the Chicago Tribune. Skokie’s Howard Bergman is among more than 14,000 people from 60 countries who have used the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum‘s International Tracing Service to access Continue reading Over 14,000 From 60 Countries Have Accessed the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Tracing Service
Despite the 106o temperatures, daughter Jane and I had a great visit in Kansas City with sis-in-law Sharon. (I’ve known her longer than I’ve known her brother we realized!) The visit to the World War I Memorial Museum was the Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour Week Peek #35
The following news release, dated July 11, 2011, is from the National Archives Press Room. Washington, DC – From July 11-31, 2011, the National Archives will display newly declassified documents from 1918 detailing German secret ink formulas. The oldest newly Continue reading National Archives Displays Newly Declassified Secret Ink Documents from 1918
I took a few minutes today to look up the Veteran’s Administration Pension Payment Cards for my great-grandmother, Abigail Titus Canfield Hinchey Goff, found at FamilySearch.org. Abigail was awarded a pension twice, once when my great-grandfather, Henry Canfield, died in Continue reading Using the US Veteran’s Administration Pension Payment Cards 1907-1933 Found at FamilySearch.org
On June 29, Ancestry.com posted the Sons of the American Revolution membership applications running from 1889 to 1970. These applications are of great value to genealogists, as they include actual linages starting with the applicant, and running all the way Continue reading Using the Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications Now Posted at Ancestry.com
Military Bounty Land 1776-1855, by Christine Rose, was published in March. The 176 page book is without a doubt one of the best genealogical research guides published this year. Bounty land was often awarded to those who served in American Continue reading Military Bounty Land 1776-1855
The following announcement was made by FamilySearch during the National Genealogical Society Conference in Charleston, South Carolina: SALT LAKE CITY: As the United States marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, people who had ancestors involved in the conflict Continue reading Millions of Historic American Civil War Records Go Online at FamilySearch.org
The following news release was received from Heather Erickson at Ancestry.com. Millions of Pages of Museum Archives to Be Indexed and Made FREE to All WASHINGTON, D.C./PROVO, Utah – May 3, 2011 – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Continue reading U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum & Ancestry.com Launch World Memory Project
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
I just got copies of David Norris’ new Tracing Your Civil War Ancestors over the weekend, and sat down to review the publication. The booklet is printed in magazine-style, saddled stapled, 8.5×11, ISBN #: 9780978159276, Item #: MM004, and runs Continue reading Tracing Your Civil War Ancestors