In case you haven’t seen this press release from yesterday, I am reprinting here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 1, 2017 PRESERVE THE PENSIONS ANNOUNCES RESUMPTION OF DOCUMENT CONSERVATION AT NATIONAL ARCHIVES, DIGITIZATION SOON TO FOLLOW Austin, Texas – The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) is pleased to announce National Archives staff have recently resumed document […]
The exciting news is officially public. The Minnesota Genealogical Society library and offices are moving later this fall, at the end of October. Plan your research visit accordingly as there will be some down time. The new location is 1385 Mendota Heights Road. It’s across the Minnesota River from the MSP international airport, but I […]
Last week the U.S. National Archives announced big changes in hours. Now the Montana Historical Society has announced changes. We need to make our legislators at the state and national levels understand the importance of these research facilities. It’s not just for general family history research, but also affects legal research, property ownership research, Native […]
Tomorrow, Saturday, July 1 is the final registration day for the 2017 International Germanic Genealogy Conference. You may register any time Saturday before registration is closed at midnight. Join 650+ fellow German genealogists in Minneapolis on July 28, 29 and 30, 2017! Choose from over 70 presentations! Watch these special greetings from Dirk Weissleder in […]
This Saturday is July 1. That means it’s the last day to get the nice registration discount for the big Federation of Genealogical Societies being held Aug 30-Sept 2 in Pittsburgh. I am signed up for luncheons, the Wednesday evening boat cruise and dinner, have a list of books I need from vendors in the […]
Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy 21-26 January 2018 Hilton SLC Center, Salt Lake City, Utah SLIG 2018 offers 14 courses. It’s time to peruse the website to learn more about each course. Registration opens on in 2 weeks on Saturday, July 8, at 9:00 a.m. MDT. That’s 10:00 CDT, which is my time zone. July 8th […]
The Iowa Genealogical Society shared this great news on Facebook: New vital records have been digitized and are now online! Delayed Birth Records from 1850-1940 and Deaths from 1921-1940 are now both on Ancestry and FamilySearch. Details here: bit.ly/2tRNmqe I have no ancestors connected to Iowa but I do have collateral family there and […]
Five days free! Findmypast is giving researchers free access to most of the British and Irish collection from 22-26 June. FREE access to British & Irish records between 22-26 June.
I saw reference to this in several places today. Yet another upcoming resource for digitized newspapers and other materials. This is a bit different in that it will include many newspapers from outside the U.S. The company involved, East View Information Services, is located here in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. From the press […]
News from SLIG! SLIG Scholarship Opportunities Planning to attend the January 2018 SLIG? There are several scholarship opportunities available for SLIG students. SLIG Jimmy B. Parker Scholarship Deadline June 20, 2017 Named in honor of Jimmy B. Parker, whose legacy of service to the genealogical community covered more than 50 years, this full-tuition scholarship will […]