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As I’ve written a number of times on this blog, our family had friends of Japanese ancestry who lived here in the Tacoma/Puyallup/Orting area of Western Washington. They were interned in “camps” during the Second World War. The presidential order Continue reading The Japanese WWII Internment – 75 years ago today
The Polish Institute of National Remembrance (INR) has posted the names of nearly 10,000 Nazi SS commanders and guards who helped in the extermination of more than a million Jews at Auschwitz. It’s been claimed that many of the guards Continue reading 9,686 Nazi SS Commanders & Auschwitz Guards Names & Photos Posted Online
For Day 8 of the 2016 FRPC 12 Days of Christmas sale, FRPC is offering Bill Dollarhide’s Genealogical Resources of the Civil War Era at 35% off, making it just $21.42. Click on this link to order. Most genealogical records Continue reading Genealogical Resources of the Civil War Era — by Bill Dollarhide; 35% Off Thru December 17
The following excerpt is from the November 12, 2016 edition of pilotonline.com: BARCO, N.C. – Capt. Basil Sherwood Snowden of Currituck County joined the Army on Sept. 2, 1917, as part of the 318th Engineers. He died in a motorcycle Continue reading World War I Service Cards for N.C. Vets Released to the Public on FamilySearch
The following news release was written by FindMyPast: · New collection of over 1.6 million gallantry medal records, over 171,000 Military Medal records and 551,000 Royal Navy Service records released online · Records span 140 years of British military history Continue reading Findmypast Publishes Over 2 Million British Military Records
The following teaser is from a story posted Nov 11, 2106 at the New York Times website. As nations honored their war veterans on Friday — Armistice Day and Veterans Day — a 19-year-old in California is trying to preserve Continue reading Honoring WWII Veterans
The following is from FindMyPast: This Veteran’s Day, Findmypast wants to give everyone the chance to uncover the heroes in their family tree. And so from November 10th to the 13th, you can explore Findmypast’s entire collection of over 70 Continue reading Discover Your British Family Heroes Over the Veteran’s Day Weekend, with Free Access to 70 Million Military Records, FREE at FindMyPast.com
Over 2.8 million additional records were available to search at Findmypast this last week, including: United States Marriages Over 2.7 million additional records have been added to our collection of United States Marriages. The new additions come from 13 different Continue reading FindMyPast Adds Over 2.8 Million records this last week
The following post is from October 31, 2016 at the times-series.co.uk: The history of Jewish people in wartime London needs recording before it is lost, according to a new online project. It is estimated 40-50,000 British Jews served in Britain’s Continue reading We Were There Too – a Website to Record London’s WWI Jewish History
The following is from FamilySearch: You can now access newly published indexed death records in Oregon, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Also, check out the indexed German civil registrations as well as the millions of new digital images available for GenealogyBank obituaries, Continue reading New Historic Records Databases Posted at FamilySearch.org the Week of October 31, 2016
The following is from FamilySearch: SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Free, searchable census records from Ghana, The Czech Republic, and New Jersey this week at FamilySearch.org. New historic records were also added from Sweden, Netherlands, Russia, and the United states, Continue reading New Historic Records Databases at FamilySearch the Week of October 24, 2016
The following excerpt is from the State Archives of North Carolina Blog: The Troop Returns from the State Archives of North Carolina Military Collection are now available online via the North Carolina Digital Collections. This collection includes lists, returns, records Continue reading North Carolina Militia Records 1747 to 1893 Posted Online.
These DNA tests we’re all taking can have absolutely astounding results. Those results can change our lives. The following teaser is from an article posted October 20, 2016 at the al.com website. For years, veteran Bob Nore looked back at Continue reading Man Finds He Has a Son From a Long-Ago Relationship While in Vietnam
The following teaser is from an article posted October 6, 2016 at newswise.com: If you’ve ever wondered whether your ancestors served as a medieval soldier in the Hundred Years War, a newly launched website from historians at the universities of Continue reading 3,500 French Soldiers at the Battle of Agincourt (1415) Added to Abt 250,000 English Already at Medievalsoldier.org
The following is from FamilySearch: WEEK OF OCTOBER 10 RECORDS ADDED OR UPDATED FamilySearch added significant historic records online for Belgium, Maine, New Zealand, and Tennessee, and Revolutionary War records for Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and North Carolina. Special thanks Continue reading FamilySearch Database Collections Added or Updated the Weeks of October 3 & 10, 2016