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The following excerpt is from an article in the December 27, 2012 edition of the Salt Lake Tribune: Ancestry.com CEO Tim Sullivan said Thursday he expects almost no changes in the company’s operations after shareholders approved the sale of the Continue reading Ancestry.com Shareholders Okay Sale to Permira
The following was received from FamilySearch December 28, 2012: FamilySearch added an additional 38.5 million new, free indexed records and images this week to its collection. Notable additions include the 6,095,759 indexed records in the new United States World War Continue reading New Searchable Collections Added Online For Brazil, China, England, Ireland, Italy, Russia, Spain, & the USA
The following was received from the President of IGRA: The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) has released a new search engine for their AID (All Israel Databases) section www.genealogy.org.il/AID/ . In July, at the IAJGS International Conference in Paris, IGRA Continue reading New Search Engine Released for All Isreal Databases (AID)
The following article was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide. Enjoy… Dollarhide’s Genealogy Rule No. 14: Always interview brothers and sisters together in the same room. Since they can’t agree on anything about the family tree, it makes for Continue reading Quit Claim Deeds and Deed Releases
The following excerpt is from the first page of several in a good article published in the December 25, 2012 edition of IrishCentral.com on doing online Irish research. Over the past three years IrishCentral has witnessed history in the field Continue reading Researching Your Irish Ancestry Online
Some of the best books I reviewed this year were U.S. atlases and gazetteers. I think my favorites were part of the “An Atlas of” series, including: An Atlas of Northern Trails Westward From New England An Atlas of Appalachian Continue reading U.S. Maps, Atlases, & Gazetteers
German maps are incredibly popular and extremely important to German research. During the middle ages and on up to the First World War a modest portion of western-central Europe was a land of ever changing boundaries. In the heart of Continue reading The Ever Popular German Map Guides, and Atlantic Bridge Books
The 2012 Salt Lake Christmas Tour was a great success, and we’re now planning for the next one in December of 2013. Thomas MacEntee is planning to be with us again, and will be presenting a wide range of genealogical Continue reading Get Ready for the 2013 Salt Lake Christmas Tour!
The following is from a December 21, 2012 FamilySearch News Release: FamilySearch added an additional 16.8 million new, free indexed records and images this week to its collection. Notable additions include the 8,129,310 records for the New York, United States, Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Large Updates to New York Land Records and New Czech Republic Church Books Collections
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH⎯ Genealogists and family history enthusiasts looking for help with getting started on the internet will be interested in classes held at the Family History Library in January. A free Getting Started on the Internet Research Series Continue reading Free Research Series on Getting Started on the Internet at The FHL in January
The following excerpt is from an excellent article which was on the front page of the December 25, 2012 edition of the Chicago Tribune. It’s quite a story – and worth clicking out to. For most of her 90 years, Continue reading Irish Immigrant Finally Gets Her Papers – After Nearly 90 Years
This is the New York bunch, taken in December at the Salt Lake Christmas Tour. Carol, Agnes, Lauri, Jerry, Dana, and Lisa Alzo are New York residents and they welcomed Thomas MacEntee since he was born in New York. Besides, Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…………… Week’s Peek
The following excerpt is from a December 25, 2012 AP story published in the Chicago Tribune. Imagine strolling through a wooded acreage once called home by early 20th century occupants of a poor farm and patients of a tuberculosis infirmary. Continue reading Cook County, Illinois Poor Farm and Cemetery to be Preserved
The following teaser is from the Google blog, and although not really genealogical, it certainly is history-related!. … Today, we’re helping put more of these ancient treasures online. The Israel Antiquities Authority is launching the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Continue reading Google Helping Post 5000 Dead Sea Scroll Fragments at High-Res
The following article was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide. Enjoy… The article, Tracing the Trails of Your Ancestors Using Deed Records, indicated several steps that were followed in my personal research. The purpose of the article was to Continue reading Follow-up to “Tracing the Trails of Your Ancestors Using Deed Records”