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Blogging the last month has been very light – caused by a heavy schedule on my part. The family had a reunion in Colorado. Then I went to Little Rock, Arkansas for the FGS Conference, checking out the Oklahoma History Continue reading Personal Update from Leland
The following was received from the Federation of Genealogical Societies: Within the genealogical community, the Library of Michigan has long been recognized as one of the premier state libraries in the country. The cohesive Library of Michigan collection with over Continue reading Update on the Library of Michigan Petition
Map Guide to German Parish Registers, Kingdom of Saxony II, Volume 26 of the series was just published. Soft cover books on standing order were shipped on Wednesday, September 16. This volume includes a total of 2,894 places – mostly Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers, Saxony II, Covering Chemnitz, Dresden, and Bautzen, Now Available
I spent the last several days in an exhibit booth at the annual FGS Conference, held this year in Little Rock, Arkansas. For my part, I had a great time, visiting with friends from years past, and selling FRPC product. Continue reading FGS Conference Exhibit Hall in Little Rock Wraps Up
The following news release is from Nils Schnelle, OSN Online Social Networking GmbH. Hamburg, September 3, 2009 – Online genealogy still is en vogue. More than ten million families have created their family tree on the international genealogy network, dynastree.com, Continue reading Ten million families on dynastree
The following news release was written by Geoff Rasmussen with Millennia Corporation: SURPRISE, Arizona – September 1, 2009 – Millennia Corporation today announced that its family tree software, Legacy Family Tree, has received official certification from FamilySearch. Users of Legacy Continue reading FamilySearch Awards Legacy with Official Certification
Book Review: Ploughshares into Swords: How Civilians and Caltech Helped Win WWII, by Thomas S. Fiske with Lannea G. Melzian. I tend to put myself to sleep every night with a book, and the last few days, Tom Fiske’s new Continue reading Ploughshares into Swords: Civilians and Caltech Joined Forces to Win WWII
I’m on my way to Little Rock – and the Oklahoma Historical Society is on the way… So I stopped here for a few hours. The last time I was here, the society was housed in an old building, was Continue reading Researching at the Oklahoma Historical Center
The following was first printed in The Mountain Eagle, published Hudson-Catskill Newspapers (NY), issue of Friday, August 21, 2009. ALBANY – Genealogists and other researchers will have even more information about New York births available to them now that a Continue reading Pre-1881 New York Birth Certificate Index Now Available
With the Everton job quickly becoming a memory, I’m finding that I’m spending most of my time expanding Family Roots Publishing Company. We’re adding new product nearly every day, and have plans already laid out for numerous new guidebooks for Continue reading The New FREE FRPC Newsletter for Genealogists
Tom Kemp just sent me a note about the I Love My Librarian Award, thinking my readers might be interested. I believe he may be right, so am passing the info on. The following is excerpted from the website. Go Continue reading I Love My Librarian – 2009 Award
FORT EDWARD – Archaeologists plan to excavate a Hudson River site where crews dredging PCB-contaminated sediment last week mistakenly ripped out the remains of what was once Britain’s largest fort in colonial America. John Vetter, the Environmental Protection Agency’s national Continue reading Fort Edward to be Excavated
The following news release was received from Paul Nauta, FamilySearch: 400 million names included in largest indexing effort to-date FALKÖPING, Sweden—FamilySearch and Svensk Arkivinformation (SVAR), a division of the National Archives of Sweden, announced today the launch of the largest Continue reading Volunteers to Bring Historic Sweden Church Records Online
Several months ago I blogged that it looked like The Genealogical Helper was about to be sold. I was even offered a job to work as publisher and editor of the “new” Helper. That offer was contingent on the purchase Continue reading Don’t Expect the Genealogical Helper to Reemerge
Map Guide to German Parish Registers, Kingdom of Saxony I, is now shipping in both soft and hard-bound editions. This volume includes a total of 2,375 places – mostly towns, found in the Kreishauptmannschäfter of Leigpzig and Zwickau. The entire Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers, Kingdom of Saxony I, is Now Shipping