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I just got the following note from my friend, Bill Lee. He and his wife, LaVonne, may hold the genealogical record for having visited and extracted data from county courthouses. I just finished uploading the last bunch of the updates Continue reading OswaldRelations.com Now Surpasses 21,600 Names
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
It has been estimated that somewhere between 3,000 & 5,000 women were accused of witchcraft in 16th and 17th Century Scotland. Now, Ancestry.com has published, and indexed a volume of the names of some of these woman from the year Continue reading The 1658 Names of Scots Witches – Posted at Ancestry.com
You’ll find a number of pictures of what the public, eating, and meeting spaces at the new Ancestry building look like at http://freshome.com/heritage-on-display-at-ancestry-headquarters/. Following is a teaser paragraph from the article. Heritage is the focus behind the design at the Continue reading The Design of Ancestry’s New Home
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 news release is from FindMyPast: · All Society journals from 1992 to 2016 including over 800 individual articles · All Society publications including extensive collections of gravestone inscriptions, historic records and surname studies. · Released online for the Continue reading Genealogical Society of Ireland Journals & Publications Go Online at Findmypast
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.
The following teaser is from an article posted October 21, 2016 at the yourstephenvilletx.com website: Digging into local news archives soon will be easier thanks to a joint effort by Tarleton State University’s Dick Smith Library and the Stephenville Public Continue reading Historic Stephenville, Texas Newspapers to be Digitized and Posted Online
Amy Johnson Crowe recently posted one of the best blogs I’ve seen for a while. She explains how we all love Find a Grave, but since the “numbers” of memorial pages that folks make are posted, there are people who Continue reading Find A Grave Could Be Better
A few days ago, I got a note from Matthew Deighton announcing that a new program from Ancestry.com was available. It’s called We’re Related – and shows how you might be related to “famous folks.” Not that most of us Continue reading We’re Related – a new app from Ancestry.com
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
The following teaser is from the New York Public Library blog. New York Public Library is digitizing its collection of New York City Directories, 1786 through 1922/3, serving them free through the NYPL Digital Collections portal. The first batch—1849/50 through Continue reading New York City Directories – 1786 through 1923 – Going Online
The following excerpt is from 98fm.com: Millions of historic personal records will be available online, free of charge, from today. The records of births, marriages and deaths are being released by the General Register Office and will be available at Continue reading Millions of Irish Genealogy Records Online – Free of Any Fees
The following is from FindMyPast: Springfield, Illinois: 01 September 2016: Leading family history website, Findmypast, announced today at the 2016 conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies the release of over 4 million new marriage records in the latest instalment Continue reading FindMyPast Adds 4 Million Records to its United States Marriage Collection
Wahoo! The following is from FGS: September 1, 2016: Springfield, IL – Today at its annual conference, the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) announced the receipt of a historic $500,000 anonymous contribution to the War of 1812 Preserve the Pensions Continue reading With $500K Gift, FGS Announces Completion of Fundraising for Preserve the Pensions