National Cancer Awareness Month, National Anti-Bullying Month, Family History Month, and American Archives Month. All are very special to me. My mom had breast cancer, my paternal grandmother, maternal grandaunt, and others suffered from this horrible disease. I have some very dear gay friends who have suffered at the hands of bullies. I have only […]
Genealogical research on families in this area is about to become easier. The county is digitizing 600 volumes of old records. The article quotes Microfilm Records Technician Stephanie Ciofalo, “As the article says “I love these old books,” Ciofalo said. “The handwriting was amazing in those days. This is Mohave County’s history. These records will […]
I am going to begin publicizing (as my schedule permits) some of the blogs and websites of my professional genealogist colleagues. This first one is from David Suddarth, a fellow member of the Northland Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists, whose blog is titled “Ancestral Journeys.” David shared these words about his blog: “My […]
This press release was just received from the U.S. National Archives and gives us yet another reason to visit a NARA location. I use many of these in background, historical, and genealogical research. If you have any handouts from my various lectures you will note that I often recommend several of these. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE […]
This blog has been suffering from a bit of neglect. The last couple of months have been filled with family, the FGS Conference News Blog, and some client projects. Next week is the FGS Conference in Knoxville and once I am back and caught up on other things you will see more postings here. If […]
Wow — interesting news release that just arrived from Ancestry.com: Ancestry.com to Acquire Professional Genealogy Firm ProGenealogists, Inc. PROVO, UTAH (August 6, 2010) – Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq:ACOM) announced today that it has acquired leading professional genealogy research firm, ProGenealogists, Inc. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, ProGenealogists specializes in genealogical, forensic and family history research. […]
This press release was received from FamilySearch. Mighty impressive numbers! 22 July 2010 Online Volunteers Index a Whopping 100 Million Records Already This Year FamilySearch Indexing is excited to announce that our dedicated volunteers have completed 100 million records in the first half of 2010, and is on track to complete a targeted 200 million […]
Three weeks ago I left to do a two day seminar in Norfolk, Nebraska where I was treated royally by the folks from the Nebraska State Genealogical Society and the Madison County Genealogical Society. It was a packed house and an attentive group. The two days ended with a trip to a cemetery for a […]
I once heard it said that you make your own genealogy luck. That could be very true in the case of one instance of genealogy luck. Many years ago I had traveled to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City so that was my part in making my genealogy luck. For years I had […]
This press release from the U.S. National Archives was just received: National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis Opens Agency Civilian Personnel Records to the Public The National Archives’ National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) opened more than 6 million individual personnel files of former federal civilian employees from the mid-1800s through 1951. These records will […]