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The following databases have been added or updated at FamilySearch.org between the dates of August 11, 2017 and October 20, 2017. DATABASE – NUMBER OF RECORDS – DATE BillionGraves Index – 22,500,536 – 26 Sep 2017 Find A Grave Index Continue reading Databases Added or Updated at FamilySearch.org From August 1 1 thru October 20
Digital North Carolina just announced that the last batch from a set of photos contributed by the Benson Museum of Local History is now up on DigitalNC. They embarked on the digitization project in 2015, and the complete set of Continue reading 1K Historic Benson, Johnston County, North Carolina Photos Posted Online.
A new database, to be released for purchase, and later to be published online has been created by the Catholic Family History Society. The database lists approximately 275,000 English Roman Catholics who lived between 1607 and 1840. The Margaret Higgins Continue reading English Roman Catholic Database 1607-1840 to be Published
The following is from FamilySearch: SALT LAKE CITY, UT — This week, millions of new historic records were made freely available from the Netherlands, Kansas, Sweden, and Washington. Many more were published from Argentina, Italy, Louisiana, Paraguay, and South Africa! Continue reading New Historic Records Databases at FamilySearch the Week of August 28, 2017
The following Press Release is from FreeCEN: FreeCEN offers a free-to-search online database of the 19th century UK censuses. Transcribed entirely by volunteers, we have more than 32 million individuals available on our website that anyone can search without having Continue reading FreeCEN Makes 19th Century British Censuses Available Online Free of Charge
The following databases were published or updated at FamilySearch between June 2 and August 10, 2017: Title – Number of Indexed Records – Last Updated BillionGraves Index – 21,969,173 – 02 Aug 2017 Find A Grave Index – 161,552,555 – Continue reading Databases Posted at FamilySearch June 2 through August 10, 2017
The following databases were published or updated at FamilySearch between May 1 and June 1 2017: Title – Number of Indexed Records – Last Updated Argentina, Entre Ríos, Catholic Church Records, 1764-1983 – 601,470 – 30 May 2017 Canada, New Continue reading Databases Posted at FamilySearch May 1 through June 1, 2017
Do you have relatives or ancestors who were involved in the American Foreign Service? If so, you need to check out this new website. Search it for any name by clicking on the tiny “magnifier” in the upper right-hand corner. Continue reading 99 Years of the Foreign Service Journal Now Available Online – 1919-2017
The following is from FamilySearch: Salt Lake City, Utah (March 25, 2017), Hundreds of thousands of free indexed records from all over Italy are featured in these newly published online collections. Additionally, find newly searchable records from Canada, Ecuador, Germany, Continue reading New Historic Records Databases Posted at FamilySearch the Week of March 20, 2017
The following is from FamilySearch: Another 15 million indexed historic records have been added to FamilySearch’s vast collections. Included are a wide variety of records from 13 countries (including Argentina, Australia, Denmark, England, and the Netherlands) containing passenger lists, obituaries, Continue reading New Historic Records Databases Posted at FamilySearch the Week of Feb 13 2017
The Polish Institute of National Remembrance (INR) has posted the names of nearly 10,000 Nazi SS commanders and guards who helped in the extermination of more than a million Jews at Auschwitz. It’s been claimed that many of the guards Continue reading 9,686 Nazi SS Commanders & Auschwitz Guards Names & Photos Posted Online
The following is from FamilySearch: Over 4 million birth, death, census, civil, church, and other indexed records were published and made available the week of November 7 at FamilySearch this week. Find new historical records from South Africa, Peru, Netherlands, Continue reading New Historic Records Databases Added On FamilySearch the Week of November 7 & 14, 2016
The following excerpt is from the DigitalNC blog: DigitalNC is happy to host nearly 90 years of campus publications from our partner, Saint Mary’s School. The Student Blue Books could be especially useful for genealogists or historians, as they document Continue reading Student Blue Books and Handbooks for St. Mary’s School, Raleigh, NC Posted at DigitalNC
My father worked for Kodak, in Rochester, NY, when he was a young man. He was working there when the 1920 census was taken. And I’ve even found an item in an employee newsletter about my father having joined the Continue reading George Eastman Collections Now Accessible Online
The following is from FamilySearch: You can now access newly published indexed death records in Oregon, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Also, check out the indexed German civil registrations as well as the millions of new digital images available for GenealogyBank obituaries, Continue reading New Historic Records Databases Posted at FamilySearch.org the Week of October 31, 2016