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OXFORD [Indiana] - Born in England, Bartlet Smith died of syphilis at the Benton County Poor Farm on Feb. 2, 1896. He was 52.
He had lived on the farm, four miles northeast of Oxford, for eight months. He lies in a pauper’s grave in the Poor Farm Cemetery.
It’s a sad, wind-blown little place … an […]
TOKYO, Nov. 17 (UPI) — A software tool developed at the University of Japan may soon make Internet searches for people with common names easier.
The software tool analyzes results of a search engine query, recognizing unique identities within the results, NewScientist.com said. For example, in a search on Google.com, the software differentiated between Michael Jackson […]
Library and Archives Canada has launched a new website featuring interviews with Canada’s veterans of the First World War.
The site Oral Histories of the First World War has audio files of interviews with more than 20 veterans.
The interviews originated in the CBC series In Flanders Fields, a series of one-on-one interviews with veterans of the […]
Sample 2-night air/hotel package from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas from $270 based on travel 12/4 through 12/6. Sample prices are per person, based on double occupancy and vary by dates of travel, availability, and departure city.
Sample 2-night air/hotel package from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas from $270 based on travel 12/4 through 12/6. Sample prices are per person, based on double occupancy and vary by dates of travel, availability, and departure city.
Thanks to a working knowledge of Ohio Company records, a Special Collections Associate recognized what had gone undiscovered for two centuries. This is an exciting find - and story.
Marietta College has two new additions to its collection of valuable, historical documents, after deeds signed by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were discovered this month at […]
I was so pleased to get notice last evening that my dear friend, Ruth Bishop, has finally gotten non-profit status for the library she has been collecting. Patty and I had lunch with Ruth and Jan a few days ago when they were here in Salt Lake City. Jan showed me the list of items […]
If Society personal hadn’t been working on an Internet connection Monday night, the Old Courthouse Museum in Watseka, Illinois might have gone up in flames.
I’m sure glad that didn’t happen. The old courthouse is a beautiful structure, loaded with historic memorabelia and records. I have ancestors from the county, and even had the opportunity to […]
Sample 2-night air/hotel package from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas from $270 based on travel 12/4 through 12/6. Sample prices are per person, based on double occupancy and vary by dates of travel, availability, and departure city.
The website for the 2007 Computerized Genealogy Conference at BYU is now up. I see that Dick Eastman and Alan Mann are the featured speakers this year. The folllowing is from the website:
March 16 and 17, 2007, are the dates of this years Computerized Genealogy Conference. This conference is designed as a how-to guide for […]
The following newspapers and obituaries have been posted to the GenealogyBank website in the last few days. Again, good stuff!
Evening News San Jose CA 1/2/1915 to 6/30/1915 Historical Newspapers
Evening News San Jose […]
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Publishing house Debretts is installing an online database to modernise its reference source about the British aristocracy, reduce production costs and exploit its brand.
Production of its famous title Debretts Peerage & Baronetage, which lists the genealogical details of the aristocracy and the male living members of their families, will be overhauled with deployment of Concrete […]
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Google Earth has added 16 historic maps from the David Rumsey Map Collection. Once you’ve downloaded the program, click on “Featured Content.” “Rumsey Historical Maps” is currently the first item listed. Click on the little circle to the left of the map name you’re interested in - and then fly over the world as it […]
The “email this post to a friend” function hasn’t been working since we last updated the blogging software (oops). We are installing a new & improved email function and will let you know when it is working again.
Thanks to Lawrence H for letting us know that the email function was broke.
The Richmond Daily Dispatch for the Civil War years of 1860 through 1865 have been digitized, transcribed and indexed. They are now posted online for researchers to use - at no charge. What makes these papers unique is not only the Southern Civil War history, but the fact that the papers are transcribed as well […]
I’ve wondered when the lawyers would start getting the big bucks available from lawsuits involving DNA data. As most genealogists know, Iceland has the best family records and DNA data in the world. So it makes sense that that data would be the first to land in court.
Five months after announcing a $39 million genetics […]