Kathryn Otto is the new Archivist at the Area Research Center (ARC) and University Archives housed in the Chalmer Davee Library at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls. A news story in the New Richmond [WI] News tells about the free classes she is inviting people to attend. These are for those interested in […]
W A neat way to find out that Ancestry.com is offering free access to Immigration Records this Labor Day weekend! Times Square in NYC is certainly showing how mainstream genealogy has become!
This press release was just received from the U.S. National Archives: September 1, 2010 Alien Files Find New Home at National Archives Kansas City, (MO)… For the first time, more than 300,000 case files on alien residents of the United States who were born 1909 and prior are now open to the public at the […]
This press release just arrived from Ancestry.com. NEW ANCESTRY.COM FAMILY TREE MAKER 2011 INTRODUCES MORE THAN 100 ENHANCEMENTS TO SOFTWARE No. 1 Selling Family Tree Software Offers Simplicity and Depth for Recording Family HistoriesPROVO, Utah, August 31, 2010 – Ancestry.com today announced the release of Ancestry.com Family Tree Maker® 2011, an improved version of the […]
My week in Knoxville for the FGS Conference went by way too quickly. I wrote about its success a few days ago. When I return from a major genealogy conference or institute, I do a number of things in the first few days. Get extra sleep Laundry Send thank-yous to the planners, volunteers, etc. Pay […]
The rerun of Who Do You Think You Are? tonight features football great Emmitt Smith and his search for his slave ancestors. It’s on NBC. For me here in the St. Paul/Minneapolis area that means 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. on channel 11.
A press release from Ancestry.com: World’s Largest Family History Web Site Continues Sponsorship of Critically Acclaimed TV Series That Takes a Personal Look at Celebrity Family Histories PROVO, Utah, August 25, 2010 – Ancestry.com is pleased to announce it has extended its relationship with NBC for the second season of the “Who Do You Think […]
I will be at SLIG. I hope to see you there, too! SLIG provides five days of learning in a chosen course. Then you can walk over to the Family History Library and put your knew knowledge or methodology to work! The 2011 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy will be held 10-14 Jan 2011 in […]
FGS 2010 welcomed more than 1800 participants throughout the week’s activities. Participants included more than 1000 conference registrants, 169 librarians, and nearly 100 volunteers. We were also joined by 500 eager beginning genealogists during Saturday’s Ancestry.com events. Others included 102 registrants at the Association of Professional Genealogists Professional Management Conference and countless area residents who […]
We seek out church records of our ancestors, either in the original format, online, or on microfilm. The records of a family member’s christening, marriage, burial, or the names of parents and witnesses help fill in blank spots on our family tree. For some religious denominations we may only find minutes of a church committee […]