Legacy Family Tree has a sleek new website!

It’s great! As they say ” The site is now fast, mobile-friendly, and easier to navigate.” Most webinars are free when first presented and for a week after. BUT members get many more benefits: Unlimited, on-demand access to all webinars, chat logs, and handouts (see the numbers in the image below!) New webinars every week […]

Indian Boarding school tragedy in the U.S. A day of remembrance.

Today is National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools. It’s a day to remember the mostly tragic things that happened to children torn from their families. I have read through textual records at several locations of the U.S. National Archives (NARA) that relate to boarding schools, page by page, folder by folder. I […]

Genealogy News for you

Enjoy Free Access to Census Records on MyHeritage. Discover more about the lives of your ancestors this Labor Day with FREE access to all census records on MyHeritage. Search through this treasure trove of 1.3 billion census records for free from September 1 through September 8, 2021. This includes more than U.S. censuses! Minnesota Genealogical Society […]

Paula Stuart-Warren: my upcoming genealogy presentations

The calendar of my upcoming presentations has been updated. I am going to be online for many organizations and with a variety of topics from August into October! https://genealogybypaula.com/speaking/speaking-calendar/. After that, I have room for more presentations. Contact me for details: PaulaStuartWarren at gmail.com. I have made a safety and health decision that at least […]

Catching up on more genealogy and history press releases: great news!

The UK family history website, Findmypast, has announced the publication of a vast online collection of “Old Parish Registers” in collaboration with 9 local archives and organizations across Scotland.  “Dating back to 1561 and spanning 450 years Scottish history, the new collection contains more than 10.7 million historical documents chronicling baptisms, marriages, burials and more.” […]

Minnesota: $432,940 in 52 Grants to Support History via the Legacy Amendment

Safe historical storage, microfilm readers and printers, microfilm purchases, oral histories, and building preservation are just some of the reasons why 52 grants were awarded to a variety of organizations around Minnesota. “The Minnesota Historical Society is pleased to announce 52 Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Small Grants ($10,000 and less), totaling $432,940 to organizations […]