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The following news release was received from Gayathri Kher, IT Systems and Conference Manager at the NGS. New from NGS Video Productions: Empathy and the Analytical Process, Featuring Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, FUGA 4 January 2011 Continue reading New NGS Video: Tom W. Jones on Empathy & the Analytical Process
The following information is from the January, 2011 edition of RootsMagic News. This is great news. Legacy Family Tree is having a lot of success with their online classes. I’m sure that RootsMagic will also. Throughout the year RootsMagic staff Continue reading RootsMagic Now Doing FREE Online Webinars
The following excerpt is from Sharon Tate Moody’s in the January 2, 2010 edition of Tampa Bay Online. Those with Irish ancestors and relatives will be delighted to see that the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland is making photographic Continue reading New Online Irish Resources
The following excerpt is from Tom Mooney’s “Out On a Limb” column, published January 2, 2010 in The Times Leader. If you haven’t visited the Luzerne County [Pennsylvania] Genweb in a while, do so. You’ll find not just your old Continue reading Online Research of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
My friend, AC Ivory, has redesigned his website. Following is his news release, sent out today. A FRESH LOOK FOR A NEW YEAR Find My Ancestor Has Received a Makeover January 2, 2011 – Taylorsville, UT. Find My Ancestor has Continue reading Find My Ancestor Receives a Makeover
On the 16th of December, Ancestry.com posted the Maine Vital Records from data found at the Maine State Archives. The records themselves are transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths that took place statewide. They are digitzed, and indexed. These are Continue reading New Online Maine Vital Records Databases
Do you have ancestry that stems from the Allen County, Indiana area? If so, the History Center Digital Collections, sponsored by the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society will be of interest to you. Thus far, 571 items have been digitized Continue reading The Allen County – Fort Wayne Historical Society “History Center Digital Collections”
Noting that additional data had been added to the the Germany Vital Records databases at FamilySearch.org in the last two days, I spent a few minutes checking them out, thinking that there wasn’t much possibility that I’d find MY ancestors Continue reading The German Vital Records Databases at FamilySearch.org Continue to Grow
Ancestry.com just posted the “Indenture of Apprenticeship Recorded in the Orphans Court, Washington County, District of Columbia, 1801-1811.” It’s a hand-written digitized volume (originally from microfilm M2011), with the index preceding the indentures. You can browse the index or use Continue reading Washington D.C. Apprenticeship Records 1801-1811 Digitized & Posted at Ancestry.com
I see that the 60,000 piece Kendrick Photograph collection has now been sorted and is finally on it’s way to the Washington State Archives in Cheney. The following is an excerpt from the December 30, 2010 edition of the Ritzville Continue reading 60,000 Piece Kendrick Collection on its Way to the Washington State Archives
I just got a tweet that WikiTree Online surpassed the 700,000 profile mark today. In fact, in looking at the home page of the site, I see that 30,426 WikiTreers have added 704,936 profiles. Not bad for a site that Continue reading WikiTree Online Surpasses 700,000 Profiles
Prompted by an item on Dick Eastman’s blog this morning, I checked out the new National Archives sponsored Online Public Access site posted at Archives.gov. First, the following press release was posted December 27 at Archives.gov: National Archives Launches Online Continue reading The New NARA Online Public Search Site is Powerful!
The following excerpt is from an article in the December 28, 2010 edition of the NewJerseyNewsroom.com. At least 3,427 New Jersey armed service members died in World War I and now the State Archives has developed an online database designed Continue reading Online Database of New Jersey Soldiers Who Died in WWI
The following teaser is about one women’s quest to document online the graves of Trinity Rest Cemetery, located in Hixton, Jackson County, Wisconsin. Hixton’s Trinity Rest Cemetery has been a beautiful and peaceful final resting place for generations. Now, through Continue reading Hixston Wisconsin’s Trinity Rest Cemetery Headstone Photos Uploaded to FindaGrave.com
What goes up must come down, especially in the stock market. Ancestry has had nearly a week of steady losses. Watch for a turn around shortly… … Ancestry.com (ACOM) skidded 4% in nearly twice its normal volume. The online family Continue reading Ancestry.com Stocks Take a Hit