NewspaperARCHIVE.com Announces New Genealogy Column

NewspaperARCHIVE.com announces a new column by genealogist Phyllis Matthews Ziller, M.L.I.S., inviting readers to use historical newspapers to discover the details of ancestors’ marriages. Discover Your Family History In The World’s Largest Newspaper Archive! Cedar Rapids, Iowa (PRWEB) March 19, 2009 – Cedar Rapids-based NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the world’s largest Continue reading NewspaperARCHIVE.com Announces New Genealogy Column

Library of Michigan Digitizes Michigan Death Records, 1897 to 1920

The Library of Michigan has posted Death Certificates for Michigan Deaths covering the years 1897 to 1920. I did a quick search for Canfields – and found 50 documents. Note that the Search will search for the name of the Continue reading Library of Michigan Digitizes Michigan Death Records, 1897 to 1920

The New “Seeking Michigan” Website

UPDATE: I posted another blog on March 18 which deals specifically with the new digitized Michigan Death Indexes. The following was written by The Department of History, Arts and Libraries staff: ‘Seeking Michigan’ Web site employs today’s technology to deliver Continue reading The New “Seeking Michigan” Website

New Databases at Family Tree Connection

The following items were recently added to the Family Tree Connection database: ALABAMA Alabama Technical Association 1917 Year Book – Alabama Technical Association, Year Book, Containing Lists of Officers and Members, Constitution and By-Laws, December 31, 1917, Birmingham, Ala. CONNECTICUT Continue reading New Databases at Family Tree Connection

Alan Mann Speaks on “What’s New”

Alan Mann gives an interesting lecture. I’ve set through many over the years, and always came away knowing something genealogically techie that I hadn’t known before. His lecture on “What’s New in Family History Technology” was reported on by Sharron Continue reading Alan Mann Speaks on “What’s New”

New Databases at The Original Record

The following databases have been added at The Original Record this week: 1802 Middlesex Poll Book A poll to elect two knights of the shire to represent the county of Middlesex, was held at Brentford 13 to 29 July 1802. Continue reading New Databases at The Original Record

Grant for Cemetery-Interpretation Program for the Oak Grove & Zion Hill Cemeteries in Nacogdoches

Collaboration between the City of Nacogdoches [Texas] and SFA [Stephen F. Austin University] has resulted in a $250,000 “Preserve America” grant from the National Park Service for cemetery interpretation. The grant was awarded to the City of Nacogdoches based on Continue reading Grant for Cemetery-Interpretation Program for the Oak Grove & Zion Hill Cemeteries in Nacogdoches

New Databases at Family Tree Connection

The following items were recently added to the Family Tree Connection database: CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Orphans’ Home Society 1925 Report – Los Angeles Orphans’ Home Society, Forty-fourth Annual Report, for the year ending June thirtieth, 1925. Includes lists of the Continue reading New Databases at Family Tree Connection

FamilySearch Indexing Update

March 4, 2009: The FamilySearch indexing application is available in three new languages: Italian, Portuguese, and Russian. These languages are in addition to English, French, German, and Spanish. They have current indexing projects in all of these languages except Portuguese. Continue reading FamilySearch Indexing Update

New Small Databases at Family Tree Connection

The following new small databases have recently been added at Family Tree Connection: CALIFORNIA Southern California University 1922 Commencement – University of Southern California, Commencement Week, June eleventh to fifteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, Los Angeles. MAINE Bangor Theological Seminary Continue reading New Small Databases at Family Tree Connection

He’s Buried in Waldheim Cemetery… or is he?

A while back I downloaded the death certificate from the Cook County Genealogy Online website for a cousin whose name was Albert Schaaf. He died April 26, 1935 in Chicago. According to the Death Certificate he was buried in the Continue reading He’s Buried in Waldheim Cemetery… or is he?

Engineers and Professional List of Members Published on Familyrelatives.com

The following was written by FamilyRelatives.com staff: Finding out about your ancestor’s occupation and achievements allows the family historian to build a more complete picture of your ancestors’ past. Familyrelatives.com has released a collection of Professional member lists including the Continue reading Engineers and Professional List of Members Published on Familyrelatives.com

New Databases Posted at The Original Record

The following British databases were added at The Original Record this week: 1824 London Bankrupt Diary English bankrupts could be dealt with in the provinces (Country) or London (Town). Town proceedings covered not only London but many provincial cases. The Continue reading New Databases Posted at The Original Record

New Data at FamilySearch Record Search Pilot

The following was received from Paul Nauta at FamilySearch today: Familysearch added over 6 million new indexed records and 1.4 million new images since January 5, 2009, to its Record Search pilot (see chart below). The West Virginia birth, marriage, Continue reading New Data at FamilySearch Record Search Pilot

Exciting New Search Upgrades at GenealogyBank.com

Tom Kemp, with GenealogyBank, just sent me a list of exciting new changes that have been made to the search capabilities in the Historic Newspaper Collection at GenealogyBank. The new search allows the following that we could not do before: Continue reading Exciting New Search Upgrades at GenealogyBank.com