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The following new Databases have recently been added to the many other “small databases” located at Family Tree Connection. I highly recommend the Family Tree Connection website, as it’s one of the few places where new “small databases” are consistently Continue reading New Small Databases at Family Tree Connection
In September of 2008, The Circuit Court of Cook County announced that the Declarations of Intent (1906-1929) indexed database was going online. At that time there were approximately 140,000 records indexed and posted. I see that there are now about Continue reading A Review of the Declaration of Intention Database Now Online for Cook County, Illinois
Continuing with my review of new Chinese arrival data found at Ancestry.com, this afternoon I spent some time checking out the “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chinese Arrivals, 1900-1923.” According to the website, the database contains descriptive lists of Chinese seamen arriving at Continue reading Chinese Seamen Arriving at Philadelphia, PA 1900-1923 – Now at Ancestry.com
John D. Reid, with Anglo Celtic Connections posted a blog today announcing the fact that Bill Arthurs has a great new Titus family website up and running. Having Titus family ancestry myself, I got fired up upon reading that blog, Continue reading The New Titus Family Website
Promoted by Chris Lydiksen’s Ancestry.com “Chinese New Year Brings New Records” blog, I clicked over to Ancestry this afternoon to check out some of the new and updated Chinese-related databases at Ancestry.com. One of the databases is an updated index Continue reading Ancestry’s Updated Chinese Exclusion Index Reviewed
The staff at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham, England have posted Wiltshire Treasures, a terrific new website which incorporates the catalogs from eight local museums as well as art and photographic collections owned by Wiltshire County Council. Continue reading Wiltshire Treasures & Wiltshire Wills – New English Websites
The New England Historic Genealogical Society announced this week that they are now now posting a searchable database version of the Connecticut Nutmegger. This is a collaborative project with the Connecticut Society of Genealogists. According to the news item in Continue reading Connecticut Nutmegger Going Online at the NEHGS Website
The following was written by NEHGS staff: Boston, MA – January 2009 – New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) announces the addition of 5 million names to its databases during 2008 to help its more than 23,000 members around the Continue reading NEHGS Adds 5 Million New Searchable Names Online
The following news release was written by NewspaperARCHIVE.com staff. Cedar Rapids, Iowa (PRWEB) January 18, 2009 – Cedar Rapids-based NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the world’s largest online historic newspaper database, has partnered with Phyllis Matthews Ziller, M.L.I.S., webmaster of Genwriters.com, to release her Continue reading NewspaperARCHIVE.com Releases Article on Newspaper Research
The following announcement was released today by GenealogyBank. It seems they have added another 170 newspapers to their collection, with the total number of records posted since 2006 now estimated to be about 93 million. GenealogyBank is one of my Continue reading GenealogyBank.com Adds 170 Historical Newspapers in January Release
A blog announcement posted by Dick Eastman brought to my attention the fact that a new website with 55,000 early War Department digital documents has now gone online. Early War Department papers as such have been hard to come by, Continue reading Digital “Papers of the War Department 1784-1800” Now Online
Europeana.eu is about ideas and inspiration – in a digital format. It currently links to 2 million digital items, and the site isn’t even officially launched yet. This website is a prototype. Europeana Version 1.0 is being developed and will Continue reading Europeana.eu Website Up and Coming With Digital Items
The following press release was received today from Nicola Hussey, Lansons Communications. 36 million people were recorded in the British census taken on the night of Sunday, 2 April, 1911. Today, after nearly 100 years, these census records are available Continue reading 1911 British Census Goes Online
The County Clerk of Hamilton County, Tennessee has posted a searchable marriage database online. Data from Marriage Licenses issued from 1857 to 1919 and then from 1985 through 2008 are posted at the website. The plan is to post the Continue reading Hamilton County, Tennessee Marriage Database Now Online
Juliana Smith reported today that Ancestry has Indexed and posted the digitized images of the 1821 to 1955 South Carolina Death Certificates. I did a search on the name Canfield (usually a New England name), and got 16 hits. I Continue reading Digitized South Carolina Death Certificates 1821-1955 At Ancestry.com