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There had always been rumors about an old pioneer cemetery atop a tiny hill on Walnut Street in Joliet, where the remains of Civil War veterans and some of the city’s earliest settlers were thought to have been buried beneath Continue reading Searching for Baby Jenette – in Joliet, Illinois
The following new small databases have been posted at Family Tree Connection since I last posted about the website. Over 1,549,000 names from small databases are now found there! CALIFORNIA California State Prison 1855 Report – Annual Report of the Continue reading New at Family Tree Connection
They say that it’s been 65 years ago today since American and allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy. I wasn’t born until six years later, so I have no personal memories of the time period. No close family members Continue reading Thoughts on the 65th Anniversary of D-Day
Millennia Software has posted two of the four classes that Geoff Rasmussen gave three weeks ago for the Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society’s “Genealogy Technology with Legacy’s Geoff Rasmussen seminar.” Following are descriptions of the two classes: Legacy Family Tree – Continue reading Legacy Family Tree Seminar Classes Posted Online
4 June 2009: The following four new indexing projects were added this week: Jamaica, Trelawny Births, 1878–1930 Mexico, Censo de 1930—Mexico Rhode Island—1920 U.S. Federal Census Vermont—1920 U.S. Federal Census Volunteers can register and start immediately at Indexing.FamilySearch.org. Recently Completed Continue reading New & Recently Completed Projects at FamilySearch Indexing
The National Genealogical Society Genealogy Hall of Fame program honors outstanding genealogists whose achievements in the field of American genealogy have had a great impact on our field. The 2009 selection is Willard C. Heiss, an Indiana Quaker scholar. He Continue reading NGS Announces that Willard C. Heiss is the 2009 NGS Genealogy Hall of Fame Inductee
The following is an excerpt from an article about two churches that crossed the color line to honor those buried Paw Creek Slave Cemetery in Charlotte, North Carolina. Read the full article in the June 2, 2009 edition of the Continue reading Churches Honor Those Buried in Slave Cemetery Behind Paw Creek Presbyterian
Fitting out the new £1.25m Manx Ancestry Centre will take six months after the building work is complete. Alex Downie told the Legislative Council that construction of the building at the former Government Analyst’s Laboratory next to the Manx Museum, Continue reading The Isle of Man Ancestry Centre Project
Now that we have the National Genealogical Society conference in Raleigh in the history books, we’re looking forward to conferences in Salt Lake City and Charleston. The 2010 Family History Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah The National Genealogical Society Continue reading Upcoming NGS Conferences in Salt Lake City and Charleston
Now and then we get word of a school project where the children are compiling their personal family histories. I just ran across an article from Bressaucourt, Switzerland telling about just such a project. Bressaucourt is a municipality in the Continue reading Students do their Family Trees in Bressaucourt, Switzerland
On the morning of January 18, 2005, a long line of investigators stood outside at the Archives and National Library of Bolivia (ABNB) in Sucre. The day promised to reveal one of the greatest mysteries of twentieth century Bolivian history. Continue reading The Archives and National Library of Bolivia (ABNB)
The following is from the Warren County Genealogical Society e-news for June 2009: We are pleased to announce the availability of a new book in the series of Warren County Marriage Records that has been compiled by Warren County Genealogical Continue reading Warren Çounty, Ohio, Marriage Records 1902-1907 – Book Now Available
The 9th Annual British Institute – Offering Irish and English Research The courses are taught by experts in their field of genealogy research. The International Society for British Genealogy & Family History (ISBGFH) is sponsoring the ninth annual British Institute Continue reading The British Institute in Salt Lake City, October 5-9, 2009
ST. LOUIS (CN) – Thousands of St. Louis court cases from the Civil Car era have been restored and released to the public. The lawsuits include those of a slave owner who sued a steamboat that took his slave to Continue reading St. Louis Court Cases of the Civil War Era Restored
Those pesky pictures – and what to do with them – weighs on the minds of many of us. I have pictures scattered everywhere – on various Internet sites, hard drives, iPhoto and a few thousand in the closet. I Continue reading The Digital Camera is to Take Pictures – Lots of Them…