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Like so many kids, I loved trains growing up. I never minded waiting for a train when riding in a car, I couldn’t wait to ride the train at Disneyland or Knott’s Berry Farm when we went as a family. Continue reading The History of Railroads
With 14 volumes now available, I am providing details about each of the nine most recently released volumes in the William Doallarhide’s State Name Lists Series. A few days ago I gave details about the Florida edition. Here we examine Continue reading Georgia Name Lists 1733-2010, with a selection of National Name Lists, 1600s – Present
The following excerpts are from an article posted in the January 8, 2013 edition of the Enquirer Herald. CLOVER [York County, South Carolina] A dozen years before the United States was founded, three men gathered at a spring near Clover Continue reading Bethel Presbyterian Church of Clover, York Co., SC Celebrating 250 Years
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has added more than 145 million indexed records and images to collections from BillionGraves, England, Russia, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 65,593,352 indexed records from the new England and Wales, Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Over 145 Million Indexed Records & Images to Collections from BillionGraves, England, Russia, & the USA
The following excerpt is from an article posted in the January 3, 2014 edition of winnipeg.ctvnews.ca: A Winnipeg woman wants to find her birth mother, but says Manitoba’s closed access to adoption records continue to stop her. Penny Treflin turns Continue reading Winnipeg Woman Wants to Locate Her Birth Mother
The following is from FamilySearch: SALT LAKE CITY – FamilySearch recently released a newly redesigned indexing website at FamilySearch.org/indexing, and we invite you to come and take a look. This new website integrates indexing with the rest of FamilySearch.org, making Continue reading Announcing the New FamilySearch Indexing Website
It’s now been almost a month since the 2013 Salt Lake Christmas Tour. This last year we had a total of 60 researchers at the Tour, even after illness and weather kept a number of the regulars away. We had Continue reading Preregister for the 2014 Salt Lake Christmas Tour – and Break your Brick Walls!
The following excerpt is from an article posted January 8, 2014 at ancestryinsider.blogspot.com Nearly a year ago FamilySearch and OCLC announced a partnership to exchange services. Search results from the OCLC catalog, WorldCat.org, would include the holdings of the FamilySearch Continue reading FamilySearch WorldCat Partnership
Every couple weeks, Michael LeClerc (with Mocavo.com) hosts a fireside chat with one of those folks who we might call movers and shakers in the genealogy community. In the past he’s had Maureen Taylor, Paula Stuart-Warren, Kelvin Meyers, Dr. Michael Continue reading Michael LeClerc & Thomas MacEntee to do an Online “Fireside Chat” on January 15.
The following excerpt is from an article by Jenna Pudelek, posted in the January 6, 2013 edition of thirdsector.co.uk: The British Red Cross has been awarded an £80,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to conserve and digitise historic documents Continue reading British Red Cross to Digitize 244,000 WWI Voluntary Aid Detachment Index Cards
The following article was written by my friend, William Dollarhide, and is excerpted from his new book, Georgia Name Lists, 1733 – 2010. For genealogical research in Georgia, the following timeline of events should help any genealogist understand the area Continue reading An Historical Timeline for Georgia, 1497 – 1803
The following is from the Dallas Genealogical Society: Dallas, TX , January 3, 2014 – – The Dallas Genealogical Society is pleased to announce its 2014 Writing Contest for original material on topics of interest to genealogists and family historians. Continue reading Dallas Genealogical Society Announces 2014 Writing Contest with Cash Prizes
I couldn’t tell you why, but lately I keep coming across books worthy of serious attention but have titles that would make most think these treasure in disguise are not for them. Massachusetts and Maine Families: In the Ancestry of Continue reading Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis
It has been awhile since I have reviewed one of William Dollarhide’s name lists books. However, with the recent release of a number of additional volumes it is time to look again at these great books. There are now 14 Continue reading Florida Name Lists 1759-2009, with a selection of National Name Lists, 1600s – Present
The following excerpt is from an article by Preston Trail and posted 1/6/2014 at www.planoland.com With the new year comes a new policy adaptation for the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) regarding accepting DNA as evidence of Continue reading DAR Begins Accepting DNA Evidence