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Participants still have 3 weeks in order to cross the last “t” and dot the final “i” in their articles. The submission deadline is April 1 for entering DGS’s 2014 Writing Contest. The Society hopes that your readers will enter Continue reading Dallas Genealogical Society 2014 Writing Contest with Cash Prizes Deadline is April 1
The following teaser is from the March 8, 2014 edition of local10.com: CNN – Amid a grove of trees, buried beneath the grass and dirt, Mississippi’s past is colliding with its future. Surveyors last month discovered dozens of neat, tight Continue reading Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum Cemetery Found – and it’s In The Way
The following excerpt is from an interesting article posted in the March 9, 2014 edition of dailymail.co.uk: Around 930,000 people can claim to be of direct Viking descent A study compared Y chromosome markers to estimated Viking DNA patterns The Continue reading About 930,000 Folks Can Claim to be of Direct Viking Descent
Hmmm… I had not considered that there would be the remains of “practice battlefields” still in existence today… Interesting. The following teaser is from an AP article in the March 9, 2014 edition of theitem.com: GOSPORT, England (AP) – Two Continue reading Trenches Reveal How WWI Transformed Britain
For a number of years we’ve been able to search Ancestry.com with “Old Search,” as well as the default search known as “Primary Search.” Most of us haven’t used “Old Search” for years, so we won’t miss it, but there Continue reading Ancestry.com Kills “Old Search”
A new iPhone app has been produced for Find A Grave. This is a Find A Grave by Ancestry App, and it does some pretty cool stuff. The App is produced in the following languages: English, Arabic, Bokmål, Norwegian, Catalan, Continue reading New iPhone App For “Find A Grave”
Right now I’d bet that not too many folks are thinking about winter-Christmas-the Christmas tour because we’re just so glad to be out from under winter. Is that so for you? Thinking to lighten up (after all it is spring….. Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…………… Week’s Peek
Many years have passed since North America has seen any of its national boundaries change. Most of the World has proven less stable of recent decades. Even Europe has seen its share of change. World history is wroth with the Continue reading Alsace-Lorraine: Atlantic Bridge to Germany
Having become interested in local land records and ownership details, Dr. Jerome (Jay) Segel researched and wrote Owner Unknown: Your guide to Real Estate Treasure Hunting. His desire to produce this book came through his interest and research in uncovering Continue reading The Wampanoag: Genealogical History of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
The following teaser is from an AP article posted March 4, 2014 at oregonlive.com: OLYMPIA, Wash. …Washington is running out of space to store its history. The three-floor repository filled up in 2005, forcing archival documents to be shelved in Continue reading Washington State Archives is Out of Space
The following teaser is from an article posted at IrishCentral.com: American cop Tom Decker used his detective skills to locate his great-great-grandmother’s house using nothing but one old photograph from the 1920s. He first believed the house was located in Continue reading American Cop Finds Ancestral Home in Ireland Using a Photo
The following teaser is from an article which was posted January 5, 2014 at the KCRG.com website. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – In the basement of the Masonic Library in Cedar Rapids, there’s a hidden treasure that few people know about. Continue reading Hidden Treasure in the Basement of the Masonic Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The following excerpt is from an article by Vanessa Remmers posted in the MArch 3, 2014 edition of progress-index.com. PRINCE GEORGE – Virginia – A building that held Prince George County records in the late 1800s will soon become the Continue reading Prince George (VA) Regional Heritage Center Transforming Old Clerk’s Office Into Genealogical Research Facility
The following press release is from PRLog: PRLog (Press Release) – Mar. 4, 2014 – DUBLIN, Ohio – OCLC and FamilySearch International are working together to share data between WorldCat and the FamilySearch Catalog to provide more resources for improved Continue reading Genealogists Can Now Find FamilySearch & WorldCat Records Through Both Online Resources
The following teaser is from the March 4, 2014 edition of the Orlando Sentinal: GRAND ISLAND — The missing link in the family has been found. Born in 1957, the baby girl who connects two families belonging to a Lake Continue reading Siblings Meet For the First Time