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According to an article posted in the Canberra Times, one of next year’s big travel trends will be to take a personalized genealogy tour. I can think of worse ways to spend two weeks, but hiring someone to handle a Continue reading Planning Your 2012 Get Away: How About a Personalized Genealogy Tour?
A broad range of records were added to FamilySearch.org this week from 20 countries, notably Australia, Austria, Canada (Saskatchewan), Chile, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Germany, England, Dominican Republic, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Slovakia, Spain, Venezuela, and Continue reading New Records From 20 Countries at FamilySearch.org
The following press release was received from FamilySearch: 28 September 2011: New records collections from Australia, Estonia, Mexico and the United States can now be searched for free at FamilySearch.org. In addition, new records were added to Austria, Canada, Chile, Continue reading New Databases Posted at FamilySearch for Australia, Estonia, Mexico & U.S. with Additions for UT, CA, IL, ID, ME, MN, MS, OH, & WI
The following item was just posted on the Gladstone Observer website. Hmmm… What I difference a few little letters can make… A 5.4 magnitude quake has hit near Bowen Queensland, and was felt from Airlie beach, down to Townsville. Just Continue reading Genealogical Earthquake Hits Down Under
The Aussies find the ancestry of their Premier candidates fascinating, just as Americans do with our Presidents… The following news release was written for folks living in Australia. From links to Brisbane barmaids to law enforcement in Victoria, our future Continue reading Australian Premier Candidates Have Fascinating Ancestry
The comedic community often uses their own families to get laughs. I realized that my family history was hilarious years ago. Not being a comedian, I haven’t developed the talent to portray that to others very well, but it’s certainly Continue reading The Comedian Uses Genealogy for the Fun of It
THEY were shipped in their thousands from their cold northern homes to the hostile environment of a distant island lying south of Australia. The 10,000-mile trip to Tasmania was a hefty price to pay for 19th-century Scots accused of petty Continue reading Ancestral Convict Tourism to Tasmania
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
The National Library of Australia, using their Trove online database system, has posted the historic newspaper, The Argus, published in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The digitized newspaper runs from Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 15, 1848) through about 1945. The newspaper Continue reading Melbourne’s “The Argus” Newspaper 1848-1945 Posted Online
The National Archives of Australia has announced it will close its State offices in Adelaide, Darwin and Hobart in a bid to cut costs. Director General of the Archives, Ross Gibbs said the offices would be closed over the next Continue reading The National Archives of Australia to Close Three State Offices
The following is an excerpt from an article in the November 16, 2009 edition of the Telegraph. I came across an AP story about all this while reading my morning paper today. The except is from an article by Bonnie Continue reading Apology Offered to Children Shipped to Colonies From Britain
HE CALLS her Marples and she refers to him affectionately as Sherlock. He is a determined, quiet cop with a forensic background, while she is a chatty grandmother with degrees in social research and 30 years of genealogy experience. They Continue reading Volunteers Search for Family Connections of 191+ Soldiers Buried in Fromelles’ Tiny Pheasant Wood
Armidale Dumaresq Council and the Armidale [New South Wales – Australia] Family History Group have established a trust fund in order to help meet the cost of restoring damaged headstones and grave sites at the Armidale Cemetery. A senseless vandal Continue reading Trust Fund Established in Armidale, NSW, to Restore Vandalized Cemetery
The following announcement is from Anastasia Tyler, PR and Events Manager at Ancestry.com: The Ancestry World Archives Project is a collaborative effort that has allowed thousands of people around the world help to preserve history that might otherwise be lost. Continue reading Ancestry World Archives Project Update
28 September 2009: Volunteers with Rhode Island roots will be excited about the new indexing projects this week. The Rhode Island 1905 and 1935 State Censuses were added. New international projects for Argentina, Germany, Philippines, Spain, and the U.K. were Continue reading FamilySearch Indexing Updates