2.5 Million Criminal Records Now Available Online for the First Time Findmypast.com Launches UK Criminal Records dating 1770-1934 LOS ANGELES (Feb. 20, 2013) – Findmypast.com, an international leader in online family history, today announced the largest collection of historical criminal records from England and Wales is being published online for the first time in association […]
Author: Paula Stuart-Warren
5 day Free access to military records on findmypast.com
This great news about five days of free military records access was sent by findmypast.com “In honor of Memorial Day on May 27, and in remembrance of all who died while serving our country, findmypast.com will offer its collection of U.S. and international military records for free in the days leading up to the national […]
First-ever New York State Family History Conference September 20 and 21, 2013.
This press release was received from the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. I am honored to be among the speakers at this inaugural event. I have some brief New York ancestral connections, have researched that state for clients, and a fun research project on a relative’s family has been all over the state. NEW […]
Online Finding Aids from the Minnesota Historical Society
When is the last time you checked the wonderful online finding aids for many of the collections at the Minnesota Historical Society? Of course, there’s the library catalog, general descriptions of collections, and paragraphs describing various types of records, but have you seen the detailed inventories for others? MHS has many in-house comprehensive finding aids […]
Happy Birthday, Minnesota!
Why is it that some dates just stick in our minds? For me, one is the date of Minnesota statehood. On May 11, 1858 Minnesota became the 32nd state in the United States. That’s 155 years ago. One of my great grandfathers, Michael Hanley, had already arrived in Minnesota Territory. He is on the 1857 […]
Great genealogy events on my schedule and hopefully yours!
I am involved with several wonderful genealogy events that are taking place in the coming months. This means many registration deadlines. May 14, 1:00 p.m., CDT, Friends of the National Archives – Southeast Region webinar. Join me from the comfort of your own home as I tell you about the wonderful things created by the […]
“Five years later, Iowa still in need of state archivist”
My news feed had that headline to an article this morning. The article states “Recent data compiled by the Council of State Archivists, a national organization of state records executives, indicates that Iowa ranks near the bottom of the nation’s 50 states in its commitment to state records preservation. In fact, Iowa is the only […]
Revisiting websites: Roselawn Cemetery, Roseville, MN
The value of rechecking websites you have visited before has proven quite valuable to me in recent months. I visited Roselawn Cemetery here in Roseville, Minnesota back in the 1980s after learning that my paternal Stuart great grandparents were buried there. I have written and lectured before at the surprise that was there. Alexander and […]
Mocavo Announces Genealogy Karma
I received this press release on Friday from Mocavo about a brand new volunteer effort. “Mocavo Announces Genealogy Karma Back in 1999, a fantastic resource was established to bring together members of the genealogy community all around the world. The brainchild of Bridgett and Doc Schneider, Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) was created to […]
Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh Savings Ends May 15th
It doesn’t feel like May for some of us, but it truly is here. Are you thinking about attending the 2013 Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh? It was a blast last year. We had fun in the dorms, in the cafeteria, and worked hard in the classrooms. The reviews after last July’s GRIP were fantastic! […]