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Juliana Smith reported today that Ancestry has Indexed and posted the digitized images of the 1821 to 1955 South Carolina Death Certificates. I did a search on the name Canfield (usually a New England name), and got 16 hits. I Continue reading Digitized South Carolina Death Certificates 1821-1955 At Ancestry.com
Friends Reunited, purchased by British television channel ITV for what now amounts to £175m, will probably have write-down the value of the acquisition when it releases its year-end review of past acquisitions. The Sunday Times is reporting that the review, Continue reading All Social Networking Sites Don’t Necessarily Go Up in Value
A large collection of Lincoln artifacts has been donated to the State of Indiana. From what I’ve read in various publications, the collection will most likely be digitized at the Allen County Public Library for Internet dissemination to the world. Continue reading Lincoln Collection Donated to the State of Indiana
DearMyrtle reported this morning that the Halstead Mortuary Records form 1923 to 1960 have been posted online by sfgenealogy.net. The mortuary records were posted by sfgenealogy, with Researchity holding the copyright. The 1961 through 1974 records are now being indexed, Continue reading Halstead Mortuary (San Francisco) Record Images Online
On Friday (January 9, 2009), a group of geneabloggers visited The Generations Network (TGN) offices. They came away with interesting observations about Ancestry.com, including future plans, statistics, and such. It’s all quite interesting. I wasn’t involved in any way. Heck, Continue reading The Generations Network Invaded by Geneabloggers
Sponsored by Emory University, the new Voyages – Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database has data on over 35,000 slaving voyages. Three major databases care found at the site. They are: The Voyages Database Estimates of the Slave Trade African Names Database Continue reading Voyages – The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
As you folks know, we publish the Map Guide to German Parish Registers series of books. All the books currently in print (23 as of today) are available at the Family Roots Publishing website. With the exception of Volume 23 Continue reading German Town Names Now Found at Family Roots Publishing Website
A new free website dealing with emigrants from Falbygden, Sweden is now available. Emigrant.se contains a list of found emigrants who were born in some of the 52 parishes in Falköping, Sweden (the area is called Falbygden). Most of them Continue reading Database of Emigrants of Falköping, Sweden Online
The service registers of about 110,000 seamen who joined the Royal Marines between 1842 and 1936 are now available to search (free) and download (for a fee) at the British National Archives website. You may search under: Surname Given name Continue reading British Royal Marines Records Available Online
Renee Zamora is reporting that Family Link’s “We’re Related” application on Facebook has now surpassed even poker and posting videos in popularity. See Renee’s blog for the full scoop.
Well… I’m back. This blog is about as ugly as you can get, but I’m sure that can be taken care of, given time and work on my part. This one’s all mine. There’s no administrator this time around. As Continue reading GenealogyBlog is back
The following was written by FamilySearch Staff: Salt Lake City, Utah – November 24, 2008 – Thousands of publications that capture the diverse histories of Gulf Coast states will be accessible for free online. FamilySearch and the Houston Public Library Continue reading Gulf Coast State Histories Slated for Online Access – Houston Public Library Joins FamilySearch in Digitization Effort
Ontario, Canada – 19 November 2008 – FamilySearch International announced its plans to make the indexes to available Canadian censuses accessible online for free with the help of online volunteer indexers and an agreement with Ancestry.ca. The first censuses completed Continue reading Volunteers Discover Fun Facts Transcribing Historic Canadian Censuses – Completed Indexes Will Be Free Online
The following was written by FamilySearch staff: What do Art Linkletter, Sir William Samuel Stephenson, and Elvina Fay Wray have in common? They all have ties to one of the three provinces that make up the 1916 Canada Census, and Continue reading Famous Canadians in the 1916 Census
The following was written by MyHeritage staff: London, England and Tel Aviv, Israel; September 22, 2008 – MyHeritage, one of the world’s most popular family Web sites, today announced the acquisition of family social network Kindo. MyHeritage has more than Continue reading MyHeritage Acquires Family Social Network Kindo