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More than a century ago, near Comfort, John Robert Philyaw wrote his name in his Bible. He added his second wife’s name, Susan Jones Philyaw, and as they were born, the names of their 15 children. Today, the 98 grandchildren, Continue reading Philyaw Family Bible Donated to the Onslow County Museum
The following excerpt is from an article posted in the March 14, 2013 edition of Gulf Coast News Today. FOLEY [ALABAMA] — South Baldwin residents have two more weeks to dig out their old family Bibles and get the information Continue reading Family Bible Project Under Way in Baldwin County, Alabama
The following teaser is from the February 24, 2013 edition of the Sun Journal. Craven County, North Carolina: The New Bern-Craven County Public Library’s Family Bibles Collection is online, featuring Bibles that date from 1723 to the mid-1900s, with information Continue reading Eastern North Carolina Family Bibles Online
The following article was written by my friend, William Dollarhide: Dollarhide’s Genealogy Rule No. 46: The family Bible you need was inherited by a female descendant of your ancestor, but one who married and divorced at least four times, and Continue reading Who Has That Family Bible?
The following teaser is from the October 16, 2011 edition of the Southeast Missourian. The John Guild Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution and the Cape Girardeau County Archives are teaming up to help preserve local history by digitizing old Continue reading Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Family Bible Digitizing Project
The following excerpt is from an AP article posted in the July 6, 2011 edition of the Asheville Citizen-Times. RALEIGH — Officials from the State Archives and State Library are looking for families in four North Carolina counties to help Continue reading Family Bible Records for Graham, Richmond, Madison & Polk Counties, NC Requested by the State Archives
Last Monday (January 19, 2009) was the 200th birthday of Edgar Allen Poe. Now I see that the Library of Virginia, in partnership with the Poe Museum, is preparing an exhibition dealing with Poe’s life and works. The centerpiece of Continue reading The Poe Family Bible to Go on Display
Dianne Poteat, genealogy librarian at the Lincoln County, Georgia, Library, is asking local residents to bring in their family Bibles so the marriages, births, deaths, etc. can be copied for the archives. From the April 13, 2006 edition of The Continue reading Lincoln County, Georgia Library Wants Family Bible Information
Wow! What a story… The following excerpt is from an article posted in the April 9, 2014 edition of people.com: It was surrounded by computer parts when it arrived at a Denver, Colo., Goodwill, which may have been why the Continue reading 200-Year Old Bible Found at the Goodwill & Returned to Family
A concerned and helpful citizen, probably a proud genealogist, helps return a 150 year-old family bible to it’s rightful home. See this story from KSL.com: Woman reunited with 150-year-old family Bible By Kim Covington, for NBC News AVONDALE, Ariz. — Continue reading 150 Year-Old Bible Returns to Family After 140 Years
Below are the latest updates to United States & Canadian Vital Records Databases at FamilySearch.org: Currently updates as of 5 November 2015 Previous update: 30 June 2015 There is a permanent link at the top of the blog to a Continue reading FamilySearch.org’s United States and Canadian Vital Records Databases — UPDATE
Below are the latest updates to United States & Canadian Vital Records Databases at FamilySearch.org: Currently updates as of 30 June 2015 Previous update: 14 April 2015 There is a permanent link at the top of the blog to a Continue reading FamilySearch.org’s United States and Canadian Vital Records Databases — UPDATE
Many years ago, when Google was still an Internet infant and AltaVista ruled the search world, I wrote a guide book to using search engines and maximizing the quality of search results. I included a chapter called the SAR Loop. Continue reading Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian
The following excerpt is from an article by Gil Gorsey, posted in the Feb. 18, 2014 edition of wdrb.com: LEXINGTON, Ky. (WDRB) — The recent discovery of a 200-year-old Bible brought a Kentucky woman to tears. Inside, it holds living Continue reading 200 Year Old Dutch Bible Find it’s Way Home
Becoming a skilled genealogists, in many ways, requires becoming well versed in a variety of subject matters. Once the “newbie” learns how to records information on a pedigree chart or family group records, the real work begins. Finding documents for Continue reading Easy Family History