FamilySearch Indexing Launches Its First Hungarian Project

The following news release was received from Paul Nauta with FamilySearch: Speak or Read Hungarian? FamilySearch Indexing Launches Its First Hungarian Project FamilySearch is keeping sync with its goal to increase access to records worldwide. Part of that formula is Continue reading FamilySearch Indexing Launches Its First Hungarian Project

Eau Claire, Wisconsin Cemetery Indexes Found Online

The City of Eau Claire, Wisconsin has posted searchable cemetery indexes online. The indexes cover Forest Hill Cemetery, 822 Emery St. and Lakeview Cemetery, 1500 Buffington Dr. They are also including some interactivity to the website. The following is from Continue reading Eau Claire, Wisconsin Cemetery Indexes Found Online

Ancestry.com Marks Black History Month with 250,000 New African American Records

The following news release was received from Anastasia Harman at Ancestry.com. I’ve added links to the records. Nearly 35 Million Americans Can Find an Ancestor in the World’s Largest Online Collection of African American Family History Records PROVO, UTAH (February Continue reading Ancestry.com Marks Black History Month with 250,000 New African American Records

New Databases at The Original Record

The following new databases were added at The Original Record this last week. 1278-1279 – Elton, Hemingford and Little Stukeley (Huntingdonshire) Court Rolls Among the Huntingdonshire possessions of Ramsey abbey was the manors of Elton, Hemingford and Little Stukeley. In Continue reading New Databases at The Original Record

Iowa 1885 State Census Index Now Posted at FamilySearch.org.

IOWA 1885 STATE CENSUS INDEX POSTED AT FAMILYSEARCH.ORG I see that an index to the 1885 Iowa State Census is now available for research at FamilySearch.org. It is from the State Historical Society of Iowa, and indexes 95 rolls of Continue reading Iowa 1885 State Census Index Now Posted at FamilySearch.org.

New York Marriages 1908-1935 Posted at FamilySearch.org

One of the records types found at FamilySearch.org that is growing rapidly are digital images and indexes for marriages found in county and state records of the United States. Since I have a lot of New York ancestry, I was Continue reading New York Marriages 1908-1935 Posted at FamilySearch.org

FamilySearch Kicks Off 2011 with the Addition of 90 Million New Online Records

The following News Release was received from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch: FamilySearch Kicks Off 2011 with the Addition of 90 Million New Online Records Includes 18 Million Digital Images from 13 Countries No doubt family history enthusiasts will have a Continue reading FamilySearch Kicks Off 2011 with the Addition of 90 Million New Online Records

Library and Archives Canada Digitizing Records

The following announcement is a month old, but since I missed it, I figure a few of my readers may have missed it also. Library and Archives Canada Announces Suite of Digital Services for Canadians by 2017 OTTAWA, December 7, Continue reading Library and Archives Canada Digitizing Records

From Baumgardner to Brown – or How to Baffle Your Descendants…

Randy Majors posted a fascinating research report a couple weeks ago detailing how he broke a brick wall caused by his ancestor having changed the family surname from Baumgardner to Brown. Mr. Majors was able to make the breakthrough by Continue reading From Baumgardner to Brown – or How to Baffle Your Descendants…

New Databases this Weeks at The Original Record

The following databases have been added at The Original Record this week. The following was written by The Original Records staff: 1272 Northamptonshire Forest Pleas Much of eastern Northamptonshire lay in the jurisdiction of the Forest of Rockingham. Forest pleas Continue reading New Databases this Weeks at The Original Record

Aging Through the Ages – Study at Genes Reunited

The following news release was received from Natasha White, Marketing & PR Executive, Genes Reunited: 100 Centenarians Found on the 1911 census for England & Wales & the Number of Centenarians Quadruples in the Last 30 years The team at Continue reading Aging Through the Ages – Study at Genes Reunited

Society of Genealogists’ Collection Now Online at FindMyPast.co.uk

The following news release was received from Amy Sell at FindMyPast.co.uk: Over 9 million family history records available online today Findmypast.co.uk to host Society’s collection in centenary year Today the Society of Genealogists in London and leading family history website Continue reading Society of Genealogists’ Collection Now Online at FindMyPast.co.uk

Online Research of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

The following excerpt is from Tom Mooney’s “Out On a Limb” column, published January 2, 2010 in The Times Leader. If you haven’t visited the Luzerne County [Pennsylvania] Genweb in a while, do so. You’ll find not just your old Continue reading Online Research of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

New Online Maine Vital Records Databases

On the 16th of December, Ancestry.com posted the Maine Vital Records from data found at the Maine State Archives. The records themselves are transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths that took place statewide. They are digitzed, and indexed. These are Continue reading New Online Maine Vital Records Databases