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On August 21, 2009, Hawaiian’s will be celebrating 50 years of statehood. However, becoming a state wasn’t necessarily a simple undertaking. With American help, Hawaii’s monarchy was overthrown all the way back in 1893, but the islands went on to Continue reading The Winding Road to Hawaii’s Statehood
When you haven’t seen your sister in 55 years – then you’re told that she was murdered, what do you do? Lorene Womack set out to find the truth, and happily found that the story of her sister’s demise was Continue reading Sisters Reunited After 55 Years
As the third-largest municipal genealogical research facility in the country, each month Houston’s Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research hosts thousands of researchers from across the United States. Founded in 1921, the center got its start in the Julia Ideson Continue reading The Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, in Houston, Wins Best Hospitality Project Landmark Award
Jeannine Leslee Parker Burkitt, 61, of Madison Avenue, Piketon, Ohio was born September 11, 1947, in Chillicothe, Ohio. She was the daughter of Robert Leslie Parker, who survives, and Virginia Lucille Bethel Parker. She departed this life April 11, 2009 Continue reading Jeannine Leslee Parker Burkitt, 61, Passes On
I now have the GenealogyBlog Genealogy Events Calendar posted online. From the Home Page of this blog, scroll down the right-hand column beyond the LONG category list to the 2009/10 Genealogy Event Calendars heading. There you will find three calendars. Continue reading The GenealogyBlog Genealogy Events Calendar Now Posted
The word is out that Amazon.com is developing a new larger-screen version of the Kindle, its popular electronic-book reader. It may even be available for Christmas 2009. There are other readers out there, with more now in development, giving the Continue reading Kindle to Be Produced With a Larger Screen
Ninety-five letters, written by a soldier, Joseph C. Clark, have been found in a metal box, unearthed from a closet in a Pennsylvania home. It seems that Clark traveled by stagecoach to Camp Floyd for the so-called Mormon Rebellion. He Continue reading Camp Floyd Letters Open a Window into 1860 Utah
I read the obits every morning, typically scanning them to make sure no friends in the area have passed on in the last day or two. It’s usually a pretty uneventful undertaking. However, it seems that Mary Mayou, of East Continue reading Brother – Missing for 50 years – Found in the Obituaries
Allen County Library officials are finishing their preparations for the Lincoln documents that were previously cared for by the former Fort Wayne Lincoln Museum, now that the library has completed the remodeling necessary to care for the collection. The Lincoln Continue reading Lincoln Papers to Move to the Allen County Public Library in Late May
The Rev. Skip Mason was in his office at Morehouse College in Atlanta last year when he received an e-mail containing a shocking discovery and a link to the past. The Georgia Department of Transportation had discovered a cemetery of Continue reading Unmarked Slave Graves in Old Mason Family Cemetery in Georgia
I figure as long as we can make fun of ourselves, and laugh… and then laugh some more… we’re going to be okay. Renee posted the “Utah Census Form” on her blog this evening. I absolutely loved it. It’s been Continue reading Renee’s Utah Census Form
The New York Times is reporting that Moody’s Investors Service has assigned a negative outlook to the creditworthiness of all local governments in the United States. Folks, this is first time this has ever happened. Now what’s that got to Continue reading Municipal Bonds Have a NEGATIVE Outlook According to Moody’s
Randy Seaver is reporting this morning that things are not good in sunny southern California as deals with NARA. The staff at NARA – Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel) has been informed that the branch will be moved to Perris, California, Continue reading National Archives Branch at Laguna Nigel, California Closing Soon
I’ve blogged twice about the destruction in Italy several days back. Once soon after the earthquake happened, with a photo of the purported State Archives, and later with further updates. In a phone conversation this morning with Anthony Alioto, with Continue reading Photographed Damaged Building in L’Aquila is the Prefettura – and Not Archives as Reported
The following bit of news deals with Ohio Veteran’s Discharge Records filed within the last 75 years – and comes from the April, 2009 eNews of the Warren County Genealogical Society. Ohio has passed S.B. 248 which became effective on Continue reading Veteran Discharge Records Held at the County Recorder’s Office in Ohio Counties No Longer in the Public Domain