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CANADIAN VITAL RECORDS AT FAMILYSEARCH.ORG Last updated: 5 November 2015 The following Canadian Vital Records Databases are now posted at FamilySearch.org. I update this listing as new material is posted. Note that many of the “number of records” are marked Continue reading Canadian Vital Records Databases at FamilySearch.org
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
The following are three data sets are recently completed projects that have been removed from the available online indexing batches and will now go through a final completion check process in preparation for future publication: Argentina Censo 1869—Catamarca y La Continue reading Recently Completed and Current FamilySearch Indexing Projects
There are many new, upcoming, and completed indexing projects to report in this update from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch. Twelve of the projects below are new (see Current Projects). Included are three Belgian and two Argentina projects. The New York Continue reading All Kinds of Cool New Stuff Happening at FamilySearch Indexing!
The Cumberland County Genealogical Society in Amherst, Nova Scotia has been going about a project in which they interview area senior citizens and then publish the interviews on DVD. The DVDs sell for only $7.95 – so if any of Continue reading DVDs of Senior Interviews Being Produced by the Cumberland County Genealogical Society in Amherst, Nova Scotia
In Revisiting Anne Marie: How an Amerindian Woman of Seventeenth-Century Nova Scotia and a DNA Match Redefine American Heritage, Marie Rundquist shows how a single, Native American DNA test proved her documented French-European lineage invalid, calling an American heritage into Continue reading Early American Family History Explores How DNA Testing Can Reveal a Hidden Ancestry
Book Review: Erin’s Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada 1761-1853, Volume II; by Terrance M. Punch, FRSAI Just in time for Saint Patrick’s Day, I got a copy of Terrance Punch’s latest book on Irish immigration to Atlantic Canada – Continue reading Erin’s Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada 1761-1853 – Volume II – New From GPC
March 4, 2009: The FamilySearch indexing application is available in three new languages: Italian, Portuguese, and Russian. These languages are in addition to English, French, German, and Spanish. They have current indexing projects in all of these languages except Portuguese. Continue reading FamilySearch Indexing Update
The following Family Search Indexing update information was received from Paul Nauta, Public Affairs Manager for FamilySearch. February 6, 2009: FamilySearch volunteers wrapped up 14 online indexing projects already in 2009 and continue to make good progress on the 38 Continue reading Family Search Indexing Update
John Reid (Anglo-Celtic Connections) is reporting this morning that Janice Nickerson is needing documents for an upcoming book – and she’s willing to pay for them. The deadline is January 25. Janice is looking for: “A copy of a Civil Continue reading Canadian Documents Showing Aboriginal Persons Needed