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Yep – that’s a new record for the sale of an app… Of course this app just happens to have 450 million users per month, and unbelievable growth. Following is an excerpt from an article by Harry McCracken posted in Continue reading Facebook is Buying WhatsApp for a Record $19 Billion
The following excerpt is from an article by Gil Gorsey, posted in the Feb. 18, 2014 edition of wdrb.com: LEXINGTON, Ky. (WDRB) — The recent discovery of a 200-year-old Bible brought a Kentucky woman to tears. Inside, it holds living Continue reading 200 Year Old Dutch Bible Find it’s Way Home
The following is from FindMyPast.com: Partnership with the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center adds 2.5 million records dating back to 1800 LOS ANGELES – Findmypast.com, an international leader in online family history, … announced a partnership with the Allen Continue reading PERSI Finds New Home at findmypast
Who Do You Think You Are? Live starts today and runs through Saturday in London. As usual it promises to be an outstanding event. Click here to go to the event website. Click here to visit Dick Eastman’s blog. He Continue reading “Who Do You think You Are? Live” Starts Today in London
The following teaser is from an article written by Miriam Evans, and posted at visitscotland.com: If you have ever seen Who Do You Think You Are? on the TV, then if you’re anything like me, you’ve probably wondered what family Continue reading “Who Do You Think You? Live” is Going to Glasgow Scotland in August
Family Roots Publishing again made a large purchase of the new Family Tree Pocket Reference, as well as Tracing Your Ancestors Using Google – made a Bundle of the two, and reduced the price by 25% as this week’s FRPC Continue reading Get Two Excellent Guidebooks for Genealogists at 25% Off – Sale Ends at Midnight MDT May 15, 2014
MyHeritage and BillionGraves are working together to attempt to digitally preserve headstones worldwide. I think this is a great idea! MyHeritage has the worldwide influence to accomplish the photographing of headstones in many geographic areas of the Earth that thus Continue reading MyHeritage and BillionGraves Team Up to Digitally Preserve the World’s Cemeteries
The following article was excerpted from William Dollarhide’s new book, Illinois Name Lists, 1678-2009: For genealogical research in Illinois, the following timeline of events should help any genealogist understand the area with an historical and genealogical point of view: 1673. Continue reading An Historical Timeline for Illinois, 1673-1945
Last October, my good friend Jeff Bockman sent the following letter to a number of the folks in leadership positions within the genealogical community. I haven’t heard that he’s received a response from anyone, but he shared the letter with Continue reading An Open Letter to Leaders in the Online Family Tree Business
Researchers have long wondered the best way to group “Germans” as a people. The fact is, those identifying themselves, or their ancestors, as German actually come from so many different racial, cultural, geographical, and political backgrounds, there is little more Continue reading Germanic Genealogy A Guide To Worldwide Sources And Migration Patterns, 3rd Edition
The following is from the February 16, 2014 edition of the Deseret News. COLUMBIA, S.C. — Racing against time, South Carolina archeologists are digging to uncover the remnants of a Civil War-era prisoner-of-war camp before the site in downtown Columbia Continue reading Archeologists Race to Uncover “Camp Asylum” in Columbia, SC
According to the City of Edmonton website, they currently have over 60,000 electronic records online of people who were interred more than 25 years ago in Edmonton Municipal Cemeteries. I did a search for anyone with the surname of Titus, Continue reading Search the Edmonton, Alberta Cemeteries Database
The following teaser is from an article posted in the Feb. 14, 2014 edition of the pressbanner.com website. Seven hundred and twenty five miles later, a headstone found in a Felton backyard is safe and sound at its original resting Continue reading Headstone Found 300 Miles From Grave
The following excerpt is from an article by Pamela Brust, posted in the Febraruy 16, 2014 edition of newsandsentinel.com. BELPRE [Ohio]– The new Collections Preservation addition to the Farmers’ Castle Museum Education Center is expected to be complete by spring. Continue reading Farmers’ Castle Museum Education Center in Belpre, Ohio Expected to be Complete by Spring
The following is from an article by Matt Mcgowan, published in the February 13, 2014 edition of medicalxpress.com. (Medical Xpress)—Epidemiological data integrated with climate data taken from tree-ring estimates of soil moisture levels demonstrate that drought contributed to the spread Continue reading Drought Contributed to Typhus Epidemics in Mexico From 1655 to 1918