This press release from the U.S. National Archives arrived yesterday. It is worth watching the video! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2011 National Archives Launches New “Inside the Vaults” Video Short Just in time for Valentine’s Day, video features restoration of personal family heirlooms Washington, DC. . . To celebrate Mary Tomlin’s 220th birthday, and […]
All family historians should have a library card. Your city, town, or county library holds a variety of help for your research. One important factor is that almost all library cards are free for residents of the area where the library is located. Few libraries allow us to borrow genealogy related research materials, so we […]
I will do it today. I will reach into a drawer filled with file folders I haven’t looked at in a while. These are files related to my Stuart ancestry. It’s time to get back to some research on them. They arrived in the U.S. from Scotland in 1852 and as you may have read […]
For Immediate Release 4 February 2011 RootsTech Conference Will Broadcast Select Sessions Free Online SALT LAKE CITY—RootsTech, a new family history and technology conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 10-12, 2011, announced today that six of its popular sessions will be broadcasted live and complimentary over the Internet. The live broadcasts will give […]
The Northland Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists just finished a virtual meeting with 16 members. Our members include residents of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Many of us do research and consultations for clients, others are editors, writers, personal historians, and all are interested in the standards of our field. […]
I am sitting here putting together some syllabus/handout materials for upcoming presentations. It struck me how many times I cite Cyndislist.com in this material. Every genealogist should know about it. It links me and my audiences to thousands and thousands of websites related to genealogy and history. On 4 March 2011 Cyndi’s List will turn […]
Season 2 of Who Do You Think You Are? begins tonight on NBC. For me it is on channel 11 at 7:00 p.m. (CST) Of course I will be watching it. I love seeing the reactions of the stars as they learn more about their personal family history. No matter who you are, the thrill […]
TODAY, February 2nd, is the Official Grand Opening of the FGS/ISGS 2011 Conference Registration. Hurray! The program is online, the luncheons, workshops, and special events are listed. The Conference Hotel (Hilton) is listed, the Exhibit Hall is filling, and most of all you can register online or print out a registration form and mail it […]
This press release was just sent by Ancestry.com. Ancestry.com Marks Black History Month with 250,000 New African American Records Nearly 35 Million Americans Can Find an Ancestor in the World’s Largest Online Collection of African American Family History Records PROVO, UTAH (February 1, 2011) – In honor of Black History Month, Ancestry.com, the world’s largest […]
The Archdiocese of New Orleans has unveiled a new online database containing records of baptisms, marriages and deaths in colonial New Orleans — including those of African slaves, “who until now have been nearly invisible to genealogical research.” The website also has a lengthy explanation of the records of “Slave and Free People of Color […]