Interment.net - Update (Jun 30, 2005)
 Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Inglewood Cemetery - (Australia, Queensland, Inglewood Shire), Contributed by Karyn Findlay, 741 Fish Family Cemetery - (USA, Kentucky, Lincoln County) - Contributed by Shirley Olson, 16 records Yorktown National Cemetery - (USA, Virginia, York County) - Contributed by Diana Winall, 749 records
Military Aviation Incident Reports Available Online
A website called Accident-Report.com can provide you with copies of accident reports relating to U.S. military aircraft, including information on the persons involved in the accidents. The website has documents from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army Air Force, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps. They span a period from 1918 to 1952. If you have a relative that was involved in a military aircraft incident, then you might be interested in this. The website has a directory of names of people involved in these accidents. From there, you can request a quote from Accident-Report.com to find out how much information is available. There is a fee if you choose to have them send you a copy of the report. These documents probably provide very little genealogical value. However, they provide details of where, when, how, and why the aircraft was involved in an accident. Hence, it could bring closure to a piece of your family's history.
Weber County, Utah Marriage Database Online
The County of Weber, Utah has a database of certified marriage licenses on their website. The database contains records from June 1888 to the present day. To perform a search, you must have at least the surname of the groom AND the bride. The results give you the full name of the couple, and in some cases the date of marriage application. You cannot see the actual copy of the marriage license online, but you can request a copy of it directly by link.
Aliens Births in the USA at All Time High
The Center for Immigration Studies announced today the highlights of a study perfomed on birth records. The study shows that that the number of children born to immigrants nationwide (legal & illegal) in 2002 was higher than at any time in American history. In New York, the increase in recent decades has been enormous. The study contains information at the national, state, and, in some cases, county levels (including New York City, Nassau, Westchester, and Suffolk Counties). Two of the most important findings for New York are that there are a very large number of births to illegal aliens in the state and that large differences exist between the education levels of immigrant and native mothers. For future genealogists, researching family history will be particularly difficult because of the proliferation of illegal immigrants, and the lack of available documentation. The study will be available to the general public on July 7, 2005. Advance copies are available to the media.
Family Tree Connection - Update (30/Jun/2005)
 Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:
23rd Jamestown High School Commencement - Twenty-Third Annual Commencement, Jamestown High School, Institute Hall, Jamestown, N. Y., Thursday Evening, June 19th at 8 o'clock AND Friday Morning, June 20th at 10 o'clock. Mt. Vernon First Congregational Church 1924 Manual - Manual of the First Congregational Church, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, 1924. Includes a chronological listing of members from 1834 to 1924. Western Theological Seminary 1860-61 Catalogue - Annual Catalogue of the Western Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, at Allegheny City, Pa. 1860-1861. Published by the Students. Penobscot Lodge, No. 7, I.O.O.F. Members - Constitution By-Laws and Rules of Penobscot Lodge, No. 7, I. O. O. F. Instituted Feb. 15, 1844. Incorporated Dec. 24, 1887. Penobscot, Maine.
Interment.net - Update (Jun 29, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Fish Family Cemetery - (USA, North Carolina, Wake County) - Contributed by Shirley Olson, 9 records Partin Family Cemetery - (USA, North Carolina, Wake County) - Contributed by Shirley Olson, 6 records Wills Family Cemetery - (USA, Maryland, Charles County) - Contributed by Anne Braun, 9 records Enterprise Church Cemetery - (USA, Alabama, Houston County) - Contributed by Phillip Karns, 107 records Love Hill Church Cemetery - (USA, Alabama, Houston County) - Contributed by Phillip Karns, 63 records
Ancestry.com Update - June 12-18, 2005
 Approximately 17.6 million names released over the last week. 5 new titles released. 4 titles updated. Highlights - City Directories - 3 new titles adding 55,000 names.
- Obituaries - update adding 500,000 new names.
- Family & Local Histories – 2 new titles adding 23,000 names.
