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FamilySearch News: Volunteers to Bring Historic Sweden Church Records Online
Volunteers to Bring Historic Sweden Church Records Online400 million names included in largest indexing effort to-dateFALKÖPING, Sweden—FamilySearch and Svensk Arkivinformation (SVAR), a division of the National Archives of Sweden, announced today...
MyHeritage.com Adds Maps to Its Family History Suite
New version 4.0 of MyHeritage.com’s Family Tree Builder visualizes family history in colorful maps, and offers Family Chat™ in a new family toolbarLondon, England & Tel Aviv, Israel – August 13, 2009 – MyHeritage.com, a leading famil...
Ancestry.com Bringing High-Speed Scanners to FGS in Little Rock
Ancestry.com is excited to provide FGS conference attendees the opportunity to have their family records scanned, for free, on high–speed scanners. The scanners will be available for up to 15-minute scanning sessions on Thursday, September 3, ...
New Ancestry.com Family Tree Maker 2010 Software Adds New Storytelling and Organizational Tools
No. 1 Selling Family Tree Software Continues To Offer Users Online Integration with Ancestry.com and Other Web Resources Including Microsoft® Bing™ Maps PROVO, Utah, August 19, 2009 -- Ancestry.com, the world's largest online resource for ...
Automatic Search for Potential Relatives on dynastree
Finding relatives via the internetHamburg, August 18, 2009 – The social network for families, dynastree.com, features more than 90 million profiles from around the world and is one of the largest communities of families worldwide. dynastree now int...
"Casefile Clues" How-to Column
Michael John Neill is now distributing his "Casefile Clues" how-to column on his own website, www.casefileclues.com. Michael describes it as:a weekly genealogy newsletter focusing on genealogy research methodology and interpretation. Every week I lo...
WorldVitalRecords Free Site Access Extended
You may have seen this mentioned on other blogs (and I'm sorry I didn't get this posted earlier...was out of town and ill), but WorldVitalRecords has extended their free site access through Tuesday, August 18th. No credit card is required; just a nam...
Update on King County, Washington MArriage Records Online
Although dated August 1st, the following came through my Google Reader today from the Washington State Digital Archives:The long awaited King County Marriage records from 1855 to 1940 are now available online at the Washington State Digital Archives....
Surname Distribution Maps on dynastree.com
Surname distribution maps on dynastree.comHamburg, August 11, 2009 – The family network dynastree.com features maps for showing the distribution of one's surname for eight countries at the moment. Such maps are not only available for the US, Canada...
WorldVitalRecords Free for Three Days
WorldVitalRecords.com Opens Site Allowing for Free Public Access to More Than One Billion Family History RecordsWith the addition of the largest number of records to be released in a single day since the site launched in 2006PROVO, UT, August 11, 200...
Ancestry.com Expands Online Jewish Family History Record Collection
ANCESTRY.COM EXPANDS ONLINE JEWISH FAMILY HISTORY RECORD COLLECTIONCollaboration with the American Jewish Historical Society and the Routes to Roots Foundation offers online access to more than 200,000 Jewish recordsPROVO, Utah, August 2, 2009 -- Anc...
FamilySearch Indexing: New projects for Italy, New Zealand, Peru, and the U.S.
22 July 2009New projects for Italy, New Zealand, Perú, and the U.S. were added this month. FamilySearch has 42 international indexing projects underway currently (see charts below). It has a growing need for more volunteers who can help with the inc...
FamilySearch Records Search Update: New Collections for Cheshire, England, Minnesota, and New York
23 July 2009New record collections were added to the FamilySearch Record Search pilot this week for Cheshire, England, Minnesota, and New York.These collections can be searched for free at the FamilySearch.org Record Search pilot (click Search Record...
FamilySearch Indexing Update: Czech Republic, South Africa, Mexico, and Deutschland Projects Added
OverviewIndexers waiting for projects from the Czech Republic, Baden, Germany, or South Africa can now get busy. New indexing projects added this week are:Czech Republic, Litomerice Kirchenbücher, 1552–1905 [Part 1]Deutschland, Baden—Kirchenbüc...
FamilySearch Record Search Update: 12 New Collections Added--7 International
Twelve new collections were added to the FamilySearch Record Search pilot this week. International collections were added for Argentina, Australia, Mexico, Netherlands, and Spain. New United States collections were added for Delaware, Massachusetts, ...
