Ancestry will be allowing free access to it’s WW2 records until Dec 7th, 2011 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the invasion of Pearl Harbor. Use this link to start searching the WW2 Military Records.
From the Genealogy Insider: “The Social Security Administration is making changes to the public Death Master File—the source of the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) that genealogists know and love to use—that’ll impact your research…” Read More…. SSA to Remove “Protected” Death Records From Death Master File
This week, starting Aug 29 until Sept 5 all world immigration and travel records will be free to search on Ancestry. Start searching today!
Footnote announced 18 August it would be changing it’s name to Fold3 in it’s commitment to offering the finest and most comprehensive collection of U.S. Military records available on the internet. Why Fold3? Fold3 will be adding millions of U.S. military records as it continues to not only host existing records but expand it’s military … [Read more…]
Geni.com was never one of my favourite sites. I am not a big fan of this type of website normally but since it was free, and I had some control over it I decided to give it a try and added a few generations of family on it. Well on August 11th, 2011 Geni.comi announced … [Read more…]
Cosenza has done it again. Researching your family history has never been easier as you now don’t have to leave the comfort of your home to trace that elusive ancestor. Cosenza has been busy over the last few years putting their Civil Records online using a combination of extractions and images and now they have … [Read more…]
Military records are a wonderful way to find out information about a person. Generally the Italian records valuable genealogical information such the name of the person, his age, birth date, place of birth, parents names (mother’s maiden name) and a full physical description of him. More information can be found here: Military & Conscription … [Read more…]
Caserta, Campania, Italy, Civil Registration Records, 1862-1939 Comuni (towns): Ailano Alife Alvignano Arienzo Aversa Baia e Latina Bellona Caianello Caiazzo Calvi Risorta Camigliano Cancello e Arnone Capodrise Capriati a Volturno Capua Carinaro Carinola Casagiove Casal di Principe Casaluce Casapesenna Casapulla Caserta Castel Campagnano Castel di Sasso Castel Morrone Castel Volturno Castello del Matese Cervino Cesa … [Read more…]
Both the Gente di Mare and Calabria Exchange websites and databases are getting face lifts so if you are looking through the sites and they look a bit Calabria Exchange messy then this is the reason. I was hoping the transition would go a bit more quickly but this is what happens when you have … [Read more…]
I have added several new links to the site which you can access from the menu on the left of the screen. These links include Calabria, Sicily, Lazio, Spain and South America. I am currently working on a War Links page which should hopefully be up soon. Meanwhile, if you have a site you would … [Read more…]
