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Here is an important article about the future of the Social Security Death Index, and a petition genealogists can sign to show their concern over privacy laws while balancing access to critical research tools. The following article comes from Tampa Continue reading The Future of the Social Security Death Index?
Ever wanted to create a family website but you weren’t sure where to get started? Creating a Family Web Site Can Be Fun & Easy, by Marian Press, can help. This primer was designed to help any genealogist create their Continue reading Creating A Family Web Site Can Be Fun & Easy
The following press release was received from findmypast.co.uk NEW MERCHANT SEAMEN RECORDS ONLINE First time that 19th century merchant navy records are available online UK merchant seamen records from two centuries now searchable at findmypast.co.uk Leading family history website www.findmypast.co.uk Continue reading Findmypast.co.uk Makes Merchant Seamen Records from the 19th Century Available Online
Read the details in the following article from the Lebonon Daily News: Roots & Branches: State historical society teams with Ancestry.com By JAMES M. BEIDLER Teamwork and collaboration have been the bywords of the genealogical world the last few years Continue reading Historical Society of Pennsylvania Partners with Ancestry.com
Its amazing how the stock market will respond at times. Ancestry.com dropped today by 20% on news that its revenues were up, they had 22% more subscribers, and they beat analyst expected earnings per share. What? How does a company’s Continue reading Ancestry.com Posted its Forth Quarter Earnings
MyHeritage.com has partnered with Family Tree DNA in order to offer DNA services. See this article from the MyHeritage.com blog: NEW: MyHeritage DNA tests for genealogy! MyHeritage is proud to take genealogy to the new millennium by offering a revolutionary Continue reading MyHeritage.com Now Offering DNA Testing
This Friday, on Who Do You Think You Are, will feature Marisa Tomei Time: Friday, February 10th 8/7c “Academy Award winning actress Marisa Tomei ventures to Italy and investigates a family murder mystery to discover who killed her great-grandfather.” Click Continue reading This Friday on Who Do You Think You Are
We received the following press release: FINDMYPAST.CO.UK PUBLISHES THAMES WATERMEN AND LIGHTERMEN RECORDS ONLINE Today leading UK family history website findmypast.co.uk has published online for the very first time just under 100,000 records of Thames watermen and lightermen, spanning the Continue reading Thames Watermen Records Now Available at Findmypast.co.uk
We recently received this announcement from Brightsolid about their new pay-as-you-go website for census research: BRIGHTSOLID ENTERS US GENEALOGY MARKET WITH GROUND-BREAKING PAY-AS-YOU-GO SITE CENSUSRECORDS.COM First pay-as-you-go site offers greater choice and affordability Launching later this year, brightsolid’s flagship US Continue reading Brightsolid Introduces CensusRecords.com
The following news was received from Matthew Deighton at Ancestry.com Fold3 is proud to announce Free access to our Black History Collection in honor of Black History Month. This collection includes many enlightening historical records documenting African American achievements since Continue reading Fold3 Makes Nearly 3 Million African American Records Free During Black History Month
The following Press Release was issued by Findmypast.co.uk: FINDMYPAST.CO.UK TO PUBLISH CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL RECORDS ON THE WEB Project announced to increase access to over a million baptism, marriage and burial records dating back to 1538 First time that images of Continue reading Findmypast.co.uk to Offer Canterbury Cathedral Records
Ancestry.com has released information on the first two upcoming episode of Who Do You Think You Are, Season 3. From the Irish Civil War to the American Revolution, and from the African nation of Cameroon to the Republic of Bulgaria, Continue reading Upcoming Episodes of Who Do You Think You Are
The following news release was received from Matthew Deighton at Ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, BehindTheName.com, and WeRelate.org announce an improved approach to finding variant names in genealogy searches. Up to now, most genealogy websites have had to rely upon Soundex to return Continue reading Ancestry.com, Behindthename.com, & Werelate.org Announce an Improved Approach for Finding Variant Names
The following news release was received from Carolynne Bull-Edwards at friendsreunited.co.uk: • He’s helped stars find their roots on TV’s “Who Do You Think You Are?” Now, he’s helping brightsolid’s US launch as business development manager and media spokesperson • Continue reading Brightsolid Hires D. Joshua Taylor to Support Move into the US Market
1000memories is a social networking site for the organizing, saving, and sharing of your family pictures and stories. The company has recently released ShoeBox, an iPhone application tied directly to their service. The app allows the user to take “scans” Continue reading 1000memories Releases ShoeBox for iPhone