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The following excerpt is from an article by Karissa Neely, published on the Daily Herald website. It looks like Ancestry is outsourcing the work of about 100 customer service employees. And “work-at-home” is mentioned in the article. Hmmm… I don’t Continue reading Ancestry to Close its Orem, Utah Call Center
I get notices from the Digital North Carolina blog every few days. In most cases they are announcing newly digitized yearbooks or newspapers. One of the collections digitized this last month was a United Daughter of the Confederacy Application collection Continue reading Digital North Carolina Posting Newly Digitized Yearbooks, Newspapers & UDC Applications in July, 2018
The following info is extracted from FamilySearch.org. Click on the links to search. Collection – Number of Records – Date Posted or Updated BillionGraves Index – 25,551,766 – Aug 1, 2018 Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981 – 1,114,946 – Jul 31, 2018 Continue reading New & Updated FamilySearch Databases Posted July 25 through 31, 2018
The following databases were posted or updated at FamilySearch.org between July 16 and 23, 2018: DATABASE NAME – NUMBER OF RECORDS – DATED POSTED OR UPDATED: Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 – 209,832 – Jul 19, 2018 British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices Continue reading New & Updated FamilySearch Databases Posted July 16 Through 23, 2018
The following announcement is from the MyHeritage blog: We’re excited to announce that registration is now open for MyHeritage LIVE — our first ever international user conference! MyHeritage LIVE will take place on the weekend of 2–4 November 2018 in Oslo, Norway Continue reading MyHeritage LIVE in Oslo, Norway Nov. 2-4, 2018 – Registration Now Open
The following new records were announced by FindMyPast this last Friday: Lancashire Baptisms Discover your ancestors in original baptism registers covering 191 Lancashire Parishes and spanning 379 years of the county’s history. Learn when and where your ancestor’s baptism took Continue reading New Records at FindMyPast
Do you has ancestors who lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee in the 1800s? If so, you’ve got to check out the http://chattanooga.advantage-preservation.com/ website. Over 6000 newspaper pages have been digitized and are searchable at the site. As of today, the following Continue reading Free Chattanooga Digital Newspaper Website.
It was announced today that FindMyPast and Living DNA have formed a partnership. It makes a lot of sense, as FindMyPast has been the only one of the Big Three commercial database firms to not have a DNA testing service. Continue reading FindMyPast and Living DNA Announce Partnership
The following databases were posted or updated at FamilySearch.org between June 4 and July 12, 2018: DATABASE NAME – NUMBER OF RECORDS – DATED POSTED OR UPDATED: BillionGraves Index – 25,226,581 – Jun 26, 2018 Find A Grave Index – 169,018,998 – Jun 21, Continue reading New & Updated FamilySearch Databases Posted From June 4 through July 12, 2018
The following information was received from FindMyPast. There are over 1.4 million new records available to search this Findmypast Friday, including: British Armed Forces, First World War Soldiers’ Medical Records Over 691,000 records have been added to our National Archives’ Continue reading 1.4 Million New Records This FindMyPast Friday
The following news release was received from the New England Historic Genealogical Society. I immediately checked out their new Mayflower Families 5th Generation database and absolutely love it! Over 59,450 people in the fifth generation of 50 of the 51 Continue reading NEHGS Releases New Database-Mayflower Families 5th Generation Descendants, 1700-1880
The following was received from MyHeritage today. I blogged about their security incident a few days ago. On Monday, June 4, we released a statement regarding a cybersecurity incident. Earlier that same day, at approximately 1 p.m. EST, MyHeritage’s Chief Continue reading MyHeritage Releases Two-Factor Authentication & Expires User Passwords to Enhance Security
The following was received from FamilySearch June 7, 2018: FamilySearch added over 700,000 New York naturalization records and one million more historical records and images from Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Ohio, and New Jersey. The BillionGraves Index has added over 600,000 Continue reading New Historical Records Databases Posted at FamilySearch the Week of June 4, 2018
I got a note from my good friend, Regina Negrycz, this morning – stating that the Ancestral Beginnings City Directory database is now open for membership. Regina is a professional genealogist who is most likely best known for specializing in Continue reading The New Ancestral Beginnings City Directory Database
It has been announced that the MyHeritage database of email addresses and hashed passwords was compromised. It doesn’t look like any real damage was done, but it does give us pause… Are any of you still using the same password Continue reading MyHeritage Says 92 Million User Email Addresses & Hashed Passwords Compromised