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The First Puritan Settlers of Connecticut in a New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) publication. The book is a reprint of A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut; with the Time of Continue reading The First Puritan Settlers of Connecticut
The following is from FamilySearch: There were 18 new, free historic record collections added or updated this week at FamilySearch.org. Some highlights include the Australia New South Wales Census 1891, Connecticut District Court Naturalization Indexes 1851-1992, United States GenealogyBank Obituaries Continue reading New FamilySearch Database Collections as of December 6, 2015
David Smith has started a petition to Kendall Hulet with the hopes of getting Ancestry to change their mind about retiring Family Tree Maker. He is hoping that is there is enough outcry, Ancestry will reconsider. The link for the Continue reading Petition Circulating To Ask That Family Tree Maker Production be Continued
The following news release is from the National Genealogical Society: ARLINGTON, VA, 9 DECEMBER, 2015— The National Genealogical Society (NGS) proudly announces the release of its newest Continuing Genealogical Studies course, Genetic Genealogy:Autosomal DNA. Autosomal DNA comprises twenty-two of the Continue reading NGS Launches Its Newest Course – Genetic Genealogy: Autosomal DNA Course
Whew… Now this was a surprise to me. I’ve followed, although not always used, Family Tree Maker since version one. But it looks like it’s about to meet it’s demise. The following is excerpted from the Ancestry blog: …we’ve made Continue reading Ancestry to Stop Selling Family Tree Maker
The following is from the San Jose Mercury News website: Over the next two years, San Jose State and 14 other campuses in the California State University system will be digitizing 10,000 documents into a searchable database called the CSU Continue reading Japanese Internment Camp Documents to be Digitized
SALT LAKE CITY, (November 23, 2015) — RootsTech, the largest family history conference in the world, announced today that Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Sister Ruth Renlund, will lead its lineup Continue reading Newly-Called LDS Apostle and Wife to Open Free Family Discovery Day @ RootsTech 2016
The following news release is from FamilySearch: SALT LAKE CITY, (December 1, 2015)—FamilySearch International, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), and the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) are pleased to announce that exciting milestones Continue reading Milestones Reached in Freedmen’s Bureau Project – With More Volunteers Needed
The following excerpt is from a fascinating article posted at parentabout.com: The breakdown is 13% of Scottish people, 10% of Irish people. 6% of English people have red hair. Now genetic researchers want to know why so many in Birtain Continue reading Why Do So Many Brits Have Red Hair? The Answer May Be Cloudy Weather. Maybe…
While we know a lot about the Nazi concentration camps, it’s not so with the Soviet Gulag labor camps, such as Pechora, Kolyma, Norilsk or Yermakovo. We’re now about to be able to experience much more about them. The following Continue reading Online Gulag Museum to Launch in the Spring
This teaser is from an article posted at the LiveScience website in 2009 that I just happened to run across. It’s interesting. A stone block from Mexico thousands of years old apparently inscribed with a previously unknown writing may be Continue reading Oldest Text in the World?
“Illinois has had a longer and more interesting history than any other state west of the Alleghenies. It was not accidental that the white settlement of the mid-continent began on the east bank of the Mississippi River and that the Continue reading NGS Research in the States Series: Illinois
The following teaser is from the a posting December 7, 2015 at the foxnews.com website. A lead and wood artifact discovered in a roughly 6,000-year-old grave in a desert cave is the oldest evidence of smelted lead on record in Continue reading Ancient Lead Wand Found in Israel’s Northern Negav Desert
In the United States, more people can trace their ancestry to Germanic roots than any other national or ethnic background. However, having a German ancestor does not mean that ancestor came from what constitutes modern day Germany. Throughout history, German Continue reading In Search of Your GERMAN ROOTS: A Complete Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors in the Germanic Areas of Europe
A Family Roots Publishing Co. book store is set up in the Heritage room on the lobby floor of the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel, next to the Family History Library. Hundreds of popular genealogy-related books, software programs, CD-ROMs, and laminate Continue reading 30% Off All Books at the FRPC Bookstore in the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel This Week Only