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ISFHWE Excellence in Writing Competition Winners Announced 24 Aug 2013 | 10:43 am
The International Society of Family History Writers and Editors is proud to announce the winners of the 2013 Excellence-in-Writing Competition. This year, in addition to recognizing First, Second and ...
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Pennsylvania Now Online at the PennState Website 24 Aug 2013 | 10:30 am
This is great news! The pre-1923 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps have now been digitized and are available to us at the PennState website. The following teaser is from their site: Recently Penn State’s ...
FamilySearch Adds Close to 1.5 Million Indexed Records and Images to Collections from Chile, Honduras, Jamaica, and the United States 24 Aug 2013 | 10:09 am
The following was received from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has recently added close to 1.5 million indexed records and images from Chile, Honduras, Jamaica, and the United States. Notable collection ...
More on the “Who Do You Think You Are?” Episode Featuring Chris O’Donnell 24 Aug 2013 | 09:47 am
This last week I posted a blog about the “Who Do You Think You Are?” episode featuring Chris O’Donnell. In the episode, Chris O’Donnell read some excerpts from the written reminiscence of his great-gr...
Diane C. Loosle Named Director of the Family History Library 24 Aug 2013 | 09:26 am
Aug. 21, 2013 – SALT LAKE CITY – FamilySearch announced that Diane C. Loosle is the new director of its flagship Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. She will have the responsibility of lev...
Federation Of Genealogical Societies Announces 2015 Conference 24 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
It has been announced that the FGS National Conference is to tie in with the annual RootsTech Conference in Salt Lake City in February of 2015. Traditionally, the conference is held in late Summer, as...
Lisa Louise Cooke’s The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox — 20% OFF for ONE WEEK only! 20 Aug 2013 | 09:17 am
I begin virtually every search with Google. I don’t own stock in Google, or have any particular love for the search engine; however, there is no denying the overall search power of Google and the simp...
Jamestown People To 1800, Landowners, Public Officials, Minorities, And Native Leaders 20 Aug 2013 | 09:08 am
The year in which this year’s newborns become teenagers, this country will celebrate its Sestercentennial birthday. To a child that may seem a lifetime, to us adults, such years come with increasing s...
The Portable Genealogist: Immigration to the U.S. 20 Aug 2013 | 07:34 am
In the latest series of laminated guide for family historians, the New England Historic Genealogical Society, presents The Portable Genealogist. Last week I reviewed one of the handful of guides in th...
Fort Wayne, Here We Come! 19 Aug 2013 | 11:23 pm
I’m flying out of Salt Lake City, heading for Fort Waayne, Indiana (via Indianapolis) tonight at 1 a.m. I don’t expect a lot of sleep, but am taking this route, as I am planning a quick trip to the In...
