December 16, 2010 NBC ANNOUNCES THE CELEBRITIES TRACING THEIR FAMILY TREES ON SEASON TWO OF ‘WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?’ PREMIERING FEBRUARY 4 Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Rosie O’Donnell, Steve Buscemi, Kim Cattrall, Lionel Richie, Vanessa Williams and Ashley Judd Take a Look Inside Their Family Histories on NBC’s Genealogy Alternative Series Produced by […]
Do any of you have your genealogical society (or maybe more than one) on your Christmas gift list or for end of the year donations? Does your society have a wish list of books, CDs, databases, or equipment? Add something from that list to your last minute shopping. Have you noticed that no one has […]
I was just thinking about how our family Christmas celebrations have changed over the years. As parts of the family added children, older family members died, and spouses were added the who, when, and where varied. Until I had been married a few years Christmas Eve was always celebrated with my Dad’s side of the […]
In the July 2011 Family Tree Magazine, they will name the “40 Best Genealogy Blogs—the Family Tree 40.” I am honored to be among the nominees. Now I need your vote and please do vote for your other favorites, too!I like this way of letting other genealogists know about the many bloggers who share knowledge, […]
Yesterday when I was at the Minnesota Historical Society I noticed something that made me smile. I saw more than a dozen people sitting at tables researching in original records. Most of them stayed at it for many hours, going through file folders of records or multiple volumes of records. Others arrived later in the […]
Some neat images and additional indexing is being reported. FamilySearch Wraps Up Genealogical Gifts for the Holiday Season Nearly 4 million images added from 7 countriesNearly four million new digital images are now available on Beta.FamilySearch.org. These collections include the first images from South Africa, as well as records from Brazil, Canada, Germany, Guatemala, the […]
Your Christmas gift to a relative or friend could be historical in nature. Do you remember the last time you visited the county or state historical society’s gift shop? I love to browse in these. It might be the perfect place to purchase some of your Christmas gifts as I have done. Many of these […]
Over at the Ancestry Insider, the AI reports that the time is drawing close. That is, “FamilySearch is readying to replace www.familysearch.org with beta.familysearch.org possibly before the end of the year. “[The] FamilySearch website will change to a new version by [the] end of 2010,” says a December newsletter sent to Salt Lake area family […]
Just received this press release from the National Archives. Note that you can click on the link to get a preview. I think that the overall look is less cluttered. I can’t wait to work on the full website next week! December 6, 2010 National Archives Web Site Gets New Look Archives.gov Site Transformation […]
Registration for the 2011 National Genealogical Society Family History Conference opened yesterday. It will be held in the Charleston Area Convention Center, 5001 Coliseum Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, 11–14 May. The convention center is conveniently located near the Charleston International Airport (CHS) and is surrounded by a number of hotels with restaurants and outlet […]