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The following is from FindMyPast.com: Remember your ancestors this Memorial Day Weekend with FREE Military Records May 24–27. Anyone can access the records by registering for free at findmypast.com. With more than 34 million U.S. and International military records available, Continue reading FindMyPast.com Offers FREE Military Records May 24-27, 2013
A couple of weeks ago, while at the NGS Conference in Las Vegas, I wrote briefly, and posted a news release about technological breakthroughs made at MyHeritage.com. Since the conference, I’ve taken the opportunity to upload my genealogy database of Continue reading My Excellent Adventure with Record Matches at MyHeritage.com
Gary Clark of PhotoTree.com has had a busy year. He seems to be on a one-man mission to provide every detail a genealogist will need to identify, date, and restore old photographs of virtually every type and in a way Continue reading Real Photo Postcards KwikGuide: A Guide to Identifying and Dating Real Photo Postcards of the 20th century
Josh Taylor will be the featured speaker at the Johnson County Genealogy Society 2013 Annual Seminar, to be held Saturday October 26, 2013 from 8:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The event will be at the Ritz Charles Event Center, 9000 Continue reading Josh Taylor to Speak in Overland Park, Kansas October 26, 2013
The following information is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has added more than 2.25 million index records and images this week from Argentina, Austria, Italy, Paraguay, Portugal, Spain, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 1,152,830 index records and images Continue reading FamilySearch Adds More Than 1.1 Million Records & Images to Illinois County Marriages
The following ws received from Daniel Horowitz at MyHeritage.com: In honor of Memorial Day next week, MyHeritage is granting free access to millions of military records from their most popular collections. The records can be accessed from here. The free Continue reading MyHeritage Offering Free Access to Military Records Through May 28
So – it’s now longer a rumor… The following was received from Matthew Deighton at Ancestry.com: World’s Largest Online Family History Resource Sponsors TV Series with Personal Look Inside the Ancestry of Beloved Celebrities PROVO, Utah, May 21, 2013– Ancestry.com, Continue reading Ancestry.com and TLC Team Up For New Season of “Who Do You Think You Are?”
There has been a recent rush in the genealogy publishing market to produce two to four page laminated guides. These guides have proven very popular as they typically provide a high density of basic information on a single topic. Guides Continue reading The Pocket Genealogist: Genealogical Numbering
The Irish and the Scots have a nearly inseparable history, if examined on the basis if origin. Scottish Highlanders originally came from Ireland and the two peoples have long been connected by blood, language, and religion. Both, have also, played Continue reading The Irish Scots and the “Scotch-Irish”
The following teaser is from an article posted in the May 15, 2013 edition of NewsDemocratLeader.com: Logan County, Kentucky: In March, Logan’s magistrates discussed renovating portions of the old county jail on Fourth Street in Russellville. The Archives and Genealogical Continue reading Old County Jail (Now an Archives) in Russellville, KY to Get Badly Needed Restoration
The following excerpt is from an article posted in the May 17, 2013 edition of TheAtlantic.com: …If you are the Richard III Society, your answer would be (e). After the discovery of the remains of Richard III in February, a Continue reading The Face of Richard III
The following teaser is from an article posted in the May 17, 2013 edition of Canada.com: A time-yellowed, 439-year-old baptismal registry from 16th century France, recently found to contain long-sought clues about the birth and family history of the famed Continue reading Baptismal Registry With Clues to the Ancestry of Samuel de Champlain to be Displayed
The following teaser is from an article posted at the May 18, 2013 edition of Boston.com. Richard Stower, former minister of the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Scituate, has published “A History of The First Parish Church of Scituate, Continue reading A History of The First Parish Church of Scituate, Massachusetts
Interesting… Even the world’s most successful genealogy company has one heck of a lot of outstanding debt… PROVO, Utah, May 15, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family history resource, today announced that it has refinanced its Continue reading Ancestry Financing
I just received news that my friend, Carolyn Barkley, has passed on. This was a bit of a shock, as I didn’t realize she was terribly ill… I understand that she’s been dealing with a misdiagnosed “cough” for some time. Continue reading Carolyn Barkley 1947-2013 – RIP