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Research in Maryland – a NGS Research in the States series guide; NGS Special Publication Number 137 by Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL and Debra A. Hoffman, PLCGS; GUGA, FVGS; 2021; Soft Cover; Saddle Stapled; 8.5 x 11; 54 pp; Continue reading NEW: Maryland – a NGS Research in the States Series Guide – New Edition
Alabama – a NGS Research in the States Guide; by LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson JD, LLM, CG, CGL; 2021; Soft Cover; Saddle Stapled; 54 pages (48 numbered), NGS Special Publication Number 136; ISBN: 978-1-935815-48-8; Item#: NGS41; $20 Alabama has a long, rich, Continue reading NEW: Alabama – a NGS Research in the States Guide
Ancestry is offering Free Access to Occupational-related records at their website – but only through Labor Day 2021. That’s Monday, September 6. This includes the 1920 and 1930 U.S., which both have this type of information. Search for Occupational Records Continue reading Free Access Through Labor Day for Occupational Related Records at Ancestry.com
MyHeritage is offering free access to all the census records on their site through September 8. Search now. The Census & Voter Lists category on MyHeritage encompasses a vast repository of over 1.3 billion records, including census records from the Continue reading Free Access to All Census Records at MyHeritage Through Sept. 8
The following is from FamilySearch: SALT LAKE CITY, UT–FamilySearch expanded its free online collections this week with more Catholic Church records from Mexico (Jalisco 1590–1979, Puebla 1545–1977, San Luis Potosí 1586–1977, and Tlaxcala 1576–1994), civil registrations from Guatemala (Alta Verapaz 1877–1994, Baja Verapaz 1877–1994, Chimaltenango 1877–1994, El Progreso 1877–1994, Escuintla 1877–1994, Huehuetenango 1877–1994, Izabal 1877–1994, Jalapa 1877–1994, Jalapa 1877–1994, Retalhuleu 1877–1994, and Sololá 1877-1994), and tax assessment rolls from Canada (Ontario 1834–1899). US collections added voter registrations from Louisiana (Orleans and St. Continue reading New Databases at FamilySearch the Week of 30 August 2021
The following excerpt is from communityimpact.com. Fort Bend County Libraries will offer a new high-performance microfilm scanner to the Genealogy and Local History Department at George Memorial Library in Richmond, according to a press release from FBCL. According to the Continue reading Microfilm Scanner Added at the George Memorial Library Genealogy Dept., Richmond, Texas
I ran across an article that proposes to sell their report on the global genetic genealogy market. The report is 120 pages in PDF format and comes at a cost of only $4900!! From my standpoint and those of most Continue reading The Global Genetic Genealogy Market
The following news release was posted at Business Wire, via Yahoo! Finance. LEHI, Utah & SAN FRANCISCO, August 31, 2021 Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Geneanet, a Continue reading Ancestry.com Acquires French Genealogy Company – Geneanet
Sad news – my friend, Connie Bradbury, passed away on the 20th of August. During the “Heritage Quest” years, Connie and I worked together on Alaska-oriented genealogy projects. She will be missed. Following is an excerpt from her obituary in Continue reading Connie Bradbury 1939-2021: RIP
Family Roots Publishing Co. recently reprinted the Indiana data of the German Immigrants in American Church Records series. The information was originally published 16 years ago as Volume 1 by Picton Press and has been long out of print. The Continue reading German Immigrants in American Church Records Volumes 1A & 1B (Indiana) Now Indexed & Shipping
The following listing is that of New and Update Collections at Ancestry.com since July 1st, 2021. New and Updated UPDATED Rhode Island, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1802-1945 8/26/2021 UPDATED Texas, U.S., Divorce Index, 1968-2015 8/25/2021 UPDATED Florida, U.S., Continue reading New & Updated Collections at Ancestry.com since July 1st, 2021
The following excerpt is from the August 22, 2021 Pensacola News Journal. The West Florida Genealogical Society created a unique product in the 1821 Sampler, identifying more than 2,200 people in Pensacola and the surrounding area on the day of Continue reading Pensacola, Florida Residents in 1821 – a Sampler of 2,200 Persons
Congratulations to CeCe Moore and her Parabon NonLabs company. Following is an excerpt from an article posted at the Yahoo news website. An 84-year-old man was sentenced to consecutive life sentences in Wisconsin Friday after a DNA match in 2019 Continue reading Wisconsin Man Gets 2 Life Sentences Thanks to Work Done by Parabon NanoLabs
We are so excited to announce that Dwight Radford’s new Discovering Irish Origins Using the Records of Ireland is now shipping. This is the second of Dwight’s “Getting Them Over the Water – An Irish Immigration Strategies Series” books. Discovering Continue reading NEW! Discovering Irish Origins Using the Records of Ireland – by Dwight Radford
The following excerpt is from the Regina Post Leader via MSN: The quest to find the identity of Michael Kirov, the man previously known only as “John Doe” who died on a Regina railway 26 years ago , relied on Continue reading How DNA and Genealogy Helped Crack the Case of Regina’s “John Doe”