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The following News Release is from Marketwired and Ancestry.com: PROVO, UT–(Marketwired – November 19, 2014) – Over the past decade, online family history research has grown in the United States by 14 times, with two-thirds (63%) of respondents in a Continue reading Family History Research Has Grown in the USA by 14 Times in the Past Decade
By an Act of Congress in 1907 and “In order to permanently to preserve the valuable but vanishing census records which still remain, relating to the first year of constitutional government, and in response to urgent requests from many patriotic Continue reading A Century of Population Growth: From the First Census of the U.S. to the Twelfth 1790-1900
American Population Before the Federal Census of 1790 represents an exhaustive research project to extract population data for the area encompassed by the United State as represented in 1790. Data was gathered from previous research studies, government studies, and independent Continue reading American Population Before the Federal Census of 1790
A friend of Leland’s, Megan Smolenyak, has an interesting new book coming out in February. A recent article in the Chicago Tribune gives us an early peek at this fun new book. We’re all (likely) related to stars A genealogist Continue reading Famous Relative? A New Book Will Examine How People Are Related in the Modern World
“He’s my semi half brother. He shares three of the same mothers as me.” [Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy movie] Have you ever felt like identifying your family connections was as confusing as this quote? Was that my second cousin, Continue reading Confusing Family Connections Simplified
Carleton University is conducting a survey and needs the input from Canadian Genealogists. The following article from the Morning Post Exchange details the project: Carleton Researchers Conducting Canadian Genealogy Survey Ottawa – Calling all genealogy buffs: Carleton University researchers want Continue reading Canadian Genealogist Needed for Research Project at Carleton University
Sometimes you need to inject a little fun into your research. Filling in a giant wall chart is one way you can have some fun and learn a little as well. The Genealogist’s Historiograph set is one such educational and Continue reading Genealogical Charts for Research or Fun
By an Act of Congress in 1907 and “In order to permanently to preserve the valuable but vanishing census records which still remain, relating to the first year of constitutional government, and in response to urgent requests from many patriotic Continue reading Examining U.S. Population Growth 1790–1900
My friend, Michael John Neill, genealogist and operator of casefileclues.com, is taking a survey of genealogists. He invited me to have a go at it, and I found his questions to be insightful, and even a bit thought-provoking. I’m not Continue reading Take the Casefile Clues Survey
On September 15, Dick Eastman wrote an article entitled, Survey: Please Tell Us About Your Experiences. He asked the readers of his newsletter to answer an online questionnaire about their genealogy interests, genealogy software, their computers and their Internet connections. Continue reading Dick Eastman Reports on the Response to “Please Tell Us About Your Experiences”