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I’ve gotten notice that Billion Graves has an upgrade for their Android App. This is version 2.3, and it’s said to make “the Android version compatible with the latest devices, fixing some minor bugs that would cause the app to Continue reading Billion Graves Upgrades their Android APP to Version 2.3
Ancestry.com has acquired Findagrave.com. That’s not surprising, as the Find A Grave data is essential to genealogy research. Ancestry promises to keep Find A Grave a free site – and they will build mobile apps for entering data, the same Continue reading Ancestry.com Acquires Find A Grave
The following teaser is from an article posted in the September 27, 2013 edition of Bloomberg.com. Ancestry.com, the world’s largest family history website, won the dismissal of a lawsuit filed in Delaware by investors seeking more money in a $1.6 Continue reading Ancestry.com Investor Suit Over Buyout Dismissed
The following news release was received from Laura Zilverberg for FindMyPast.com: Titles cover all four provinces of Ireland with articles dating 1820-1926 LOS ANGELES (Sept. 23, 2013) – Findmypast.com, an international leader in online family history, today announced the launch Continue reading New Online Irish Newspapers Make Ireland’s History Searchable
The following was received from FamilySearch: FamilySearch International, Salt Lake City, September 19, 2013 – Meet Ephraim Mecham. On September 10, 2013, this portrait of Ephraim Mecham became the one millionth photo uploaded to FamilySearch.org by contributors! And FamilySearch is Continue reading One Millionth Photo Received on New Free Family Photo Preservation Service Online
PROVO, Utah, Sept. 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ancestry.com LLC, the world’s largest online family history resource, today announced the launch of a new, upgraded version of its Ancestry App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, with features designed to Continue reading Ancestry Releases New App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch – Supports iOS 7
The following is from Astrid Galván for findmypast.com: Survey also finds which families in history people most want to be related to LOS ANGELES (Sept. 9, 2013) – Whether it was the Brady Bunch or the Adams Family, we’ve all Continue reading The First Family Voted Favorite Family; Kardashians, Not So Much
Now this is cool… The NCDHS North Carolina Digital Library has now posted digitized city directories for 108 cities in 64 North Carolina counties dating from 1860 through 1963. The following teaser is from a UNC Library News and Events Continue reading North Carolina City Directories 1860-1963 Now Online at NCDHC
A very useful utility for genealogists is the WolframAlpha Computational Knowledge Engine found at http://www.wolframalpha.com. I use it for all kinds of calculations related to my family history. It’s as simple as typing in a question, and getting answers. The Continue reading Using WolframAlpha for Family History Calculations
The following news release is from GenealogyInTime: GenealogyInTime Magazine, the world’s most popular online genealogy magazine, and one of the world’s largest free genealogy websites, is announcing a very significant upgrade to our free Genealogy Search Engine. It continues to Continue reading More Powerful Free Genealogy Search From GenealogyInTime Online Magazine
As my readers know, I am a big fan of the MyHeritage Website, and it’s SuperSearch. Yesterday, MyHeritage launched a new feature that lets you save the records you discover on SuperSearch (http://www.myheritage.com/research) directly to the relevant profiles in your Continue reading Save the Records Discovered in SuperSearch – MyHeritage’s Online Historical Record Search Engine – Directly to Profiles in Your Family Tree
The following is from Louise St Denis: To help their students meet the expectations of a growing genealogical consumer community, The National Institute for Genealogical Studies announced on August 19 their new certificate program in Professional Development. “This certificate fills Continue reading The National Institute for Genealogical Studies Introduces the New Professional Development Certificate
This could be the most important development of the year – if not the decade. If Ancestry is helping to get records from the granite mounain vault digitized and indexed – and makes 60 million dollars available to do so, Continue reading Ancestry.com & FamilySearch to Collaborate, Making Another Billion Records Available Online For the First Time
For the first time ever, the National Archives will host a virtual Genealogy Fair via webcast using the Internet. This two-day program will showcase tips and techniques for using Federal records at the National Archives for genealogy research. Lectures are Continue reading The National Archives Virtual Genealogy Fair – Sept. 3 & 4, 2013
The following was received from David Osborne with TheGenealogist.co.uk: This unique collection contains Criminal Registers, Prisoners Pardoned, Criminal Lunatics and criminal charges for England and Wales. In the 1800s it could be hard to earn an honest living and those Continue reading TheGenealogist Announces a New Criminal Record Collection With Over 90,000 Records