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In the last three days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many new newspapers. While compiling this list, I noticed that the time period of about 1925 through 1929 is prevalent in these posts. Eighteen states are represented this time around. Iowa is again Continue reading New at NewspaperARCHIVE This Week
Footnote.com has added over a million new images the last month. As my readers know, Footnote is extremely user interactive, and even allow us to add notes to the 1930 census. Pretty cool site. Following are links to just a Continue reading Footnote.com Adds Over a Million Images This Month
The following news release was received from Helen Osborn at Pharos. There is no sign of the credit crunch at specialist online tutors, Pharos. Demand from students who have enjoyed Pharos online genealogy courses and want more, mean that four Continue reading Four New Teachers Join Pharos Online Genealogy Courses
The City of Rome, Georgia, has posted a website that now facilitates the search of several of their cemeteries. The Rome Cemetery Department maintains a total of 86.3 acres in four cemeteries. There is now web-based search solution for ancestors Continue reading Rome, Georgia Cemetery Searches Now Available Online
The following News Release was received from Paul Nauta, FamilySearch: Millions of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Civil Registration Records Are Now Digitally Searchable on the Web! SALT LAKE CITY — FamilySearch added the Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Civil Registration to Continue reading FamilySearch Publishes Its First Online Portuguese Collection
Prompted by a note placed on Facebook by Roger Moffat earlier today, I read an article on the Time website entitled, “Why Google Wants You to Google Yourself.” What it comes down to is that Google started a new website Continue reading Is Google Getting Into the Social Networking Arena?
In the last three days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many new newspapers. Eighteen states are represented this time around. Iowa is again the clear winner when it comes to numbers of papers represented. I am pleased to again announce that the folks Continue reading New Papers Posted are NewspaperARCHIVE
The Dutchess County Clerk, Brad Kendall, at Poukeepsie, New York, has secured a grant from Ancestry.com to scan and digitize the 1932-1989 naturalization records kept at the county. About 20,000 people are covered by the records that include original petitions Continue reading Dutchess County, New York to Digitize Naturalization Records 1932-1989
When the manuscripts in the Lincoln collection find their new home in the Allen County Public Library next month, they will be joined by two museum staff members. The museum workers will join the library’s staff, but money raised by Continue reading Museum Staff to Join Genealogy Department at Allen County Library to Help With the Digitization of the Lincoln Documents
For those of us that love new digitized online resources, today is a day to celebrate! Yearbooks for Penn State have now been digitized and made available free of charge at the PennState Universities Library website. The site is called: Continue reading Penn State Yearbooks Now Digitized and Available Online
In the last four days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many turn of the century newspapers, as well as numerous papers from the World War I time period – up to about 1919. Eighteen states and one Canadian province are represented this time Continue reading See the Latest New Data at NewspaperARCHIVE
The following news release was written by FamilySearch staff: Incredible Effort Speeds Up Access to Online Genealogical Information SALT LAKE CITY — FamilySearch volunteers reached a monumental milestone this week, transcribing their 250 millionth historical record. The incredible online initiative Continue reading Volunteers Transcribe 250 Million Historical Records for FamilySearch
The winners of the “2009 Best Archives on the Web Awards” have been announced. Seeking Michigan won the Best Archives (U.S.A) category. Good Pick! It looks like these are picks sanctioned by the Society of American Archivists. I noted that Continue reading The 2009 Best Archives On the Web Awards Announced
NORTHAMPTON – The libraries of the world are rapidly being digitized as the contents of printed books, magazines and newspapers are transformed by machines into bytes of computer memory. But in one area, handwritten text, which takes in everything from Continue reading Accurate Digitizing of Handwriting Gets Closer to Reality
In the last four days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many turn of the century newspapers, as well as numerous papers from the 1870s and 1880s. Twenty-one states are represented this time around. Iowa is again the clear winner when it comes to Continue reading New Newspapers Posted Over the Weekend at NewspaperARCHIVE