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The following is from the August 2, 2014 edition of Newsday.com: One hundred years after the first member of the Barci family emigrated to America, four generations gathered to remember their Italian roots and learn more about their history. On Continue reading Long Island’s Barci Family Celebrates Reunion
The following excerpt is from an article updated August 4, 2014 on the daventryexpress.co.uk website. Two friends who discovered a First World War medal in an abandoned garden shed in Rugby are hoping to trace relatives of its owner in Continue reading WWI Medal Found in Collapsing British Shed
According to an announcement published in the DonsidePiper.co.uk website today, Aberdeenshire Council’s burial records have been added to website www.deceasedonline.com. The website is a pay-per-view, and now subscription website specializing in burial and cremations registers for the UK and the Continue reading Aberdeenshire Council’s Burial Records Added at DeceasedOnline.com
Once again, Family Roots Publishing is offering a popular digital imaging bundle that they made available a year ago or so – this time as a FRPC Exceptional Bargain Offer running for just two days. Sorry – this sale will Continue reading Digital Imaging Bundle on Sale for 25% Off for Just 2 Days – Thru Tuesday, August 5
I got the following news release this morning. It seems that Teresa Steinkamp McMillin has produced a guide to help researchers with ancestry from the former German Kingdom of Hanover. There are many military records dating from 1514 through 1866 Continue reading Lind Street Research Publishes a New Guide for Finding German Military Records for the former Kingdom of Hanover
What Did They Mean By That? Is now available at the reduced price of only $19.60, down from $36. What Did They Mean By That? A Dictionary of Historical and Genealogical Terms Old and New has long been the most Continue reading What Did They Mean By That? Now at an New Low Price.
Germans are the second largest ethnic group in the United States. Only those of English descent are more numerous. Even so, both groups represent generations of families living in America. These days, around a million people each year legally immigrate Continue reading The Germans in Colonial Times
Steamboats on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers changed this young country in dramatic ways, transforming the Ohio-Mississippi River Basin almost overnight. The steamboat brought commerce, quickened immigrations, and began a building frenzy as new town sprung up all along the Continue reading Full Steam Ahead
From 1975 until 1991, with very brief absences, Patty and I lived on the old Fred Keating farm on South Prairie-Carbon River Rd, about 5 miles outside of Orting, in Pierce County, Washington. We raised our kids there. We live Continue reading Fred Keating Farm Buildings in 1924
The following is from APG: DNA, Genealogical Standards, Setting Fees, and Adoption Research among 16 Sessions Offered over 2 Full Days WHEAT RIDGE, Colo., 30 July 2014 −The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG®) today opened registration and announced the theme Continue reading Registration Now Open for 2015 APG’s Professional Management Conference
The following news release is from webwire.com: Two men whose innovations changed the way the world built cities shared more than just a creative streak — they also share a bloodline. Experts at the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Continue reading Carrier and Otis Brand Founders Turn Out to Be Cousins
Last evening I kicked back and watched Who Do You Think You Are? on TLC for three hours running. The evening’s “new” hour-long show was an episode dealing with Jess Tyler Ferguson’s family history. The show dealt with a great-grandfather Continue reading Who Do You Think You Are? Off To A Good Start For the Season
The following excerpt is from the July 29, 2014 edition of tribtown.com: FORT WAYNE, Indiana — Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman once said, “War is hell.” Spencerville author and historical researcher Margaret Hobson says that was perhaps never more Continue reading Third Volume on Indiana’s 44th Civil War Regiment to Be Released in November
Family Roots Publishing just printed the latest German Map Guide – this one being volume 48 of the series, and the final volume of those printed for East Prussia. Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Kingdom of Prussia, Province Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Kingdom of Prussia, Province of East Prussia III – Now in Print and Shipping
The following excerpt is from an article by Joshua Miller, posted in the July 29, 2014 edition of bostonglobe.com A top [Massachusetts] state official today defended the $6.2 million the Legislature has set aside to be spent for the engineering, Continue reading Massachusetts to Install New Vault at the Archives