- Newspapers - update, adding 16.7 million names to New York area newspapers.
- Customer Created Content – 310,000 Message Boards, Trees, and Customer corrections names added.
U.S. Records Collection
Released Last Week - Obituary Collection (http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/) - Updated (504,030 new names added for a total of 53,386,755) - 6/11/2005
- The Titusville, Pa. directory, 1912-1913 : containing a general directory of the citizens, unique street and block directory, classified business directory, a list of city, county and state officers, churches, societies, lodges, etc. (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=23499) - New (9,850 names) - 6/13/2005
- The Titusville, Pa. directory, 1916 : containing a general directory of the citizens, sixteen years of age and over, unique street and house directory, classified business directory, a list of city, county and state officers, churches, societies, lodges, etc. : also, directories of the boroughs of Grand Valley, Hydetown, and Pleasantville, rural delivery routes out of Titusville, and directories of the townships of Athens, Oil Creek, Rome, Steuben and Troy in Crawford County, Cherrytree, Oil Creek and Plum in Venango County, Eldred and Southwest in Warren County. (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=23501) - New (11,350 names)- 6/14/2005
- Battle Creek, Albion, Marshall, and Calhoun County Directory, 1897-98 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=26081) - New (33,400 records) - 6/17/2005
Scheduled for this week - Ohio Soldiers in WWI
- SSDI update adding deaths from May.
- 7 miltary databases from Korean and Vietnam War
- Florida Divorce Index
- City Directories rollup
Coming soon - Indiana Marriages maintenance update
- WWI Draft update
U.S. Census Images and Indexes
Released last week Scheduled for this week - 1910 Maintenance - fixing a large percentage of image errors.
Coming soon
U.K. & Ireland Records Collection
Released last week Scheduled for this week - 1881 England and Wales - minor maintenance release.
- Civil Registration - minor maintenance release.
- Pallot Marriages - image conversion project.
Coming soon - Maintenance releases for various census years.
Newspapers
Released last week - Obituary Collection (http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/) - Updated (504,030 new names added for a total of 53,386,755) - 6/11/2005
- Syracuse Herald (Syracuse, New York) (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=Newspaper&dbid=8564)- Updated (2,341,668 new names added for a total of 4,657,960 names) - 6/16/2005
- Syracuse Herald (Syracuse, New York) (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=Newspaper&dbid=8564)- Updated (12,013,950 new names added for a total of 20,466,964 names) - 6/16/2005
Scheduled for this week
- More New York papers
- Obituaries Collection – will continue to update
U.S. Immigration Collection
Released last week Scheduled for this week
Family and Local Histories
Released last week - History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford & Gasconade Counties, Missouri : from the earliest time to the present : together with sundry personal, business and professional sketches and numerous family records (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=23757) - New (19,584 records) - 6/15/2005
- The Town Register, Otisfield, Harrison, Naples and Sebago: 1906 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=23757) - New (2,873 records) - 6/16/2005
Customer Contributed Content
Released last week
Family Tree Connection - Update (29/Jun/2005)
Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:
Litchville School 1904-5 Souvenir - Souvenir for School Number 2. Litchville Township, Lamoure County, N. D., Term 1904-5. Includes names of teacher, clerk and pupils. 15th Annual Hawaiian Historical Society Report - Fifteenth Annual Report of the Hawaiian Historical Society for the Year Ending December 31, 1907. Includes listings of the active and non-resident members. Broadway Church Directory of 1909 Members - Directory of Members, Broadway Church, Norwich, Conn., January, 1909. Boston Master Builders Assoc. 1910 List of Members - The Master Builders Association of Boston, 166 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass. List of Members (with their occupation), January, 1910.
