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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
The following excerpt is from an informative article dealing with Washington County, Maryland, and the Irish immigrants who worked on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, many settling in the area. Disease was not well understood in the early 19th-century, leading Continue reading Many Irish Immigrants Lost Their Lives in the Building of the C&O Canal
Following eight years of sales, Genealogical Resources of the Civil War Era – Online and Published Military or Civilian Name Lists, 1861-1869 & Post-Civil War Veteran Lists has been updated and revised in a new Second Edition. Written by William Continue reading Genealogical Resources of the Civil War Era – Second Edition
The following excerpt is from the March 21, 2017 article posted at OnlineEthiopia.net: The Ethiopian Jews, who primarily relocated from Ethiopia to Israel through Israeli rescue missions in the 1980s, form a unique minority of today’s Israeli population. Back In Continue reading Defending the Israelite Ancestry of Ethiopian Jews
The following news release is from ABNewsWire: Cellular Research Institute has recently introduced CRI Genetics, the organization’s Genetics division dedicated to helping individuals find out key information pertaining to their ancestry. Led by seasoned researcher Alexei Fedorov, CRI Genetics is Continue reading Cellular Research Institute Ventures into Ancestry Testing with the Launch of CRI Genetics