ST. PAUL, Minn. (November 14, 2023) – The Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) is pleased to announce the newest recipients of 36 Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Small Grants ($10,000 and less), totaling $313,062 in 24 counties. Small grants are awarded quarterly to help nonprofits, educational organizations, government units, and federally recognized tribes to preserve and share Minnesota […]
It’s that time of year for sales related to family history research. My email and ads on genealogy websites, and various social media are full of discount sales. DNA testing is a big focus of the sales. Half-price and more are the discounts available from all the testing companies. For example, MyHeritage is offering a […]
Join me for “Railroad Records and Railroad History: Methods for Tracking” this Thursday, November 16, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. CT. It will be online and in-person in Muskogee. I will be online for this presentation sponsored by Oklahoma’s Muskogee County Genealogical Society and the Tulsa Genealogical Society. Both are great groups and deserve your support […]
This Veterans Day, the Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) joined the rest of the country in honoring military veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces with a six-part online exhibit series titled “War Stories.” “The “War Stories” exhibits include the perspectives of Minnesotans who lived through wars, from the Civil War to the Vietnam War. Veterans recorded […]
In addition to my love of seeking out records related to railroad employees, I love to learn more about the workers on and about the steamboats that plied U.S. rivers. Newspapers, county histories, photographs, manuscript collections, and other records tell about the voyages, the workers, and much more. That’s why this press release about 138 […]
A press release from Daniel Horowitz at MyHeritage shares some details about free access to death-related records: “I’m happy to share that from October 27 to November 1, 2023, we’re offering free access to all death, burial, cemetery, and obituary records on MyHeritage: 370 collections and 881,738,760 records in all.” If you don’t have a […]
In addition to October being celebrated as Family History Month in the U.S, it’s also the ultra-important American Archives Month. Many types of archives are found across the United States. City, county, state, region, university, military, religious, ethnic, music, medicine, and of course at the national level, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) provide […]
On Saturday, October 14, 2023, the Arkansas Genealogical Society (AGS) is offering a full-day conference with one speaker in the morning and another in the afternoon. Two speakers, four topics total, handouts, and to top that off, it’s FREE and via Zoom. Sign up and join us on Saturday. https://argensoc.org/conference/#gsc.tab=0 My morning presentations include examples […]
Indigenous Peoples’ Day has been so designated by 17 states, and several cities, but not all. The federal government needs to officially designate this. President Biden did issue an official Presidential Proclamation in 2021, but Congress needs to up the recognition. My home state (and where I still reside) has officially recognized today as such […]
Legacy Family Tree Webinars now has 2,076 webinars from 387 speakers accompanied by 7,901 syllabus pages. Most webinars are free the first time offered and for a week afterward. The syllabus material is only available to members. A membership entitles you to view some special webinars plus everything else. These are great webinars! At the […]