Archive for August, 2006

Madison County, Alabama, Makes Records Accessible to Genealogists

Friday, August 18th, 2006

It’s great to see government agencies working in concert to make for easy access to historical documents. The following article is a good example of just that. Kudos to the Madison County, Alabama folks.
Before you read about the Madison County land and tax documents just made easily accessible, I’d like to also mention that the […]

An Online Tutorial in the Palaeography of Scottish Documents 1500-1750

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Do you have ancestors who came from Scotland, as I have? If so, you need to check out Scottishhandwriting.com. The primary purpose of ScottishHandwriting.com is to provide an online tutorial in the reading of the old Scottish handwriting in the context of early-modern Scottish historical documents (1500-1750).
According to the website, there are three key […]

Campbell County, Wyoming Online Resources

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Campbell County, Wyoming is probably best known for the city of Gillette, a city of about 25,000 on Interstate 90 between Sheridan, Wyoming and Spearfish, South Dakota. The county has some excellent online resources - as follows:
The Campbell County Public Library website has several online databases.
Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Obituary databases have been posted […]

Missouri Church Records

Friday, August 18th, 2006

The Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri contains thousands of original church records from Missouri churches. The collection consists of newsletters, conference proceedings, reports, directories, journals, and other publications of various religious denominations in Missouri including the Methodist, Baptist, Disciples of Christ (Christian), Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Catholic churches - as well as […]

Kentucky Oral History Commission to Honor Oral Historian Terry Birdwhistell

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Oral history goes hand-in-hand with the study of genealogy and local history. On September 8 and 9 in Louisville, the Kentucky Oral History Commission will celebrate their 30th anniversary. UK oral historian Terry Birdwhistell will participate and be honored at that event.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 16, 2006) − University of Kentucky oral historian Terry Birdwhistell […]

Atlas of the Year 1000

Friday, August 18th, 2006

New Book Announcement:
This dazzling book takes us on a voyage of discovery around the world at the turn of the last millennium, when for the first time the world was in essence a unity. Islam bridged Eurasia, western Europe, and North Africa. Vikings, with links to Scandinavia and Russia, had just arrived in North America. […]

Las Vegas air/hotel, 2 nts., from $283: Tropicana Hotel and Casino - Las Vegas, 3 stars

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Sample 2-night air/hotel package from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas from $283 based on travel 8/30 through 9/1. Sample prices are per person, based on double occupancy and vary by dates of travel, availability, and departure city.

Las Vegas air/hotel, 2 nts., from $283: Tropicana Hotel and Casino - Las Vegas, 3 stars

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Sample 2-night air/hotel package from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas from $283 based on travel 8/30 through 9/1. Sample prices are per person, based on double occupancy and vary by dates of travel, availability, and departure city.

Previously Unknown Cemetery Unearthed in Kane County, Illinois

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

NORTH AURORA [Illinois] — Archaeologists continue to sift through a plot of land south of Butterfield Road, where the potential gravesite of a Civil War veteran has now turned into what might possibly be a neighborhood cemetery.
Officials with the Public Service Archaeological Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois have discovered the remains of […]

Winthrop University’s Dacus Library Being Renamed the Louise Pettus Archives

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

Among other things, the Dacus library at Winthrop University preserves records relating to South Carolina history. The records of families, individuals, organizations, and businesses that have contributed to the history of the Catawba region are of special interest, as well as the personal papers of women and records of women’s organizations significant in documenting […]

The 27th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences - Next Week

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

As I blogged in January, the 27th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences, is being held this year at St Andrews, in Fife, Scotland from August 21 to 26. Following is updated information on the upcoming conference.
An international genealogy conference, described as the biggest gathering of heralds since the middle ages, is to be […]

Sheraton Boston Hotel FGS Discount Extended

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

The following News Release was received from FGS:
The Sheraton Boston Hotel, conference hotel for the 2006 FGS/NEHGS Conference in Boston, has graciously extended the discount deadline to Wednesday, August 22. The conference is proving so popular that the conference committee has added additional rooms to the block to accommodate the increased demand. Plenty of rooms […]

More World War II Digital Documents For Dead, Wounded, etc.

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

My friend, Jean Nudd, Archivst at the NARA Northeast Region in Pittsfield, gave me a heads-up on two groups of digital online records for all 50 States that deal with WWII casualties. As I noted in my blog a few days ago, there must be more of the WWII casuaty booklets available. Sure enough, the […]

New England Court Records – A Research Guide for Genealogists and Historians

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

New Book Announcement:
This book is written specifically for those interested in learning to find, read and use the court records of New England. Legal terms are explained and illustrations of actual court cases are given. The book is laid out in three major parts. Part One is titled, Understanding the Basics. Here the researcher gets […]

Las Vegas air/hotel, 2 nts., from $344: Tropicana Hotel and Casino - Las Vegas, 3 stars

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

Sample 2-night air/hotel package from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas from $344 based on travel 9/5 through 9/7. Sample prices are per person, based on double occupancy and vary by dates of travel, availability, and departure city.

250 Years of Accidents, Suicides, Murders, Justifiable Homicides & Military Deaths.

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

The following excerpts are not for the faint-hearted. It seems that untimely deaths do have a fascination to them, however.
If the cemeteries of Henniker [Merrimack County, New Hampshire] could talk, they would reveal 349 untimely deaths over the past two and a half centuries, the vast majority of which were of men. They would recall […]

Whoops - Looks Like Another Cemetery Was Just Found

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. - A construction crew working near a Missouri Bootheel church accidentally unearthed a body from a long-forgotten cemetery.
It happened Tuesday when a backhoe operator struck what he thought was a cast-iron sewer pipe near the First United Methodist Church. It instead proved to be a burial vault. The vault was damaged by the […]

The Methodist Episcopal Churches of Cogan House Township 1845-2005

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

The book contains the known historical material of the Centennial, Brookside, Beech Grove, and Summit Methodist Episcopal Churches of Cogan House Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. There are some large gaps in the material.
The wedding records include information from 1872 to present. Listed may be the name of the bride and groom, address, minister, place of […]

Las Vegas air/hotel, 2 nts., from $334: Tropicana Hotel and Casino - Las Vegas, 3 stars

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Sample 2-night air/hotel package from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas from $334 based on travel 9/5 through 9/7. Sample prices are per person, based on double occupancy and vary by dates of travel, availability, and departure city.

Las Vegas air/hotel, 2 nts., from $334: Tropicana Hotel and Casino - Las Vegas, 3 stars

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Sample 2-night air/hotel package from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas from $334 based on travel 9/5 through 9/7. Sample prices are per person, based on double occupancy and vary by dates of travel, availability, and departure city.