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Gena Philibert-Ortega recently wrote a new 66 page guide entitled Tips & Tricks for Online Genealogy Research. This publication is another in the popular Tracing Your Ancestors series from Moorshead Magazines. It’s absolutely loaded with information on how to get Continue reading NEW – Tips & Tricks for Online Genealogy Research – 30% Off Thru May 22 or Free with Purchase of $25 or More
The following is from Ancestry.com via BusinessWire: LEHI, Utah & SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–To help Americans commemorate Memorial Day from home this year, Ancestry®, the leader in family history, announced today it will host the “Parade of Heroes,” a virtual event Continue reading “Parade of Heroes,” a virtual event which will stream online Memorial Day, Monday, May 25
Ancestry is opening free access to: More than 550 million military records on Fold3®, covering military conflicts as early as the Revolutionary War, open May 21-25 Nearly 500 million records and images from the National Archives and Records Administration available on Ancestry, including Continue reading Free Access to Records on Fold3 (May 21-25) and NARA Records at Ancestry – Now thru June 1
The following was received from MyHeritage.com: 821.2 million records were added to MyHeritage in the last two weeks of December — bringing the total number of historical records in MyHeritage SuperSearch™ to 11 billion records! Here is the list of Continue reading Record Collections at MyHeritage Added in the Second Half of December 2019
The Frederick Douglas Newspapers have been posted online at the Library of Congress website. The following excerpt is from a fascinating blog on the topic, posted January 17, 2020 and written by Arlene Balkansky: The striking, forward-thinking motto, “Right Is Continue reading The Frederick Douglass Newspapers, 1847-1874 Are Now Online
The following teaser is from an article posted January 14, 2020 at ciodive.com. Ancestry spent two years executing its shift to the cloud. In that time, the genealogy company migrated a database of over 20 million members away from data Continue reading Ancestry Finds that AI Optimizes their Cloud Platform Without Impeding the User Experience
Great News! The following news release was received from Mike Mansfield, FGS: January 14, 2020 – Austin, TX. and Brownsville, TX.: The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and the National Park Service’s Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park (NPS) announce Continue reading FGS and the National Park Service Announce Launch of U.S.- Mexican War Soldier & Sailor Database
The following records were announced as now being available at FindMyPast: British Armed Forces, First World War Soldiers’ Medical Records Over 36,000 new additions from the National Archives in Kew are now available to search. These highly detailed records include Continue reading New Database Records Available at FindMyPast This Week – and Sale Prices Monday, Nov 18 thru Saturday, Nov 23
FREE Access is now available to all the databases on AmericanAncestors.org – from Tuesday, November 12, through Tuesday, November 19. Fall back into family history research with FREE Access to more than 1.4 billion searchable names on AmericanAncestors.org between Tuesday, Continue reading FREE Access to All Databases on AmericanAncestors.org Through Tuesday, November 19
I wrote a few days ago about some to the new things happening at Ancestry.com. One of those is the new Newspapers.com obituary index. Besides that, ancestry has several other resources that include obits – one of those being the Continue reading Obituaries Are Getting Easier to Find & Ancestry.com Has Provided Some Great Tools to Help With That
The following was received from FamilySearch: Search these new records and images by clicking on the collection links below, or go to FamilySearch to search over 8 billion free names and record images. Find and share this announcement online from the FamilySearch Newsroom. Country Collection Indexed Records Digital Continue reading New or Updated Database Collections at FamilySearch the Week of Sept. 30, 2019
The following databases at FindMyPast were posted or updated the week prior to October 4, 2019. The following is from FindMyPast. Pennsylvania Cemetery & Burial 1700-1950 Were your ancestors laid to rest in Pennsylvania? Search over 276,000 new and exclusive Continue reading Records Posted at FindMyPast the Week Prior to Oct. 4, 2019
I’ve written about specific collections found at Digital North Carolina in the past. Today I would like to post a few links to major digital collections found there – all stuff of great genealogical value. Newspapers – A clickable listing Continue reading Resources at Digital North Carolina
Being a native Washingtonian, and having many friends and relatives in Spokane – I was thrilled to get the Fishwrap announcement a few days ago that early Spokane papers are now available at Newspapers.com. The following teaser is from the Continue reading Digital Spokane Newspapers Now Available at Newspapers.com
I got some time to work at Ancestry.com the last couple days and I’m thinking that I really need to extend my life several more decades at least – just to keep up with all the hints, and added opportunities Continue reading New Features at Ancestry.com