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September 25, 2009

Featured Database: Passengers From Balearic Islands to Florida 1768

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PASSENGERS FROM THE BALEARIC ISLANDS TO FLORIDA IN 1768 (MINORCA AND MAJORCA) Andrew Turnbull, a Scottish-born physician and wealthy member ...
September 24, 2009

Graveyard Rabbits Carnival: Funeral Cards

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Funeral Cards and Memorial Cards are often confused. Both are valuable genealogical finds as they contain information about a deceased pers...
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September 23, 2009

Footnote.com hits 60 million image milestone!

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Footnote,com Marks Family History Month with 60 Million Image Milestone -Adding more than 1 million new records per month, Footnote,com co...
September 18, 2009

Drouin Institute and Ancestry.com reach an agreement!

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The Drouin Institute website has just announced that an agreement has been reached with Ancestry.com regarding the indexing of the Drouin R...
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September 17, 2009

32nd Annual Rensselaerswijck Seminar Oct 2 and 3 in Albany New York

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Announcement from Nancy Johnsen Curran RUSSELL SHORTO TO BE OPENING SPEAKER AT 32nd ANNUAL RENSSELAERSWIJCK SEMINAR Russell Shorto, noted au...
September 16, 2009

Louisiana Biography and Obituary Index 1804-1972

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Did you know that The Louisiana Biography and Obituary Index is an index to obituaries and death notices published in New Orleans newspaper...
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September 6, 2009

Mitchell & Rettie Photo Album online on Lost Faces

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Recently I found a beautiful Civil War era photo album in an antique shop. The album had 18 identified photos - from the 1860s to 1880s and...
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September 5, 2009

Ancestry.com & NEHGS partnership

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Genealogy bloggers are buzzing about a new partnership just announced between New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) and Ancestr...
September 4, 2009

Here's Your Chance to Nominate Your Fav Genealogy Blog!

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Family Tree Magazine is calling for nominations for Favourite Genealogy Blogs. From Sept 3-Sept 30 you get to nominate your favourite genea...
September 2, 2009

Is there Genealogical Life without Drouin?

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The recent arbitration between Ancestry.com and Drouin Institute over the Drouin Records has caused quite an uproar in the genealogy commu...
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September 1, 2009

Creating Your Own Archived Articles on NewspaperArchive.com

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Yesterday I discovered yet another very cool feature on NewspaperARCHIVE.com Using the TOOLS section to create your own personal ARCHIVE al...
August 30, 2009

Ancestry in arbitration over the Drouin Collection

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According to reliable sources the Institut généalogique Drouin took The Generation Network Inc. into arbitration over the lack of full and ...
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Pocket watch returned to family - after 130 years at sea

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A silver pocket watch which lay at the bottom of the ocean for almost 130 years is finally being returned to the family of its owner. Rich H...
August 29, 2009

Featured Database: Baptisms Old Dutch Church, Totowa New Jersey

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One of the overlooked databases on Olive Tree Genealogy website is that of the Old Dutch Church in Totowa New Jersey. Baptisms from 1756-18...
August 27, 2009

Ontario, Canada Marriage Registers by Clergy, 1896-1948

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Ancestry.com has just released a new database Ontario, Canada Marriage Registers by Clergy, 1896-1948 This database is a collection of 18 v...
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August 25, 2009

Indiana Alasdair and Lilith Croft, Tomb Raider (Making a history adventure movie with children)

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My two eldest grandchildren are with me for their annual summer week with Grandma and Grandpa. This is when we enjoy genealogy treasure hunt...
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August 24, 2009

What I would do differently at a Family Reunion

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Well the Family Fun Fest (aka Family Reunion) is over. We held it Sunday at our place and thankfully the rain held off until all the games w...
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August 23, 2009

Newspaper Index for Barrie Ontario Canada online

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The Barrie Public Library in Simcoe County Ontario Canada has placed the Barrie Newspaper Index online: http://news.ourontario.ca/barrie/ Th...
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August 22, 2009

Scavenger Hunt at Family Reunion

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Today is the day of our big McGinnis Family Reunion. I always create a Scavenger Hunt for these gettogethers and this year is no exception. ...
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August 21, 2009

Family Reunions & Genealogy Games

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Tomorrow is a big McGinnis family reunion at our home. We have these about every 5 years, and each year I try to incorporate new games for e...
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