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Last Monday (January 19, 2009) was the 200th birthday of Edgar Allen Poe. Now I see that the Library of Virginia, in partnership with the Poe Museum, is preparing an exhibition dealing with Poe’s life and works. The centerpiece of Continue reading The Poe Family Bible to Go on Display
The following was written by NEHGS staff: Boston, MA – January 2009 – New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) announces the addition of 5 million names to its databases during 2008 to help its more than 23,000 members around the Continue reading NEHGS Adds 5 Million New Searchable Names Online
Randy Seaver announced this morning that Robert Dunford’s How to Use Technology to Strengthen Family Ties, is available online as a free downloadable PDF file. According to Randy’s review, Dunford’s eBook covers: Blogs CDs/DVDs of family memories Email newsletters DVD Continue reading How to Use Technology to Strengthen Family Ties – Free eBook
My copy of the Southern California Genealogical Society’s periodical, The Searcher, arrived today. Included in the SCGS News was a listing of the speakers for the upcoming Jamboree (June 26-28, 2009). The following speakers are scheduled for the conference: Lisa Continue reading Jamboree Speakers Announced
New Book Announcement: The Keeney Family from Coast to Coast; an Informal History of the Ancestors and Descendants of George Keeney of Newport, Rhode Island. This book is made up of the history of the family line of George Keeney, Continue reading The Keeney Family from Coast to Coast
Today was Blue Monday – said to be the most depressing day of the year and it all seems to make sense to me. Blue Monday is a name given to a date stated, as part of a publicity campaign Continue reading Blue Monday
A few days ago, Randy Seaver wrote a good blog about how this lousy economy might effect genealogy. I then wrote one of my own. I see that Schelly Talalay Dardashti of Tracing the Tribe has now joined the chorus. Continue reading Update on Genealogy and the Economy
Update – January 21, 2009: First Minister Alex Salmond officially opened the new Family History Centre on Saturday and he was presented with a scroll of the Salmond family tree that staff had traced back to the 16th century. The Continue reading The Scots’ Family History Society of Buchan Has New Home
The following news release was written by NewspaperARCHIVE.com staff. Cedar Rapids, Iowa (PRWEB) January 18, 2009 – Cedar Rapids-based NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the world’s largest online historic newspaper database, has partnered with Phyllis Matthews Ziller, M.L.I.S., webmaster of Genwriters.com, to release her Continue reading NewspaperARCHIVE.com Releases Article on Newspaper Research
There’s a lot of Obama family history to be found in newspapers this week. The following teaser is from a very good article in the January 18, 2009 Boston Herald (article initially written for the Cape Cod Times). According to Continue reading Obama is a 10th-Generation Grandson of Edward FitzRandolph
South Dakota is raising the fee for getting certified and informational copies of South Dakota birth, death, fetal death, marriage and divorce records. According to a news release from the South Dakota Department of Health, the new fee will be Continue reading South Dakota Vital Records Fees Bump Up to $15
Rajo Devi, a 70-year-old Indian woman is now able to claim that she is the oldest woman in the world to give birth to a child. Dr. Anurag Bishnoi of the National Fertility Center in northern Haryana, delivered the baby Continue reading Rajo Devi has a baby… at the age of 70
Senator Daniel Inouye, of Hawaii, has reintroduced a bill to grant the Pottawatomi Nation of Canada 1.8 million dollars in recognition of the “forced removal” of their ancestors in the early 1800s from tribal lands in the United States. Following Continue reading Pottawatomi Nation of Canada to Get Reparations?
According to an article posted in the Nigerian ThisDayOnline, Paul Ibe of Abuja and Ahamefula Ogbu in Obama Kingdom, write that Barack Obama may have roots in Nigeria. The Obama community in Rivers State claims that the third great grandfather Continue reading President-Elect Obama Has Nigerian Roots?
The Nebraska State Historical Society will essentially close for the next year and a half – in order to renovate. Tomorrow (Saturday, January 17), is the last day of service. An extensive renovation will close the historical society’s library, archival Continue reading Nebraska State Historical Society Closed for the Next 18 Months