Interment.net - Update (Jun 28, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Carr Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Compton County) - Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 125 records Holeman Cemetery - (USA, Illinois, Warren County) - Contributed by Phillip J. Karns, 79 records McMahill Cemetery - (USA, Illinois, Warren County) - Contributed by Phillip J. Karns, 15 records
1911 Canadian Census may be available to genealogists soon
Bill S-18 providing access to the 1911 Canadian Census passed the House of Commons today At 8:00 AM PDT Tuesday June 28th MP Dominic LeBlanc, Deputy Government Whip, rose and stated words to the effect that "If the Speaker would seek it, I believe he would have the unanimous consent of the House to deem Bill S-18 -- An Act to amend the Statistics Act, to have passed Third Reading". That consent was given. Bill S-18 has now passed all necessary stages in both the Senate and the House of Commons and all that remains to be done to make it law is for it to receive Royal Assent. It is expected that assent will be received shortly. It is believed that the Library and Archives of Canada has already scanned images of the 1911 National Census of Canada and they should be available online almost immediately. Excerpt of email from Gordon A. Watts Co-chair Canada Census Committee Read more about Canadian Census Records at AllCensusRecords.com
National Archives to Dedicate New Facility in Georgia
The National Archives and Records Administration will be dedicating their new facility in Morrow, Georgia, just south of Atlanta, on July 15, 2005. The ceremony is open by invitation only. The new facility has been open to the public since April 1, 2005. It has 115,000 square feet of room, and a storage capacity of 230,000 cubic feet. It consolidates operations of the region's three previous facilities in East Point, GA, Palmetto, GA, and Birmingham, AL. The new facility houses Federal records dating from 1716 to the 1980s, from over 115 agencies and Federal Courts that relate to Federal government policies and programs in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. It includes research rooms for the review of archival records and microfilm holdings. A 3,000 square foot conference center hosts future symposia, archival and records management workshops, and genealogical conferences. The expansive archival complex also features an outdoor amphitheater, Visitor Learning Center, and an archives-themed bookstore.
Family Tree Connection - Update (28/Jun/2005)
Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:
Litchville School 1918 Souvenir - Souvenir for Litchville School No. 2, Litchville Twp., La Moure Co., North Dakota, 1918. Sacred Heart Academy 1918 Commencement - Class of Nineteen Hundred Eighteen, Sacred Heart Academy, Commencement Exercises, Thursday morning, June Thirteenth, nine o'clock, S. S. Peter and Paul's Church, Falls City, Nebraska. Brown University 1865-6 Catalogue - A Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Brown University, 1865-6, Providence, R. I. Society of California Pioneers 1912 List of Members - Constitution and By-Laws of The Society of California Pioneers as Revised December, 1912 And List of Members Since its Organization. Organized August, 1850.
Interment.net - Update (Jun 27, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: East Dayton Cemetery - (USA, Michigan, Tuscola County) - Contributed by Dwayne Hall, 966 records Antioch Church Cemetery - (USA, Virginia, Page County) - Contributed by Anne Braun, 57 records Sorrell Cemetery - (USA, Tennessee, Carter County) - Contributed by Thomas M. Ellington, 12 records
Family Tree Connection - Update (27/Jun/2005)
Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:
1928 State Teachers College Commencement - Commencement Exercises, State Teachers College, West Chester, Pa. Tuesday morning, May twenty-eight, Nineteen hundred twenty-eight, Philips Memorial Auditorium, 11:00 A. M. Sacred Heart Academy 1920 Commencement - Class of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty, Sacred Heart Academy, Commencement Exercises, Monday, May Thirty-first, nine o'clock, a. m., Falls City, Nebraska. Cardigan Lodge, No. 38 List of 1908 Members - Constitution and By-Laws of Cardigan Lodge, No. 38, I. O. O. F., Bristol, N. H. Black Hills Consistory No. 3 - Valley of Deadwood - Ancient And Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonery, Thirty-Second Reunion, January 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28, 1910 at Masonic Temple, Deadwood, S. D. All of the degrees of the Rite from the Fourth to Thirty-Second inclusive will be conferred.
