A new digital database providing online access to 14 newspaper titles published in Atlanta from 1847 to 1922 is now available through the Digital Library of Georgia...
Read moreProQuest celebrates National Library Week
To celebrate libraries and the ways you help communities thrive – ProQuest offers free, open access to many popular resources. Access is available from April 12...
Read moreNational Archives Hosts 6th Genealogy Fair, April 14-15, 2010
WASHINGTON, March 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following is being issued by the National Archives: Free two-day genealogy fair to focus on “The World...
Read moreGenealogists at mercy of information pirates
In a perfect world, everyone would be honest, bad things wouldn’t happen to good people and private genealogy research wouldn’t be spread across the...
Read moreNational Archives Hosts Fifth Genealogy Fair, April 22-23, 2009
The National Archives will host its fifth annual Genealogy Fair. This year’s two-day program will showcase Federal records located at the National Archives and...
Read moreAncestry.com Marks Lincoln Bicentennial With Launch of Five New Databases Featuring Millions of New Civil War Era Records
World’s Leading Online Family History Resource Adds More Than 4 Million New Records to Its Civil War Collection, Including More Than 20,000 Letters Written to...
Read moreCathy’s family secrets
WHEN Cathy Freeman had “cos I’m free” tattooed on her arm, she meant it as a bold statement about love and identity. But the words took on a deeper...
Read moreWeb 2.0 genealogy site Geni.com aims to become ‘digital scrapbook’
Genealogy networking site, Geni.com has today announced they want to become a “digital scrapbook” for families. To do this, Geni.com have launched two new...
Read moreColumnist receives a variety of reactions to ‘I’m a genealogist’
When meeting people and the subject of “what do you do for a living” comes up, there’s an interesting mix of reactions.The most popular response is a polite, “Oh...
Read moreMormons Expand Free Access to Genealogy Records for Researchers
There has never been a better time to research a family tree because of the free access to billions of records offered by Mormon Family History Libraries around the...
Read moreHistory Captured: Genealogy service records dynasties
Armen Afrikyan, a historian-lawyer by training, explains what importance a family tree has for Armenians and shows the family tree of the well-known dynasty of the...
Read moreMeet South Florida’s detective of death
Looking for details about your great-grandfather’s death 45 years ago? Searching for survivors of the friendly neighbor who died without a will? Can’t...
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