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UPDATE: THE FREE SHIPPING SALE AT THE FPRC WEBSITE HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH APRIL 5, 2011. SEE DETAILS BELOW. Family Roots Publishing Co., LLC is offered FREE SHIPPING on all orders for delivery within the United States totaling $25 or Continue reading FREE Shipping at the FRPC Website Through April 5, 2011
Footnote.com is one of my favorite websites. Found among the many databases located there is the entire series of the Pennsylvania Archives. It’s one of the FREE databases found at Footnote.com, and one of the most useful, if you’ve got Continue reading Search the Records Found in the Pennsylvania Archives – FREE at Footnote.com
FamilySearch.org began upgrading to a new and expanded server system on March 7 at 11 pm. It was down for quite some time, then up, and so forth… As of Thursday, March 10, it was still buggy – and in Continue reading FamilySearch.org Going Through an Upgrade Process & Still Unstable
The following news release was received from Suzanne Curley, with FamilySearch: The Riverton, Utah, FamilySearch Library Hosts Event on March 19, 2011 RIVERTON, UTAH—The rapid digitization of records online is a crucial event in genealogy today, but records are appearing Continue reading Free Seminar on a Watershed Movement in Discovering Where to Find Your Ancestors at the Riverton FamilySearch Library
According to an item in The Weekly Genealogist, Vol. 14, No. 10, Whole #521, every five years the custody of Massachusetts vital records over 90 years old is conveyed from the Massachusetts Department of Health to the Massachusetts Archives. Vital Continue reading Massachusetts Vital Records Dated 1916-1920 Transferred to the Archives
Srinagar, Mar 4: The Archives Department in Kashmir houses some of the vital documents about Kashmir’s history, culture and heritage. But for the Jammu and Kashmir Government, they seem to be worth nothing, not even preservation. A cursory look at Continue reading Kashmir’s Historic Documents are Covered With Poop…
The following is from Paul Nauta with FamilySearch: New U.S. records from MO, NC, NJ, OH, VT, WV Record collections for Mexico and the U.S. were expanded this week. The Mexico 1930 Census is drawing closer to completion with the Continue reading Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Vermont, West Virginia, as well as Mexico Records Posted at FamilySearch.org
People spied on by Hungary’s communist-era secret police will have the right to destroy their surveillance reports under a government proposal historians say would damage the country’s ability to acknowledge its past. The regime’s network of informants once kept as Continue reading Historians Want Hungary’s Communist-Era Surveillance Reports Protected
The Oprah Winfrey Network has now been around for about a month. From most reports, it’s not doing all that well. My own thoughts are to give it a little time. With the right programming and Oprah Winfrey herself (who Continue reading Searching for… on the Oprah Winfrey Network
According to an article in the Columbia Daily Tribune, the Missouri State Archives will digitize and post about 9,000 original Missouri Supreme Court cases heard between 1821 and 1865. A $148,000 grant was received from the Federal government, making this Continue reading Missouri State Archives to Post Another 9000 Missouri Supreme Court Cases 1821-1865 Online
Topeka — The Kansas Historical Society announced it is offering up to three paid internships for summer 2011. The paid internships are full-time positions (40 hours per week) for eight weeks. Two interns will write content for the Historical Society’s Continue reading 3 Paid Internships Announced for the Kansas Historical Society
Note that Genealogy Day is coming up this weekend! What do you have planned? If nothing else, it’s an excuse to drop everything, contact a few relatives, input some data into your genealogy database, scan a few photos – and Continue reading Genealogy Day is this Saturday – March 12
The comedic community often uses their own families to get laughs. I realized that my family history was hilarious years ago. Not being a comedian, I haven’t developed the talent to portray that to others very well, but it’s certainly Continue reading The Comedian Uses Genealogy for the Fun of It
The following excerpt is from an article by Nancy Powers in the March 9, 2011 edition of The Age Dispatch: JoAnn (nee Lucas) Galbraith has lived her whole life in Middlemiss and is proud of her ties to the historic Continue reading JoAnn Galbraith Receives Lifetime Achievement Heritage Award
The following excerpt is from an article in the February 28, 2011 edition of the Victoria Advocate. FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Unearthing family histories will be a lot easier for genealogists with the National Archives at Fort Worth new Continue reading Fort Worth NARA Branch Now Open at Montgomery Plaza