Following is an excerpt from a facinating story of Pat Gudinas and her twin sister, Shirley McGuire, who finally met for the first time since being separated 71 years ago. The two girls were put up for adoption and lived their lives separately until they met last Tuesday.
As happy as Shirley McGuire was to see […]
We’ve seen this coming and did what we could to reduce the damage. It looks like our petitions had some effect. We can thank Dick Eastman for leading the charge in attempting to get NARA to stop the reduction of hours at the National Archives. In the long run however, hours were shortened dramatically - […]
The new Free Public Records Directory site provides links to criminal records, civil court records, marriage records, divorce records, real and personal property records, recorded documents, jail and inmate records, sex offender records, wanted persons records, obituaries, newspapers, and all kinds of cool records.
I spent a few minutes with the site and found it more […]
Joe Beine, owner of the Genealogy Roots Blog, has begun a cemetery blog that’s pretty interesting. All active genealogists have an interest in the meaning of cemetery symbols and other graveyard oddities. Take a look at the Cemeteries and Cemetery Symbols blog. Good stuff…
Southern California Genealogical Society will hold its used book sale on Saturday Sept. 30, beginning at 10 a.m. Hard and softcover books will be available, including fiction, non-fiction, and genealogy related volumes. Proceeds will benefit the SCGS library the largest and most comprehensive genealogical library in California.
The Southern California Genealogical Society, […]
Every now and then over the last couple years, I’ve written blogs about Ward Churchill - just because the man always seems to be in the news. A few days ago, I got the following response from a Canadian blog reader. I find it very interesting and am posting it for you.
I was interested in […]
Last week, lawmakers, dignitaries, history buffs and others gathered in Phoenix to mark the groundbreaking of the Polly Rosenbaum State Archives and History Building.
Named after the late state representative and centenarian, the building at the west end of the Capitol complex will house state archives and act as a conservation center for state documents.
“Polly’s up […]
Some years ago, Madeleleine Albright, the Czech-born American Secretary of State, learned that although she had been raised Catholic, all four of her grandparents were Jewish. Not every Czech Family Tree contains such a big surprise, of course, but almost any Czech who digs into their family history will learn things they did not know […]
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The following news release announces an October online genealogy conference.
(New Rochelle, New York, September 4, 2006)–GenealogyForum.org is proud to announce its Second Annual Online Genealogy Conference during Family History Month. The conference will run from October 1st to Oct 31st 2006 during the hours of 8pm to 11pm EST. All events will be […]
I just blogged an item about the obituary index posted by the Hoyt Library in Saginaw a couple days ago. Now I see that the city is getting behind a project to computerize records of the area cemeteries.
A growing number of folks looking for their dead relatives are prompting a move by Saginaw and the […]
HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Pennsylvania’s cache of documentary resources and repositories will be highlighted during walks and tours during this year’s Archives Week. The annual observance Oct. 8 - 14 is sponsored by the Pennsylvania State Archives.
The State Archives is the official keeper of the state’s governmental records from William Penn’s 1681 charter […]
The BBC is reporting that a premature child (Baby Nadine) was born to an Egyptian woman, flying on a United States passport, on a British Airways flight from London, England to Boston, Masasachusetts. Because of the “medical emergency,” the plan landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Now I dare you to properly put that on the […]
The new Germantown, Tennessee, Regional History & Genealogy Center will open in October according to an item in the Memphis Commercial Appeal today. About a year ago, the Tennesssee Genealogical Society donated their 14,000 book collection to the Germantown library. Since then, the city has moved quickly with the project.
Germantown amended its contract with a […]
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Our historic memory is vanishing as I write this blog. For decades our records have been kept on media that only stays technologically current for a decade or so. Sure - the media may last 50 years if kept under perfect conditions, but can we find a machine that will read the media?
Thinking of my […]
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I had a really bad feeling about blogging the Tuesday opening of the Everton Collection in Logan this weekend. I read in the paper that the library would open Tuesday and blogged it that way. However, the Tuesday should have been the first Tuesday in October and that will be October 3. Library Director Ron […]
According to an AP story, hundreds of caskets and human remains have been found in Louisiana following Hurricane Rita, which took place one year ago. They are still finding them today. One was 34 miles from it’s original location. Many are still missing. Following is a short excerpt from the AP article:
CAMERON, Louisiana (AP) — […]