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The following is from NEHGS: New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) Announces Appointment of Christopher C. Child as Editor of the Mayflower Descendant August 19, 2015 — Boston, Massachusetts — Christopher C. Child, Senior Genealogist of the Newbury Street Press Continue reading NEHGS Appoints Christopher C. Child as Editor of the Mayflower Descendant
The Art Gallery of Ontario has posted over 4000 images from the Henryk Ross Lodz Ghetto Photographs collection. The user can browse the site, and search as well. You can search for images by theme or build your own groupings Continue reading The Henryk Ross Collection of Over 4000 Lodz Ghetto Photographs Posted Online
I had the opportunity to use some of the Discovery Center resources at RootsTech this last February, and came away quite amazed. Now FamilySearch has opened the Seattle Family Discovery Center at the LDS facility in Bellevue, Washington. I’m looking Continue reading FamilySearch Opens a New Seattle Family Discovery Center
Imaging going to a genealogy seminar and having nothing but great classes taught by some of the very best professional genealogists in the county. That is what you get in Professional Genealogy: A Manual for Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers, and Continue reading Professional Genealogy – Back in Print and 17% Off Sale Extended Thru September 1
One of my favorite books is Betty Shubert’s Out-of-Style: A Modern Perspective on How, Why, and When Vintage Fashions Evolved.
The following press release of August 1, 2015 is from TheGenealogist: TheGenealogist and the Norfolk Record Office announce that they have signed an agreement to make Norfolk parish and other historical records available online for the first time. The registers Continue reading Norfolk Parish Registers Go Online at TheGenealogist
The Learning Channel will air a special episode of the series Who Do You Think You Are? entitled ‘Into The Archives’ this Sunday. The special digs into its archives, featuring highlights throughout the past seasons, including triumphs and tragedies, delightful Continue reading Who Do You Think You Are? to Reprise Highlights from Past Seasons & Unveil Outtakes From the Vault!
The following excerpt is from an article written by Sophie-Claire Hoeller and posted August 12, 2015 at businessinsider.com. Pretty fascinating… There’s nothing quite like the bragging rights of a new, exotic stamp in your passport. However, that won’t be happening Continue reading Nine Countries That Vanished During the 20th Century
The following teaser is from a article written for the Waterloo Region Record by Olivia Carville: Over a century of Canadian yearbooks, carrying more than one million historical records, have recently been uploaded to Ancestry.com, the largest online family history Continue reading Canadian Yearbooks Posted at Ancestry.com
The following is from Globe Newswire via Yahoo Finance: PROVO, Utah, Aug. 10, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ancestry.com LLC today announced that its subsidiary, Ancestry.com Inc. (the “Company”), intends to refinance its credit facility. The Company expects that the new Continue reading Ancestry.com Refinancing
The following is from ScotlandsPeople: You can now view the updated indexes for statutory records until the end of 2014, and in addition to this, images for births until 1914, marriages until 1939 and deaths until 1964. You can also Continue reading Statutory B, M & D Indexes for 2014 Now Available to Search at ScotlandsPeople.
The following excerpt is from the August 11, 2015 edition of csmonitor.com: In 1587, a group of 115 men, women, and children made the first attempt to found a permanent English colony in the New World. Led by Englishman John Continue reading Archeologists Pursue New Evidence Pointing to What May Have Happened to the Roanoke Island ‘Lost Colony’
The following is from the August 10, 2015 edition of the startribune.com: As students head back to school, here comes a big homework assignment: StoryCorps wants tens of thousands of teenagers across America to interview a grandparent or elder this Continue reading Tell Your Story and Upload it to the Library of Congress
AncestryDNA is once again running a 20% off promotion on their DNA test! The promotion ends Monday, August 17, 2015. The $79 price is the best price they have ever offered to my knowledge. This is a deal you can’t Continue reading Ancestry DNA Test – 20% Off! – Just $79 – Sale Ends This Monday, August 17, 2015
The following is from FamilySearch: This week millions of indexed birth, marriage, and death records from Italy and Mexico were published online. These free collections are the direct results of the online indexing volunteer community. Discover your ancestry reaching back Continue reading New FamilySearch Data Collections Posted the Week of August 5, 2015