Genealogy

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Who is Your MRUA?

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Genea-Musings:- Hey, genies, it's Saturday Night, time for some Genealogy Fun!!

The Best (Genealogy) Things in Life Are Free!

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

California Genealogical Society and Library blog:-

Genealogy News Corral: November 16-20

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Genealogy Insider:- In preparation for the Civil War sesquicentennial from 2011 to 2015, the Ohio Historical Society (OHS) and Cleveland State University's Center for Public History and Digital Humanities launched a website about Ohio’s role in the Civil War. You can submit content for several areas of the site. See the OHS newsletter for more information.

FindmyPast gets a makeover

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter (Free subscription) | yesterday

Scottish Genealogy News and Events:- The FindmyPast website (http://www.findmypast.com/) has been given a mini overhaul. From the company's blog, a brief description of the changes:

JPS: Free readers' guides online

Tracing the Tribe (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

The Jewish Publication society offers free downloadable teachers/readers guides to some of its titles. Read about them here . They can be used for all kinds of groups, schools, adult education and others. They might also lead to more gift ideas for children and teens. Genealogists should enjoy Vanessa L. Och's award-winning Inventing Jewish Ritual , for which the Leaders’ Guide suggests activities...

Jewish Women's Archive: Santa Fe trip, March 2010

Tracing the Tribe (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

The Jewish Women's Archive is planning a trip to one of my favorite places, Santa Fe, New Mexico, during March 2010. The theme is Jewish memory and narrative through art and craft, with a talk by Dr. Stanley Hordes, author of the excellent "To the End of the Earth: A History of the Crypto-Jews of New Mexico." The trip is set from Wednesday-Sunday, March 3-7. For details, see the JWA . For...

Israel: New database

Tracing the Tribe (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

In a collaboration that could be the model for other genealogical societies in other countries, the Israel Genealogical Society (IGS) has developed a special relationship with Petah Tikva's Oded Yarkoni Archive, which focuses on the city's history. The IGS hopes other municipal archives will follow. This model is also useful for encouraging individuals to join genealogical societies, as these particular...

Surname Saturday - HILDRETH

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter (Free subscription) | yesterday

Genea-Musings:- It's Surname Saturday, and I am working down my Ahnentafel List to highlight each surname in order of appearance. Of course, these lists start with female ancestors and then quickly go to the patrilineal line of those female ancestors.

Museum Finds Astronomer Galileo's Lost Body Parts

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter (Free subscription) | yesterday

Genealogy Blog:- Two fingers and a tooth belonging to famed astronomer Galileo Galilei have been found more than 100 years after going missing, a museum in Italy says.

• Galileo’s Lost Tooth And Fingers Found - Red Orbit
• Galileo's teeth, fingers found - News.com.au

The Andrew Memorial-East Preston Street Churchyard,Edinburgh

Family Research (Free subscription) | yesterday

Click to enlarge (c) John Arthur

The Stoddart Memorial-East Preston Street Churchyard,Edinburgh

Family Research (Free subscription) | yesterday

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The Gardner-East Preston Street Churchyard,Edinburgh

Family Research (Free subscription) | yesterday

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The McKinlay Memorial-East Preston Street Churchyard,Edinburgh

Family Research (Free subscription) | yesterday

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The Adam Memorial-East Preston Street Churchyard,Edinburgh

Family Research (Free subscription) | yesterday

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Naturalization Records, the often overlooked way to find a Ships Passenger List

Olive Tree Genealogy Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

We all want to know where our ancestors came from. We want to know when they arrived in North America and when they became citizens. Naturalization and immigration records are the answer. Sometimes naturalization records for an ancestor are the only way to discover the family origins and that all-important ships passenger list.Naturalization records can help you find the date of immigration,

Find Family Trees

btana | 03/10/2009

Making a family tree can be exciting! Here’s something on how to make a family tree … Take the sentence, “Father And Mother, I Love You “. Now take the first letter of each word in this sentence and put the letters toget...

How To Trace Ancestors

btana | 02/26/2009

Are you planning on making your family tree? Are you curious to find where you come from and uncover your family’s history throughout the years? You must know that it’s not an easy task and you will need time and effort to create a complete...

Where Did You Come From - Your Family Tree

ulbricht | 02/11/2009

Where did you come from? Mormon genealogy research can tell you! Mormon Genealogy is the study of tracing out the family pedigrees. The study revolves around the names, living styles, relationships, nature, of all the relatives both living and dead. ...