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The introduction of Voice of the Irish Immigrant provides an excellent synopsis of Irish immigration to the United States. The earlier immigrants tended to be middle and upper class families, looking to maintain their standard of living. Later immigrants, especially Continue reading Truth Teller Ads Used to Find Irish Immigrants
Next week the members of the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society will feature a member’s favorite at their monthly meeting. They will host a “Members Share” segment in their meeting. See this article posted by Glenn Avolio in the Noozhawk: Continue reading A Great Idea – Society Members Sharing Their Family History Stories
Between 1805 and 1833 Georgia distributed three fourths of its public land through lotteries. Georgia Land Lottery Research is the genealogist’s guide to understanding and researching these lotteries. This book provides an education to the lottery process, the grid survey Continue reading Learning About Georgia Land Lottery Research
New records were added to FamilySearch.org this week from Canada, Estonia, Jamaica, Mexico, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, and the U.S. Begin searching for your ancestors now at FamilySearch.org . Searchable records on FamilySearch.org are made possible by thousands of volunteers Continue reading New at FamilySearch.org
Family Roots Publishing is offering a great Christmas promotional for Google Your Family Tree. The book has been previously reviewed on this sites (click here to read) and continues to be a popular title. Author Daniel M. Lynch is working Continue reading Give “Google Your Family Tree” for Christmas and Get a Free Upgrade to the 2nd Edition
The following announcement was received from RootsTech 2012. Solve a Family History Challege and Win $5,000! Have you recently been doing something family or genealogy-related and thought, “There should be an app for that!”? Now is your chance. Solving that Continue reading The RootsTech 2012 Developer Challenge
The following job opening was received from APG: Customer Service Representative, Family Tree DNA Work in the exciting and dynamic field of genetic genealogy! Family Tree DNA provides people with innovative ways to discover their past through genetic testing. Family Continue reading Job Opening for a Customer Service Representative at Family Tree DNA
The following announcement was received from APG: The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution has an immediate full-time opening for a Genealogist in the Registrar’s Office. Primary responsibilities focus on examining and evaluating lineage-based information provided on DAR membership Continue reading Full-time Job Opening for a Genealogist in the NSDAR Registrar’s Office
The Bowerman family of Ohio will represent the families of 18,096 MIA Americans lost in the Pacific during WWII on this week’s Dan Rather Reports. Dan Rather Remembers: Pearl Harbor will air this Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 8PM ET Continue reading Family History and Those Missing in Action
Adding to the growing collection of Genealogy At-A-Glance guides is Immigration Research by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack. In just four laminated pages, Carmack shares a wealth of knowledge for researching you immigrant ancestors. In her own words, “unless you have 100 Continue reading Immigration Research at a Glance
UPDATE: Bountiful Power set a new pole back behind the houses on our corner, and we had electricity again about 5 pm on Sunday evening. We were without power for 86 or 87 hours, with nothing worse happening than a Continue reading The Big Wind in Bountiful, Utah
Few countries have as confusing a past as Germany. Over the centuries literally hundreds of small kingdoms and territories existed, swelling and falling through war and domination. Beginning as early as 843, larger territories were broken up into hundreds of Continue reading The Making of Germany, Maps and History
The following excerpt is from an article published in the November 29, 2011 edition of the BBC News. Over 240,000 records are included in the collection. I did search on the surname of Canfield and got two hits. The illustration Continue reading Freedom of the City of London Records Posted at Ancestry.co.uk
The following exceprt is from an interesting article posted in the November 29, 2011 edition of the Montreal Gazette. In a relatively rare admission for an American scholar, a leading U.S. historian who authored a provocative new tome about North Continue reading Canada Won the War of 1812?
CANTON [New York]— Melissane Schrems, St. Lawrence University assistant professor of history, has arranged to bring a copy of the records of Fort de la Présentation, a mission founded at the confluence of the Oswegatchie and St. Lawrence rivers in Continue reading Early Oswegatchie Iroquois Records to be Placed in the Owen D. Young and Ogdensburg Public libraries