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Cemeteries can be dangerous places. How many children have been killed by toppling old tombstones I have no idea, but I’d guess it’s been quite a few. As genealogists, we love old cemeteries. However, if we’re taking young children, we Continue reading Four-Year Old Killed by Falling Headstone in Park City’s Historic Glenwood Cemetery
Maureen A. Taylor, expert in historical photography, and author of Preserving Your Family Photographs: How to Care for Your Family Photographs—from Daguerreotypes to Digital Imaging, Fashionable Folks: Hairstyles 1840–1900, and More Dating Old Photographs 1840–1929, has turned her “Fashionable Folks” Continue reading Fashionable Folks: Bonnets and Hats 1840-1900
Recently we have reviewed a number of books on Irish genealogical research in specific counties. One of the key record types found across the country, if not the most prevalent record, are church records. Not just church records for one Continue reading Irish Church Records
“There is no town so poor that its past hasn’t furnished something worth embalming for posterity.” – Boston Transcript, February 23, 1898 This quote stands as the leading page to Chapter1 of a History of Pelham, Massachusetts from 1738 to Continue reading History of Pelham, Massachusetts from 1738 to 1898
The following U.S.A. and Canada vital-records oriented databases have been recently added or updated at FamilySearch.org. We’ve also updated all of the GenealogyBlog Online Database Links Files. See: United States Birth & Christening Records Found at FamilySearch.org United States Marriage Continue reading New & Updated USA & Canada Vital Records Databases at FamilySearch.org
The following teaser is from an AP article published in the July 6, 2012 edition of wnyt.com: TICONDEROGA, N.Y. (AP) – An Illinois family is donating their ancestor’s Revolutionary War artifacts to Fort Ticonderoga. Officials at Fort Ticonderoga say the Continue reading Illinois Family Donating Revolutionary War Artifacts to Fort Ticonderoga in New York
According to the news release posted at the NARA website, the National Archives’ George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum has posted a new website. I surfed a bit within the site, and am very exited about the amount of Continue reading George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum Launches New Website
The following excerpt is from an article posted in the July 5, 2012 edition of BangorDailyNews.com: Taste the Civil War as the Bangor Museum and History Center unveils “The Bangor Sanitary Fair Cookbook Bangor 1864.” Established in 1862, “the Bangor Continue reading Bangor Museum and History Center Publishes “The Bangor Sanitary Fair Cookbook Bangor 1864″
The following excerpt is from the 5 July 2012 edition of asianjournal.com: MANILA — American war veterans in the Philippines are urging the U.S. Congress to pass a bill that would require Washington to repair and maintain a cemetery north Continue reading Clark Veterans’ Cemetery in the Phillipines in Dire Need of Care
The following teaser is from an article posted in the July 4, 2012 edition of theeagle.com: FREEPORT, Maine — He’s arguably Maine’s best-known native son, right up there with Civil War general Joshua Chamberlain, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and horror Continue reading So – What does the L.L. of L. L. Bean Fame Stand For?
The following is from the NARA website: June 27, 2012 – Washington, DC – U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake today sentenced Barry H. Landau to seven years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy and Continue reading Barry Landau Sentenced to 7 Years for Thefts From National Archives, Other Institutions
The following was received from Ancestry.com – offering databases that include Revolutionary War records FREE through July 8. Did your family fight for your freedom or work to establish our great nation? FREE through July 8th, make your connection to Continue reading Search 65 Million Records from the Original 13 Colonies FREE at Ancestry.com Through July 8
How much 4th of July American history do you know??? Care to try some of the questions that appeared in American Profile (a supplement to our daily paper)?? 1. We celebrate the Fourth of July to commemorate: (a) the day Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour……………… Week’s Peek
I first thought to introduce this book with a short poem of my own creation. However, I found the results to corny to share. So, in a far simpler introduction, let me just say this blog takes a look at Continue reading Tracing Your Limerick Ancestors
The following excerpt is from the July 2, 2012 edition of 630wpro.com: Rhode Island is making adoption records available for the first time to adults 25 years or older. A state law adopted in September, 2011 has just taken effect, Continue reading Rhode Island Makes Adoption Records Available