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I find that I use both Ancestry.com as well as HeritageQuest Online when doing census research. There a several reasons for this. First – the digitizing was done by two totally different companies. A little history might be in line Continue reading Ancestry.com vs HeritageQuest Online Digital Images
ProQuest Information and Learning announces ProQuest Obituaries (tentative title), offering access to obituaries and death notices from the full runs of major national newspapers dating back to 1851. ProQuest Obituaries enables users to easily find ancestors and historical figures, and Continue reading ProQuest Enters the Obituary Database Field
A ground-breaking international cultural agreement was celebrated today at Library and Archives Canada during a ceremony to mark the official signing in Canada of the Documentary Heritage Research Partnership between the National Archives of Ireland Library and Archives Canada. This Continue reading 1901 and 1911 Irish Census to be Digitized by Library and Archives Canada
Clark County, Washington, Genealogical Society volunteers are assembling photos and information for an online directory to all known cemeteries, large and small, within county borders. In addition to burial records (showing information such as dates of birth of death, family Continue reading Clark County, Washington Cemeteries Online
Looking for a library? – or then again, are you looking for an online library catalog? At Vanderbilt University’s lib-web-cats website, you can find all kinds of them. You can browse by locality, or search by city, county, state, library Continue reading Find a Library Catalog – Online
If you have Union Civil War ancestors, you’ve got to check out the new National Graves Registration Database posted by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. I just took a quick look and found that my Union Continue reading The New Sons of Union Veterans National Graves Registration Database
The microfiche research center in Kyrkhult, Bekinge closed April 27, 2006. This sad event was caused by a decreasing number of visitors and growing costs. Unfortunately, this important information is lacking on its English-language web page (www.arkivcentrum.nu/), but found on Continue reading Kyrkhult, Sweden Microfiche Center Closes
The Barnsley Indexing Project enables internet users to search indexes held by Barnsley Register Office, select a birth, marriage or death record they are interested in and download an application form. The register office staff will send a certificate containing Continue reading Search Indexes of the Barnsley UK Register Office
Why would anyone be interested in a cemetery whose first burial was in 1851 and where there have not been many recent burials? For Jewish genealogists, Jewish Graceland is a treasure of our heritage. It documents members of the earliest Continue reading Chicago’s Jewish Graceland
Permits to Emigrate (Reisepass Protokolle), applications for Permits or Passports of persons sailing from Hamburg to America, have been microfilmed for the years 1851 to 1929. The applications, indexed, required the physical description of the applicant, the former place of Continue reading Hamburg Permits to Emigrate Have Been Filmed
I had a similar experience….kinda, sorta. Went to www.ScottishDocuments.com where a new and goodly bunch of names/indexes to early wills are posted….found what looked to be a likely one….easily ordered it via their instructions…once payment was received, they sent a Continue reading Scottish Documents Online
Over 20 years ago I was searching for information dealing with my great uncle, Henry E. Canfield, and his wife, Emma Larimore. I began by obtaining the death certificates for both Henry and Emma. Henry died first, leaving Emma to Continue reading Why Check EVERY Source?
My article in the Heritage Quest Magazine #109, “Locating Colonial Wagon Roads on a Modern Map,” describes the first wagon roads in America. A sidebar to the article describes the first known written account by someone traveling the Boston Post Continue reading Madam Knight on the Boston Post Road in 1704
This being Veterans’ Day, I think that it’s a good time to remember just a few of my ancestors who fought for the freedoms we enjoy today. My great grandfather, Henry Canfield (1831-1866) served from Michigan throughout the Civil War. Continue reading My Veterans’ Day
In Bill’s post earlier today, he noted that he would: “…now comply with this politically correctness, but only because I know that it is unwise to have a Scots-Irishman mad at you (for any reason).” I’m very pleased that he Continue reading Definitely Scots-Irish