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Information about the new show to air was found on the blog at SFGate.com. The new PBS show will begin filming and airing in San Fransico. Here is and excerpt from the articles: PBS and KQED, the Bay Area’s public Continue reading Move Over ‘Antiques,’ Here Comes the Genealogy Roadshow
The following release was post on the MyHeritage Blog: We’re proud to announce that the entire collection of U.S. Federal Censuses is now available on MyHeritage. These censuses span every decade from 1790-1930 and complement the existing 1940 U.S. Census, which Continue reading MyHeritage: All US Census Records Now Available!
Popular speaker and creator of GeneaBloggers.com, Thomas MacEntee, has been Legacy Family Tree’s most prolific guest webinar speaker. His presentations are easy going and easy to follow. One of his ever popular presentations was Google for Genealogists, which is available Continue reading Google For Genealogists – Webinar-on-CD
Geoff Rasmussen is the host and regular presenter at Legacy Family Tree Webinars. Topics he has covered shows his wide and experienced knowledge base in genealogical research as well as Internet and digital tools valuable to genealogists. One popular webinar Continue reading Organizing and Sharing Digital Images
What do really know about any given historical event? Who were the major players? What smaller events led up to the bigger event? How did these events effect people living at that time? History books can do more than simply Continue reading A History of the French War: Ending in the Conquest of Canada
Years ago, I taught a class on technology for genealogists. In this class I discussed the value of new technologies for genealogists, like those new USB thumb drives, some having as much as 256MB or memory, if you could pay Continue reading Turn Your iPad into a Genealogy Powerhouse
Moorshead Magazines is the publisher of Family Chronicle, and Internet Genealogy. Occasionally, the company releases a special collection of articles on a key genealogical topic. Tracing Your Female Ancestors is the latest special release by the company. Published in a Continue reading Tracing Your Female Ancestors
One of the many great tools, beside web searches, provided by Google is Google Earth. But how can Google Earth help you as a genealogist? Google Earth has the power to geographically document your ancestor’s lives. Lisa Louise Cooke, producer and Continue reading Google Earth for Genealogy, Volumes I and II
Sometimes titles don’t completely clarify the contents of a book. Not so, with Tennessee Records: Tombstone Inscriptions and Manuscripts, where the title says exactly what the book is about. Within these pages you will find thousands of tombstone inscriptions. In Continue reading Tennessee Records: Tombstone Inscriptions and Manuscripts
“Newspapers are genealogy’s ‘hottest’ record group today and Cooke’s engaging writing teamed with helpful worksheets makes searching for them much easier.” The above is just one of many positive comments given about Lisa Louise Cooke’s book Everything You Need to Continue reading Everything You Need to Know About… How to Find Your Family History in Newspapers
Order Muster Rolls of New York Provincial Troops 1755-1764 was originally published in 1891 by the New-York Historical Society. Heritage Books reprinted this book in 2007. The contents of this book are straight forward and simple, it contains: “Muster Rolls Continue reading Muster Rolls of New York Provincial Troops 1755-1764
After more than five years, Jeffrey A. Bockman, has published a major update to his popular book, Give Your Family a Gift That Money Can’t Buy: Record & Preserve Your Family’s History. Now in its fifth edition, this fantastic primer Continue reading Give Your Family a Gift That Money Can’t Buy: Record & Preserve Your Family’s History
The following U.S.A. & Canadian vital-records oriented databases have been recently added or updated at FamilySearch.org. This blog updates all five of the Online Database groups (see below) through 11 April 2013 [updated from 12 March 2013]. We’ve also updated all Continue reading FamilySearch U.S. and Canadian Vital Records Database Updates as of 11 April 2013
Germans are the second largest ethnic group in the United States. Only the English are more numerous. Even at that, these groups represent generations of families living in America. European countries hardly represent today’s largest immigrant groups. However, they are Continue reading The Germans in Colonial Times
Lately I have seen a big increase in the number of quick-reference guides published on a variety of topics. In two and four-page laminated layouts, these guides are easy to carry, are durable, and generally water resistant. In addition, they Continue reading KwikTips: Real Photo Postcards