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The following was received from Paul Nauta, With FamilySearch: FamilySearch volunteers have some exciting new indexing projects to work on during this holiday season. Recently released projects include records from Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and the United States. There Continue reading New Indexing Projects at beta.FamilySearch.org for the Holidays
The following article was written by my friend, Debbe Hagner: Challenges in researching my great great grandfather – Johann Christian Hagner and Family by Debbe Hagner AG Thirty years ago, when I began researching my great-great-grandfather, Johann Christian Hagner, I Continue reading Researching Johann Christian Hagner
The following news release was received from Paul Nauta At FamilySearch.org: October 27, 2010: People with ancestors from Ghana now have free online access to valuable census records, the first images from that African country to be published on FamilySearch. Continue reading Over 2M Records From 6 Countries Just Posted at Beta.FamilySearch.org
Finally! After years of waiting while other regions were finished, Family Roots Publishing is printing volumes for genealogists doing research in Alsace-Lorraine. The full title of the first book in a series of six is Map Guide to German Parish Continue reading German Map Guide For Alsace-Lorraine, District of Unteralsass Now Shipping
With the completion of Map Guide to German Parish Registers Vol. 32, The Province of Hannover (Hanover) portion of the series is now complete. The series of three volumes are as follows: German Map Guide Vol 30. – Province of Continue reading Hannover German Map Guides Now Complete
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
Over the last week, Family Roots Publishing has shipped all the standing orders for German Map Guide Volume 31. This volume includes a total of 3,723 places – mostly towns, found in the Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hannover (Hanover) Continue reading Hannover II German Map Guide Now Available
The Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Kingdom of Prussia – Province of Hannover I, RB Hannover and Hildesheim, by Kevan Hansen, is now in print! Volume 30 of the German Map Guide series is made up of 231 Continue reading Hannover I – German Map Guide Now Shipping
Good news. The “Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Oldenburg & Schleswig-Holstein” is again in print in the soft cover edition. If you have ancestors from the area, this book is sure to be or help in your genealogy Continue reading “Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Oldenburg & Schleswig-Holstein” is back in print
I’m really excited to announce that Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Kingdom of Prussia – Province of Sachsen III, RB Magdeburg, by Kevan Hansen, is now at press! We expect to ship the soft cover cooks on December Continue reading German Map Guide Vol. 29 – Province of Sachsen III – RB Magdeburg – is at Press
All standing order copies of the latest Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Volume 27 – Kingdom of Prussia – Province of Sachsen I (Erfurt) & Duchies of Anhalt & Brunswick – have now been shipped. Published by Family Continue reading German Map Guide Vol. 27 – Province of Sachsen I – now shipping
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
Having a name like Meitzler immediately brands me as having a Germanic ancestry. It just happens that my great-grandfather was from Kriegsfeld, Rhinepfalz, Germany, and he married great-grandmother Elizabeth Damm, who was born nearby in Albishiem, Rhinefalz, Germany. So I’m Continue reading Germanic Surnames
Map Guide to German Parish Registers, Kingdom of Saxony II, Volume 26 of the series was just published. Soft cover books on standing order were shipped on Wednesday, September 16. This volume includes a total of 2,894 places – mostly Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers, Saxony II, Covering Chemnitz, Dresden, and Bautzen, Now Available