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The following new small databases have been posted at Family Tree Connection since I last posted about the website. Over 1,549,000 names from small databases are now found there! CALIFORNIA California State Prison 1855 Report – Annual Report of the Continue reading New at Family Tree Connection
The following are three data sets are recently completed projects that have been removed from the available online indexing batches and will now go through a final completion check process in preparation for future publication: Argentina Censo 1869—Catamarca y La Continue reading Recently Completed and Current FamilySearch Indexing Projects
The following excerpt about the Hudson-Fulton 1909 Celebration about an event that took place 300 years previously is from an interesting article in the May 17, 2009 edition of the Times Union. ALBANY — At 10 a.m. on Oct. 7, Continue reading The Hudson-Fulton 1909 Celebration Was Really Something!
Thanks to Paul Nauta for the following info: 20 May 2009: Thirteen collections were added or updated on the FamilySearch Record Search pilot—over 3.5 million new records. International researchers will be excited to know that collections were added for Brazil, Continue reading 3.5 Million New Records, Including Brazil, Czech Republic and Italy, Added at the FamilySearch Record Search Pilot Website
Two million new records were added to the FamilySearch Records Search pilot. The completed statewide deaths index for Alabama was published—over 1.8 million names. This collection covers deaths from 1908 to 1974. Digital collections were added for Jamaica (Trelawny Parish Continue reading Two Million Records added at FamilySearch Records Search Pilot
The Greene County (NY) Historical Society is sponsoring its 33rd Annual Tour of Homes on Saturday, June 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sites along the Hudson River, from Catskill to Coxsackie, have been chosen to celebrate the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Continue reading Homes Along the Hudson
Footnote.com has added over a million new images the last month. As my readers know, Footnote is extremely user interactive, and even allow us to add notes to the 1930 census. Pretty cool site. Following are links to just a Continue reading Footnote.com Adds Over a Million Images This Month
The Dutchess County Clerk, Brad Kendall, at Poukeepsie, New York, has secured a grant from Ancestry.com to scan and digitize the 1932-1989 naturalization records kept at the county. About 20,000 people are covered by the records that include original petitions Continue reading Dutchess County, New York to Digitize Naturalization Records 1932-1989
Anyone planning to visit the New York State Library or Archives in Albany over the next few weeks might want to rearrange their schedule, or at least allow plenty of time for the detours they will encounter. Parts of I-787 Continue reading Filming for Angelina Jolie’s “Salt” May Disrupt Traffic Around the New York State Library in Albany through Monday, May 4
The following news release was written by New York Historical Association Staff: A conference on the history, people and culture of New York will draw hundreds of historians, librarians, archivists and more to SUNY Plattsburgh June 4-6. The 30th annual Continue reading SUNY Plattsburgh Site of Broad-Ranging State History Conference
MALTA [New York] — The blue-and-gold metal historic marker cast for the 200-year-old Alexander Weed house has been sitting in the highway department’s garage for five years, gathering dust. It’s a $700 reminder of a bungled attempt at a town Continue reading Property Owner Rejects Historic Marker, saying “They should have talked with me beforehand.”
Some days it seems like we lose another freedom every hour or so. So much for the Baby and the Bath Water… This is just in from my friend, Joy Rich: Here’s an instance of HIPAA being misused by the Continue reading HIPAA Laws Being Misused by the New York City Department of Health
I read the obits every morning, typically scanning them to make sure no friends in the area have passed on in the last day or two. It’s usually a pretty uneventful undertaking. However, it seems that Mary Mayou, of East Continue reading Brother – Missing for 50 years – Found in the Obituaries
There are many new, upcoming, and completed indexing projects to report in this update from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch. Twelve of the projects below are new (see Current Projects). Included are three Belgian and two Argentina projects. The New York Continue reading All Kinds of Cool New Stuff Happening at FamilySearch Indexing!
As you folks know, I’m a big fan of digital documents, books, and periodicals online. This last week I finally bought a NewspaperARCHIVE.com subscription. I’ve already found numerous papers that have items about both my family, as well as Patty’s. Continue reading New Online Digital Newspapers at NewspaperARCHIVE – 1