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The Utah Genealogical Association has a new look to their website. I think it’s pretty cool. I also note that Salt Lake Institute registration is set to open on June 4. So join us in Salt Lake City next January. Continue reading Utah Genealogical Association Website Gets an Upgrade
The following was received from Debbie Parker Wayne: This year the National Conference of the Palatines to America (PAL-AM) will be held at the Sheraton Station Square in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Co-sponsor and local host of the conference will be the Continue reading PAL-AM National Conference, 2-4 June 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The following was received from Amy Sell at FindMyPast.co.uk: Leading UK family history website www.findmypast.co.uk has launched a quicker way to find the deaths of your ancestors, completing a two-year project to make the birth, marriage and death records of Continue reading FindMyPast.co.uk Makes British Death Records Easier to Search
After 12 days of travel and exhibiting, Dale, Tara, and I are finally home, and more or less settled into our normal schedule again. It took us five days to drive to Charleston, South Carolina and set up for the Continue reading Back Home in Bountiful & Other Stuff
I was not as tech-savvy as I’d hoped…… I did #22 and #23 before I left, and picked the dates for them to appear, and they did not, woe is me. So you can read all three at once! Here Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour Week Peek #24
The best thing to me about our recent rafting adventure through the Grand Canyon was not the exciting rush of the rapids but just seeing the scenery and the rocks. You all know I’m a “rock person” and I loved Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour Week Peek #23
My friend, Michael John Neill, has just announced a new how-to genealogy newsletter for the beginning genealogist – starting in June of 2011. His reader and survey feedback indicated an interest in a newsletter aimed toward the genealogist who needed Continue reading New – Casefile Clues for Beginners
May 6, 2011 – Pittsburgh, PA – GRIP – The Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh – a new genealogical institute of learning announces a genealogy educational opportunity planned for July 2012. Consisting of four courses, it will be held Monday, Continue reading The Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh
Guess what? I’m not at my desk……….. as you read this John and I are rafting down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon! This is something we have always wanted to do and to celebrate our 50th anniversary we Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour Week Peek #22
After driving 2300 miles during the last four days, Dale, Tara and I have arrived in Charleston, South Carolina. We’re here to attend and exhibit at the National Genealogical Society’s annual conference. We begin setting up the Family Roots Publishing Continue reading We’re in Charleston, South Carolina
The NGS Conference in Charleston is now just 1 week away! We’re about to head south ourselves, bringing lots of cool books to the attendees at the 33rd Annual NGS Conference. We will still have family and employees back home Continue reading Update on the NGS 2011 Family History Conference in Charleston, South Carolina – May 11-14, 2011 – That’s Next Week!
The following news release was received from Heather Erickson at Ancestry.com. Millions of Pages of Museum Archives to Be Indexed and Made FREE to All WASHINGTON, D.C./PROVO, Utah – May 3, 2011 – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Continue reading U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum & Ancestry.com Launch World Memory Project
Family History Expos has added three additional events for June 2011. Beside the Colorado Expo in Loveland, there will be events in North Platte, Nebraska; Rapid City, South Dakota; and Sheridan, Wyoming. I will be speaking at all of them, Continue reading Family History Expos Announces NEW Events for 2011 – North Platte – Rapid City – & Sheridan
The following news release was received from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch. New Historic Brazil and Honduras Records Online Six Additional Country Collections Also Updated More digital images poured out of the FamilySearch pipeline this week—over 2 million, in fact. Historic Continue reading New Historic Brazil & Honduras Records Online at FamilySearch.org
The following excerpt is from an article in the May 2, 2011 edition of the Picayune Item. It’s about the new website featuring the Holocaust-Era American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. NEW YORK — A trove of papers and photographs documenting Continue reading The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Holocaust Documents Now Online