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Dick Eastman wrote a very interesting article this morning about Google Sites. This site allows anyone to post their own website at no cost. And there are no ads (add your own if you like). You can have your own Continue reading Free Hosting With Little Downside at Google Sites
October 1, 2009 marked the 3rd anniversary for World Vital Records. The brainchild of genealogy entrepreneur, Paul Allen (the lesser), the site is currently boasting 1.4 billion names in over 12,000 databases – all available online at WorldVitalRecords.com. Initially, they Continue reading World Vital Records is Three Years Old
The following proclamation is from whitehouse.gov: LEIF ERIKSON DAY, 2009 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION On this day in 1825, the ship Restauration landed in New York Continue reading Leif Erikson Day, October 9, 2009
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Nationally syndicated radio host Tom Joyner is asking South Carolina to posthumously pardon two of his great-uncles — black landowners executed in 1915 after being convicted of murdering an elderly Confederate Army veteran. Joyner learned the fate Continue reading Radio Personality Tom Joyner Asks For Pardon for His Great-Uncles, Who Were Unjustly Executed in 1915
This is a great story, illustrating how information on the Internet was used to solve a mystery. Following is a teaser. You’ve got to read the whole thing in the The News-Enterprise. ELIZABETHTOWN [Kentucky] — The story of World War Continue reading Life & Death on the Battlefield With Mystery Solved on the Internet
The following excerpt is from an article in the October 10, 2009 edtion of Life Scientist out of Australia. Honestly, it’s beyond me, but I bet some of you folks understand all this completely… An international team of researchers has Continue reading What’s This About “Jumping Genes?”
We know that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are BFFs, but as it turns out, they’re actually related! The New England Historic Genealogical Society yesterday revealed that the Cambridge homeys are actually 10th cousins once removed. They share a common Continue reading Matt Damon & Ben Affleck Share a Common Ancestor – a Longgg Ways Back
This post is number 1001 since I got GenealogyBlog up and running again in January. So I just thought I should celebrate a bit this evening. Here’s hoping that the last 1000 blogs were of interest and of use to Continue reading 1001 Blog Entries
The television networks, and papers have been in a dither today over the most annoying words being used in America. It seems that Marist College took a poll, the results of which were released on Wednesday. The dismissive word, “Whatever,” Continue reading The Top-10 Most Satisfying Genealogy Events
Have you any family members who may have served time in the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia between the years 1880 & 1922? If so, the Ancestry.com has a database that you need to check out. It doesn’t show any Continue reading New Database of Atlanta GA Penitentiary Records 1880-1922 at Ancestry.com
LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON [Utah] — A suspicious white powdery substance shipped to the LDS Church’s granite storage vaults Wednesday turned out to be harmless ground-up fiberglass, hazmat crews determined. Two employees discovered the substance about noon at the Granite Mountain Continue reading Suspicious White Powder at Granite Mountain Vault Turns Out to Be Ground-Up Fiberglass
The editorial board of the Kalamazoo Gazette write an excellent editorial for National Newspaper Week entitled “Newspapers helped win Revolutionary War” I recommend it. Following is a teaser. During the current National Newspaper Week, it’s especially appropriate to examine the Continue reading How Newspapers Facilitated the Winning of the Revolutionary War
Representatives from the Whitfield-Murray Historical Society traveled to the State Archives in Morrow recently where they accepted statewide recognition for “Excellence in Archival Program Development.” Only a small number of these awards are given annually by the Georgia Historical Records Continue reading Whitfield-Murray Historical Society of Dalton, GA Receives Award
MONROE [Michigan] — The city of Monroe has been awarded a $350,000 federal grant to acquire land for the future River Raisin Battlefield National Park. City Council on Monday approved accepting the grant from the National Park Service. The grant Continue reading Monroe, Michigan Gets National Park Service Grant of $350k for the Future River Raison Battlefield Park
The Google Books case has been going on now since 2005, when the Author’s Guild and others filed suit against Google’s scanning entire libraries of books, claiming that Googles efforts were copyright infringement. There was a Fairness hearing originally scheduled Continue reading Google Books Case Scheduled for November 9, 2009