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The following excerpt is from an article published in the July 29, 2013 edition of ReadingEagle.com: When Pennsylvania children are adopted, the state seals their original birth certificates and issues revised certificates that name the adoptive parents instead of the Continue reading Bill Introduced to Grant Adoptees Access to their Pennsylvania Birth Records
The following is from Ancestry.com: The popularity of a royal baby’s first name increases by an average of 32 percent the year after the baby is born Historically, Prince Andrew (born in 1960) has had the biggest impact on baby Continue reading Royal Prince to Inspire an Extra 1400 Georges
Utah Genealogical Association & ICAPGen 2013 Fall Conference ‘50 Years of Excellence’ with BYU’s Center for Family History and Genealogy Friday & Saturday November 8-9, 2013 Proposals are now being accepted for the Utah Genealogical Association & ICAPGen 2013 Fall Continue reading Call For Papers for UGA & ICAPGen 2013 Fall Conference with BYU’s Center for Family History & Genealogy Friday & Saturday November 8-9, 2013
The next North Carolina Genealogical Society WEBINAR will be available totally free to the public September 20-22, 2013 on www.ncgenealogy.org: Helen F. M. Leary, CG (Emeritus), FASG will present Mapping Your Ancestor’s Land – How to Do It and Why Continue reading Mapping Your Ancestor’s Land – How to Do It and Why Bother? – Webinar Available FREE Sept 20-22
Since the defeat of the Third Reich in 1945, Germany has compensated victims of the holocaust to the tune of about 92 billion dollars. A porton of the compensation was earmarked for the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany. Continue reading Gilad Japhet’s MyHeritage.com is Matching Holocaust Descendents with the Holocaust Victims Claims Conference List
This is our very own Christmas Tour Santa, Larry from Iowa. And I assure you that he is jolly and smiling most of the time! Must have caught him in a no-cookie moment……. but we love our Santa Larry! Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………………… Week’s Peek
The following is from APG: Association of Professional Genealogists Names New Staff for Professional Management Conference Anastasia Harman and Corinne Knasinski Bring Broad Event-Planning Experience to Premiere Professional Genealogy Event WHEAT RIDGE, Colo., 23 July 2013—The Association of Professional Genealogists Continue reading APG Names New Staff for Professional Management Conference
The following was received from Thomas MacEntee: Members Connect to Compare DNA Tests and Confirm Genealogy 22 July 2013: WikiTree, a community of genealogists and family historians committed to growing a 100% free worldwide family tree, announces a new feature Continue reading WikiTree Adds DNA Feature
Finally – production issues for the Flip-Pal mobile scanners seem to be behind us, and we once again have a good stock. Click on the links below to purchase either the basic scanner – or the scanner with Creativity Suite Continue reading Flip-Pal mobile scanners Back in Stock!
With his “peek” I want to talk directly to YOU………. you who have come on the tour and are not on my weekly email update newsletter (Mother Hen’s Monday Musings) and you who are thinking about coming on the tour Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………….. Week’s Peek
October 25 & 26, 2013, at Timber Creek Inn & Suites in Sandwich, Illinois 22 July 2013 – Springfield, IL. Registration is now open for the Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS)2013 Fall conference to be held on October 25 and Continue reading Registration Open for Illinois State Genealogical Society 2013 Fall Conference
According to an article in IrishCentral.com, an Irish Jewish Gathering will begin today, July 21st, as part of Tourism Ireland’s year long initiative. The following excerpt is from the article. The Irish Times reports that Maurice Cohen, chairman of the Continue reading Irish Jewish Gathering Begins Sunday, July 21, 2013
The following excerpt is from the July 19, 2013 edition of the Standard-Examiner. PROVO — The 45th annual Brigham Young University Conference on Family History and Genealogy will be July 30 through Aug. 2, at the BYU Conference Center, 770 Continue reading Brigham Young University Conference on Family History and Genealogy July 30-August 2, 2013
The following teaser is from an excellent story posted at the wbaltv.com website of a woman and her son’s search for her adopted brother. As with many searches, this one doesn’t exactly have a happy ending… But the search was Continue reading All Adoption Search Stories Don’t Have Happy Endings
The My Genealogy Hound website currently has over 13,000 family biographies extracted from all kinds of historic county histories – available FREE of charge. The website is sponsored by Hearthstone Legacy Publications. They publish old county histories, maps and such Continue reading My Genealogy Hound Completes Biography Additions For One Hundred Counties