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Civil War buffs will have a new online tool to use thanks to a grant the Tennessee State Library and Archives has received. The $40,750 grant from the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program will allow the state to Continue reading Online Tennessee Civil War Database to Be Developed
The following news release was received from Debra Chatfield at FindMyPast.co.uk: Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records 1760-1854 now available to search online In-depth and colorful insight into the lives of ordinary ranking soldiers Records include servicemen born in the Continue reading 180,000 New Chelsea Pensioners Service Records Go Online at FindMyPast.co.uk
Footnote is once again making some of their most important documents available FREE online for a limited time. Check this out! In recognition of America’s Independence Day, Footnote is opening their Revolutionary War collection free to the public. This unique Continue reading Revolutionary War Records FREE at Footnote.com Until July 7
Thanks to blogs found at ResearchBuzz and Syracuse.com, I ran across a new database at the New Jersey State Department website that I’m sure my readers will want to know about – and just in time for Memorial Day! The Continue reading Index to New Jersey Civil War Treasury Vouchers 1861-1865
An interesting article was posted in the Washington Post site yesterday. The article deals with files on soldiers, celebrities, and non-celebrities alike that are easily available through the Freedom of Information Act. The info came from the GovernmentAttic.org website initially. Continue reading Thousands of Files Available from the Government Attic
At its meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 10 October 2009, the American Society of Genealogists voted to give their annual Donald Lines Jacobus Award to Forgotten Patriots, African American and African Indian Patriots in the Revolutionary War: A Continue reading Forgotten Patriots, by Eric Grundset, gets the 2009 Jacobus Award
Author Lois Herr has stopped by to answer your questions about her new book “Dear Coach: Letters Home from WWII.” Please join me in welcoming Lois Herr. Thank you for having me! I received some very good questions and can’t Continue reading Questions Answered by Lois Herr, Author of “Dear Coach: Letters Home from WWII”
I’m now writing for Family Chronicle, and while corresponding yesterday with publisher Ed Zapletal, he told me about a new publication from Moreshead Magazines Ltd that will be widely available within a few days. Ed sent me a PDF of Continue reading Life During the Civil War
The following news release was received from Anastasia Tyler at Ancestry.com: PROVO, UT (Nov. 11, 2009) – Ancestry.com today added more than 600 Navy cruise books to its online collection of military records to commemorate Veterans Day. This historic effort Continue reading Ancestry.com Posts 600 Navy Cruise Books (1950-1988) & Makes Access to the Military Collection FREE through Nov. 13
Family Roots Publishing Company is now offering Bill Dollarhide’s Genealogical Resources of the Civil War Era . Following is the description of the book: Most genealogical records during the decade of the Civil War are related to the soldiers and Continue reading Dollarhide’s “Genealogical Resources of the Civil War Era”
HE CALLS her Marples and she refers to him affectionately as Sherlock. He is a determined, quiet cop with a forensic background, while she is a chatty grandmother with degrees in social research and 30 years of genealogy experience. They Continue reading Volunteers Search for Family Connections of 191+ Soldiers Buried in Fromelles’ Tiny Pheasant Wood
The following News Release was written by FamilyRelatives.com staff: From Waterloo to the Charge of the Light Brigade to the Great War Familyrelatives.com is proud to announce the addition of 1,000,000 New Military Records spanning over 100 years. This autumn Continue reading Over 1M New WWI British Military Records added at FamilyRelatives.com
It was announced today that Ancestry.co.uk has now posted the entire collection of the British WWI Service Records. Since the press release mentioned Basil Rathbone (Remember the Sherlock Homes movies?), I did a search for him, and found him soon Continue reading WWI Army Service Records for 2M Brits Go Online at Ancestry.co.uk
State archives and history officials are attempting to come up with details about the veterans whose 11,427 names are carved in the West Virginia Veterans Memorial at the State Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia. For the last five years, the Continue reading West Virginia Officials Searching for Info on People Named on the West Virginia Veterans Memorial
San Leandro, CA, November 02, 2009 – (PR.com) – Join Author Anita Wills for a Presentation of her book “Pieces of the Quilt: The Mosaic of An African American Family.” It is author Anita Wills, second book, after “Notes and Continue reading Anita Wills Book Presentation – “Pieces of the Quilt: The Mosaic of An African American Family” at Hayward Library on Dec. 2, 2009