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The following is from the September 11, 2012 edition of http://www.bbc.co.uk: A new social ancestry website created by two Londoners is helping South Asians reconnect with their past. “My grandmother got Alzheimer’s and so all the great stories that she Continue reading “Who’s the Daadi” Helping South Asians With Their Family History
The following information is from FamilySearch.org: 76 million much-anticipated state census, naturalization, immigration, and vital records were added this week for 22 states, including Ohio, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Since partnering with the National Archives of Italy to Continue reading 76M New US Historic Records & Millions more for Brazil, China, Ireland, Italy, Russia, & Spain Added at FamilySearch.org
HYDERABAD [INDIA]: The Andhra Pradesh State Archive and Research Institute (APSARI), the only such centre in the State, is in danger of losing some of its most valuable archive – manuscripts, documents and books dating back to 1407 AD. Most Continue reading Manuscripts Dating to the 13th-Century In Danger at the Andrha Pradesh, India, State Archive
The following information was received from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch: The latest free collection updates might just have what you’re seeking! What a grab bag of records added this week! Let’s see—for its online patrons’ free viewing pleasure, internationally, FamilySearch Continue reading Costa Rica, England, India, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Spain, or Arkansas, Maine, Oklahoma, & Texas Posted to FamilySearch.org
Srinagar, Mar 4: The Archives Department in Kashmir houses some of the vital documents about Kashmir’s history, culture and heritage. But for the Jammu and Kashmir Government, they seem to be worth nothing, not even preservation. A cursory look at Continue reading Kashmir’s Historic Documents are Covered With Poop…
The following was received from Paul Nauta at FamilySearch.org: Brazil, England, India, Italy, Nicaragua, Spain, and Wales Records Added Also new U.S. records for Delaware, New Hampshire, Texas, and Virginia More fascinating collections were published this week online at FamilySearch.orgó39 Continue reading New Records at FamilySearch.org
The following information was received this morning from Paul Nauta with FamilySearch: There were over 150 new collections added or enhanced this week at FamilySearch.org. FamilySearch volunteers indexed over 120 million records — over 300 million new names — from Continue reading Over 300 Million New Names Added Online @ the New Beta.FamilySearch.org Site
It is surely the biggest Big Brother project yet conceived. India is to issue each of its 1.2 billion citizens, millions of whom live in remote villages and possess no documentary proof of existence, with cyber-age biometric identity cards. The Continue reading India to Issue All Their 1.2 Billion Citizens Biometric ID Cards
There’s an interesting article in the April 24, 2009 edition of the Christian Science Monitor dealing with a revolt on the part of a few Indian children whose parents wished to marry them off at the ripe old age of Continue reading Potential Child Brides Revolt in India
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has started compiling the old records of births and deaths registered in Delhi, India. It dug out files from the Delhi, India – City Zone (Chandni Chowk area) and Karol Bagh Zone offices last Continue reading Delhi, India Vital Records 1879 to 1990 Now in Compilation
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