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The following teaser is from a good article posted August 8, 2016 at the timesofisrael website. Discovering a Jewish past of which she was wholly unaware, Danette Devlin of Little Rock, Arkansas, has also found family. Devlin was raised without Continue reading Little Rock Woman Finds Her Jewish Roots
The following was received from FGS: FGS Marshals Volunteers to Help National Historic Park Tell the Stories of Over 130,000 U.S.-Mexican War Soldiers August 8, 2016 – Austin, TX. and Brownsville, TX. The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and the Continue reading FGS & the NPS Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park Partner for 130k U.S.-Mexican War Database
The following teaser is from an article posted July 28, 2016 at the tapinto.net website. NEW JERSEY – Adoptees may apply for their birth certificates and potentially learn more about their family’s demographic, medical and social/cultural histories, as part of Continue reading New Jersey Adoptees May Apply for Birth Certificates as Part of New Adoption Law
The following teaser is from an interesting article posted August 1 , 2016 at http://alittlebitofstone.com: Stories of [British] conscientious objectors and how bakers, butchers and farmworkers fought conscription are amongst a rare collection of Military Appeal Tribunal records being published Continue reading Records of WWI British Conscientious Objectors Come to Light
The following excerpt is from an interesting article posted to the July 23, 2016 edition of IrishCentral.com: …Kaine certainly feels Ireland in his heart. During his acceptance speech for The American Ireland Fund Leadership Award, he talked about his family’s Continue reading Vice-Presidential Nominee Tim Kaine – the Genealogist
Family Tree Magazine has published their annual 101 Best Websites for 2016. It’s a good list, and breaks down as follows: 101 Best Websites for 2016 main page 2016 Best Big Genealogy Websites 2016 Best Websites for Exploring Your Ancestors’ Continue reading 101 Best Websites for Genealogy in 2016 – from Family Tree Magazine
Do you watch Australian television? The following was excerpt is from a post of August 1, 2016 at au.tv.yahoo.com: Who Do You Think You Are? returns with some prominent Australian names ready to delve into their family history. Peter Garrett, Continue reading Australia’s Peter Garrett Traces His Ancestry For TV
The following News Release is from PRNewsWire.com: MADISON, N.J., and LEHI, Utah, Aug. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ – Quest Diagnostics (DGX), the world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, and AncestryDNA, the leader in family history and consumer genomics, are teaming Continue reading Quest Diagnostics & AncestryDNA Form Multi-year Global Collaboration
The following news release was received from Nick at TheGenealogist.co.uk: This month TheGenealogist is pleased to announce it has added several new early military records. Joining the ever growing and fully searchable Military collection is: ● The Waterloo Roll Call Continue reading Early British Military Records Posted at TheGenealogist.co.uk
The following excerpt is from the August 1, 2016 edition of the wort.lu website. While Luxembourg works on its new nation brand, Wort.lu looks back at past branding approaches, in a rare online photo collection. The 6,500-strong photo archive dating Continue reading Historic Luxembourg Photos
The following is from the July 30, 2016 edition of Hoodline.com: Once upon a time, San Francisco was crawling with streetcars. And thanks to the new interactive map Where The Streetcars Used To Go, history buffs can retrace their historic Continue reading Historic Streetcar Routes of San Francisco
The following excerpt is from an article Posted July 27, 2016 at CityLab.com: With over 150,000 pictures now mapped across the city, a new digital photo archive of the city of London is so rich in content it’s almost too Continue reading London Digital Photo Archive – by Street – is Now Online
The following article was written by Bryan Mulcahy, with the Lee County Library System. Used by Permission. Headrights were grants of land to settlers and played a significant role in the expansion of the American colonies in North America prior Continue reading Headright Grants
The following news release was received from NEHGS: NEHGS Offers Expertise on Challenging Irish Genealogical Research with FREE Access to All Its Irish Resources on AmericanAncestors.org from August 2 through August 9. Don’t Leave Your Irish Research to Luck — Continue reading NEHGS Online Irish Resources FREE from August 2 through August 9, 2016
I’ve been a GenealogyBank fan since before their conception (that’s another story). I absolutely love our access to online newspapers – and GenealogyBank does a great job with it. I got an email this morning with an announcement that GenealogyBank Continue reading GenealogyBank Adds “My Folder” with Search Saving Capability