I see that Ancestry.com has extended their offer of free access to their massive passenger list collection - through the end of the year. If you haven’t done a thorough search for your ancestor’s passenger list entries, now would be a good time. I just located the list for my great-grandmother’s immigration in 1849 on […]
The following News Release is from the National Genealogical Society:
The National Genealogical Society opens the “Members-Only Data Section”
of its Web site www.ngsgenealogy.org for the Thanksgiving Holiday!
In recognition of the number of families that will be together over the
Thanksgiving Holiday, the National Genealogical Society will open its
“Members-Only Section” from November 23 through November 26, 2006 free
of […]
I got the following message from my friends at World Vital Records this morning. I note that a free “eSourcebook of American History” is being offered with signup for their free newsletter. In the last two weeks, they have launched over 30 million new records!
At this time of thanksgiving, wed like to express our […]
The following excerpt from a very interesting New York Times article just goes to once again remind us that some folks are just downright mean… Beyond that, the article has some very interesting insights into today’s online obituary and memorial book business, with all kinds of genealogical overtones.
EVANSTON, Ill. Long-silent mistresses, disgruntled former employees, […]
I just got the following note from my good friend, Illya D’Addezio, at Genealogy Today. Illya posts the stuff that the “corporations” overlook. The business card database is just the latest in an ever-growing list of small resources for the Genealogist.
This week we added 350 images to our Business Card Collection database.
Included is an unbelievable […]
Over the weekend, I had the privilage and opportunity to try out the new GenealogyBank.com. In the process I searched many early newspapers, historic books, documents, and other resources.
Along with numerous other items, I found a letter written by my third great grandfather, William Canfield - the first thing I’ve ever seen written by […]
Arlene Eakle has a great update on FamilySearch again. Following is just a short excerpt. I recommend you go to her blog and read the full thing.
Update: Elder Marlin K. Jensen, LDS Church Historian and Recorder, Director of Family History and Genealogy. Keynote Address, Northern Utah Genealogy Conference, Eccles Conference Center, 6 Oct 2006. Public […]
The Institute of Museum and Library Services recently awarded Carroll County Historical Society Museum a grant of $12,295 to be used for wages to staff a special project.
The goal of the Historical Documents and Records Preservation Project is to digitize photographs, documents and records of historical significance and make them accessible to the public through […]
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 […]
Prompted by an item posted by Dick Eastman last week, dealing with Massachusetts deaths, I spent a few hours on the Massachusetts State Archives website today. The website includes three important databases. Those databases are:
INDEX TO MASSACHUSETTS DEATHS 1847 TO 1910. Although this database is titled Index to Vital Records, it currently only includes […]
The following News Release was just published. Newspaper content is an important source of genealogical data. This partnership will certainly give both World Vital Records and Small Town Papers an important boost.
September 13, 2006 ( Provo, UT ) —World Vital Records is pleased to announce a partnership today with SmallTownPapers, Inc, a newspaper archive […]
The following news release highlights the launch of over 13,000 geo-coded Scots deaths records at the new WorldVitalRecords.com website. This unique set of Scottish Death Records was extracted from parish records of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Specific parishes include Cockpen, Midlothian; Cranston; Crichton; Dalkeith; Dunfermline, Fife; Edinburgh; Fala; Gladsmuir; Heriot; Humbie; Newbattle; Pencaitland, Midlothian; […]
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 […]
The Wells County Public Library in Bluffton, Indiana has two online resources that genealogists need to be aware of. First, they have an online Bluffton Obituary Index that runs from 1866 through the year 2000. Second, the Cemetery Index for Wells County, also accesssible online.
The Indiana room houses a number of excellent genealogy references, […]
The Huntington Library in San Marino, California has just launched a major new online database. The searchable database makes accessible the records of about 101,000 baptisms, 28,000 marriages and 71,000 burials performed in California between 1769 and 1850.
According to the website, “The Early California Population Project (ECPP) provides public access to all the information contained […]
Most of us are familiar with OCLC, available at most good libraries. Their new WorldCat Search is now online and in the clear. It’s in Beta format, and a very simple search engine, but it’s about the most powerful library catalog I’ve ever tried. I just typed in a few of my surnames of interest, […]
My friend, Arlene Eakle, just posted the following data. She’s been promising new good, information about FamilySearch and she did it. The following are just teasers. You will want to read her entire column.
FamilySearch (R) RetooledThe Family Search website is being re-designed and soon will accomodate several new research tools as well as more direct […]
You can now check the marriage indexes for Multnomah County, Oregon - 1855 through 1904 - Online and order copies of the original documents (by mail) - and the docs are only $5!
The Genealogical Forum of Oregon Library is the home to many of the original Multnomah County marriage books & indexes. When the […]
Jessica E. Vascellaro, at the the Wall Street Journal, wrote an interesting article about Internet genealogy that posted today. Following is an excerpt.
Old family history records, from census information to draft cards, are now flooding the Internet thanks to new technology that makes it easier for companies to put fragile historical documents online.
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In recent months, […]
Larry Naukam, Head of Local History and Genealogy, at the Rochester Public Library has just announced the launch of their new web site which contains a link to the local history dept.
A series of indexes totaling over 130,000 names, in addition to another 800,000 in the Life Records (Births, marriages, deaths, etc.) Database is now […]