In response to an email, the “Ancestry Insider” blog has written an excellent article describing the challenges with Ancestry.com’s and FamilySearch.org’s Census Search. Ancestry.com’s “standardized” location feature does not allow you to search an area by the “Precinct. So the author suggests you […]
I’ve been to Trinity Church and graveyard several times and had no idea that so many people were buried there. I don’t even see how it is possible. What a sad situation that must have been.
FamilySearch added nearly 5 million New York death records from 1880-1956. Additional records include areas from Austria, Brazil, Norway, South Africa, and the United States, including Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, South Carolina and the Native American Birth and Death Records. Search these new records and images by clicking on the […]
November is Native American Heritage Month at Newspapers.com. They have a collection of more than a half dozen newspapers written by or for Native Americans. Unfortunately, the collection does not appear to be complete, but thee may be something in […]
eRecordsUSA, the most professional document scanning service on the West Coast, has officially moved into a larger facility to increase output and better serve the company’s customers FREMONT, Calif., Sept. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — eRecordsUSA has announced the company has moved into […]
New services will help Mexicans and more than 34 million Mexican Americans explore their family history; Ancestry offering FREE Access to New Records October 26 thru November 2 (PROVO, Utah and DUBLIN) – October 28, 2015 – Ancestry, the world’s leading […]
AncestryDNA and 23andMe are the world’s most popular DNA tests. Combined, the companies have tested the DNA of more than 15 million people, according to the International Society of Genetic Geneology.
This is the video story of Joseph James Moser, born in Hague, North Dakota. This is another tremendous video story of a man researching his grandfather’s war experience and how it brought him even closer to a man who passed away years earlier. […]
This is an extremely well done video covering 5 direct generations of Barnes family members. He includes material taken from old family photos, slides, 8mm, VHS, and cassette tapes. This particular Barnes family originated from Kentucky. Jeff Barnes Family Tree with 5 […]
This daguerreotype or TinType was found on 11/15/2015 on eBay, entitled “Vintage Old 1800’s Tintype Photo w/Case of NYC man”. One of the pictures has a label that seems to identify this man as Frank Smith of New York City. Screengrab: The Original […]
The Daily Mail, out of the United Kingdom, seems to have taken up genealogy and suggests that the story the presidential candidate tells about his mother, is not exactly accurate. Although the Daily Mail does quickly state that the truth appears to be […]