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The following is from FamilySearch: SALT LAKE CITY, UT — This week, millions of new historic records were made freely available from the Netherlands, Kansas, Sweden, and Washington. Many more were published from Argentina, Italy, Louisiana, Paraguay, and South Africa! Continue reading New Historic Records Databases at FamilySearch the Week of August 28, 2017
The following databases were published or updated at FamilySearch between June 2 and August 10, 2017: Title – Number of Indexed Records – Last Updated BillionGraves Index – 21,969,173 – 02 Aug 2017 Find A Grave Index – 161,552,555 – Continue reading Databases Posted at FamilySearch June 2 through August 10, 2017
The following teaser is from a must-read article posted at the New York Times website on March 24. As a Georgetown employee, Jeremy Alexander watched as the university grappled with its haunted past: the sale of slaves in 1838 to Continue reading Georgetown University Employee Learns the University Sold His Ancestor
The following is from FamilySearch: New Collections Update: Week of August 15, 2016 SALT LAKE CITY, UT — The past two weeks have brought a few new large indexed collections, including New York passenger lists, English parish registers, and United Continue reading New & Updated Databases Posted FamilySearch: August 15, 2016
The following databases have been added or updated at FamilySearch.org from June 28, 2016 to August 8, 2016 Location – Number of Indexed Records – Date Posted or Updated Australia, Tasmania, Migrant Files, 1945-1968 – Browse Images – 20 Jul Continue reading FamilySearch Databases Added or Updated From June 28 through August 8, 2016
The following is from the website of the Buffalo Soldiers’ Online Museum. The Buffalo Soldiers’ Online Museum, founded by Major Andrew Aaron Jr., informs, unites, and educates the general public on the history of The Buffalo Soldiers. The Buffalo Soldiers Continue reading The Buffalo Soldiers’ Online Museum
The following teaser is from the June 22 2016 edition of the Deseret News. SALT LAKE CITY — A project to index the records of 4 million freed African-American slaves is now completed, almost a year to the day after Continue reading The Freedmen’s Bureau Project, Revealing 1.8 Million Names, is Now Complete
The following is from FamilySearch: There are 25 new collections updated time! Check out Denmark Deeds and Mortgages 1572-1928, Maryland Church Records 1668-1995, North Carolina Civil Marriages 1763-1868, United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records 1812-1815, United States Continue reading New FamilySearch Database Collections Update as of March 14, 2016
The following teaser was posted December 8, 2015 at jbhe.com: A new project underway at the Reed College of Media at West Virginia University seeks to document the history of African American veterans of World War I. The new website Continue reading WWI Black Veteran Memorials to be Posted at a Website Created by WVU
The following news release is from FamilySearch: SALT LAKE CITY, (December 1, 2015)—FamilySearch International, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), and the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) are pleased to announce that exciting milestones Continue reading Milestones Reached in Freedmen’s Bureau Project – With More Volunteers Needed
The following is from FamilySearch: Nearly half a million more free records were added to the Billion Graves Index this week. Russia Tatarstan Church Books 1721-1939 , Minnesota Duluth and Wisconsin Superior Crew Lists 1922-1958, Poland Evangelical Church Books 1700-2005, Continue reading New FamilySearch Database Collections Update as of November 17, 2015
TLC was kind enough to supply me with a screener for the upcoming show again this week. Alfre Woodard will be the featured celebrity on TLC’s Who Do You think You Are? this Sunday, August 9, 2015. The episode is Continue reading Alfre Woodard to Be Featured on TLC’s Who Do You Think You Are? Sunday, August 9, 2015
The following is from FamilySearch: Family historians hungry for historic Irish records will enjoy FamilySearch’s new collection, Ireland Petty Sessions Court Registers 1828-1912. These indexed court documents bring 22 million records to your fingertips. These records were originally filmed at Continue reading New FamilySearch Collections Posted the Week of July 13, 2015
The crazy Rachel Dolezal story had many of us puzzling over why anyone would go to so much risk and effort to make themselves appear to be something they were not. Now comes the story of Verda Byrd, who was Continue reading White Woman, 72, thought She Was Black for Most of Her Life
I ordered a 23andMe DNA test yesterday. Yes – I’ve taken one from Sorenson’s, and later AncestryDNA, but I’d like to see how the test done by 23andMe matches up to the earlier tests. I’m also fascinated by all the Continue reading 23andMe – DNA Tests That Are Being Using For Far More Than Just Ancestry