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I just ran across an article and a follow-up letter out of the LynnNews, a Norfolk, UK publication. The article relates to the intent to build homes on an old Methodist graveyard. When I was 12, I saw the movie Continue reading Building Homes on an Old Graveyard
The following U.S.A. vital-records oriented databases have been added or updated at FamilySearch.org since my last posting made November 26. New data has been added for 24 states & the District of Columbia! We’ve also updated all five of the Continue reading New USA Vital Records Data at FamilySearch.org
The following teaser is from a heartwarming article posted in the November 27, 2011 edition of the Billings Gazette. This is a great read. Please let this teaser lead you to the full article. STROMSBURG, Neb. — Alexandra Grant traveled Continue reading A Tombstone Goes Home to Nebraska
Early this weeks I posted a blog about cemeteries across the country celebrating Halloween in unique ways. Well it appears that cemeteries and many people in general are beginning to celebrate in the U.S. a similar holiday with increasing attention. Continue reading “Day of the Dead celebration grows in national popularity”
Cemeteries across the country are celebrating Halloween and Saints Day (or Day of the Dead) with tours, ceremonies, and other events. Events range from celebration of historic figures to the restoration of cemeteries. History is often played out in costumes Continue reading Cemeteries Celebrate Halloween in Unique Ways
Although we’ve been writing about many new records posting at FamilySearch.org, we haven’t done a full update to the U.S.A. Vital Records for about a month. There have been MANY database additions & updates. Thirty-nine major additions and updates have Continue reading New USA Vital Records Data Published at FamilySearch.org During the Last Month
The following is from the September 16, 2011 edition of the Star Courier. Bishop Hill – John Anderson, of the Bishop Hill Old Settlers Association, presented a check for $1,000 to Steve Morrison, president of the Henry County Genealogical Society, Continue reading Research Updates the Bishop Hill, Red Oak & Piatt Cemeteries in Henry County, Illinois
Since 1864 nearly 260,000 of America’s finest have been interred at Arlington National Cemetery. Now, the Gravesite Accountability Task Force has been charged with verifying all cemetery records. Responding to a congressional law passed last year, the task force is Continue reading Photographing Tombstones at Arlington National Cemetery
Sorry to say, folks get buried in the wrong graves all the time… My father was buried in someone else’s gravesite – and had to be moved. A stranger was buried in a gravesite belonging to my sister – which Continue reading Lawsuit Filed Over Mixed-Up Graves
With Memorial Day coming up, we need to know where the bodies are buried. Jack Mavins claims to know how… The following excerpt is from an article in the May 27, 2011 edition of the Brandon Sun. ANOLA – Jack Continue reading Witching For Graves
The following news release was received from my friend, Claire LeBeaux. Note that the App is for the iPhone at this time, but “a Droid version is in the works, just not this weekend.” PROVO, Utah – May 26, 2011 Continue reading BillionGraves.com Launches to Preserve Family History on Memorial Day
The following teaser is from an AP article by Jim Fitzgerald in the May 25, 2011 edition of The Statesman. OSSINING, N.Y. — A mysterious man who wandered New York and Connecticut in a 60-pound leather suit during the 19th Continue reading Reburial of the Leatherman
The following excerpt is from an AP article posted May 20, 2011 at MLive.com: A decades-long quest to reconstruct thousands of missing burial records at a Detroit cemetery is nearing its end. The Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan tackled the Continue reading Detroit’s Sacred Heart of St. Mary Cemetery’s Burial Records Nearing End of Their Reconstruction
ATTLEBORO, Mass. – Dozens of gravestones at the Kirk Yard Burial Ground at 2nd Congregational church have been vandalized over the last two weeks. Many are toppled over and broken from their bases. The Most Rev. Vernon Wright told NBC Continue reading Cemetery Vandalism in Attleboro, Massachusetts
I haven’t made a breakthrough on any of my direct-line ancestors in years. All the easy research was done years ago, and most breakthroughs are now made after extensive research. However, prompted by the need to write a review of Continue reading Breakthrough! – A Review of Mocavo.com – the Latest in Genealogical Search Engines