Map Guide to German Parish Registers, Volume 43 – City of Berlin is now shipping!

Map Guide to German Parish Registers, Volume 43 – City of Berlin is now shipping! Published by Family Roots Publishing Company, Volume 43 of the German Map Guide series was published in this week. This volume covers just the city Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers, Volume 43 – City of Berlin is now shipping!

German Genealogy Research Online – Tips And Links (Available in PDF format)

German Genealogy Research Online – Tips And Links is now available in .PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format. Leland’s popular addendum to The German Researcher, is now available in electronic format. The electronic version costs less than the printed option; however, both Continue reading German Genealogy Research Online – Tips And Links (Available in PDF format)

True Stories of New England Captives Carried to Canada During the Old French and Indian Wars

In a day and age where selecting the perfect title for a book, a movie, or even a magazine article is often more a marketing question than a practical one, it is nice to find books whose titles declare exactly Continue reading True Stories of New England Captives Carried to Canada During the Old French and Indian Wars

Queensland’s Births, Deaths & Marriages Registry Goes Online

Queensland, Australia’s Births, Deaths & Marriages registry is now going online, allowing genealogists to download and view files dating back to the late 1800s. Index searches are FREE. It is planned that by the middle of 2015, all six million Continue reading Queensland’s Births, Deaths & Marriages Registry Goes Online

9 New Dollarhide Research Guides (AL – DC) Now Available at Introductory Prices with FREE PDF eBook & Nearly 50% Savings!

With this new exciting series of genealogical guides, William Dollarhide continues his long tradition of writing books that family historians find useful in their day-to-day United States research. Bill’s Name List guides give a state-by-state listing of what name lists Continue reading 9 New Dollarhide Research Guides (AL – DC) Now Available at Introductory Prices with FREE PDF eBook & Nearly 50% Savings!

FamilySearch Adds More Than 200,000 Images to New United States Confederate Officers Card Index Collection

The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has recently added more than 3.4 million images from Colombia, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Italy, Nicaragua, Peru, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 207,550 images from the new Continue reading FamilySearch Adds More Than 200,000 Images to New United States Confederate Officers Card Index Collection

Genealogist Gail Blankenau uses Homestead Act records via Fold3 and Ancestry.com to discover Mary Myers of Gage County, Nebraska

The following was shared with us by Thomas MacEntee: June 18, 2013 – Lincoln, Nebraska. Professional genealogist Gail Blankenau has recently solved an ongoing mystery: Who was the first woman to secure a homestead in her own right through the Continue reading Genealogist Gail Blankenau uses Homestead Act records via Fold3 and Ancestry.com to discover Mary Myers of Gage County, Nebraska

Savannah, Georgia, Records of Titles, 1791-1971 digitized and posted at Ancestry.com

I see that Ancestry.com has just posted a new database made up of 3,784 new records from the digitized Savannah, Georgia Records of Titles 1791-1971. The data is mostly from the Laurel Grove Cemetery, although early entries also seem to Continue reading Savannah, Georgia, Records of Titles, 1791-1971 digitized and posted at Ancestry.com

Presentation Proposals For RootsTech 2014 Now Being Accepted

The following is from RootsTech via FamilySearch. Presentation proposals for RootsTech 2014 are now being accepted online at rootstech.org/proposals. Proposals will be accepted through July 8, 2013. The fourth annual RootsTech conference, hosted by FamilySearch, will be held February 6-8, Continue reading Presentation Proposals For RootsTech 2014 Now Being Accepted

Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA

I write approximately six book reviews a week for this site. The main goal of each review is provide sufficient information about a book to allow the reader to determine the book’s potential value to their own library. In other Continue reading Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA

“In Cold Blood” Case Files Digitized and Online

The following excerpt is from HaysPost.com. The Kansas Historical Society announced that the inmate case files for notorious murderers Richard Eugene “Dick” Hickock and Perry Edward Smith have been added to Kansas Memory, the Historical Society’s online archives of photographs, Continue reading “In Cold Blood” Case Files Digitized and Online

Nebraska State Genealogical Society Awards Susan Doak “Genealogist of the Year” Award

According to a short article posted in the June 13, 2013 edition of the McCook Daily Gazette, Trish Collister, of Dwight, Nebraska, and president of the Nebraska State Genealogical Society, presented Susan Doak of McCook the Genealogist of the Year Continue reading Nebraska State Genealogical Society Awards Susan Doak “Genealogist of the Year” Award