Its been a bunch of years since I was an officer of the Association of Professional Genealogists. The elections go on year after year and bring in new officers and board members to lead the organization. The results of the recent election were released today. Congratulations to you all and you have my support and […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2009 DAVID FERRIERO SWORN IN AS 10TH ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES Washington, DC. . . David Ferriero, the former Andrew W. Mellon Director of the New York Public Libraries and a leader in the field of research librarianship, was sworn in today as the tenth Archivist of the United […]
Ancestry.com Publishes for the First Time Online Collection of Twentieth-Century Navy Records Site Celebrates Veterans Day with Free Access to Entire U.S. Military Records Collection PROVO, UT (Nov. 11, 2009) – Ancestry.com today added more than 600 Navy cruise books to its online collection of military records to commemorate Veterans Day. This historic effort is […]
This press release was just received from the U.S. National Archives. I hope this bodes well for all types of researchers and the preservation of and true access to the records. David Ferriero Confirmed by U.S. Senate as 10th Archivist of the United States Washington, DC. . . Today, the United States Senate voted to […]
Christmas 1962 at 1080 Bowdoin in St. Paul All the grandchildren of Earl James and Olga Theodora (Toots) (Carlsen) Stuart.
Did you, an ancestor, or other family member attend Purdue University? The Purdue yearbooks from 1889 through 2007 are now online according to a November 1st article at BoilerStation.com. “Sammie Morris, head of archives and special collections at Purdue, said the library staff saw a need to scan the yearbooks due to the many requests […]
Please share the following with your genealogy friends: Five days of learning. Five days of discovering ways to find your ancestors. Five days of networking. Five days of techniques to break through brick walls. Five days of fun. Five days of working on your own family. Five days of making new friends. And to top […]
I just read a story about the Sequoia Genealogical Society in Tulare, California. The society owns between 5,000 – 7,000 books that have been housed in the public library in Tulare since 1976. They were recently informed that they are being “evicted” even before moving into the new city library. The space for the genealogy […]
It’s good to eat a sensible lunch and it’s even better if you pack it yourself. Accompany that lunch with a historical lecture and you are feeding both mind and body. Historical societies and libraries often have noontime “Brown Bag Lectures.” Yes you may need to take some extra time from your day to attend […]
Do you have an ancestral connection to the Pillsbury family (England, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Minnesota)? If you have a bit of change lying around you might be able to bid for the Pillsbury home on Lake Minnetonka, just west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. It even has a connection to the restoration of Ellis Island. The estate, […]