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What is the best option for preserving an old photograph? Store it in acid free packaging in an environmentally controlled room? Scan it and store digital copies on CDs, DVDs, Hard Drives, or other digital device? If saved digitally, how Continue reading A Preservation Guide
The following news release was received from FamilySearch.org: FamilySearch published new, free records online for Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, England, Georgia, Indonesia, Italy, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, and the United States. The Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Millions of Records for Belgium, China, Philippines, and the U.S. – 20 States Now Completed for the 1940 Census
Interest in genealogy has recently increased around the world. Shows like Who Do You Think You Are? have contributed to this growth. Perhaps, no where has interest in family history grown more than in Ireland. Since more Irish descendents live Continue reading Sources for Irish Family History
The following excerpt is from the June 18, 2012 edition of the newsok.com website. “Ancestry Day Oklahoma,” sponsored by Oklahoma Genealogical Society, Oklahoma Historical Society Research Library and Ancestry.com, will be Aug. 3-4. Events for Aug. 3 will be from Continue reading Ancestry Day Oklahoma – August 3 and 4, 2012
The following news release was received from FamilySearch.org: More than 120 projects are currently available from countries outside the U.S., representing 16 languages. Since the first of the year, new projects have been launched from Bolivia, Paraguay, Switzerland, and the Continue reading Growing Need for International FamilySearch Indexers
The following news release was received from Maryanne Taylor: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH ⎯ Genealogists and family history enthusiasts looking for help with research in Denmark will be interested in classes held at the Family History Library in July. A Continue reading The Family History Library Hosts Free Research Series on Danish Research
The following news release was received from Thomas MacEntee: The Illinois State Genealogical Society is proud to support the Federation of Genealogical Societies’ “Preserve the Pensions” campaign. In support of this digitization project the ISGS announces the ISGS $10,000 War Continue reading ISGS Announces $10,000 War of 1812 Pension Match Challenge
The following article was found at Tampa Bay Online. New app takes sting out of cemetery searches By SHARON TATE MOODY | Special correspondent Published: June 17, 2012 A traditional summertime rite for genealogists means fighting weeds, mosquitoes, snakes and Continue reading BillionGraves Offers a New App for Finding and Marking Grave Locations
The program at my garden club meeting was a tour of the island of Madagascar with its weird, varied and fantastic flora and fauna. Apparently there are over 100 species of chameleons….. do a Google Image search to see how Continue reading Good Advice From A Chameleon
The following article is by my friend, William Dollarhide: Dollarhide’s Genealogy Rule #23: Locating the county where your ancestor lived is the first step in finding records about the time he was hauled into court for shooting his neighbor’s dog; Continue reading If He Owned Land, There’s a Deed
The following press release from Ancestry.com is already 10 days old. I apologize for not keeping up with all things news in the last two weeks. Our family first went to the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree is Burbank (where we visited Continue reading Ancestry.com Now Has Indexed Census Schedules for 1940, 1892, 1915, and 1925 Digitized and Posted Online
Germans are the second largest ethnic group in the United States. Only the English are more numerous. Even at that, these groups represent generations of families living in America. European countries hardly represent today’s largest immigrant groups. However, they are Continue reading The Germans in Colonial Times
The follow press release was issued by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2012 Contact: Mark Harvey (Archives of Michigan), 517-373-1415 or Don Todaro (Library of Michigan), 517-373-2583 Archives of Michigan welcomes family heritage collection Continue reading Library of Michigan’s Family Heritage Collection Finds a New Home
NGS submitted the following for release: National Genealogical Society Announces 2012 Awards arlington, va, 12 JUNE 2012: The National Genealogical Society presented its annual awards at the 2012 Family History Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, 9–12 May 2012. Each year, these Continue reading National Genealogical Society Announces 2012 Awards
Your Family History Tech Toolbox: Cutting-Edge Tools to Make Your Family History Research Easier, Faster, and More Fun is not just a long title; rather, it is an apt description for this eBook by Paul Larsen. The book is a Continue reading Your Family History Tech Toolbox