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Regina Negrycz has written three Ancestral Guides for Family Roots Publishing. Two of them deal with X-DNA research and one deals with Online City Directory Databases. FRPC is offering them at the website at 20% off through Dec. 31. All Continue reading Regina Negrycz’ Ancestral Guides – 20% Off (Just $4 each) Through Dec. 31, 2020
My friend, Regina Negrycz, has just completed a new Ancestral Guide. This one is entitled a Evaluating Online City Directory Databases. This handy Ancestral Guide details the various online web-based City Directory Databases that are available to genealogists. As all Continue reading NEW – Evaluating Online City Directory Databases – by Regina Regrycz
My friend, Regina Negrycz, just completed a new book entitled Marriages and Deaths in the 1951 Elizabeth, New Jersey City Directory. Elizabeth, New Jersey’s 1951 city directory includes deaths and marriages reported to the publisher during the time frame of Continue reading New – Marriages and Deaths in the 1951 Elizabeth, New Jersey City Directory
Prologue: The original 1890 census population schedules (the name lists) were involved in a 1921 fire that took place in the Commerce Building in Washington, DC. Of the 1890 population of nearly 63 million people, a total of 6,160 names Continue reading Substitute Name Lists for the Lost 1890 Federal Census – Part 2: National & Montana to Wyoming
Prologue: The original 1890 census population schedules (the name lists) were involved in a 1921 fire that took place in the Commerce Building in Washington, DC. Firemen made a decision to contain the fire to the basement floor of the Continue reading Substitute Name Lists for the Lost 1890 Federal Census – Part 1: National & Alabama to Missouri
I got a note from my good friend, Regina Negrycz, this morning – stating that the Ancestral Beginnings City Directory database is now open for membership. Regina is a professional genealogist who is most likely best known for specializing in Continue reading The New Ancestral Beginnings City Directory Database
The following teaser is from an article by Alexandra Connor, and posted August 5, 2017 at The Gazette website. Click here to read the article. Millions of pages from past issues of The Gazette [Cedar Rapids, Iowa], dating back to Continue reading Cedar Rapids Iowa “The Gazette” Newspaper – Digitized and Available Online from 1883
The following teaser is from the New York Public Library blog. New York Public Library is digitizing its collection of New York City Directories, 1786 through 1922/3, serving them free through the NYPL Digital Collections portal. The first batch—1849/50 through Continue reading New York City Directories – 1786 through 1923 – Going Online
Now this is cool… The NCDHS North Carolina Digital Library has now posted digitized city directories for 108 cities in 64 North Carolina counties dating from 1860 through 1963. The following teaser is from a UNC Library News and Events Continue reading North Carolina City Directories 1860-1963 Now Online at NCDHC
The following article was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide. Enjoy… Dollarhide’s Genealogy Rule No. 42: If you took family group sheets to the last wedding you attended, you are probably an addicted genealogist. The Internet has caused the Continue reading Old City Directories – Before the Internet
One of the resources that we were informed about on January 8 when the bloggers visited Ancestry.com was the 1950 census substitute. Ancestry.com announced this last week that the resource was now posted. This “substitute” for the yet-to-be-released 1950 census Continue reading The New 1950 Census Substitute at Ancestry.com
The following news release was written by TGN staff. I will do a full review of the new database later in the week. 20th Century German Phone Books feature over 35 million names including Albert Einstein, Actress Marlene Dietrich and Continue reading Ancestry Posts Digitized German Phone Directories 1915-1981
Footnote.com sent out an update today stating the new records that can be found at their site. The following items are new or updated for January. I added a listing of cities for which Footnote earlier posted city directories. Indian Continue reading New at Footnote.com – Indian Census Rolls – City Directories – Civil War Widows’ Pensions – Arkansas Civil War Service Records