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July 30, 2010

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Two headstones used by one family as a conversation piece turned into a wild goose chase for city police. Research into genealogy and records from funeral homes and cemetery boards came to a sudden stop Friday when it was learned the markers were ditched by the monument company that made them.[...]
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Civil War buffs will have a new online tool to use thanks to a grant the Tennessee State Library and Archives has received. The $40,750 grant from the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program will allow the state to develop an online database of the state’s Civil War battlefields. The database [...]
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According to Genie.com, Chelsea Clinton and Angelina Jolie are 12th cousins. These things are kinda’ fun, but with a bit of research you’d be amazed the folks that have have cousinships of this degree or better. But with Chelsea’s wedding and all, this is the time to get acquainted with her distant relatives!
14:54
Randy Seaver posted an interesting blog about Ancestry.com’s second quarter 2010 financial results. Check it out.
13:25
Genealogists will learn about Ancestry.com ’s new search page at a workshop offered by the Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society on Saturday. Actually, two workshops will be offered that day, with the second covering research at local libraries.
12:05
The following news release was received from Debra Chatfield at FindMyPast.co.uk: Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records 1760-1854 now available to search online In-depth and colorful insight into the lives of ordinary ranking soldiers Records include servicemen born in the UK and throughout the world, including India and Jamaica Leading family history website findmypast.co.uk has added a further [...]
10:01
The opening session, with Lori Cox-Paul, Director of Archival Operations at the NARA Kansas City facility, for the Midwest Family History Expo in Kansas City is just wrapping up and the exhibit hall is about to open!

July 29, 2010

15:48
Assembling your family tree has never been easier, thanks to genealogy software like Synium Software’s Mac Family Tree. The latest update to the application, version 6, adds several new features and a revamped interface to make it simpler than ever to trace your roots.
11:08
CLEARWATER - On the heels of interest generated by a popular NBC TV series about family histories, "Who Do You Think You Are," Clearwater's Aging Well Center will begin offering the public free beginning genealogy lessons.
06:12
Synium Software today presents MacFamilyTree 6, a major update of the popular genealogy software for Mac OS X. MacFamilyTree 6 is the most significant update in its 12 year product history.

July 28, 2010

21:34
Jewish Genealogy The Red Star Line transported 2.7 million people from Antwerp to American ports from 1873 to 1934, and it is estimated that half of its emigrant passengers were Jewish. Antwerp artist Eugeen Van Mieghem made a cycle of works about these Jewish emigrants.
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SALT LAKE CITY • Jan Gow's annual pilgrimage from New Zealand to Salt Lake City is not to enjoy Utah's ski resorts, red rock canyons or five national parks. It's to explore the ribbons of microfilm

July 27, 2010

19:26
In may of 1975 a continuing education class which was held at Jacksonville College in Jacksonville started a craze in that time for genealogy. Through the world renowned book "Roots" and the TV show which was just as popular, the 70's brought in a decade of poeple who were interested in their relatives, from that point on the Cherokee County Genealogical society existed. "After the college ...
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BERNARDS TWP. – Dave Marr, a member of the Family History Interest Group (FHIG), will talk about “Exploring FultonHistory.com: An Online Repository of New York Newspapers,” during the group’s monthly meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 27, at the Bernards Township Library.
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Dr. James Sellers, president of the East Texas Genealogical Society and Janet Cottle, director of education said that ETGS and the Tyler Public Library will sponsor a four week series of classes for beginner genealogists during the month of August. read more
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The Czech Heritage Society of Texas will hold its summer state meeting and Genealogy Conference on Saturday. The free conference, hosted by the Victoria County Chapter and the Executive Committee of the CHS, will be at the Holy Family Catholic Church Activity Center, 704 Mallette Drive.

July 26, 2010

18:04
Even before my ketubah was signed my soon-to-be mother-in-law, Shirley, calmly but proudly told me, “Edmon, my mother’s family, the Sheinbeins, are descendants of the Vilna Gaon.”
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Was the Vilna Gaon part of his wife's family tree? Edmon J. Rodman went on a search to find out.
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July 23, 2010

17:52
Genealogists will learn about Ancestry.com ’s new search page at a workshop offered by the Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society on Saturday. Actually, two workshops will be offered that day, with the second covering research at local libraries.