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The following News Release was received from Ohana Software today. Ordinance Tracker was first released as an integrated part of the program FamilyInsight. Because of its success, Ohana Software has now released Ordinance Tracker as a stand alone. The program Continue reading Ordinance Tracker Stand Alone Released
My friend, Irene Johnson, sent me a link to a very cool website earlier this evening. The website is Utah3d.net. On the site is some amazing photography – all in 3D – panoramic and then some. It reminds me of Continue reading Utah in 3D – Utah Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
I just received the following news release from my friend, Claire LeBeaux. Customers of OneGreatFamily.com, a genealogy company, will be using Perfect Search technology to search the over 200 million names submitted to One Great Family that are housed on Continue reading OneGreatFamily.com Selects Perfect Search Corporation to Provide Search to Users
Armidale Dumaresq Council and the Armidale [New South Wales – Australia] Family History Group have established a trust fund in order to help meet the cost of restoring damaged headstones and grave sites at the Armidale Cemetery. A senseless vandal Continue reading Trust Fund Established in Armidale, NSW, to Restore Vandalized Cemetery
It looks like the legislators in Maine figure that the recession is putting a lot more money in folks pockets. As usual, the people are picking up the bill. They talk about not raising taxes – but I’d say that Continue reading Maine Vital Records Fees Jump Out of Site
Prior to today, I’d never heard about the Civilian Public Service program – that dealt with 12,000 conscientious objectors during WWII. Hmm… They didn’t go to Canada as my generation did. The following excerpt is from an interesting and informative Continue reading WWII Civilian Public Service Camps
The following teaser is from an interesting article by Michael Hoffman about Japanese names, found in the October 11, 2009 edition of the Japan Times. “How do you do, my name is Saito Ichiro Sama-no-kami Minamoto-no-Ason Tadayoshi.” We can be Continue reading Japanese Names – Cut Down to Business Card Size
I got the following email from my friends at ProGenealogists this evening. If you’re a good experienced professional genealogist looking for full-time work, here’s an opportunity. The company is growing and could use good researchers. ProGenealogists, the nation’s largest genealogical Continue reading Professional Genealogists Wanted
Dick Eastman wrote a very interesting article this morning about Google Sites. This site allows anyone to post their own website at no cost. And there are no ads (add your own if you like). You can have your own Continue reading Free Hosting With Little Downside at Google Sites
October 1, 2009 marked the 3rd anniversary for World Vital Records. The brainchild of genealogy entrepreneur, Paul Allen (the lesser), the site is currently boasting 1.4 billion names in over 12,000 databases – all available online at WorldVitalRecords.com. Initially, they Continue reading World Vital Records is Three Years Old
The following proclamation is from whitehouse.gov: LEIF ERIKSON DAY, 2009 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION On this day in 1825, the ship Restauration landed in New York Continue reading Leif Erikson Day, October 9, 2009
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Nationally syndicated radio host Tom Joyner is asking South Carolina to posthumously pardon two of his great-uncles — black landowners executed in 1915 after being convicted of murdering an elderly Confederate Army veteran. Joyner learned the fate Continue reading Radio Personality Tom Joyner Asks For Pardon for His Great-Uncles, Who Were Unjustly Executed in 1915
This is a great story, illustrating how information on the Internet was used to solve a mystery. Following is a teaser. You’ve got to read the whole thing in the The News-Enterprise. ELIZABETHTOWN [Kentucky] — The story of World War Continue reading Life & Death on the Battlefield With Mystery Solved on the Internet
The following excerpt is from an article in the October 10, 2009 edtion of Life Scientist out of Australia. Honestly, it’s beyond me, but I bet some of you folks understand all this completely… An international team of researchers has Continue reading What’s This About “Jumping Genes?”
We know that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are BFFs, but as it turns out, they’re actually related! The New England Historic Genealogical Society yesterday revealed that the Cambridge homeys are actually 10th cousins once removed. They share a common Continue reading Matt Damon & Ben Affleck Share a Common Ancestor – a Longgg Ways Back