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Could we end this year on a better note than to recognize that our Great Leader is a Superman in the world of genealogy and has been for nearly 30 years? And surely is the Great & Wonderful “OZ” of Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour ………… last peek of 2011
Tracing one’s history in their own native language offers plenty of challenges. Changes in writing styles and in handwriting, problems with damage and discoloration, both added to transcription and indexing errors can make record finding and reading difficult at times. Continue reading Reading Non-English Records
The following U.S.A. vital-records oriented databases have been added or updated at FamilySearch.org since my last posting made November 26. New data has been added for 24 states & the District of Columbia! We’ve also updated all five of the Continue reading New USA Vital Records Data at FamilySearch.org
The following state and school census oriented databases have been added or updated at FamilySearch.org since my last posting made November 26. New data has been added for Alabama, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, and Washington State. We’ve also updated all five Continue reading New State and School Census Data Posted at FamilySearch.org
According to an article posted in the Canberra Times, one of next year’s big travel trends will be to take a personalized genealogy tour. I can think of worse ways to spend two weeks, but hiring someone to handle a Continue reading Planning Your 2012 Get Away: How About a Personalized Genealogy Tour?
Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy 2011, is a straightforward beginners guide to genealogy research. Some of the books contents are exactly what you would expect to find in any beginning genealogy book, only with a twist for Jewish research. There Continue reading Beginning Jewish Genealogy
Webinars have become popular among many genealogists. Bloggers, software vendors, professional researchers, and others use webinars to communicate with the genealogy community. Webinars provide interaction with an audience in an engaging manner. One excellent use of such interaction is for Continue reading RootsMagic Webinars on CD
Family Chronicle is please to announce the immediate availability of our newest special publication, Tracing Your Irish Ancestors. The 68-page issue, the fourth in the “Tracing Series”, is feature-packed with all-new content from a variety of experts in the field Continue reading Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
The following news release was received from Bob Velke, with Wholly Genes Software. Family History Software Takes Another Leap Forward Columbia, Maryland – 21 December 2011 – Wholly Genes Software announces a major new release of its popular family history Continue reading Wholly Genes Releases TMG Version 8
The following News Release was receivd from Natasha White, Marketing & PR Executive for Genes Reunited: BRITISH NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE GOES LIVE ON GENES REUNITED . Previously hard-to-reach material now available . Over 4 million fully-searchable pages of historical newspapers . Continue reading British Newspaper Archive Goes Live at Genes Reunited
Merry Christmas from my house to yours. This is a tree along the lane coming into my house; we don’t have much snow yet but I’m sure it is coming. I really don’t mind! I live in Spokane! I wish Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour….. Week’s Peek!
The following is by my friend, Edith Wagner, editor of Reunions magazine. Family history is the one thing everyone at a family reunion has in common. Celebrate it! If, as a genealogist, you’ve always wondered how to share the family Continue reading A Family Reunion is Genealogy Heaven
Today most Americans remember the War of 1812 for inspiring Francis Scott Key to write “The Star Spangled Banner.” Many of the conflict’s most familiar events—the battle of New Orleans, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and the Continue reading “Border Troubles in the War of 1812” – Exhibition to Open January 5 at the Newberry Library in Chicago
The following news release was received from Paula Hinkel at SCGS: December 18, 2011. (Burbank, CA): The Southern California Genealogical Society announces the return of the popular Jamboree Extension Webinar Series, which provides web-based family history and genealogy educational sessions Continue reading 2012 Jamboree Extension Webinar Series
The following article was written by my friend, Tom Fiske. Today in a fit of bad old memories I recalled the kinds of things my parents would say as I was growing up. There were three of us mean little Continue reading Out of the Mouths of Adults