This press release just came from the U.S. National Archives. It will be interesting to see how the projects pan out over time. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 3, 2009 COMMISSION RECOMMENDS $2.9 MILLION IN GRANTSFOR DOCUMENTARY EDITING AND ARCHIVAL PROJECTS Washington, D.C*. New Archivist of the United States David Ferriero ended his first full week […]
The Montana Historical Society has just created the Centennial Farm and Ranch Program, joining similar programs in other states. The new program, at the direction of the Legislature, is “to identify and honor the families that have kept a farm or ranch for 100 years or more.” As in other states, the designation requires that […]
Christmastime has always been important in our family. As my children were growing we started some traditions. I had traditions as I grew up. Over the next few weeks I will share some of these as part of the days leading up to Christmas. I know that both the immediate and extended family will remember […]
Sometimes privacy laws make absolutely no sense. An article was posted on the Milwaukee Sentinel Journal‘s website today that tells the story. Two researchers have undertaken the task of identifying the graves of men who fought in the Civil War. One in particular happens to have died at the Milwaukee Hospital for the Insane and […]
I love being able to sit in my home in the U.S. and read newspapers from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. I have been doing this for the last couple of hours and as usually happens when I read old newspapers, I start reading everything and forget the exact thing I was searching. But I […]
WorldVitalRecords.com sent this press release. “In honor of Thanksgiving, through November 30, 2009, we have over 200 early American databases available to the public for FREE. This free access include vital records, court and land records, and military records.” It includes early Colonial Databases from 1607 – 1800 such as Mayflower family lineages, DAR lineages, […]
Paula Stuart, age 4 1/2 months with her paternal Grandfather E. J. Stuart.
November 25, 2009 THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES CELEBRATES THANKSGIVING “Thanksgiving, like Ambassadors, Cabinet officers and others Smeared with political ointment, Depends for its existence on Presidential appointment.” -Ogden Nash Washington, DC . . . On October 3, 1789, President George Washington issued a proclamation naming Thursday, November 26, 1789, as an official holiday of “sincere and […]
Over at GenealogyBlog.com, Leland Meitzler announced that Dollarhide and Thorndale’s Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses 1790-1820 is back in print! As Leland states, “The county has always been used as the basic Federal census unit. Genealogical research in the censsus, therefore, begins with identifying the correct county jurisdictions. This work (one of the […]
I have not found anything as far as criminal activity regarding my Great Grandfather, Alexander Charles Stuart, but he still wasn’t a man that his family always looked up to. Alex Stuart was born 2 August 1847 in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland, the son of James Stuart and Helenor Edward. James Stuart was born about 1815 […]