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The following teaser is from an article posted at pymnts.com: Genealogy is big business — and poised to get bigger — as demonstrated by investment firm Blackstone’s December 2020 purchase of Ancestry for $4.7 billion. Further driving the point home was the announcement on Continue reading Former Amazon & Facebook Execs Move to Ancestry.com
FRPC is offering the following guidebook at 20% off through Sept 30, 2021: Family Roots Publishing Co. recently released what promises to be a best-selling genealogy research guidebook. American Scots-Irish Research: Strategies and Sources in the Quest for Ulster-Scots Origins Continue reading American Scots-Irish Research – 20% Off Through Sept. 30, 2021
The following excerpt probably falls in the category of “old news” as it was posted August 31. However, I missed it, so am posting it here today. AUGUST 31, 2021 – By Mandy Mastrovita: Birth Registers From Historically Endangered Georgia Continue reading Birth Registers of the Georgia B. Williams Nursing Home of Mitchell County, GA 1949-1971 Now Digitized
The following excerpt is from the National Archives blog. Sept. 21, 2021: Civil War era and related maps from the Army Corps of Engineers have been digitized and are available to view and download from the National Archives Catalog. The Continue reading Army Corps of Engineers Civil War Maps Are Digitized
A new Google guide is available! Tracing Your Ancestors – Genealogy Research Using Google; by Lisa Alzo; 2021; 66 pp; Soft Cover magazine format; Saddle-Stapled; ISBN: 978-1-926510-15-6; Item #: MM035 The latest Tracing Your Ancestors publication is one of the best Continue reading NEW: Tracing Your Ancestors – Genealogy Research Using Google – 20% Off at the FRPC Website
Great news! The following News Release is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch Completes Digitization of Massive Microfilm Collection Effort makes billions of global genealogy records freely available online September 21, 2021; SALT LAKE CITY, UT—It is a milestone 83 years in the Continue reading FamilySearch Completes Microfilm Digitization Program
A new At a Glance quick guide has been published. This one covers doing research for your Ukraine ancestors. Genealogy at a Glance: Ukrainian Genealogy Research; Vera Ivanova Miller; 2021; 4 pages; Folded; 8.5×11; laminated; ISBN: 9780806321172; Item #: GPC3833 Continue reading NEW: Genealogy at a Glance: Ukrainian Genealogy Research – 10% off
The following News Release was posted a couple weeks ago, but I’m just now getting it up on my blog. These records contain all kinds of ancestral information – and not just for African-Americans. I did some searches for my Continue reading Ancestry® Adds New Freedmen’s Bureau Collection that Enables Family History Discoveries for Descendants of Formerly Enslaved People
The following databases have been posted at FindMyPast this Friday: Warwickshire Parish Records Findmypast have added hundreds of thousands of new baptism, marriage and burial records from St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham. Specifically, the new releases cover: Over Continue reading New Warwickshire Vital Records & Newspapers Posted at FindMyPast this Week
Since Covid hit us, Kevan Hansen has continued to write, and Family Roots Publishing has continued to publish more volumes of the series, Map Guide to German Parish Registers. All the volumes have dealt with big cities of Germany. Research Continue reading New German Map Guides Now Available – Big Cities – Vol. 60-65
Research in Maryland – a NGS Research in the States series guide; NGS Special Publication Number 137 by Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL and Debra A. Hoffman, PLCGS; GUGA, FVGS; 2021; Soft Cover; Saddle Stapled; 8.5 x 11; 54 pp; Continue reading NEW: Maryland – a NGS Research in the States Series Guide – New Edition
Alabama – a NGS Research in the States Guide; by LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson JD, LLM, CG, CGL; 2021; Soft Cover; Saddle Stapled; 54 pages (48 numbered), NGS Special Publication Number 136; ISBN: 978-1-935815-48-8; Item#: NGS41; $20 Alabama has a long, rich, Continue reading NEW: Alabama – a NGS Research in the States Guide
Ancestry is offering Free Access to Occupational-related records at their website – but only through Labor Day 2021. That’s Monday, September 6. This includes the 1920 and 1930 U.S., which both have this type of information. Search for Occupational Records Continue reading Free Access Through Labor Day for Occupational Related Records at Ancestry.com
MyHeritage is offering free access to all the census records on their site through September 8. Search now. The Census & Voter Lists category on MyHeritage encompasses a vast repository of over 1.3 billion records, including census records from the Continue reading Free Access to All Census Records at MyHeritage Through Sept. 8
The following is from FamilySearch: SALT LAKE CITY, UT–FamilySearch expanded its free online collections this week with more Catholic Church records from Mexico (Jalisco 1590–1979, Puebla 1545–1977, San Luis Potosí 1586–1977, and Tlaxcala 1576–1994), civil registrations from Guatemala (Alta Verapaz 1877–1994, Baja Verapaz 1877–1994, Chimaltenango 1877–1994, El Progreso 1877–1994, Escuintla 1877–1994, Huehuetenango 1877–1994, Izabal 1877–1994, Jalapa 1877–1994, Jalapa 1877–1994, Retalhuleu 1877–1994, and Sololá 1877-1994), and tax assessment rolls from Canada (Ontario 1834–1899). US collections added voter registrations from Louisiana (Orleans and St. Continue reading New Databases at FamilySearch the Week of 30 August 2021