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I know – the title above seems like just another dumb headline… Old court records should be found in old courthouses. But wait… It’s amazing the way old records can be hidden in plain site. Courthouse offices are often very Continue reading Old Court Records Found in the Boone County, Missouri, Courthouse
Tarlton Corporation is taking on an expanded role on the new $100 million 474,690-square-foot National Archives and Records Administration military personnel records facility to be built in north St. Louis County. The new role for Tarlton came about as Barry Continue reading Tarlton Corporation to Take on Expanded Role in the Construction of the New Military Personnel Records Center
For the last two years, Florence, Alabama residents have been working to gain historic recognition for the Florence City Cemetery. Now, members of the Florence Heritage Preservation Inc. have been informed that the cemetery has been added to the Alabama Continue reading Alabama’s Florence City Cemetery Makes the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register
The BYU Conference on Computerized Family History and Genealogy is going on right now… and one of the lectures given was by Joseph Irvine, who spoke on using Google Groups to collaborate with family – and build a family website. Continue reading Using Google Groups to Build a Free Family Website
It is being reported that the new Burns Monument Centre will open this Monday in Kay Park, Kilmarnock. The Centre will offer genealogy searches for those with Scottish ancestry. The Centre houses an archive store, a family & local history Continue reading The New Burns Monument Centre Is to Open on Monday
Prompted by a question posed by Chris Staats on the Staats Place blog (“…what value [do] you feel (or IF you feel) blogs, wikis, social networking (Facebook, Twitter, etc), and any other tool I am omitting, actually add?”), Randy Seaver Continue reading The Genealogical Value of The Social Networking Related Sites
Over the last couple weeks, I’ve been corresponding with Joshua Claybourn, the creator of a world-class website for the Claybourn Genealogical Society. According to information I found at the site, the purpose of CGS is “to provide leadership in assembling Continue reading The Claybourn Genealogical Society Website
Looking for surname variations? We all know that our ancestors didn’t always spell the name the same way we do today. My own grandfather spelled his surname three different ways during his 92 years on planet Earth. Thomas MacEntee wrote Continue reading The “Surname Suggestion List” Software
$388,869 was awarded to Crawford County, Kansas charities, organizations and schools yesterday by the Pritchett Trust. Recipients were able to pick up checks during a ceremony at M&I Bank. The Pritchetts operated an insurance agency in Pittsburg and, during the Continue reading McCune Osage Township Library Gets $5000 for Genealogy & History
I’m a reader – and that’s the way I like to get my news, whether its in the form of a newspaper, magazine, or just words on the computer screen, I get a lot more out of the written word Continue reading I Get That Mormon Paper – The Deseret News
The South Dakota State Historical Society History Conference will be held in Pierre on April 17 and 18, 2009. The schedule of Speakers, and their lectures looks very good. The following is extracted from their website. Speakers and topics include: Continue reading Immigration… A New Beginning – The 2009 South Dakota State Historical Society History Conference
As I’ve blogged before, the whole world is trying to lay claim the the President of the United States. Now we find that the small community of Moneygall, Ireland isn’t about to take a back seat to some place in Continue reading Moneygall, Ireland Lays Claim to Barack Obama.
CHICAGO, March 13 /PRNewswire/ – Yesterday in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, Christopher Knight Capone, the putative grandson of the most notorious crime figure in American history Al Capone, filed a complaint requesting the court to enter Continue reading Putative Grandson Christopher Knight Capone is Looking for Answers
It was reported this morning in the MoSGA Messenger blog that the Keith Zimmer, working at the St. Louis Public Library, has indexed the obituaries, death notices, and burial permits noted in the Post-Dispatch for following years: 1880-1930 1942-1945 1960-1963 Continue reading St. Louis Post Dispatch Obituaries Index
The following databases have been added at The Original Record this week: 1802 Middlesex Poll Book A poll to elect two knights of the shire to represent the county of Middlesex, was held at Brentford 13 to 29 July 1802. Continue reading New Databases at The Original Record