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We’ve been getting lots of rain the last 48 hours – and water is coming in the back and has pretty well saturated the carpeting in the office. Thus far the rest of the basement hasn’t been touched. That includes Continue reading Water Flooding the Meitzler Office
The Greene County (NY) Historical Society is sponsoring its 33rd Annual Tour of Homes on Saturday, June 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sites along the Hudson River, from Catskill to Coxsackie, have been chosen to celebrate the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Continue reading Homes Along the Hudson
A DNA study using over 3000 samples taken over a 10-year period throughout Africa identifies an African continental corner as the origin of modern human migration, near the coastal border of Namibia and Angola. The study appears in the journal Continue reading According to DNA Studies, the Southwest African Continent is the Origin of Modern Human Migration
UPDATE: The Thurginia – soft bound – volumes are now shipping. Hard bound books are expected to ship on May 19. See the index posted below to see if your town is included. Following five months of constant writing and Continue reading German Map Guide Volume 24 – Thuringia – is at Press!
Stefani Evans wrote a good column for the April 30, 2009 Las Vegas Sun about having out genealogy collections well organized and possibly even indexed ASAP – so that at our demise, all our work has some value – and Continue reading Get That Stuff Organized Before You Croak
I was most pleased when I read this morning that Brad Jencks won a $10,000 scholarship award as one of 52 students nationwide to win the 2009 AXA Achievement Scholarship, in association with U.S. News and World Report. Brad is Continue reading Teenage Genealogist Brad Jencks Wins $10,000 Scholarship
NEW YORK – Latino evangelical leaders, who wield tremendous clout in immigrant communities, are sharply divided on the 2010 Census. The rift developed earlier this month after one influential group of pastors said it would call for a census boycott Continue reading Undocumented Immigrants Urged to Boycott the 2010 Census
In the last three days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many new newspapers. While compiling this list, I noticed that the time period of about 1925 through 1929 is prevalent in these posts. Eighteen states are represented this time around. Iowa is again Continue reading New at NewspaperARCHIVE This Week
Jeff Bockman continues to post his magazine articles on his Genealogy According to Jeff website. The latest to go up is an article on marriage records called “Till Death Do Us Part” that we originally published in the Spring 2005 Continue reading Till Death Do Us Part
Budgets are tight and cuts are being made. The genealogy library in Edgefield, South Carolina has come under the budget microscope. The following excerpt is from a much longer article on the county council meeting gives some idea of the Continue reading Shall We Cut the Budget for the Genealogy Library?
There’s an interesting article posted online, written by Lydia Grimes of the Brewton Standard, that deals with the history of the funeral homes of Brewton, Alabama. Ms. Grimes realizes the historical and genealogical value of the local funeral homes, as Continue reading The Funeral Home History of Brewton, Alabama
Alerted by an article in the NEHGS eNews for April 29, 2009, I immediately checked out the Boston Post canes. Seven hundred canes were handed out to the oldest resident of Massachusetts towns in 1909. Following is an excerpt from Continue reading The Citizen’s Canes of Massachusetts
UPDATE: Bill is out of the hospital and back home. The last I saw of him this afternoon, he had a big grin on his face, and told be he was feeling fine. He’s also relieved that things went well. Continue reading Dollarhide in the V.A. Hospital For Minor Surgery
Footnote.com has added over a million new images the last month. As my readers know, Footnote is extremely user interactive, and even allow us to add notes to the 1930 census. Pretty cool site. Following are links to just a Continue reading Footnote.com Adds Over a Million Images This Month
A letter written in 1824, by President Andrew Jackson, prior to his presidency, has been recovered and returned to the New York State State Library, from which it was stolen. The letter was for sale in an on-line auction site Continue reading Andrew Jackson Letter Stolen From the New York State Library Recovered