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For Immediate Release – August 31, 2016: The International Society of Family History Writers and Editors is proud to announce the winners of the Excellence-in-Writing Competition. All entries were exceptional this year. Submission details for 2017 will be announced soon. Continue reading ISFHWE Excellence-in-Writing Competition Winners Announced
** What Is A Source? ** Mine Is Name Most Unusual **Library of Congress Digital Newspaper Program ** Images of America: Washington **Offers from FamilyTree Magazine What is a source? One dictionary definition is so vague as to be Continue reading Serendipity Day
The following teaser is from an article posted at phys.org August 22, 2016. Ten pigtails of hair thought to be from seven mutineers of “Mutiny on the Bounty” fame and three of their female Polynesian companions will be analysed in Continue reading Searching for the Descendants of the Pitcairn Island Mutineers
After months of intense research and production, Volume 56 of the Map Guide to German Parish Registers series is now shipping. The volume is very different from most of the German Map Guides, in that totally different techniques must be Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Free City of Hamburg – is now shipping
The following was received August 26, 2016 from FindMyPast: Over 7.5 million new records are available to search this Findmypast Friday including: United States Marriages Over 4 million new records have just been added to our collection of United States Continue reading New Records Available to Search at FindMyPast
The following is from Ginny Ackerson at UGA: Utah Genealogical Association’s 20th Annual South Davis Family History Fair. “Family Puzzles…Finding All the Pieces” Saturday April 22, 2017 Proposals are now being accepted for the Utah Genealogical Association South Davis Family Continue reading UGA’s Call for Papers for the April 22, 2017 South Davis Family History Fair
It was early in the spring that FRPC last ran a promotion on Lisa Cooke’s The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox. Since it’s nearly fall, we decided to do it again. This time it’s a full 20% off! This is an excellent Continue reading The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox – 2nd Edition – Sale Extended Thru Wednesday, Sept 7, 2016
Family Roots Publishing has a pretty good stock of the Family Tree Atlases, as well U.S. County Wall Maps – so we decided to bundle them together and off the package at 35% off – just $60.40 for all three Continue reading Bundle of Two Popular Genealogy Atlases & a U.S. County Wall Map- on Sale for 35% off thru Wed, Aug 31
Since Family Roots Publishing recently began marketing The Family Tree Historical Maps Book: A State-by-State Atlas of U.S. History 1790-1900, I figured it was about time to write a more detailed review of the book than I’ve been able to Continue reading The Family Tree Historical Maps Book: A State-by-State Atlas of U.S. History 1790-1900
The following description is found at the site: The New York Journal Collection consists of The Journal (1896-01-01 to 1896-07-18) and subsequent titles, New York Journal (1896-07-16 to 1897-04-01) and New York Journal and Advertiser (1897-04-02 to 1899-12-31) . In Continue reading The New York Journal Collection 1896-1899 – Posted Online at the Library of Congress Website.
Large maps are fun and useful, if just for the details they can show. The Genealogical County Map is a large format, 27″ by 39″, map of the United States. This map shows rivers, lakes, state capitals and every county Continue reading The United States Genealogical County Map
I just got the following announcement from Erin at the National Genealogical Society. NGS invites you to exhibit at its annual Family History Conference which will be held in Raleigh, NC from 10−13 May 2017. The benefits of exhibiting at Continue reading Exhibit Space May Now be Ordered for the NGS Conference, Raleigh, NC May 10-13 2017
The following excerpt is from an article posted August 15, 2016 at stltoday.com. For many years, adults adopted as children who wanted to find out who their birth parents were ran up against a brick wall because they had no Continue reading More States Give Adult Adoptees Access to Their Original Birth Records
The following excerpts are from an article August 20, 2016 at the chieftain.com website. ST. AMANT, La. — Louisiana continues to dig itself out from devastating floods, with search parties going door to door looking for survivors or bodies trapped Continue reading Reburying the Dead in Flood-Ravaged Louisiana
The following teaser is from the August 20, 2016 edition of the Victoria Advocate. For the first time, Texas individuals will be recognized in the 2016 class of the Texas Genealogical Hall of Fame. The Texas Genealogical College is seeking Continue reading Texas Genealogical College Seeking Nominations of Outstanding Genealogists