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A new statewide headstone project has begun in an endeavor to post photos of South Dakota headstones. The site has been up for about three weeks, and currently has 2700 headstone photos posted. Granted – this isn’t findagrave.com, but in Continue reading The New SouthDakotaGravestones.org
Starting on January 25, 2009, New Zealand law requires anyone ordering a birth, death, marriage, civil union or name change certificate to provide evidence of their own identity before they are can access the data. Under the new law, when Continue reading New Zealand Tightens Access to Vital Records
Five guest speakers – all experts in their fields of Scottish history, music, and lore – will headline the 2009 Charles Bascombe Shaw Memorial Scottish Heritage Symposium hosted by St. Andrews Presbyterian College on March 20-22 in Laurinburg [North Carolina]. Continue reading Scottish Heritage Symposium March 20-22 Hosted by St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Pennsylvania’s Office of Open Records ruled on Thursday that birth dates of the state’s employees as well as the names of its contractors are public, this coming about under Pennsylvania’s newly revised Right-to-Know Law. The Law shields information like employees’ Continue reading Pennsylvania Says that Birth Dates of the State’s Employees are Public Record
The following was sent to me by the National Genealogical Society: On Tuesday, 12 May 2009, the North Carolina Museum of History, 5 East Edenton Street, Raleigh, North Carolina, will offer an African-American Genealogy Forum. The program is free, but Continue reading The African-American Genealogy Forum
The following is courtesy of Paul Hinkel: The 40th Annual Genealogy Jamboree, sponsored by the Southern California Genealogical Society, has activated its blog. Jamboree will be held June 26-28, 2009, at the Burbank Marriott Hotel and Convention Center, Burbank, California. Continue reading Update on the 40th Annual SCGS Genealogy Jamboree
The following new small databases have recently been added at Family Tree Connection: CALIFORNIA Southern California University 1922 Commencement – University of Southern California, Commencement Week, June eleventh to fifteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, Los Angeles. MAINE Bangor Theological Seminary Continue reading New Small Databases at Family Tree Connection
The following is excerpted from a much longer article about the “lost children” of Spain, published in the February 28, 2009 edition of the New York Times. Historians and associations that represent Franco’s victims say hundreds of children were taken Continue reading Searching for Children Stolen During the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
It is being reported that DNA testing has revealed that Alex Haley was descended from a Scotsman. Researchers have found that his nephew, Chris Haley, is distantly related to June Baff-Black. She is from South Wales and has traced her Continue reading According to DNA, “Roots” Author, Alex Haley, is Descended From a Scotsman
The U.S.S. Utah sank in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The ship and its crew are now being remembered and honored at a program marking the 100th anniversary of the laying of the battleship’s keel. Following Continue reading Remembering the U.S.S. Utah
Who Do You Think You Are? has been popular on British television for years. The program is finally making it’s way to America, but it’s actually got a history on the BBC. Last night, actor Kevan Whately was featured, but Continue reading Who Do You Think You Are? Highlights the Ancestry of British Stars
Software developer Cliff Shaw, known as the founder of websites GenForum, GenCircles, and the Family Tree Legends genealogy software has joined FamilyLink.com as their lead developer. I’ve visited with Cliff at various conferences over the years, and have been very Continue reading Cliff Shaw Joins the FamilyLink.com Team as Their Lead Developer
President Obama has proclaimed March to be Irish Heritage Month. This seems appropriate, as St. Paddy’s day is coming up – and beside that, the President is a wee bit Irish himself. The following is an excerpt from an article Continue reading Obama Says March is Irish-American Heritage Month
UPDATE: Read about just how bad this disaster was in the March 4, 2009 article titled “Archive Collapse Disaster for Historians” in Spiegel Online. The Cologne City Archive in Germany collapsed today. It seems that all the employees are safe. Continue reading Cologne City Archive Collapses in Germany
Book Review: Daddy’s War: Greek American Stories Irene Kacandes tells the story of her family’s Second World War experiences – a story drawn from interviews with her siblings as well as her father in his old age. The parental interviews Continue reading Daddy’s War: Greek American Stories