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Your ancestors make the best, and most meaningful, gift for the holidays. You can share your love of your ancestors and your family tree with a special gift for family and friends. A special gift that celebrates your heritage. Plant Continue reading Give the Most Meaningful Gift of Love – Your Family!
Ever looked at the website for ShipIndex.org? This is a fairly new website where you can obtain a photo of the ship your ancestor served aboard or came to America on. Do check it out! Here’s from their recent Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour……………. Interesting Peek
More than once, I have heard Leland, editor extraordinaire of the GenealogBlog, comment over the book Paper Trees. He always thought this collection of hand drawn genealogy charts was unique and great for the individual with the artistic talent to Continue reading Paper Trees, Legible and in Color!
FamilySearch added an additional 6.4 million new, free indexed records and images this week to its collection. Notable additions include the 1,034,803 records for the Netherlands, Zeeland Province, Church Records from 1527-1907, the 1,436,121 added from Italy Civil Registrations from Continue reading FamilySearch Adds New Collections from Canada, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Peru, & the United States
The following article was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide. Enjoy… Dollarhide’s Genealogy Rule No. 7: If you call Social Security and ask where to write for a birth certificate, tell them it is for yourself…they won’t help you Continue reading Public Access to Federal Records
The following excerpt is from the December 13, 2012 edition of sciencecodex.com: Mountain View, Calif. – December 13, 2012 — 23andMe, the leading personal genetics company, today announced the availability of Ancestry Composition, a new feature that provides state-of-the-art geographic Continue reading 23andMe’s Ancestry Composition
The following excerpt is from the December 13 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle: Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) — Ancestry.com Inc. executives backed a $1.6 billion buyout by Permira Advisers LLP and dismissed higher bids for the world’s largest family-history website Continue reading Details of Ancestry.com Shareholder Complaints With Sale to Permira
The following was received from SCGS: The Southern California Genealogical Society announces that registration is now open for the popular Jamboree Extension Webinar Series for 2013. The webinar series provides web-based family history and genealogy educational sessions for genealogists around Continue reading Registration is Now Open for the 2013 Jamboree Extension Webinar Series
It’s that time of year when parents and grandparents struggle to find the perfect gift of the children in their lives. Finding the balance between personal and thoughtful gifts balanced with the pressures to find the “popular” but short-lived gift Continue reading Genealogy Primer for Kids — An Excellent Gift Idea for the Budding Genealogist
Two very popular books stand out in mind when discussing reading (understanding) and writing genealogies and family histories. The first is More What Did They Mean By That? A Dictionary of Historical and Genealogical Terms Old and New. Genealogists cannot Continue reading Reading and Writing Cannot Exist Without Each Other
Our 2012 (and 28th annual) Salt Lake Christmas Tour is now history and it was a most successful time had by all. On the last evening, at the Farewell Ice Cream Social, we asked for a show of hands of Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…………….. Week’s Peek
What demonstrates our cultural and ethnic heritage during the holidays more than food? It is not that what we are what we eat, but rather we eat what we do because of who we are. So much of our selection Continue reading A Great Gift Idea, Even for the Non-Genealogist in the Family
Elizabeth Shown Mills is considered one of the most knowledgeable, if not the top expert, on research citation and verification. Her books, Evidence!: Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian and Evidence Explained and Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Continue reading Elizabeth Shown Mills’ Works and Citing Online African-American Historical Resources
Whatever holiday you celebrate this time of year –Hanukkah, Christmas, or other– the gift of humor is always appreciated. So for those looking to give a little lift to a favorite genealogist in their life, then let me recommend two Continue reading Give the Gift of Laughter to Your Favorite Genealogist
The following news release was received from Elizabeth Zwerin: Records detail the height, weight, color of hair and eyes, and distinguishing features for soldiers LOS ANGELES (Dec. 7, 2012) – Findmypast.com, an international leader in online family history, today added Continue reading Findmypast.com Releases Thousands of British Army Service Records from 1760 to 1902