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The following excerpt is from an article posted at the Tulane University website August 11, 2016. The Louisiana Research Collection (LaRC) at Tulane University has made accessible to the public a new online guide to the Steamboat Image Collection. The Continue reading Online Guide to Steamboat Image Collection Posted by Tulane University
The following excerpt if from an article posted to the Digital North Carolina Blog August 11, 2016: We have worked with Montreat College to digitize 529 issues of their student newspaper, now available at DigitalNC. The newspapers here range from Continue reading Montreat College Student Newspapers 1937-2016 Posted to DigitalNC
The following records were posted at FindMyPast this last week: New South Wales 1891 Census – 201,920 records – discover your ancestor in the only surviving records from New South Wales’ 1891 census. Staffordshire, Parish Registers Browse, 1538-1900 – Number Continue reading New Records Posted at FindMyPast this last week
Since German guides are so popular, we’ve put together another bundle – and discounted it 30%. Reg. $41.89 plus $10 p&h if ordered separately, the sale price makes them just $29.33, plus $5.50 p&h – a $17.06 savings!. Do you Continue reading Bundle of 3 German Genealogy Guides on Sale for 30% Off Thru Thursday, August 18
The following news release is from Kathleen W. Hinckley, CG, Executive Director, Association of Professional Genealogists: Association of Professional Genealogists Names Mary Penner Managing Editor of its Quarterly Magazine WHEAT RIDGE, Colo., 10 August 2016 – The Association of Professional Continue reading Mary Penner Named as Managing Editor of APGQ
The following teaser is from a post August 10, 2016 at Yahoo.com: Paris (AFP) – The first people to reach the Americas could not have passed through the ice sheet-cleaving inland corridor long thought to be the entry point of Continue reading First People to Arrive in the Americas Did So by Way of the Pacific Coast
To further celebrate the National DNA Day and the Spring 2019 sales season, Family Roots Publishing Co. is offering all individual soft cover German Map Guide books, Volumes 1 through 57 at 25% off! That makes them just $26.21 per Continue reading Volumes 1 thru 57 of Map Guide to German Parish Registers on Sale for 25% Off – April 24 Thru May 1, 2019
The following news release is from NYGBS: The publication unlocks key resources for anyone tracing New York City’s vast history to leverage the hundreds of key collections housed at the Municipal Archives. NEW YORK, NY — The New York Genealogical Continue reading New York City Municipal Archives: An Authorized Guide for Family Historians
The following excerpt is from the August 9, 2016 edition of the Baltic Times. An old Jewish cemetery in Vilnius has been registered among cultural objects protected by the state, under a decree signed by Lithuania’s Culture Minister Sarunas Birutis Continue reading Old Jewish Cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania Under State Protection
The following excerpt is from the ireland.anglican.org website: The List of Church of Ireland Parish Registers has again been extensively revised and updated, and in a collaborative project between the RCB Library and the Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS), it Continue reading The List of Church of Ireland Parish Registers – Relaunched & Available Online as a Color-Coded PDF
Elvis fan? Got an extra 100K or so lying around? Then you might consider bidding on the personal birth record book kept by delivering physician Dr. Robert Hunt. Included in the booklet is the record of the births of Elvis Continue reading 1935 Elvis & Jesse Presley Birth Record Booklet from Delivering Physician Dr. Robert Hunt Up for Auction
The following excerpt is from an article posted August 4, 2016 at the koreaherald.com website. The number of Korean adoptees who requested to see their birth records increased dramatically from 2012-15, since the revision of the adoption law here, but Continue reading Korean Adoptees Say Digitization of Their Papers is Proceeding Slowly
The following excerpt is from a fascinating article written by Curt Mills and posted August 8, 2016 at the U.S. News website. The Civil War ended more than 150 years ago, but the U.S. government is still paying a veteran’s Continue reading The U.S. Government is Still Paying a Civil War Pension
The following news release is from finance.yahoo.com: LEHI, Utah, Aug. 09, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ancestry, the global leader in family history and consumer genomics, today announced that Carla S. Newell is joining its senior leadership team as Chief Legal Continue reading Ancestry Appoints Carla S. Newell as its CLO & General Council
The following teaser is from the August 3, 2016 edition of FoxNews.com: With walls about three feet thick, a royal palace being unearthed in England is raising eyebrows: Could the palace have some association with the legendary King Arthur? The Continue reading Has Legendary King Arthur’s Royal Palace Been Found?