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State Historical Society of Iowa and the outcome of 2-year partnership with Ancestry.com

Paula Stuart-Warren  Ancestry.com, Iowa  , ,  Leave a comment

“The agreement allowed the State Historical Society of Iowa and Ancestry to complete a two-year project to digitally image materials and integrate more than one million additional records from the State Archives in Ancestry’s searchable database.” Read the full article about the December 2d announcement https://www.communitynewspapergroup.com/vinton_newspapers/state-historical-society-of-iowa-announces-project-partnership-outcomes-with-ancestry-com/article_89f02954-4254-4533-b940-0cf2ce5f4177.html    

Genealogy website hints do work. Don’t ignore them!

Paula Stuart-Warren  Ancestry.com, Genealogy, Schools  , , , , ,  2 Comments

Social media often has posts from genealogists that say “how do I turn off hints” or “why do we keep getting hints.” They are referring to emails and online hints on various genealogy websites. Me? Sometimes the hints bug me when they are off the mark. Yet, I do look at them. I wouldn’t want […]

Remember that promised September 1st announcement? Here it is. Hint: railroad workers

Paula Stuart-Warren  Ancestry Academy, Ancestry.com, Railroads, Uncategorized  7 Comments

I apologize for not fulfilling my promise. It’s not my fault. I searched and searched on Thursday and Friday for the link I needed to give you. Nowhere. Nada. I didn’t receive the email from Ancestry that would have given the link. It was also not on the Ancestry related FB pages then. Neither was […]

Ancestry Academy courses: expert info on timelines, pensions, Native Americans, and more

Paula Stuart-Warren  African American, Ancestry.com, Native American  Leave a comment

The number of course offerings at Ancestry Academy continues to grow.  The categories and how many courses in each are listed below. Ancestry Products (14) Includes many areas of what Ancestry has to offer. Records (14) Includes early censuses, military pension applications, and the 1940 census! Methodology and Skills (8) Includes timelines obituaries, and resources […]

FREE genealogy database news for Labor Day weekend

Paula Stuart-Warren  Ancestry.com, New England Historic Genealogical Society  Leave a comment

A few tidbits that are really nice to know about. I already found one family will in the FREE Ancestry offering. It’s the will of Gottried Rohr of Watertown, Wisconsin. He is my Great Great Great Step Grandfather. He married my Maria (Kuschke) Fischer in Germany after her husband died. From the New England Historic […]

No great danger of her ever marrying again

Paula Stuart-Warren  Ancestry.com, Federation of Genealogical Societies, FGS, fold3.com, Preserve the Pensions, War of 1812  2 Comments

The War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Records are filled with family details.  These records are housed at the National Archives in Washington, DC. Unfortunately, they are in deteriorating condition. William Lamson served in the War of 1812 in a New York militia unit led by Captain Cornelius Dubois. His War of 1812 Pension […]