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I finally got a few moments to read my May/June issue of Digital Genealogist – the online magazine published by my friend, Liz Kerstens. I don’t typically write about magazines on this blog, as I’ve been so close to the Continue reading The May-June Issue of Digital Genealogist
In searching foreign-language websites and news, I ran across a list of websites at www.chtw.org where the Chinese genealogist will find information. Note that some of the sites have English language sites as well. The Fujian Provincial Library, Suzhou City Continue reading Chinese Genealogy-Related Websites
Over the weekend, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many new newspapers from 19 states and one Canadian Province. The majority of the papers posted the last few days are dated around the turn of the 1900 century. I am pleased to again announce Continue reading New at NewspaperARCHIVES
The following new small databases have been posted at Family Tree Connection since I last posted about the website. Over 1,549,000 names from small databases are now found there! CALIFORNIA California State Prison 1855 Report – Annual Report of the Continue reading New at Family Tree Connection
Millennia Software has posted two of the four classes that Geoff Rasmussen gave three weeks ago for the Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society’s “Genealogy Technology with Legacy’s Geoff Rasmussen seminar.” Following are descriptions of the two classes: Legacy Family Tree – Continue reading Legacy Family Tree Seminar Classes Posted Online
Advertising Agency Hurrell Moseley Dawson & Grimmer has landed the advertising account for Ancestry.co.uk – the British equivalent of Ancestry.com. HMDG has now been commissioned to produce an advertising campaign spanning British television, press, outdoor, and digital, which is set Continue reading Ancestry.co.uk Hires Ad Agency Hurrell Moseley Dawson & Grimmer for Fall Campaign
For those interested in British research, a FREE eBook titled “At Home With Your Ancestors” is now available at the howto.co.uk website. The book is written by Diane Marelli, and details online genealogy research from a British point-of-view. Although the Continue reading “At Home With Your Ancestors” – Free eBook Detailing British Genealogy Research
The world’s largest collection of Canadian Civil Service records is now available on the internet. Familyrelatives.com today launched over 200,000 Canadian Civil Service records for the period 1872-1918. The fully searchable records offer a fascinating insight into the machinery of Continue reading Canadian Civil Service Records Published Online @ Familyrelatives.com
Thanks to Paul Nauta for the following info: 20 May 2009: Thirteen collections were added or updated on the FamilySearch Record Search pilot—over 3.5 million new records. International researchers will be excited to know that collections were added for Brazil, Continue reading 3.5 Million New Records, Including Brazil, Czech Republic and Italy, Added at the FamilySearch Record Search Pilot Website
Thanks to Paul Nauta for the following press release: SALT LAKE CITY—FamilySearch announced today it has published millions of records from Southern states to its rapidly growing, free online collection. The collection includes both digital images and indexes. Millions of Continue reading Millions of Historic Southern Records Now on the Web
Ancestry.com reps held a blogger meeting yesterday afternoon at the NGS conference here in Raleigh. I threw a cover over my exhibit table and spent a couple hours learning more about the latest endeavors at this genealogy giant. The thing Continue reading Use of Online Trees Surpasses the Census at Ancestry.com
NewspaperARCHIVE.com has just added a FREE membership program that allows users to access up to three newspaper pages per day without spending any money at all! If you were to search every day, that’s about 90 pages per month! Of Continue reading NewspaperARCHIVE adds a FREE Membership program
May 6th, 2009: Registration for free training webinars is now open to all family history consultants and directors. These webinars are meant to help family history centers thrive as consultants learn about the new technologies and resources available to them. Continue reading Free Family History Center Training Webinars Announced
The following news release was written by TGN staff. I will do a full review of the new database later in the week. 20th Century German Phone Books feature over 35 million names including Albert Einstein, Actress Marlene Dietrich and Continue reading Ancestry Posts Digitized German Phone Directories 1915-1981
Two million new records were added to the FamilySearch Records Search pilot. The completed statewide deaths index for Alabama was published—over 1.8 million names. This collection covers deaths from 1908 to 1974. Digital collections were added for Jamaica (Trelawny Parish Continue reading Two Million Records added at FamilySearch Records Search Pilot