New Book Announcement:
To qualify for membership in the National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America (NSDFP), one must possess a Founder ancestor who arrived in one of the colonies between May 13, 1607, and May 13, 1686, and a Patriot ancestor who rendered military service, civil service, or aid in establishing American […]
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The Genealogical Society of New Jersey is sponsoring An Evening of Lectures: British Resources on Tuesday, Spetember 19, 2006. The program will be held at Days Hotel Conference Center, Rte 18 South, East Brunswick, New Jersey. Registration is at 6:30 pm with 7:00 pm lectures.
Paul Blake wil be speaking on The National Archives of […]
If you happen to live in Florida - directly in the path of the next hurricane - you might consider donating your stuff to a local historical organization.
The hurricanes that raked Florida did a lot of damage, but also had some positive effects, one of which is being felt in Indian River County.
“After the storms,” […]
New Book Announcement:
The full title of the book is: German Mercenary Expatriates in the United States and Canada Following the American Revolution - The Contingents from Brunswick, Ansbach and Bayreuth, and Hessen-Hanau, Based upon German Sources. (Originally Published as German-American Genealogical Research Monograph Numbers 1, 2 & 5) 3 volumes in 1.
It is commonly […]
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The following excerpt is from an extensive and interesting article dealing with the FOIA, the need to know, and the fact that the United States is at war. It seems to me that we have a balancing act to deal with. How much information are we willing to give up in order to be safe? […]
Washington state leadership has agreed to push forward a $400 million plan to build a new set of stone-faced office buildings north of Olympia’s historic Capitol Campus. The style of the new buildings will mimic that of the columned office buildings that surround the domed Legislative Building. Included in the plans will is a 226,000-square-foot […]
New Book Announcement:
In the wake of the Walt Disney animated feature about the legendary Indian heroine, this little book will satisfy the curiosity of those, young and old, who wish to separate fact from fantasy.
Mr. Brown, the author of three volumes on the descendants of Pocahontas, has here assembled all that is known about the […]
It looks like personal property assessment books from the late 1800s and early 1900s for Morgan County, Indiana, MAY have been microfilmed and destroyed. The articles are a bit confusing. I couldn’t tell you if microfilm for the records really exists or not… Does anyone know? If it exists, where can it be obtained?
No laws […]
Emmie Ozment knew that someone would want her keepsakes. It took 62 years to get them to her granddaughter, but it was definately better late than never. A great story…
The year was 1944. Dying of uterine cancer, Emmie Ozment, 67, packed a steamer trunk with a lifetime of mementos, including diaries covering most of her […]
When you buy property, it’s always a good idea to take a good look at what you’ve got. The backyard can turn up unexpected surprises.
BOULDER CREEK [Santa Cruz County, California] DeeDee and Dan Armenta thought the odd-looking brick-and-stone structure in the backyard of the house they bought a year ago was a barbecue pit, […]
MOULTON [Lawrence Co., Alabama] As the popularity of the Lawrence County Archives grows, so does the water damage that threatens to destroy its priceless historical documents.
Water is seeping through the brick and plaster walls of the archives building on Main Street. The building, the former Bank of Moulton, is part of the Moulton historic […]
The National Archives and Records Administrations effort to establish an electronic records archive is largely compliant with congressional requirements, although the agency needs to provide more detail about how it is spending money on the project, congressional auditors said.
In a new report, the Government Accountability Office said NARA must give Congress more details on its […]
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Sample 2-night air/hotel package from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas from $286 based on travel 9/4 through 9/6. Sample prices are per person, based on double occupancy and vary by dates of travel, availability, and departure city.
The following article details a bit of the lives of the descendents of Adolph Hitler’s older half brother, Alois Hitler. It must be something to be unlucky enough to be a nephew of a demented mass murderer.
At the end of the article, I’ve added a couple links dealing with Hitler’s ancestry.
Long island: For the Germans, […]
This book is intended to help the researcher find all the Saints that are in his or her ancestry. If your ancestry includes the nobility and royalty of Europe, then you just might be interesting in reading this book. The volume attempts to explain the ancient lineage of the Saints, with charts showing some lines […]
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A few days ago, I blogged about how the exhumation of a civil war soldier in North Aurora, Illinois had led to the fact that there was no doubt that a cemetery was in that location. Well - they were up to 19 graves.
Now maybe I’m just a bit backward, but when the number of […]