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The following teaser is from an article by Dee Gibson-Roles of the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society, found in the March 4, 2011 edition of the Asheville Citizen Times. Many researchers, especially novices, fail to recognize the importance of bonds Continue reading Using Bonds for Genealogical Research
The DeKalb County [Alabama] Genealogical Society is partnering with Circuit Clerk Pam Simpson and employees at the DeKalb County Library to move old records from the old county barn, where they were initially stored to their new location at the Continue reading DeKalb County, Alabama, Old Records on the Move to Former Veterans Affairs Building in Fort Payne
The following News Release was received from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch: FamilySearch Kicks Off 2011 with the Addition of 90 Million New Online Records Includes 18 Million Digital Images from 13 Countries No doubt family history enthusiasts will have a Continue reading FamilySearch Kicks Off 2011 with the Addition of 90 Million New Online Records
My friend, Jim Beidler, writes of the lack of extant Saxony parish records – and the alternate sources that are helpful for genealogists in his January 2, 2011 Roots & Branches column published in the Lebanon Daily News. Following is Continue reading Replacement Records for Missing Saxony Parish Registers
Records for Dekalb County, Alabama, dating to the very early 1800’s will be moved from the barn where they are currently housed in about 2 months according to an article in the August 17, 2010 edition of The Times-Journal. Following Continue reading DeKalb County, Alabama, Records Moving Out of the Barn
The Albany, New York City Hall burned on February 10, 1880. However, historians and genealogists alike can thank fire chief James McQuade and Wheeler B. Melius for “saving 700 volumes of records weighing between 12 and 16 pounds each” by Continue reading Albany City Hall Burned 130 Years Ago Today – But Many Records Were Rescued
ST. LOUIS (CN) – Thousands of St. Louis court cases from the Civil Car era have been restored and released to the public. The lawsuits include those of a slave owner who sued a steamboat that took his slave to Continue reading St. Louis Court Cases of the Civil War Era Restored
The following excerpt is from an extensive article written by Ginger McGuire, and published in the Chico News & Review. For the last 15 years, Butte County Clerk-Recorder Candace Grubbs has tried to get the county to establish a hall Continue reading A Warehouse of Butte County, California, Records
I know – the title above seems like just another dumb headline… Old court records should be found in old courthouses. But wait… It’s amazing the way old records can be hidden in plain site. Courthouse offices are often very Continue reading Old Court Records Found in the Boone County, Missouri, Courthouse
The Johnson County, Missouri, Historical Society has become the repository for pre-1880 Johnson County Court records. This is great news for genealogists. The Historical Society maintains a wonderful research facility where I personally have spent time researching ancestors for Patty Continue reading Johnson County, Missouri, Historical Society Inherits Pre-1880 Original Court Records