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Bill Heron, of Welland, Ontario has a family whose members served in the Crimean War, the Boer War, the First World War and Second World War. So Bill set off to write the story of 431 RCAF (Iroquois) Squadron, with Continue reading A Yorkshire Squadron: History of 431 RCAF Squadron
Remains of around 400 British and Australian soldiers from the World War One are to be exhumed from a French battlefield and individually buried, it was announced yesterday. The excavation of six mass graves in Fromelles will begin in May Continue reading 400 British & Australian Fallen on French Battlefield to be Exhumed & Reburied
The following announcement was received from Chris Klauer, WSGS Education Committee: The Wisconsin State Genealogical Society is pleased to present “70 Years of Genealogy in Wisconsin: Fine-Tuning Your Genealogical Research Skills for the Next 70 Years.” On April 3rd and Continue reading 70 Years of Genealogy in Wisconsin: Fine-Tuning Your Genealogical Research Skills for the Next 70 Years
Tom Kemp, with GenealogyBank, just sent me a list of exciting new changes that have been made to the search capabilities in the Historic Newspaper Collection at GenealogyBank. The new search allows the following that we could not do before: Continue reading Exciting New Search Upgrades at GenealogyBank.com
The New York Foundling, one of New York City’s oldest and largest child welfare agencies, is planning a reunion for those children – now grown – who have been adopted through their services over the years. The following is excerpted Continue reading The New York Foundling 140th Anniversary Reunion Planned for October 9-12, 2009
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi received a gift Monday from her counterpart in the Italian legislature – the birth certificates of her grandparents. ”We know how proud you are of your Italian roots,” said Chamber of Deputies Speaker Gianfranco Fini Continue reading Nancy Pelosi Receives Her Grandparents’ Italian Birth Certificates
The Providence, Rhode Island City Hall is leaking – and ancient documents are in crisis. The following excerpt is from an extensive article by Philip Marcelo, in the February 17, 2009 edition of the Providence Journal. PROVIDENCE — The dome Continue reading The Dome is Leaking at the Providence City Hall
February 17, 2009 – a day to remember. It was snowing in Bountiful, and I decided it was time to hang my National Recovery Act flag in the front window (unused for the last 75 years). It’s my guess that Continue reading We Do Our Part
UPDATE: Under pressure from subscribers, Zuckerberg backed off and reversed their policy. See his latest blog. Facebook, combined with genealogy, has become the rage in the last year. NEARLY every blogger I know now has a Facebook account and lots Continue reading Facebook Subscribers in an Uproar
There have been numerous articles, speculation, and rumors about the proposed George W. Bush Presidential Library, to be located on the campus of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas. We are now starting to get what can be considered the Continue reading Details Coming Out About the George W. Bush Presidential Library
Producer Ken Marks sent me the following information this morning about a proposed new series titled, Legend Seekers… the sagas of real American families. The preview episode, “The Lively Family Massacre,” is to air in select markets. I took a Continue reading Legend Seekers… the sagas of real American families
The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. is currently hosting a new forensic anthropology exhibit – Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake. The exhibit is made up of skeletal remains – human bones Continue reading Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake
I received this newsletter dealing with the Conner-Bishop Historical Resource Center planned for the Portland, Oregon area. It was written by my friend, Jan Healy, and gives some idea of the progress being made on the collection since their nearly Continue reading Conner-Bishop Historical Resource Center Update
PIERRE– The South Dakota State Historical Society is seeking donations of written materials that convey state history. The State Archives, which is in the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre, collects such documents. State Archivist Chelle Somsen says examples include letters, Continue reading The South Dakota State Historical Society Seeking Documents
Voter registration records have long been used by genealogists – most often considered as an added proof of residence in a community, but also useful in establishing length of that residence and nativity. The Alabama Department of Archives and History Continue reading The 1867 Alabama Voter Registration Database & Digitized Images Online