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Fold3.com adds U.S. records about Black and Indigenous Soldiers in the American Revolution

Paula Stuart-Warren  Military, Uncategorized  , , ,  Leave a comment

A Fold3 press release covers the addtion of some records of Black and Indigenous Soldiers in the American Revolution, 1775-1783. It states that types of records in the collection may include: “Records in this collection are unique and the available information will vary by record. The following information may be available:” Read more details https://www.fold3.com/publication/1431/us-black-and-indigenous-soldiers-in-the-american-revolution-1775-1783/description

10 Million Names Family History Project of enslaved people and descendants from Africa

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FamilySearch International and American Ancestors are collaborating on a project, 10 Million Names. The project seeks to recover the names and restore information to families of an estimated 10 million men, women, and children of African descent who were enslaved in pre- and post-colonial America, including what would become the United States. 10 Million Names […]

North Carolina Genealogical Society 2024 Virtual Conference March 15 & 16

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Have you heard about this two-day conference you can attend from the comfort of your own home? No matter where you reside! It takes place on March 15 & 16 during the daytime. 9:55 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. EDT. $69 NCGS members / $79 non-members Entitles you to 8 live lectures, the syllabus, and 60-day […]

GRIP 2024 “Digging Deeper” Friday Sessions and Reasons to Register

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Only 3 more days till registration opens for the virtual Digging Deeper: Records, Tools, and Skills course and the other 19 courses of GRIP Genealogy Institute for 2024. June and July will be busy education months. I’ve already blogged about the Monday through Friday sessions in Digging Deeper, and the Friday sessions are below. Still […]

GRIP 2024 Virtual “Digging Deeper” Course, Thursday Sessions and about the Syllabus

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Syllabus. That’s a positive word for any institute student. Think 150-250 pages of links, book citations and annotations, reminders of session discussions, maps, diagrams, charts, examples, and records you should be checking, and more info than can be covered in each 75-minute session. Whew. That’s a lot of detail. If a course has been previously […]

Digitized Newspaper Update, Library of Virginia

Paula Stuart-Warren  Newspaper Indexes, Newspapers, Uncategorized, Virginia  ,  2 Comments

A large client project was sent this morning and I am rewarding myself by doing my own research this afternoon. The Library of Virginia has updated its Virginia Chronicle digitized newspapers section with many more Virginia newspapers and years. It now encompasses almost 4.2 million pages from around the state.    I have several collateral lines […]

Digging Deeper: Records, Tools and Skills at Virtual GRIP 2024 this June

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One oft-repeated idea is that this Digging Deeper course is a perfect early step before taking some very advanced courses. We each judge our own ability and experience level. Digging Deeper is not a beginning level course, it’s more on the immediate level, but parts have some more advanced methodology and record background. We pride […]

More Digging Deeper Sessions for June 2024, GRIP

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Four Tuesday sessions, June 24, 2024 Virtual GRIP Institute PERSI: Using the Periodical Source Index  (Cari Taplin)In this session, we will take a look at Allen County Public Library’s Periodical Source Index (PERSI). We will examine its history and purpose, and its new interface at the ACPL website. Participants will also gain valuable tips and […]