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Findmypast continues to release millions of marriage records every quarter and aims to complete the entire digitization project by the end of 2017. The following is their latest news release: 5th May 2017: Leading family history website, Findmypast, has announced Continue reading FindMyPast Adds 6.7 Million Exclusive Records to Their USA Marriage Collection
The following excerpt is from Romania-Insider.com: Over 55,000 medieval documents from Romania have been digitized and compiled… The database, which can be consulted at arhivamedievala.ro, is the result of a project implemented by the University of Bucharest, in a partnership Continue reading 55,000+ Romanian Medieval Documents Digitized
The following article is by my good friend, William Dollarhide: An historical timeline of events relating to the founding and early development of the Province of Maryland was extracted from the Maryland Censuses & Substitute Name Lists book. The history Continue reading Early Maryland Timeline, 1629-1715
Is-sur-Tille, France is about to commemorate the construction of the American Camp Williams that was begun 100 years ago. A celebration will be held on 24 September 2017, 100 years after the arrival of American soldiers to Is-sur-Tille, in the Continue reading Is-sur-Tille, France Commemorates the Construction of the American Camp Williams
This is an update to let everyone know that we now have both the soft and hardbound versions of the first three volumes of Map Guide to Swiss Parish Registers now shipping. This project actually started last May, so, we’ve Continue reading Update on Map Guide to Swiss Parish Registers – Now Shipping Canton Bern & Zürich Volumes – Soft & Hard
AncestryDNA is releasing a beta version of Genetic Communities™ today. The following is from Matt Deighton at Ancestry: Today, we are pleased to share the roll-out of a new beta experience for AncestryDNA we call, Genetic Communities™. This new experience Continue reading Genetic Communities™ Beta: New Innovation from AncestryDNA
Michael A. Ports – author of the groundbreaking series Georgia Free Persons of Color as well as numerous volumes of transcribed records from Baldwin, Elbert, and especially Jefferson County, Georgia – has applied his expertise in Georgia genealogy research to Continue reading Georgia Genealogy Research – Genealogy at a glance – New and On Sale for 10% Off
GPC recently released a new guide from Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck. This softbound book is titled American Settlements and Migrations: A Primer for Genealogists and Family Historians. The book provides a synopsis of the original patterns of settlement and migration Continue reading American Settlements and Migrations: A Primer for Genealogists and Family Historians
The following excerpt is an article updated March 24, 2017 at shreveporttimes.com: Louisiana’s archival and historical records are in a state of emergency, whose destruction “would represent nothing less than a devastating and irreparable loss” of the state’s historical and Continue reading Louisiana’s Archives in ‘state of emergency’
Linkpendium is one of my favorite sites. Linkpendium is a 10,000,000+ resource directory to everything on the Web about families worldwide and genealogically-relevant information about U.S. states and counties. They cover both free and subscription sites, with a strong emphasis Continue reading Linkpendium is now Mobile-Freindly
The following was posted March 25, 2017 at the Longview News-Journal website. A group of volunteers met Saturday near Easton to clean up a cemetery dating back to the 1800s and that has fallen into disrepair. Jeanne Collins, board member Continue reading Group Cleans Up an Old Texas Cemetery
The following excerpt is from the obituary of Jean Elizabeth Nicholson Maack – posted at the mailtribune.com website March 26, 2017. Jean Elizabeth Nicholson Maack, 96, passed away peacefully March 5, 2017, with two of her sons and her primary Continue reading R.I.P. Jean Elizabeth Nicholson Maack – 1920-2017
The following excerpt is from an article posted at arkansasonline.com Asher Bagley Sr. served in the American Revolution as a private in the first New Jersey Regiment. Following the war, he settled in Saline County in about 1828 near the Continue reading Arkansas SAR to Honor Revolutionary War Soldier, Asher Bagley Sr., April 8 2017
A Mitochondrial DNA Build 17 Update is now available at Family Tree DNA. Read all about it at: DNAeXplained – Genetic GenealogyDiscovering Your Ancestors – One Gene at a Time.
The following teaser is from a must-read article posted at the New York Times website on March 24. As a Georgetown employee, Jeremy Alexander watched as the university grappled with its haunted past: the sale of slaves in 1838 to Continue reading Georgetown University Employee Learns the University Sold His Ancestor