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A recent presentation at RootsTech focused on the “Genealogical Uses for QR Codes.” A article about the presentation and those genealogical uses appeared recently in the Deseret News. You can read an excerpt from that article, with a link to Continue reading QR Codes and Genealogy
In 1894, James A. Roberts became the comptroller for the State of New York. During his first term he took action to systematically order, “for the purpose of easy reference,” the old records of the comptroller’s department. Records and papers Continue reading New York in the Revolution as Colony and State
The largest family history conference on the seas. COLUMBIA, MARYLAND – 5 February 2012: Wholly Genes, Inc. announces the 2012 Genealogy Conference and Cruise, September 16-23, 2012, to Alaska’s Inside Passage. This annual conference has a reputation for offering lectures Continue reading The Eighth Annual Genealogy Conference and Cruise
The Ohio River: Gateway to the Western Frontier Arlington, Va, 6 February 2012 – The National Genealogical Society will celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly during the NGS 2012 Family History Conference in Cincinnati. A Continue reading NGS to Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the NGS Quarterly During the 2012 Family History Conference
The following news release was received from Thomas MacEntee: Genealogy Community Responds To Efforts To Remove Access to Social Security Death Index and Other Records February 7, 2012– Austin, TX: The Records Preservation & Access Committee (RPAC) – a joint Continue reading RPAC Announces STOP ID THEFT NOW! Campaign With White House Petition
Hello and good morning from Salt Lake. I’ve just finished up attending RootsTech and it was fab. I think the over-arching new understanding I gained was this: Imagine all the available genealogical data as kernels of wheat. This wheat with Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…………. Week’s Peek
The following post was written by Brian Mulcahy, Reference Librarian at the Fort Myers-Lee County Library, and is shared here with his permission: Calendars provide a method of measuring time and allow people to record and calculate dates and events. Continue reading Calendars & Genealogical Research
Missouri 1890 Census Index of Civil War Veterans or Their Widows was created from special schedules used to identify Union Civil War veterans as a means of locating persons entitled to pensions or disability benefits. Though intended to serve only Continue reading Missouri 1890 Census Index of Civil War Veterans or Their Widows
All genealogical societies should be celebrated for their efforts to, as the Mobile Genealogical Society puts it, “collect, preserve and disseminate knowledge and information with reference to genealogical and related historical, biographical and heraldic research.” The Mobile Genealogical Society is Continue reading Mobile Genealogical Society Turns 50
This Friday, on Who Do You Think You Are, will feature Marisa Tomei Time: Friday, February 10th 8/7c “Academy Award winning actress Marisa Tomei ventures to Italy and investigates a family murder mystery to discover who killed her great-grandfather.” Click Continue reading This Friday on Who Do You Think You Are
The English began taking direct interest in North America beginning in the early 1500s by fishing its coastal waters, then claiming land in Newfoundland in 1583. Immigration grew by increasing numbers through the colonial years. Official government records for people Continue reading Genealogy At A Glance: English Genealogy Research
We received the following press release: FINDMYPAST.CO.UK PUBLISHES THAMES WATERMEN AND LIGHTERMEN RECORDS ONLINE Today leading UK family history website findmypast.co.uk has published online for the very first time just under 100,000 records of Thames watermen and lightermen, spanning the Continue reading Thames Watermen Records Now Available at Findmypast.co.uk
Since 1845 about a third of central and eastern Europe’s emigrants to other continents took passage from Hamburg, Germany. Hamburg is a key city in the densely populated and industrialized Nordrhein-Westfalen area of Germany. The Atlantic Bridge to Germany, Volume Continue reading The Atlantic Bridge to Germany: Nordrehin-Westfalen
We recently received this announcement from Brightsolid about their new pay-as-you-go website for census research: BRIGHTSOLID ENTERS US GENEALOGY MARKET WITH GROUND-BREAKING PAY-AS-YOU-GO SITE CENSUSRECORDS.COM First pay-as-you-go site offers greater choice and affordability Launching later this year, brightsolid’s flagship US Continue reading Brightsolid Introduces CensusRecords.com
The 2009 publishing of the Guide to County Records in the North Carolina State Archives is the twelfth revision of this book since 1963. This guide to the Archives holdings include state agency records, county records, private manuscript collections, and Continue reading Guide to County Records in the North Carolina State Archives