I love teaching about the many websites that have digitized books, pamphlets, articles, and more. One of these is HathiTrust. I tell the class or audience that the URL is in the handout or syllabus. They scurry to find it. I get quizzical looks. They hear me saying Hah-tee Trust, not Hah-thee. Hah-tee is the […]
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, […]
I wish I could be in the Lost Angeles area this Saturday, October 25th. The 3rd annual L.A. As Subject archives bazaar, Archives Live!, will be held at the University of Southern California Davidson Conference Center. It is a full day devoted to showing off Los Angeles history “whether they are working on a scholarly […]
The following is from a Press Release received from the National Archives. It’s a free, all day event and you don’t even need to preregister! Be sure to click on the link below to see the lecture titles and more about each speaker. NATIONAL ARCHIVES HOSTS FREE GENEALOGY FAIR APRIL 23, 2008 WHAT: The National […]
A few more free blogs that you can check online and some electronic newsletter that you may choose to be emailed directly to you: http://www.genealogue.com/ Chris Dunham’s blog that he self described: “Genealogy News You Can’t Possibly Use.” Some of the posts are humorous, others ironic. Is there good genealogical news on this too — […]
From time to time I will post the links to genealogical and historical electronic newsletters and blogs that are available at no cost. I do happen to be one of the writers for the first two. 24/7 Family History Circle http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/ Ancestry Weekly Blog http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=dailynews Dick Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter http://www.eogn.com/Dick also has a Plus […]