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The following is from Tina Sansone, competition coordinator with ISFHWE: The International Society of Family History Writers and Editors is proud to announce the winners of the Excellence-in-Writing Competition. All entries were exceptional this year. Submission details for 2019 will Continue reading ISFHWE Excellence-in-Writing Competition Winner Announced
The following article is excerpted from William Dollarhide’s recent book, Connecticut Censuses & Substitute Name Lists, 1630 – 2012 – Second Edition – with a selection of National Name Lists, 1600s – Present, an annotated bibliography of published and online Continue reading Connecticut Historical Timeline, 1524 – 1788
The following items were posted for FindMyPast Friday, August 3, 2018. 1939 Register Update Over 37,000 “closed records” have been opened up and are now available to search. Search today and find out what your ancestors were doing on the Continue reading New Data at FindMyPast This Week
Family Roots Publishing had great success this last weekend with our Free give-away of my Organizing Your Electronic Genealogical Documents PDF eBook. That promo is over – but here’s another for a free Organizing guide – in paperback edition. This one Continue reading FREE Copy of 66-page Organize Your Genealogy Research – with purchase of any hardback, softcover, or laminate This Weekend
FRPC still has a large stock of Nottinghams’ Land Causes, Accomack County, Virginia, 1727-1826. If you’ve got Eastern Shore Virginia ancestry, this is a great hard back book to add to your collection. Normally $28.50, only 1 Cent – now Continue reading Land Causes, Accomack County, Virginia, 1727-1826 – 1 Cent – Just Pay $5.50 p&h Thru August 7, 2018
The following excerpt is from an article by Karissa Neely, published on the Daily Herald website. It looks like Ancestry is outsourcing the work of about 100 customer service employees. And “work-at-home” is mentioned in the article. Hmmm… I don’t Continue reading Ancestry to Close its Orem, Utah Call Center
I get notices from the Digital North Carolina blog every few days. In most cases they are announcing newly digitized yearbooks or newspapers. One of the collections digitized this last month was a United Daughter of the Confederacy Application collection Continue reading Digital North Carolina Posting Newly Digitized Yearbooks, Newspapers & UDC Applications in July, 2018
The following historical timeline for the state of Arkansas was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide, and is excerpted from his Arkansas Censuses and Substitute Name Lists, 1686 – 2013 – Second Edition – with a selection of National Continue reading Arkansas Historical Timeline 1539 – 1860
The following is from a post made at PCMag.com on August 1, 2018. Worried that a DNA testing company can share your genetic data with anyone? In a bid to address privacy concerns surrounding the handling of customers’ genetic data, Continue reading DNA Testing Companies Sign New Guidelines for Sharing Data With Third Parties
The following news release is dated July 31, 2018 – from Future of Privacy Forum: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 31, 2018 Contact: Carson Martinez, Health Policy Fellow, cmartinez@fpf.org Melanie Bates, Director of Communications, mbates@fpf.org Future of Privacy Forum and Leading Genetic Testing Continue reading Privacy Best Practices for Consumer Genetic Testing Services
Family Roots Publishing has an overstock of Abstracts of Obituaries in the Western Christian Advocate 1834-1850. So – we’re putting them on sale for 65% off until we get the inventory in line with what’s needed. Regularly $58.79, the books Continue reading Abstracts of Obituaries in the Western Christian Advocate 1834-1850 – on sale for 65% Off
Although I can find no news releases or news articles about the event, The CivilWarPhotoSleuth website did an official launch today at NARA in Washington D.C.. See their Facebook page for more info on that. The site has been around for Continue reading Civil War Photo Sleuth Officially Launched
The following article was written by William Dollarhide, and is excerpted from his book, Alabama Censuses & Substitute Name Lists, 1702 – 2014 – Second Edition, with a selection of National Name Lists, 1600s – Present, an annotated bibliography of Continue reading Alabama Historical Timeline – 1519-1820
The following info is extracted from FamilySearch.org. Click on the links to search. Collection – Number of Records – Date Posted or Updated BillionGraves Index – 25,551,766 – Aug 1, 2018 Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981 – 1,114,946 – Jul 31, 2018 Continue reading New & Updated FamilySearch Databases Posted July 25 through 31, 2018
The following excerpt is from the August 1, 2018 Jerusalem Post: U.S. Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan discovered something that shocked him when he participated in the PBS series “Finding Your Roots”: his 3% Ashkenazi Jewish heritage. The Continue reading Fifth Season of Finding Your Roots to include “Roots in Politics” Episode