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Canaccord Genuity maintains a ‘Buy’ on Ancestry.com (NASDAQ: ACOM), PT $40. Canaccord analyst says, “As Ancestry’s brand reaches a more mass-market audience, we expect to see strong subscriber growth and believe the second season of NBC’s reality show Who Do Continue reading Canaccord Genuity Maintains a ‘Buy’ on Ancestry.com
WELLESLEY, Mass. — A Massachusetts Bay Community College professor has received a prestigious award from President Obama. Bruce Jackson, a biotechnology professor at the Wellesley college, was awarded Thursday the “Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring.” Continue reading Bruce Jackson of “The Roots Project” Receives Award from the President
The following excerpt is from a long article by Claudia Boyd-Barrett, published in the January 3, 2010 edition of the Toledo Blade. [Toledo, Ohio]: Inside the expansive rooms of the Dale-Riggs Funeral Home at Nebraska and City Park avenues, tucked Continue reading The Records of the African-American Dale-Riggs Funeral Home of Toledo, Ohio
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is an historically black university, founded in 1886, and located in Princess Anne, Maryland. Their yearbooks date back to 1958-1959. These yearbooks are now posted online at the Internet Archive website, and may be Continue reading University of Maryland Eastern Shore Yearbooks Now Online
The Vital Records found at the Family Search beta website continues to grow. Millions of birth, marriage, and death records — both indexes and digitized documents can be found at the site. As of August 8, 2010, I count 64,735,265 Continue reading The 101 U.S.A. Vital Records Databases at the FamilySearch Beta Website is Nearing 65 Million Records
Following is an excerpt from a good genealogy story found in the August 8, 2010 edition of GoDanRiver.com. The honored ancestor had 13 children and something in the area of 1800 descendants. For more than 75 years, the descendants of Continue reading Descendants of Stephen Tarpley Dedicate a New Headstone at Annual Reunion
UPDATE: Well, Patty and I just finished watching the Emmitt Smith segment of WDYTYA? I’m a bit overwhelmed… The program was about as moving as anything I’ve ever watched, fiction and non-fiction alike. Even Megan Smolenyak had a part in Continue reading Emmitt Smith to be Featured in Tonight’s WDYTYA? on NBC
It seems that Bermuda Slave Register databases, compiled over a decade ago, are finally going to be made available to the public. Following is a teaser from an article in the March 11, 2010 edition of The Royal Gazette. In Continue reading Bermuda Slave Registers Made Available
I got a note from my friend, Tom Kemp, this morning, apprising me of the fact that GenealogyBank.com is now up to over 280 African-American newspapers in their online offerings. The following is from the website: This fully searchable and Continue reading African American Newspapers 1827-1999 Added at GenealogyBank.com
The following press release was received from Ed Johnson today. The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the availability of a new online resource: African American Funeral Programs from the East Central Georgia Regional Library at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/funeral. The Continue reading Augusta, GA – African American Funeral Programs Posted Online
San Leandro, CA, November 02, 2009 – (PR.com) – Join Author Anita Wills for a Presentation of her book “Pieces of the Quilt: The Mosaic of An African American Family.” It is author Anita Wills, second book, after “Notes and Continue reading Anita Wills Book Presentation – “Pieces of the Quilt: The Mosaic of An African American Family” at Hayward Library on Dec. 2, 2009
The Richmond Slave Trail Commission unveiled plans Oct. 19 for a slave heritage in Shockoe Bottom that would include a slavery museum. It’s hard not to examine what has been proposed by the commission, led by Del. Delores L. McQuinn, Continue reading Slavery Museum Proposed for Richmond, Virginia
WICHITA — The Kansas African American Museum has received a $25,000 grant to establish a statewide history and genealogy program called “Knowing Me, Knowing You.” The program is designed for anyone with a contribution to Kansas African American history. The Continue reading Kansas African American Museum Receives $25K Grant to Collect Stories
An upcoming exhibition entitled “IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas” will be of interest to genealogists. The exhibition will take place November 10, 2009 through May 23, 2010 at the National Museum of the American Indian, located on the Continue reading African-Native American Exhibition to take place at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.
A firm in Houston, Texas that pioneered the use of DNA tests in genealogy studies is involved in a project in Africa that could help researchers there trace migration patterns over the centuries and help African Americans to connect with Continue reading Five Ethnic Groups in Ghana Targeted by DNA Studies of Family Tree DNA