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Prompted by an article in the Deseret News, quoting Curt Witcher, Betty Malesky wrote an interesting column this week. She speaks of a “genealogical dark ages.” Now how could that be? With all this technology-related data coming available you’d think Continue reading Are the Genealogical Dark Ages Upon Us?
Korea’s genealogy is gaining global attention with the unveiling of a digital database of genealogical records by the Paik Inje Memorial Library of Inje University at the 76th World Library and Information Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden. During the congress, Director Continue reading New Korean Digital Genealogy Database Now Online
Boxford {Masachusetts] – Tucked into the heart of West Boxford Village is an unassuming building that houses many of the town’s treasures — the Boxford Historical Document Center. The modest one-story brick building, situated next to the Second Congregational Church Continue reading The Boxford Historical Document Center in Boxford, Massachusetts
THEY were shipped in their thousands from their cold northern homes to the hostile environment of a distant island lying south of Australia. The 10,000-mile trip to Tasmania was a hefty price to pay for 19th-century Scots accused of petty Continue reading Ancestral Convict Tourism to Tasmania
EASTON [Pennsylvania] Strolling through the space that will display artifacts from the Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society‘s voluminous collection, Marlowe Sigal marveled at the county’s history. “I wasn’t aware growing up here and living in the area for 20 Continue reading New Sigel Museum of the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society, in Pennsylvania, Opens
A Florida man [Ron Clayton] recently received a national genealogy award for his ongoing effort to document everyone who has ever lived in Randolph County [Indiana]. Ron Clayton of Altamonte Springs, Fla., late last month received the 2010 Federation of Continue reading Ron Clayton Honored for His Work of Documenting Randolph County, Indiana Residents.
The home where Alex Haley spent his boyhood summers was officially opened today as a museum, and interpretive center. Haley is buried on the grounds of the Henning, Tennessee home. Author Alex Haley, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning Roots: The Saga of Continue reading Alex Haley House Museum & Interpretive Center Opens in Henning, Tennessee
Obama’s family tree has been discussed on the Internet since he became U.S. senator from Illinois in 2005, but attention has usually been paid to his connection to Charlemagne, to other presidents such as George W. Bush, and to celebrities Continue reading President Obama’s Woodbridge, New Jersey, Ancestor
The following news release was received from Jim Ericson, FamilySearch. It sounds terrific! I will be there for sure… SALT LAKE CITY —Technologists and genealogists from around the world will gather at the first annual RootsTech Conference in Salt Lake Continue reading New RootsTech Conference to Bring Technologists Face-to-Face with Genealogists
David Wolper, a prolific film and TV producer who brought miniseries The Thorn Birds and most notably Roots to TV, died Tuesday at age 82. (In addition to his TV projects, he produced movies including Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Continue reading “Roots” Producer, David Wolper, Dies at Age 82
The Heritage Quest Research Library will host it’s annual Autumn Quest 2010 on Oct. 2, 2010 with a day long program titled: “Unlocking the Hidden Power of the Internet” in Tacoma Washington. Dan Lynch, the featured speaker, is returning due Continue reading “Unlocking the Hidden Power of the Internet” With Dan Lynch in Tacoma October 2
Weatherford, Parker County, Texas Lowell Sullivan is 80 and admits he can’t do as much as he used to, but Friday he’s going out to chop apart limbs from a fallen tree. It’s not for exercise or to prove a Continue reading The Abandoned Cemetery Association of Parker County Texas Cleans Up
It is with great pride that the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois (JGSI) announces that JGSI Board Member Judith R. Frazin was awarded with The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) “Outstanding Contribution to Jewish Genealogy via Print” at Continue reading Judith R. Frazin Awarded the “Outstanding Contribution to Jewish Genealogy via Print” at the IAJGS Conference
Family Roots Publishing Company is offering FREE SHIPPING on all books purchased at the Family Roots Publishing booth during the upcoming Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee. FRPC will have a wide variety of genealogy guidebooks on hand, Continue reading Family Roots Publishing Offering Free Shipping on Books Purchased at the FGS Conference in Knoxville.
Near the courthouse square in Moulton [Lawrence County, Alabama], there is a building on the corner of Main St. and Walnut that reads, “Bank of Moulton.” The building is one of the oldest in the city and the history inside Continue reading Lawrence County Archives in Moulton, Alabama, Gets Renovation