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The following teaser is from the February 24, 2013 edition of the Sun Journal. Craven County, North Carolina: The New Bern-Craven County Public Library’s Family Bibles Collection is online, featuring Bibles that date from 1723 to the mid-1900s, with information Continue reading Eastern North Carolina Family Bibles Online
Mocavo has announced the addition of a Family Tree Viewer. The following is from their blog: The viewer enables you to build a new family tree from scratch, and/or upload a GEDCOM file to your Mocavo profile. Once you have Continue reading Mocavo’s Family Tree Viewer
Have you watched the PBS Special, The War of 1812? It’s a very interesting documentary on the story of America’s second revolution… As with many PBS specials, it has a website to go with it, where you can learn more Continue reading Watch the PBS Special, The War of 1812, Online
The following excerpt is from an article posted in the Black Country Bugle. Around one million men in the UK can claim to be direct descendants of the Romans, scientists have revealed. The Roman army invaded Britain in 43 AD Continue reading 1 Million Descendants of the Romans in Britain
The following news release is from the Mocavo.com blog website: Today at the Who Do You Think You Are? Live conference in London, England we are excited to announce our new partnership with the FreeBMD Trust. The FreeBMD Trust shares Continue reading Mocavo and FreeBMD Announce Partnership – Search 300 Million English and Welsh BMD Records with Mocavo
Joshua Topolsky, at The Verge.com, got the opportunity to wear the Google Glass, and write an extended review about the product. A short time ago, this computer was just a crazy idea – the idea being that we would walk Continue reading Google Glass – the Next Big Thing for Genealogical Computing?
The following is from FamilySearch: 22 February 2013: Preserving History in the Midst of Natural Disaster The small city of L’Aquila, Italy, shook during a large earthquake on April 6, 2009. As the epicenter of the earthquake, much of the Continue reading Preserving History in the Midst of Natural Disaster – A FamilySearch Indexing Update
From Erie to Panama, American Canals played a vital historical and economical role in the growth of the United States and cities throughout the country; especially, in the eastern states were canals were in use long before the iron horse Continue reading The Best from American Canals Number V
William Dollarhide and Family Root Publishing have created a new series of guides, or quick reference sheets, for genealogists. The series is titled Genealogists’ Insta-Guides. The first three publications in this series were just released this month. The first two Continue reading A Genealogists’ Insta-Guide: Online Resources for Finding Living Relatives
Photography was still in its infancy when the Civil War began. Capturing a single image involved staging a camera, the mixing of chemical, the use of fragile glass plates, and other long and intensive processes just to produce a single Continue reading Finding the Civil War In Your Family Album
The following news release is from FindMyPast.com: Findmypast.com Launches UK Criminal Records dating 1770-1934 LOS ANGELES (Feb. 21, 2013) – Findmypast.com, an international leader in online family history, today announced the largest collection of historical criminal records from England and Continue reading 2.5 Million British Criminal Records Now Available Online for the First Time
Hello this week from Kauaii………… which they call the Garden Isle and that means it’s lush and green and that means it rains daily in winter and February is winter so it’s rained some every day………… but there is sun Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…………….. Week’s Peek
The following news release is from Matthew Deighton at Ancestry.com: Innovative test now available to the general public provides analysis of your genetic ethnicity, living relative matches, and further insight into family history research (PROVO, Utah) – February 21, 2013 Continue reading AncestryDNA Test Provides An Affordable, Easy Way to Learn About Your Past and Family
The Family History Library here in Salt Lake City is cutting their Saturday evening hours. Hours have been until 9 pm, but will now be cut to 5 pm, matching the closing hours for Mondays. The following news release is Continue reading Family History Library to Shorten Saturday Hours
American Population Before the Federal Census of 1790 represents an exhaustive research project to extract population data for the area encompassed by the United State as represented in 1790. Data was gathered from previous research studies, government studies, and independent Continue reading American Population Before the Federal Census of 1790