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Recently, a woman in British Columbia was doing genealogy research and typed her father’s name into Google. Following a link to the Petawawa Public Library, she was astonished to hear her father’s voice emanating from her computer speakers. He’d passed Continue reading Ontario’s Community Digitization Project
Canaccord Genuity maintains a ‘Buy’ on Ancestry.com (NASDAQ: ACOM), PT $40. Canaccord analyst says, “As Ancestry’s brand reaches a more mass-market audience, we expect to see strong subscriber growth and believe the second season of NBC’s reality show Who Do Continue reading Canaccord Genuity Maintains a ‘Buy’ on Ancestry.com
The following news release was received from Daniel Horowitz, with MyHeritage.com: London, England & Tel Aviv, Israel – January 24, 2011 – MyHeritage.com, the most popular family network on the web, today released a major update of its flagship Smart Continue reading MyHeritage.com Transforms Family Tree Discoveries into a Collaborative Experience with Upgraded Smart Matching™ Platform
The following announcement came today. It was expected. Ancestry.com has their own research company now that they own ProGenealogists. The move makes sense to me. The following was received from Anastasia Harman at Ancestry.com: Over a year ago Ancestry.com created Continue reading Ancestry.com’s Expert Connect Bites the Dust
Jean-Marie Messier and Edgar Bronfman Jr., who escaped criminal guilty verdicts in America, where found guilty by a French court and had fines imposed upon them. The court cases stemmed from Messier’s spending spree while he was CEO of Vivendi. Continue reading CEO of Former Corporate Owner of Heritage Quest Found Criminally Guilty
WASHINGTON, D.C. – To help mark the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy, David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, and Caroline Kennedy, President of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, today unveiled the nation’s Continue reading NARA Announces New Online Digital Archive – JFKLibrary.org
The following announcement is a month old, but since I missed it, I figure a few of my readers may have missed it also. Library and Archives Canada Announces Suite of Digital Services for Canadians by 2017 OTTAWA, December 7, Continue reading Library and Archives Canada Digitizing Records
Randy Majors posted a fascinating research report a couple weeks ago detailing how he broke a brick wall caused by his ancestor having changed the family surname from Baumgardner to Brown. Mr. Majors was able to make the breakthrough by Continue reading From Baumgardner to Brown – or How to Baffle Your Descendants…
The following news release was received from my friend, Thomas MacEntee, now webmaster for the Illinois State Genealogical Society: Illinois State Genealogical Society Unveils New Website – New Design Features Illinois Resources for Genealogy Researchers January 15, 2011 – Springfield, Continue reading Illinois State Genealogical Society Unveils New Website
The following databases have been added at The Original Record this week. The following was written by The Original Records staff: 1272 Northamptonshire Forest Pleas Much of eastern Northamptonshire lay in the jurisdiction of the Forest of Rockingham. Forest pleas Continue reading New Databases this Weeks at The Original Record
The following news release was received from Heather Erickson at Ancestry.com: Downloadable Version of the #1-Selling Family History Software Available Today SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., January 6, 2011– Ancestry.com today announced the launch of Family Tree Maker® for Mac on the Continue reading Ancestry.com Releases Family Tree Maker for Mac on the Mac App Store
The following news release was received from Natasha White, Marketing & PR Executive, Genes Reunited: 100 Centenarians Found on the 1911 census for England & Wales & the Number of Centenarians Quadruples in the Last 30 years The team at Continue reading Aging Through the Ages – Study at Genes Reunited
The following is excerpted from a January 5, 2011 blog at the Ancestry.com Blog: Last November, we launched a new tree viewer in an optional preview. If you chose to view your tree using the new view, we gave you Continue reading Ancestry.com Launches New Tree Viewer
The following excerpt is from an article printed in the January 4, 2011 edition of redorbit.com Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) January 4, 2011 Geni.com, a world leader in collaborative genealogy, today announced the addition of the 50 millionth person to Continue reading Geni.com’s Family Tree Surpasses 50 Million People
The following news release was received from Amy Sell at FindMyPast.co.uk: Over 9 million family history records available online today Findmypast.co.uk to host Society’s collection in centenary year Today the Society of Genealogists in London and leading family history website Continue reading Society of Genealogists’ Collection Now Online at FindMyPast.co.uk