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 […]
(PRLEAP.COM) The Origins Network (www.originsnetwork.com) is offering free access to both British and irish Origins on the 4th July to celebrate US Independence Day. Free access will begin at 00.00GMT and will run until 08.00GMT on the 5th July 2006. In order to access, simply go to www.originsnetwork.com and click on the link to sign […]
All kinds of genealogical information online can be found on the RootsWeb Mailing lists. As of today, the site boasts 29,888 genealogy-related lists.
Anyone can sign up to be on a mailing list. Queries or comments are posted, and the information arrives in your email box. It’s simple to subscribe or unsubscribe from any list.
The oldest […]
TASMANIA‘S early settlers could never have imagined an age filled with computers, digital cameras and the internet.
But the technology has ensured our forebears are never forgotten, with the Tasmanian Family History Society’s Hobart branch creating a new series of CD-ROMs preserving Tasmania’s graveyard history.
The society yesterday released Cemeteries of Southern Tasmania — a collection of […]
I just blogged about the Missouri Death Records website - and folks have been hitting that blog like crazy! Now more information has come out about the success of the site. How about over a million vistors in five weeks? Following is an excerpt from an AP article.
A database of Missouri death certificates that went […]
If you’ve got Missouri folks, you really need to check out the Missouri Death Certificate database, sponsored by the Missouri State Archives. The Death index is complete for 1910 to 1955 - and you can actually download a digitized copy of the original death certificate for documents from 1910 through 1924. According to the website, […]
Seemingly reacting to Ancestry.com’s announcement of the completion of the every-name census index project, the Wall Street Journal ran an article this morning dealing with not only Ancestry.com, but FamilySearch.org, MyHeritage.com, Legacy.com, and even Google. An interesting fact that was pointed out is that Ancestry.com’s “massive batch of census records is housed in a 3,400-square-foot […]
The Veteran’s Administration Nationwide Gravesite Locator online database is a wonderful resource for genealogists. With a few keystrokes you can locate graves for all kinds of family members - and now get a cemetery map to go with it. My cousin, Elmore Meitzler, and his wife, Doris, are buried in the Fort Custer National […]
Do you have an inventor in the family? Take a look at a new resource of the Lemelson Center for the Study of invention and Inovation. The Modern INventors Documentation (MIND) database pulls together information from hundreds of archives across the United States and currently contains over 1,700 records. It identifies the locations and contents […]