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An understanding of history can provide a solid foundation and flexible framework upon which genealogical research can grow. Understanding major migration patterns may help the researcher find and follow their own ancestors. The Expansion of New England, by L. K. Continue reading The Expansion of New England
Spike Milligan’s headstone, with the famous inscription: ‘I told you I was ill‘, seems to have gone missing from a British cemetery. Read more about it in the May 21, 2012 edition of the Courier-Mail.
The following excerpt is from an article posted at the Bury Free Press website May 19, 2012. A NEW booklet chronicling the history of St Edmund’s Catholic Church, in Bury St Edmunds, [21 Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England] Continue reading A History of St Edmund’s Catholic Church, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England Published
Genealogists have long used coroners’ records to fill out our family histories. These records are what we call “public records,” making them available to researchers as well as the media, and anyone else for that matter. Since most of the Continue reading Time Provisions of Pennsylvania’s Coroner’s Act Argued Before the State’s Supreme Court
The following article was written by my good friend, Bill Dollarhide: Dollarhide’s Rule No. 26: When in a courthouse miles from home, you will always find the breakthrough court record at 4:55 p.m. on Friday afternoon. This county list was Continue reading U.S. Counties Created or Abolished, 1920 – 1983
According to FamilySearch’s blog, the indexing process for the 1940 census is going very well. There are now 111,612 indexers working to complete this projects. Here are some of the details straight from FamilySearch: We’re finishing our 7th week of Continue reading 1940 US Census Indexing Progress Report—May 18, 2012
Dictionary.com defines gazetteer as simply: “a geographical dictionary.” I have seen, and even reviewed on this site, many books titled Gazetteer. However, The Gazetteer of Scotland, by Rev. John Wilson, may be the first book I have ever seen that Continue reading The Gazetteer of Scotland
I’ve been a Loretta Lynn fan most of my life, and find the latest revelation by the AP about her age to be interesting. Those pesky documents like birth certificates and marriage applications, as well as the 1940 census can Continue reading Loretta Lynn Married at 15, Not 13 as Reported in “The Coal Miner’s Daughter”
The following excerpt is from an interesting article by Will Ashworth, and printed in the May 21, 2012 edition of InvestorPlace.com. He points our some fascinating stuff about Ancestry.com. A week ago today, the shares of Ancestry.com (NASDAQ:ACOM) dropped 14% Continue reading Ancestry.com is an Excellent Buy
The following news release was received from FamilySearch.org: The 1940 US Census Community Project, which includes FamilySearch, Archives.com, Findmypast.com, NARA, and ProQuest.com, have now published browsable images online for 1940 U.S. Federal Census and the completed searchable indexes for six Continue reading All 1940 US Census Images and Six States Now Published Online – 20 Million Records for 21 Other Countries Also Added
Lucky me, I got to rendezvous and hug several of our Christmas Tour Family at the recent NGS conference in Cincinnati! Jerry VanDuzer, Susan Mottice, Cecily Kelly (with friend Teri Rehman), Leland and Nicholas, Rich Williams, Kathy Rausch and (my Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………….. Week’s Peek
The following excerpt is from an article in the May 17, 2012 edition of the Pontiac Daily Leader. The Pontiac [Illinois] Public Library has installed its new microfilm reader, but don’t look for some big, clunky machine — the new Continue reading The Pontiac, Illinois Public Library Gets a New Digital Microfilm Reader
I’ve had some great successes with Mocovo.com, and it looks like they’ve come into some venture capital. Good… The following news release is from the May 16 2012 edition of Bizjournals.com: Mocavo, an online genealogy research service, has landed a Continue reading Mocavo Gets $4 Million Venture Capital from the Foundry Group
Whoops – we posted a blog a few days ago in which Christopher Child at NEHGS stated that proof of American Indian ancestry for Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren did exist – even if it did show she was only 1/32 Continue reading Proof of Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren’s Cherokee Ancestry Doesn’t Seem to Exist After All
About 18 years ago I attended my first Southern California Genealogy Jamboree. I was instantly enthralled. Little did I know that years later I would have the opportunity to attend as both an exhibitor and a presenter, which I did Continue reading It’s Not too Late to Sign Up for the Southern California Genealogical Jamboree