Beginning today Ancestry.ca will be making it’s French-Canadian Records collection free for three days in honour of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day. The Drouin Collection is also available on Ancestry.com but it will not be available free there so if you don’t have a subscription to either, then you must register for a free Canadian subscription in order … [Read more…]
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries millions of Eastern and Southern immigrants left their countries for America with the intent of making enough money to return home one day in a better financial position. They worked long hours during the peak seasons and returned home to their families during the winter months. These … [Read more…]
This just in from our friends at Find My Past: Our World Cup widows offer for the second England match is now much more flexible, particularly for those of you based outside of the UK. It’s simple – sign in after 9am on Friday, and choose when to use your 90 minutes You are now … [Read more…]
Not everyone watches Soccer so for all those genealogy non – soccer fans, findmypast.co.uk is offering a special deal. From our friends at findmypast.co.uk: The World Cup is now upon us and we thought it would only be fair to provide some entertainment for all you non-football fans out there: Whenever England play a match, … [Read more…]
Ancestry.com provides a free online class : Family Tree Maker 2010 -Advanced Topics on 16 Jun 2010 at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard time. Ancestry will show you how to get the most out of your Family Tree Maker product and will feature such topics as: Publishing charts and reports Working with Web Search Merging Exporting … [Read more…]
Footnote has worked with the US National Archives to put millions of Civil War records online and now, for the month of June you can view the collection free of charge. Included in the collection are thousands of photos, maps, service records, and pension files, as well as some personal accounts and writings making it … [Read more…]
When I first decided to extract microfilm records from the LDS, I made the mistake of ordering birth records. What I should have ordered instead were the Allegati. Allegati are basically records that were required to be presented by a couple who intended to get married. They would include both the future bride and groom’s … [Read more…]
This advice came from one of the Rootsweb Lists I read. Upon filling out your census form, make copies of it to keep in your records. This will ensure that the next generations in your family won’t have to wait the required number of years for the census records to become public! We will be … [Read more…]
From their Website: New Horizons Genealogy specializes in New England and New York Colonial American Genealogy, Ancestry and Family History. Our record collections include, Vital records, Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Colonial and State Census records, Federal and State Census Mortality Schedules, Cemetery records, 1840 Census of Pensioners and Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in … [Read more…]
The sites below have been selected by MyHeritage as the top 100 Genealogy Sites for 2010. Many of these blogs belong to active members of the GeneaBloggers Community. If you have a genealogy related blog you would like to share, then you definitely should consider submitting it to GeneaBloggers. You may also want to participate … [Read more…]
