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This could be the most important development of the year – if not the decade. If Ancestry is helping to get records from the granite mounain vault digitized and indexed – and makes 60 million dollars available to do so, Continue reading Ancestry.com & FamilySearch to Collaborate, Making Another Billion Records Available Online For the First Time
For the first time ever, the National Archives will host a virtual Genealogy Fair via webcast using the Internet. This two-day program will showcase tips and techniques for using Federal records at the National Archives for genealogy research. Lectures are Continue reading The National Archives Virtual Genealogy Fair – Sept. 3 & 4, 2013
The following was received from David Osborne with TheGenealogist.co.uk: This unique collection contains Criminal Registers, Prisoners Pardoned, Criminal Lunatics and criminal charges for England and Wales. In the 1800s it could be hard to earn an honest living and those Continue reading TheGenealogist Announces a New Criminal Record Collection With Over 90,000 Records
The following news release is from FindMyPast.com: Addition from Archives CD Books Canada Provides 200 Name-rich, Searchable Volumes LOS ANGELES (August 16, 2013) – Findmypast.com, an international leader in online family history, today announced the recent addition of Canadian Books Continue reading Findmypast.com Collections Head North with Debut of Canadian Books
On the 6th of August, MyHeritage launched a global initiative called – Treasure Family Photos – to encourage people to learn more about their family’s history from their old photos and to preserve these precious artifacts online for future generations. Continue reading MyHeritage Launches “Treasure Family Photos” Initiative
If you had folks living anywhere in Canada in 1921 – and you know about where they lived, you’ll most likely want to go check out the 1921 Canadian census, now posted at ancestry.ca. According to their website, “with the Continue reading 1921 Canadian Census Now Available FREE for Browsing at Ancestry.ca
The following is from FamilySearch August 6, 2013: FamilySearch has recently added more than 43.6 million indexed records and images from BillionGraves, Italy, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 10 new indexed war records collections, including: the Continue reading Remembering Our Veterans: FamilySearch Adds New Indexed Record Collections from WWII, Korean War, & Vietnam War
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has recently added more than 1.1 million images from Belgium, Nicaragua, Spain, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 379,887 index records and images from the U.S., North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979, Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Over 1.1 Million Index Records & Images from Belgium, Nicaragua, Spain, & the USA
Joan Griffis wrote an interesting column this week for the News-Gazette. Most of it deals with using the Illinois State Archives. She starts her column by pointing out that anyone can search for an ancestor across the entire Archives website Continue reading Try Out the Illinois State Archives Online Search Engine
The following is from Ancestry.com: The popularity of a royal baby’s first name increases by an average of 32 percent the year after the baby is born Historically, Prince Andrew (born in 1960) has had the biggest impact on baby Continue reading Royal Prince to Inspire an Extra 1400 Georges
The next North Carolina Genealogical Society WEBINAR will be available totally free to the public September 20-22, 2013 on www.ncgenealogy.org: Helen F. M. Leary, CG (Emeritus), FASG will present Mapping Your Ancestor’s Land – How to Do It and Why Continue reading Mapping Your Ancestor’s Land – How to Do It and Why Bother? – Webinar Available FREE Sept 20-22
Since the defeat of the Third Reich in 1945, Germany has compensated victims of the holocaust to the tune of about 92 billion dollars. A porton of the compensation was earmarked for the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany. Continue reading Gilad Japhet’s MyHeritage.com is Matching Holocaust Descendents with the Holocaust Victims Claims Conference List
The My Genealogy Hound website currently has over 13,000 family biographies extracted from all kinds of historic county histories – available FREE of charge. The website is sponsored by Hearthstone Legacy Publications. They publish old county histories, maps and such Continue reading My Genealogy Hound Completes Biography Additions For One Hundred Counties
I wrote a few days ago about the move of PERSI from HeritageQuest to findmypast. This move could be a good one for the genealogical community if Brightsolid is actually able to accomplish what HeritageQuest initially set out to do Continue reading PERSI Finds New Home on findmypast & This Will Not Be Easy!
Other than doing a Google search, how else can a researcher find if an African American newspaper was ever published in a particular area. According to Timothy N. Pinnick, author of Finding and Using American American Newspapers, Google won’t cut Continue reading Finding and Using African American Newspapers