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Kristin Hopper has created a blog titled “Genealogy and Ancestry of Barack Obama and the Other U.S. Presidents.” She is attempting to share photos of the parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents of each of the presidents when available. Pictures are an Continue reading The Genealogy of Presidents Blog
Continuing with my review of new Chinese arrival data found at Ancestry.com, this afternoon I spent some time checking out the “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chinese Arrivals, 1900-1923.” According to the website, the database contains descriptive lists of Chinese seamen arriving at Continue reading Chinese Seamen Arriving at Philadelphia, PA 1900-1923 – Now at Ancestry.com
John D. Reid, with Anglo Celtic Connections posted a blog today announcing the fact that Bill Arthurs has a great new Titus family website up and running. Having Titus family ancestry myself, I got fired up upon reading that blog, Continue reading The New Titus Family Website
An article titled Scanning Project Digitizes 25,000 US Library of Congress Books, by Art Chimes, caught my eye today. I’d previously read that Library of Congress volumes were being posted at www.archive.org, but had not spent any time checking it Continue reading Digital Books From the L.O.C. for Genealogists at the Internet Archive
Promoted by Chris Lydiksen’s Ancestry.com “Chinese New Year Brings New Records” blog, I clicked over to Ancestry this afternoon to check out some of the new and updated Chinese-related databases at Ancestry.com. One of the databases is an updated index Continue reading Ancestry’s Updated Chinese Exclusion Index Reviewed
LibraryThing is a website that I love. If you have a personal library, as I have, then it can be a great tool. I’ve signed up for the service and plan to input my own library collection when I get Continue reading LibraryThing’s Product to Be Exclusively Distributed to Libraries Worldwide by Bowker
Genes Reunited, a spin-off site from Friends Reunited, which I wrote about just a few days ago, has a number of sites specific to the New Zealand, Australian, South African, and International (or U.K.) family history research. Now the sites Continue reading Genes Reunited Launches Site Redesign for 2009
The Washington Post, in cooperation with Time, and Slate, has posted a new website, WhoRunsGov.com, that gives biographical information, as well as policy data on folks involved in the Federal government. I understand that the plan is to also include Continue reading WhoRunsGov.com
The following was written by NewspaperARCHIVE.com staff. Cedar Rapids, Iowa (PRWEB) January 22, 2009 – NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the world’s largest online newspaper archive, has launched a storefront featuring genealogy resources, history books, and other research tools. The store is integrated into Continue reading NewspaperARCHIVE.com Launches an Online Amazon aStore
A relatively new online genealogy news service called Genealogy in Time is now available. I just ran across it today, and was favorably impressed with the content. It calls itself a free online magazine, and while I wouldn’t call it Continue reading Genealogy In Time
The staff at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham, England have posted Wiltshire Treasures, a terrific new website which incorporates the catalogs from eight local museums as well as art and photographic collections owned by Wiltshire County Council. Continue reading Wiltshire Treasures & Wiltshire Wills – New English Websites
Now tell me… If you owned a domain called Reunion.com – with supposedly 700 million people profiles on your site, would you be changing your name? You have to admit that a name like Reunion.com is about as easily-remembered a Continue reading An Irritating Reunion.com to Change its Name to MyLife.com
Mark Tucker, at ThinkGenealogy, reported this evening that Paul Allen tweeted that he’s beginning the search for a Chief Genealogy Officer. One of the primary responsibilities of the new position will be to “help manage GenSeek.” For more info, see, Continue reading FamilyLink.com Creates the Chief Genealogy Officer Position
All is not doom and gloom when it comes to funding for up & coming genealogy-related Internet ventures. Geni.com just raised another 5 million dollars in venture funding – the cash coming from Charles River Ventures, as well as The Continue reading Geni Raises 5 Million in Venture Capital
The New England Historic Genealogical Society announced this week that they are now now posting a searchable database version of the Connecticut Nutmegger. This is a collaborative project with the Connecticut Society of Genealogists. According to the news item in Continue reading Connecticut Nutmegger Going Online at the NEHGS Website