Winter Hours for the Iowa Genealogical Society Research Library

The Iowa Genealogical Society’s winter hours for the group’s research library, effective Nov. 30, will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. The library will be closed Continue reading Winter Hours for the Iowa Genealogical Society Research Library

New Small Massachusetts Databases at Family Tree Connection

The following small Massachusetts databases have recently been added at Family Tree Connection: MASSACHUSETTS Somerville High School 1918 Graduation – Graduation Exercises of the Somerville High School, Tuesday, June Twenty-Fifth, Nineteen Hundred and Eighteen, Eight O’Clock P. M., Somerville, Massachusetts. Continue reading New Small Massachusetts Databases at Family Tree Connection

“Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses 1790-1920” is Back in Print!

The “Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses 1790-1920” by Dollarhide & Thorndale is back in print! And just in time for Christmas!. Order your copy today and I’ll throw is a FREE Copy of Dollarhide’s “198 page “Grow a Continue reading “Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses 1790-1920” is Back in Print!

New Small Illinois & Indiana Databases at Family Tree Connection

The following small Illinois and Indiana databases have recently been added at Family Tree Connection: ILLINOIS Hahnemann Medical College 1911 Commencement – 51st Annual Commencement of the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Chicago, Thursday afternoon, May twenty-fifth, at two Continue reading New Small Illinois & Indiana Databases at Family Tree Connection

New Small Connecticut Databases Added at Family Tree Connection

The following small Connecticut databases have recently been added at Family Tree Connection. Wesleyan University 1838-39 Catalogue – A Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the Wesleyan University, For the Academical Year 1838-9. Middletown, Conn. Meriden Institute 1861 Merit Continue reading New Small Connecticut Databases Added at Family Tree Connection

Melbourne’s “The Argus” Newspaper 1848-1945 Posted Online

The National Library of Australia, using their Trove online database system, has posted the historic newspaper, The Argus, published in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The digitized newspaper runs from Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 15, 1848) through about 1945. The newspaper Continue reading Melbourne’s “The Argus” Newspaper 1848-1945 Posted Online

More Details on the Google Books Revised Settlement – and Foreign Controversies

As I blogged a few days ago, the revised settlement between Google and authors in the United States continues to move forward. Now I see that Judge Denny Chin has set February 18, 2010 for the next hearing. Chin granted Continue reading More Details on the Google Books Revised Settlement – and Foreign Controversies

Kentucky State Archives Public Areas Reopen After Water Leak

The public service areas of the Kentucky State Department for Libraries and Archives, in Frankfort reopened Thursday at 10 a.m. after being closed since Nov. 13 because of minimal damage from a water leak. “The damage was not as widespread Continue reading Kentucky State Archives Public Areas Reopen After Water Leak

New Zealand Antiques Dealer Claims to be the Rightful Heir of the Harry Potter Castle

A Napier [New Zealand] antiques dealer has claimed that his family are the rightful heirs to one of Britain’s most famous dynasties, which owns the castle used in the Harry Potter movies. Kevin Percy, 74, believes his family was cheated Continue reading New Zealand Antiques Dealer Claims to be the Rightful Heir of the Harry Potter Castle

Muskegon County, Michigan Vital Records Documents Are Moving

MUSKEGON COUNTY [Michigan] — History doesn’t change. But sometimes, its location does. Thousands of documents with historical significance, like century-old birth and death records for Muskegon County residents, are on the move. The county clerk’s office, which collects and preserves Continue reading Muskegon County, Michigan Vital Records Documents Are Moving

Twitter Will Start Running Ads – the Question is “What Form Will They Take?” – and “When?”

Twitter COO Dick Costolo, upon being questioned by TechCrunch’s Arrington and Gillmor, today made some interesting comments about Twitter’s revenue – as well as their plans to soon turn to advertisments for additional income. Costolo said, “Twitter will have an Continue reading Twitter Will Start Running Ads – the Question is “What Form Will They Take?” – and “When?”

This Thanksgiving, Find Your Mayflower Ancestors at OneGreatFamily.com

The following news release was received from Claire LaBeaux, Public Relations Director, OneGreatFamily.com: November 23, 2009, Springville UT – Does your family tree include any of the 102 passengers who braved stormy seas aboard the Mayflower? Did your ancestors celebrate Continue reading This Thanksgiving, Find Your Mayflower Ancestors at OneGreatFamily.com