In some Arkansas Counties, Death Records Leave With the Outgoing Coroners

The following excerpt is from Arkansasonline.com Sebastian County Coroner Kenneth Hobbs keeps detailed reports for every death in his county. Just don’t ask him about anyone who died before he took office at the beginning of this year. Hobbs said Continue reading In some Arkansas Counties, Death Records Leave With the Outgoing Coroners

The Camp Fire Leaves Two Deceased Individuals Unidentified – Ancestry DNA Databases May Be the Answer

The Camp Fire, in the area of Paradise, California this past year killed 86 people. Now Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea is reporting that they have identified all the bodies but two – and they are hoping to ID those Continue reading The Camp Fire Leaves Two Deceased Individuals Unidentified – Ancestry DNA Databases May Be the Answer

Time Provisions of Pennsylvania’s Coroner’s Act Argued Before the State’s Supreme Court

Genealogists have long used coroners’ records to fill out our family histories. These records are what we call “public records,” making them available to researchers as well as the media, and anyone else for that matter. Since most of the Continue reading Time Provisions of Pennsylvania’s Coroner’s Act Argued Before the State’s Supreme Court

Records Posted from Belgium, England, Nicaragua, Peru, Russia, USA, & Mexico at FamilySearch.org

Mexico Collections Account for 6 Million of 8 Million New Images New Records From Belgium, England, Nicaragua, Peru, Russia 23 August 2011 – Along with six million images added to Mexico collections at FamilySearch.org this week, additions were made to Continue reading Records Posted from Belgium, England, Nicaragua, Peru, Russia, USA, & Mexico at FamilySearch.org

89,000 Marin County Coroners’ Cases Transferred to the County Library’s California Room

Coroners’ records are an invaluable source of information for genealogists. Now we read that the Marin County, California Coroners’ records are being transferred to the public library, where plans are underway to create a searchable database. Since 1850, Marin’s coroners Continue reading 89,000 Marin County Coroners’ Cases Transferred to the County Library’s California Room