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Working with the UK National Archives, FindMyPast.co.uk adds 1 million Merchant Navy Seamen Records for 1918–1941. According to FindMyPast, this is the first time these records have been made available online. The database is a collection of two-sided index cards Continue reading 1 Million UK Merchant Navy Seaman Records Available at FindMyPast.co.uk
I have said it before, I just love focused databases. State and local records for births, marriages, taxes, land records, or anything else that brings results to the genealogist. Smaller databases dedicated to a single resource can provide exquisite results. Continue reading Wow! FamilySearch.org Adds Over 3.8 Million Massachusetts Birth Records
I had an interesting discussion with Julie Hill, with Archives.com, on Monday. She’d just sent me a news release about the fact that Archives.com is now posting the FamilySearch.com Federal Census images and indexes at their website. While these resources Continue reading Archives.com Adds the U.S. Census to its Website & Pledges 5M $ to Digitize Additional Records
The following USA vital records databases have been added or updated at FamilySearch.org since I last posted about the FamilySearch vital records on August 4. Really exciting additions are the Kentucky Probate Records 1792-1977, of nearly 700,000 images, and the Continue reading New USA Vital Records Data Added at FamilySearch.org – Including Kentucky Probate Images & Pittsburgh Deaths
The following news release was written by familySearch staff: FamilySearch Adds 6 Million Records – Austria, Mexico, Peru, U.S.A. – Each Add Over a Million Records 30 August 2011: FamilySearch.org added over six million records this week to its free Continue reading FamilySearch Adds 6 Million+ Records for Austria, Brazil, Guatemala, Hungary, Mexico, Peru, Poland, South Africa, Spain & the U.S.A.
Refreshing. In a pack-in-all-in world, I like a simple, clean website that does just one thing and sticks to it. Irish-Place-Names.com is just such a site. One database, one search page, one purpose. Irish Place Names is a database “based Continue reading Keeping it simple at Irish-Place-Names.com
The following news release was received from Ancestry.com. This is a good deal. If you’re looking for your ancestor’s immigration and naturalization records, this is a great time to search the millions of immigration-related records found at Ancestry.com, whether you’re Continue reading Ancestry.com Offers FREE Access to Immigration & Naturalization Records
As I commented several days ago, I’ve been a long-time subscriber to Footnote.com and have just renewed my subscription for another year, renewing this time to fold3.com. A year’s full-access subscription is only $59.95, and worth every nickel… If you’re Continue reading Free Databases Found at fold3.com
Footnote.com has long been one of my favorite websites. I’ve had a personal subscription for years, and plan to keep it for a long time. The site is reasonably priced, and the data is etrememely valuable for any genealogist with Continue reading Footnote.com Announces New Focus on Historical U.S. Military Records & Changes Name to Fold3
The following news release was written by Ancestry.com staff. Free through 2013 sounds really good. And the news release gives one the impression that indexes may be available at Ancestry.com “when this important collection commences streaming onto the website in Continue reading The 1940 Census to Be Free on Ancestry.com Through 2013
The following teaser is from an excellent article published in the August 14, 2011 edition of the Mail Tribune. Medford, Oregon: Thousands of volunteers across the country and perhaps around the world are helping preserve Jackson County’s historic documents. After Continue reading FamilySearch Digitizes Jackson County, Oregon Marriage Records 1855-1950
Prompted by an article posted in the July 28, 2011 edition of kval.com, I am posting links to 30 digitized historic Oregon newspaper titles, as well as links to other Oregon Newspaper resources. The University of Oregon has posted 180,000 Continue reading Oregon Historic Newspapers
While I was working for HeritageQuest in North Salt Lake in 2002, we were acquired by ProQuest – who now continues to own HeritageQuest, but is itself owned by Cambridge Information Group. The HeritageQuest Online that you may access through Continue reading ProQuest Names Kurt Sanford as CEO
The following teaser is from the July 12, 2011 edition of Brant News. Whether you’re interested in the last hanging in Brantford or just trying to find your family history, the Brantford Public Library’s local history database can help. The Continue reading Brantford, Ontario Genealogy Databases at the Library Website.
The following Databases have been added at The Original Record: 1569 – Newbury Muster Roll In the year 1569, when the insurrections in the North caused so much alarm, and levies were raised throughout the country for the service of Continue reading New Databases at the Original Record