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The following excerpt is from an article posted October 31, 2015 at TheRoot.com: A new curriculum based on Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s popular PBS documentary series, Finding Your Roots, received two grants this week: one for $355,000 from the Robert Continue reading $659K in Two Grants Given Out for Curriculums Based on PBS’ Finding Your Roots
Tom Jones has decided it’s time to get DNA tested for possible black ancestry. The following teaser is from the November 2, 2015 edition of the CBS News website. At 75 years old, Tom Jones wants to do something quite Continue reading Tom Jones to be DNA Tested for Possible Black Ancestry
National Public Radio has posted a database of American veterans who were secretly exposed to mustard agent during WWII. I tried out the search engine and immediately located two Canfields in the database. Click on over, read the full article, Continue reading National Public Radio Has Posted a Database of American Vets Secretly Exposed to Mustard Agent During WWII
Alerted by a note in the November 3rd edition of ResearchBuzz, I clicked over to the latest Upfront With NGS Announcement, and on to the Fold3 blog – where I found the following information. I’ve been a Fold3 member since Continue reading FREE Access to Native American Records at Fold3 through November 15, 2015
With the release of the British 1939 Register at the FindMyPast website, we’re once again discussing WWII research. When I got involved in genealogy forty years ago, WWII was a rather recent occurrence and many of us just skipped right Continue reading The World War II Research and Writing Center Website
Moorshead Magazines is the publisher of Family Chronicle, and Internet Genealogy. Every so often the company collects the best articles on a particular subject from each of the three magazines and combines them into a special edition. Like the recently Continue reading Tracing Your Italian Ancestors
Regularly 52.85, these 3 books are bundled at 50% OFF! Only $26.43. Sale ends at midnight PST Wednesday, Nov 4, 2015. Click here to purchase at 50% savings! Do you already have one or more of these titles? Click on Continue reading 50% Off on Bundle of 3 Popular Civil War Research Guides
Following is a teaser from an article posted at the October 28, 2015 Time website. Now how would you chart this one? Paternity tests are well known for producing some unexpected surprises, but the case involving a Washington man presents Continue reading A Man’s Unborn Twin Fathered His Child
The following is from MarketWatch: New Services Will Help Mexicans and More Than 34 Million Mexican Americans Explore Their Family History PROVO, UT AND DUBLIN, IRELAND, Oct 28, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — Ancestry, the world’s leading family history brand, Continue reading Ancestry Mexico Launches With More Than 220 Million Searchable Mexican Historical Records!
The following teaser in from an excellent article posted October 28, 2015 at the fstoppers.com website. From 1892 to 1925, Augustus Sherman, the chief registry clerk of Ellis Island, took photographs of immigrants as they arrived in the United States. Continue reading Ellis Island Immigrants – The Photographs
Alerted by a ResearchBuzz posting about the country of Georgia having posted historic maps, I went looking to see what’s available. First off – I recommend that anyone interested in Georgia should take a look at the National Archives of Continue reading The National Archives of Georgia Posts Historic Maps
The following is from Legacy Family Tree: New mobile-responsive site with new playlist, searching, browsing, and indexed jump-to features now available for all 275 genealogy courses SURPRISE, Arizona; October 27, 2015 — Millennia Corporation, a leader in family history software, Continue reading FamilyTreeWebinars.com Unveils the Next Generation of Online Genealogy Education
A few days ago, I posted a blog about the 1939 Register. The database launched today with much fanfare. Following is an excerpt from an interesting article posted November 1 at the DailyMail website. It is a remarkable snapshot of Continue reading The 1939 Register of England and Wales Has Launched!
The accuracy, thus the validity, of any family tree is only as good as the records and sources by which each ancestor on the tree is identified. Many genealogy enthusiasts have used their professional experience to establish methodologies for resolving Continue reading Elements of Genealogical Analysis
The following was received from NEHGS: October 30, 2015 — Boston, Massachusetts — “Your ancestors have been dying for you to uncover them. NEHGS has opened the cemetery gates so you can start digging!” Just in time for the Halloween Continue reading Free Cemetery Records Databases at AmericanAncestors.org October 30 through November 7, 2015