The 10th Annual Battle of Spokane Falls
The Washington Civil War Association is sponsoring the 10th annual Battle of Spokane Falls and Civil War Reenactment Weekend with living history demonstrations at Riverside State Park (Equestrian Area). This event will be held Memorial Day Weekend, S...
Memorial Weekend Open House 2009 - Heritage Funeral Home
Each Memorial Day weekend, the Heritage Funeral Home (508 N Government Way) puts on a weekend-long open house featuring a historic person. Past presentations have included John F. Kennedy, Ulysses S Grant, and even Elvis Presley! In addition to the...
FamilySearch Record Search Update: New Brazil, Czech Republic, Italy, and U.S. Records Added
20 May 2009Thirteen collections were added or updated on the FamilySearch Record Search pilot—over 3.5 million new records. International researchers will be excited to know that collections were added for Brazil, Czech Republic, and Italy.In the U...
FamilySearch News: Southern Collections Online Are Rapidly Growing
14 May 2009Millions of Historic Southern Records Now on the WebSALT LAKE CITY—FamilySearch announced today it has published millions of records from Southern states to its rapidly growing, free online collection. The collection includes both digita...
Family History Center Webinars Announced
May 6th, 2009: Registration for free training webinars is now open to all family history consultants and directors. These webinars are meant to help family history centers thrive as consultants learn about the new technologies and resources available...
Berlin 2807 – Einstein's Telephone Number One of Millions Now Online
20th Century German Phone Books feature over 35 million names including Albert Einstein, Actress Marlene Dietrich and Hitler’s Mistress Eva BraunPROVO, UTAH – May 8, 2009 - In a world first, Ancestry.com, the world's largest online family history...
FGS and PMC Conference and Advertising Deadlines Approaching
From Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FGS/AGS Conference National Publicity Chair:Early registration discountThe deadline for the early registration discount for this “Passages through Time” Conference for the Nation’s Genealogists is inching closer. T...
FamilySearch News: David E. Rencher Named FamilySearch Chief Genealogical Officer
SALT LAKE CITY—FamilySearch today named David E. Rencher Chief Genealogical Officer (CGO). He will have responsibility to help FamilySearch align strategic business decisions with needs and demands of genealogy-related markets. Rencher is a 28-year...
This and That
Here's a catchup on the news in genealogy and the geneablogging world:The 3rd Edition of the Graveyard Rabbit Carnival (Cemetery Preservation) was posted May 1st, and the 71st Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy (Local History) was posted May 3rd.A ...
FamilySearch News: Volunteers Transcribe 250 Million Historical Records
Incredible Effort Speeds Up Access to Online Genealogical InformationSALT LAKE CITY—FamilySearch volunteers reached a monumental milestone this week, transcribing their 250 millionth historical record. The incredible online initiative started in J...
FamilySearch News: Popular British Jewish Database Grows to 40,000 Records
SALT LAKE CITY—FamilySearch expanded its Knowles Collection—a free popular database of Jewish records hailing from the British Isles. The collection builds upon work commenced by the late Isobel Mordy—a well-known historian of the Jews of the B...
Dr. Tukufu Zuberi Guest on Episode 63 of Genealogy Gems Podcast
This is one of several press releases I've received in the past week or so. My apologies: I've been remiss on posting them in a timely manner.Dr. Tukufu Zuberi is heading in to his seventh season with the hit PBS television show History Detectives. A...
FamilySearch Indexing Update: New York State Census, Belgian, and Argentina Projects Added
This is one of several press releases I've received in the past week or so. My apologies: I've been remiss on posting them in a timely manner.There are many new, upcoming, and completed indexing projects to report in this update. There are 12 new pro...
FamilySearch Record Search Update 7 April 2009
This is one of several press releases I've received in the past week or so. My apologies: I've been remiss on posting them in a timely manner.FamilySearch added over 16 million new indexed records and almost 500,000 new digital images this week to it...
Book Release: Webmasters Guide to TNG 7.0
This is one of several press releases I've received in the past week or so. My apologies: I've been remiss on posting them in a timely manner.John Pfost is pleased to announce the release of his new book the Webmaster’s Guide to TNG 7.0: From Novic...
