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The following excerpt is from an article by Wes Wolfe, posted July 25, 2015 at the Kinston.com website: A project between the State Archives of North Carolina and State Library of North Carolina seeks to digitize, place online and make Continue reading 35,000 North Carolina Pension Confederate Applications 1901-1946 Going Online
Dennis Northcott has published three volumes of GAR death records. FRPC has extended the 15% off sale thru Monday, August 3. See the details below. The G.A.R. was organized in departments, most of which comprised one state. The departments published Continue reading Grand Army of the Republic Death Records Books for Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas & Nebraska – 15% Off
Ancestry.com is offering free access to their records from the Original 13 Colonies This weekend. The sale ends on July 4. Click on the illustration below for more info. See the full list of the 13 Colonies Collections by clicking Continue reading Fold3.com & Ancestry.com Offer Free Access Packages This Weekend
The following is from the June 26, 2015 FindMyPast Friday Announcement at FindMyPast: Australia Convict ships 1786-1849 Containing over 188,000 records, Australia Convict ships 1786-1849 date back the ships of First Fleet and include the details of some of the Continue reading 644,000 New Records & Newspaper Articles At FindMyPast
It’s been 200 years since the epic Battle of Waterloo took place. A number of commemorations are taking place. click on the links to learn more. The Battle of Waterloo, as it happened on June 18, 1815 – On this Continue reading Battle of Waterloo Anniversary – June 18, 1815
The following teaser is from the June 12 PSNews Online: The National Archives of Australia (NAA) has begun a $3.4 million project to mark the centenary of World War I, describing and digitising many of the Anzacs’ repatriation records, ensuring Continue reading Anzacs’ (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Repatriation Records Released
The following teaser is from an article posted June 14, 2015 at the chicoer.com website. Bradley [CA] Joseph Botts Jr. stepped out of his pickup truck into a scrubby, sunbaked field of salt grass and mustard weed and bent over Continue reading Civil War Veteran’s Gravesite Emerges as the Monterey County Reservoir Dries Up
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has added to its collections more than 3.7 million indexed records and images for Belgium, England, Germany, the Philippines, and the United States. Notable collection updates include 2,807,806 indexed records from the England, London Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Over 3.7 Million Indexed Records & Images for Belgium, England, Germany, the Philippines, & the USA
The following is from FamilySearch. This posting is of databases announced by FamilySearch on May 18 & 26. FamilySearch has added to its collections more than 4.6 million indexed records and images for Australia, Canada, China, India, Peru, the Philippines, Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Over 4.6 Million Indexed Records & Images for Australia, Canada, China, India, Peru, the Philippines, and the USA
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has added to its collections more than 9.8 million indexed records and images for Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Jamaica, Peru, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and the United States. Notable collection updates include 2,983,594 indexed Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Over 9.8 Million Indexed Records & Images for Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Jamaica, Peru, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, & the USA
The Fr. Francis A. Gleeson Papers have been digitized and posted online at the UDC Digital Archive. This is a collection of papers belonging to Fr. Gleeson relating to “his time as Catholic Military Chaplain to the 2nd Battalion Royal Continue reading Fr. Francis A. Gleeson WWI Diaries, Brigade Rolls & Correspondence Digitized & Posted Online
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has added to its collections more than 2.3 million indexed records and images for the Czech Republic, Mexico, New Zealand, Ukraine, and the United States. Notable collection updates include 771,097 images from the New Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Over 2.3 Million Indexed Records & Images for the Czech Republic, Mexico, New Zealand, Ukraine, & the USA
It’s was exactly 150 years ago today that Lee surrendered at Appomattox, effectively ending the American Civil War. FRPC is celebrating by again offering a bundle of 3 Civil War best sellers, Genealogical Resources of the Civil War Era – Continue reading Civil War 3 Book Bundle at 40% Savings & FREE Shipping!
According to a March 27, 2015 article posted at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website, Ancestry.com is currently suspended from digitizing 49 million WWII Draft cards at the Federal Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri. An Ancestry employee, seemingly running behind Continue reading Ancestry Employee Fired for Attempted Record Destruction at Federal Records Center
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has added to its collections more than 18.3 million indexed records and images for England, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Notable collection updates include 10,026,835 indexed records and 776,840 images from Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Over 18.3 Million Indexed Records & Images for England, Italy, the UK, & the USA