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Well, MyHeritage has done it again. My favorite genealogy database website just got even better. They have combined their Smart Matches and Record Matches into one unified interface. I love it… The following is from Daniel Horowitz at MyHeritage. The Continue reading New Discoveries Pages at MyHeritage
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 Teaser is from the IrishGenealogyNews website: Ancestry has released a trio of indexes to military pension collections. One relates to Dublin’s Royal Hospital Kilmainham, the others to London’s Royal Hospital in Chelsea. In each case, the records on Continue reading Ancestry Releases Kilmainham (Dublin) and Chelsea (London) Pension Indexes
The following is from FamilySearch: Over 4 million birth, death, census, civil, church, and other indexed records were published and made available the week of November 7 at FamilySearch this week. Find new historical records from South Africa, Peru, Netherlands, Continue reading New Historic Records Databases Added On FamilySearch the Week of November 7 & 14, 2016
Do you have Native American ancestry? Or are you interested in Native American history? Then explore Fold3’s Native American Collection for free through November 15. Titles in this collection include: Ratified Indian Treaties (1722-1869): Ratified treaties that occurred between the Continue reading Find Your American Indian Ancestors For FREE at Fold3 Through November 15, 2016
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
The following Press Release was received from Nick Thorne: 2017 is going to see millions of new records added to TheGenealogist across a wide variety of collections. New Data Sets We are adding millions of new and unique Parish Records Continue reading What TheGenealogist has in store for 2017
LEHI, Utah and SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 03, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ancestry, the global leader in family history and consumer genomics, today announced three new appointments to its growing leadership team. As the world’s largest consumer genomics provider, having genotyped Continue reading Ancestry Announces Three New Appointments to its Leadership Team
Digital NC has posted nearly 20 years of a Johnston County, North Carolina newspaper.The following teaser is from the Digital North Carolina blog. Nearly 20 years of newspapers are included in the latest batch from the Johnston County Heritage Center. Continue reading Nearly 20 Years of the Johnstonian-Sun covering the 1930’s through the 1950’s Posted at DigitalNC
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 FindMyPast: Over 1.8 million new records are available to search this Findmypast Friday including: United States, West Virginia Births Containing over 35,000 records, West Virginia Births allows you to uncover details of your ancestor’s birth. These Continue reading New Records Available To Search at FindMyPast as of Last Friday, October 28
The following excerpt is from the DigitalNC blog: DigitalNC is happy to host nearly 90 years of campus publications from our partner, Saint Mary’s School. The Student Blue Books could be especially useful for genealogists or historians, as they document Continue reading Student Blue Books and Handbooks for St. Mary’s School, Raleigh, NC Posted at DigitalNC
My father worked for Kodak, in Rochester, NY, when he was a young man. He was working there when the 1920 census was taken. And I’ve even found an item in an employee newsletter about my father having joined the Continue reading George Eastman Collections Now Accessible Online
The following news release is from FindMyPast. I got it on October 21, but just haven’t had the time to get it formatted and posted until today. · Over 48,000 additional records released in association with The National Archives · Continue reading FindMyPast Publishes the Second Installment of Easter Rising & Ireland Under Martial Law Collection