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The following was written by Godfrey staff: Middletown CT (September 22, 2008) – Three basic sources for anyone researching the history, biography, or genealogy of Middlesex County, Connecticut, are now available in their entirety free to the public at the Continue reading Grant to Godfrey Memorial Library Makes Three Standard Middlesex County Histories Available Free Online
The following was written by Pharos staff: September 6, 2008; The International Society for British Genealogy and Family History (ISBGFH) and Pharos Teaching and Tutoring, a British company, have teamed up to offer quality online courses to those researching their Continue reading Pharos and the International Society for British Genealogy and Family History Announce New Online Courses
The following was written by Geni.com staff: Site Traffic Tops 1 Million Unique Visitors in August. Los Angeles, CA; September 4, 2008 — Genealogy and family social networking website, Geni.com, announced today that its traffic in August exceeded 1 million Continue reading Family Trees Grow Virally on Geni.com
Ancestry.com has announced that it has added to its online service all readily available U.S. passenger lists from 1820 to 1960. Wow! This is a lot of data. I’m not surprised, as I spent days reviewing the immigration digital data Continue reading United States Ports Passenger Lists Now Available at Ancestry.com
Roots Television is off and running on the Internet. It’s pretty impressive. Everything from short how-to segments to full lectures can be found on the site. And that’s not all… Following is a news release from Megan Smolenyak. “When Roots Continue reading Roots Television (on the Internet) is a Big Hit!
I had the privilege and opportunity to try out the new GenealogyBank.com just as it launched in mid-October. In the process I searched many early newspapers, historic books, documents, and other resources. Along with numerous other items, I found a Continue reading GenealogyBank Launches with Thousands of New Resources
It has just been announced that the Wisconsin Historical Society Library will be one of the libraries in which Google will scan and digitize books and “genealogy materials.” This is important to genealogists, because this library has one of the Continue reading Google to Digitize Wisconsin Historical Society Books
My former employer, ProQuest, just posted the latest version of PERSI. If you haven’t checked out PERSI lately, now would be a good time to do it. ANN ARBOR, Mich., September 29, 2006 — ProQuest Information and Learning and Allen Continue reading ProQuest Releases New PERSI
Joe Beine, owner of the “Genealogy Roots Blog,” has begun a cemetery blog that’s pretty interesting. All active genealogists have an interest in the meaning of cemetery symbols and other graveyard oddities. Take a look at the Cemeteries and Cemetery Continue reading The New Cemeteries and Cemetery Symbols Blog
Ancestry.com has posted a new database that indexes digital images of birth, marriage, and death notices from the newspapers of the following seven major U.S. cities: The Atlanta Constitution (1869-1929) The Boston Globe (1872-1923) The Chicago Defender (Big Weekend and Continue reading Ancestry.com Posts Indexed Digital Images to Seven Major U.S. Newspapers
Over 13,000 geo-coded Scots deaths records have been posted at the new www.WorldVitalRecords.com website. This unique set of Scottish Death Records was extracted from parish records of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Specific parishes include Cockpen, Midlothian; Cranston; Crichton; Dalkeith; Continue reading World Vital Records Launches Scottish Death Records 1747-1868
On August 24, Ancestry.com posted 301 new items, including many books that I’m familiar with. In running through the list, I find that the books seem to all be those published by Genealogical Publishing Company. These books cover many topics Continue reading Ancestry.com Adds About 300 New Online Resources from GPC
Google has added another partner to its controversial library-book scanning project – the University of California, which is also working with a team led by Yahoo, Microsoft and the Internet Archive. Google will be scanning and digitizing millions of books Continue reading Google to Digitize 3 Million Books at the University of California
Most of us are familiar with OCLC, available at most good libraries. Their new WorldCat Search is now online and in the clear. It’s in Beta format, and a very simple search engine, but it’s about the most powerful library Continue reading WorldCat Search from OCLC Online with Free Access
At one time, the U.S. Federal Census included a mortality schedule enumerating the individuals who had died in the previous year. These documents exist for the years 1850 through 1880. Although many of the original documents reside in various archives, Continue reading Ancestry.com Posts Digitized Images of the 1850-1880 Mortality Schedules