Interment.net - Update (Jun 25, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Rose Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Stanstead County) - Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 70 records Lovell Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Stanstead County) - Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 19 records Shawnee Methodist Mission Cemetery - (USA, Kansas, Johnson County) - Contributed by Linda Lewis, 22 records
Interment.net - Update (Jun 24, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Saint John Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Compton County) - Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 119 records Hornsbyville Baptist Cemetery - (USA, Virginia, York County) - Contributed by Diana Winall, 12 records Garristown Cemetery - (Ireland, County Dublin) - Submitted by Frank Carroll, 476 records Saint Fintan Burial Ground - (Ireland, County Dublin) - Submitted by Anna Ryan, 587 records
AccessMyLibrary.com - New Tool for Researchers
 AccessMyLibrary.com is a new online research tool that genealogists and historians may find quite useful. It is a service of Thomson Gale, a company that provides databases of information to libraries across the United States. The website itself is essentially an online database of Thomson Gale's collection of content, the same content that it provides to libraries, with the exception that the content now available is limited only articles published in a variety of magazines and newspapers. Eventually, Thomson Gale plans to place its entire collection of data here. The caveat is that as a member of the general Internet-browsing public, you cannot access the full text of the articles, unless first having "authenticated" yourself as being an actual library patron. You can only view "snippets" of content. That is, only if you have a library card from a library that is currently a customer of Thomson Gale, will you be able to access the full text. Unfortunately for me, my local library system is not a customer of theirs. One the main selling points for AccessMyLibrary is that the "snippets" information that can be displayed to the general public is indexable by all the Internet search engines. Thomson Gale has created static links to every publication and every article in AccessMyLibrary. Hence, anytime you perform a search on Google or Yahoo, you may see links to AccessMyLibrary within the results. Thomson Gale feels that this will ultimately draw the public into their local libraries in order to sign up for library cards. In addition, they feel that this will also help them sell their services to more libraries. If you'd like to learn more about this, visit their " FAQ page".
Family Tree Connection - Update (24/Jun/2005)
Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:
The Rainier Club 1912 Roster of Members - The Rainier Club, Seattle, Washington, Officers and Members, By-Laws and Rules. Organized 1888. Club House: S. E. Corner Fourth Avenue and Marion Street. Oak Grove Cemetery 1899 Lot Owners - Oak Grove Cemetery, Charter, By-Laws and Rules. Delaware, Ohio, September, 1899. Includes an alphabetical listing of the lot owners. Long Beach Chapter No. 173 O. E. S. 1928-29 Roster - Long Beach Chapter No. 173 Order of Eastern Star, Long Beach, California, Record Roster, By-Laws, 1928-29. Mass. Historical Society 1791-1918 Members - A Short Account of the Massachusetts Historical Society together with The Act of Incorporation, Additional Acts and By-Laws and a List of OFficers and Members, January, 1791 - June, 1918. Boston.
Interment.net - Update (Jun 23, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Esk General Cemetery - (Australia, Queensland, Esk Shire) - Contributed by Jade Werner, 1,603 records Stanley Family Cemetery - (USA, West Virginia, Kanawha County) - Contributed by John M Gwin, 7 records Bond Cemetery - (USA, Illinois, Warren County) - Contributed by Phillip J. Karns, 150 records Rutheron Cemetery - (USA, New Mexico, Rio Arriba County) - Submitted by Jennifer Capelli, 63 records
Family Tree Connection - Update (23/Jun/2005)
Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:
Franklin Lodge, No. 562, F. & A. M. 1907 Roster - Franklin Lodge, No. 562, F. & A. M., 1864 - 1907, Franklin, N. Y. Includes listing of members, officers and past masters. Winchester Motor Truck Job 1st Banquet Menu - First Annual Banquet given by Winchester Motor Truck Job, At Mainster's Cafe, Heublien, New Haven, Conn., Saturday Evening, May 27, 1916 at 8:30 P.M., E. 64. Includes listing of officers. Rutgers College 1849-50 Catalogue - Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Rutgers College, 1849 - '50, Published by the Students, New Brunswick, N. J. Appalachian Mountain Club 1909 Register - Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1909. Boston, Mass.. Published by the Club. Includes officers, committees and list of members.
