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The following news release was received from Anastasia Harman at Ancestry.com. I’ve added links to the records. Nearly 35 Million Americans Can Find an Ancestor in the World’s Largest Online Collection of African American Family History Records PROVO, UTAH (February Continue reading Ancestry.com Marks Black History Month with 250,000 New African American Records
The Eliis Island Oral Histories are now available at Ancestry.com. There will be no charge for accessing these files. In addition, Ancestry.com is making their immigration records available to the public at NO CHARGE through September 6 – that’s all Continue reading Oral Histories of Ellis Island Immigrants Now Online FREE at Ancestry.com – Also Search Immigration Records FREE Through the Labor Day Weekend.
Oral history is an integral part of genealogy. The Florence Community Library in Florence, Arizona is helping to capture those stories. The following excerpt is from an article in the Florence News section of the TriValleyCentral.com. … for the next Continue reading Florence, Arizona Library Participating in “Capturing Arizona’s Stories” June 1-20, 2009
Dick Eastman just posted a very good article dealing with what he calls “Family Stories and Other Fairy Tales.” It’s educational and an excellent read – mainly dealing with our ancestors’ immigration to America and the stories that often surround Continue reading Eastman’s “Family Stories and Other Fairy Tales”
The Cumberland County Genealogical Society in Amherst, Nova Scotia has been going about a project in which they interview area senior citizens and then publish the interviews on DVD. The DVDs sell for only $7.95 – so if any of Continue reading DVDs of Senior Interviews Being Produced by the Cumberland County Genealogical Society in Amherst, Nova Scotia
The following news release was written by Joan C. McKinney, news and publications coordinator for Campbellsville University: CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY (03/18/2009 – Campbellsville University, along with two other libraries and the Heistand House and the Kentucky Oral History Commission, received oral Continue reading Campbellsville University Receives Oral History Interviews
The January 6, 2009 edition of the Deseret News had a good article on writing your life story. That article reminded me that I’ve got to get back to writing my own. Patty and I have had an interesting and Continue reading Writing Life Stories