Interment.net - Update (Jun 22, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Greenbush Cemetery - (USA, Illinois, Warren County) - Contributed by Phillip J. Karns, 190 records Pine Hill Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Stanstead County) - Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 1,673 records
Family Tree Connection - Update (22/Jun/2005)
Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:
Wyoming Baptist Church 1901 Prayer Meeting Topics - Prayer Meeting Topics, January to June, 1901, First Baptist Church, Wyoming, Pa. Includes listings of officers, leaders and general committees. South Hadley Falls Congregational Church 1878 Manual - Manual of the Congregational Church of South Hadley Falls, Mass. Compiled October, 1878. Trinity Church 1890 List of Members - Trinity M. E. Church Directory Containing a List of the Officers and Members, With Their Residences. September, 1, 1890, Worcester, Mass. 32nd Annual Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary Catalogue - Thirty-Second Annual Catalogue of the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, Mass. 1869-70.
Olive Tree Genealogy - Update (22 June 2005)
Interment.net - Update (Jun 21, 2005)
Battle of Trafalgar - New Database
The UK National Archives has placed online a database of persons who fought in the famous Battle of Trafalgar. The Battle of Trafalgar, in 1805, was the most famous naval battle in history, involving 18,000 men, and apparently, one woman. I'm sure everyone of you have listened to some other amateur genealogist yap about being descended from Pocahontas. Well, the same goes with Brits, except that it's with being descended from an ancestor who fought in this famous battle. It's just one of those things. Well, now they can discover the painful truth. Placing the database online was done as part of the 200th Anniversary of the Battle. Internet users can search the database for free.
History of Pike County, Illinois, published 1935
Yesterday, Ancestry.com re-published an old history book entitled, " The Jess M. Thompson Pike County history : as printed in installments in the Pike County republican, Pittsfield, Illinois, 1935 ". This history was originally published in the pages of the Pike County Republican, between the years of 1935 to 1939, and then republished in book form in 1967 by the Pike County Historical Society. The book features nearly 200 chapters, many of which focus on specific families that settled in Pike County, Illinois throughout the 1800s. Ancestry.com has scanned the pages of this book, and placed the complete set of images into its Family & Local Histories collection. The FLH collection contains over 20,000 other scanned history and genealogy books. To view this book online, a subscription of $79.95 (Annual) or $39.95 (Quarterly) is required.
Family Tree Connection - Update (21/Jun/2005)
Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:
1st Annual Harcourt Place Seminary Catalogue - Harcourt Place Seminary, A Church School for Young Ladies and Girls, Gambier, Ohio. Object: Vigorous Health, Soung Learning, Good Taste, and Christian Character. Bowdoin College 1851 Catalogue - Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Bowdoin College, and the Medical School of Maine (Brunswick, Maine): Spring Term - 1851. Westborough, Mass. 1853 Tax Records - Valuation and Taxes of the Town of Westborough for the Year 1853. Printed by Vote of the Town. Grinnell First Congregational Church 1906 Member List - The First Congregational Church, Grinnell, Iowa, Catalogue of Members, 1906.
Interment.net - Update (Jun 20, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Old Wollongong Catholic Cemetery - (Australia, New South Wales, Wollongong) - Contributed by Wayne Hill, 172 records Payne Cemetery - (USA, Virginia, King George County) - Contributed by Anne Braun, 15 records Compton Cemetery - (Canada, Quebec, Compton County) - Contributed by Leslie Nutbrown, 880 records Lakeside Cemetery - (USA, Michigan, Oakland County) - Contributed by Shree Williams, 971 records
The Story Behind GenealogyBuff.com
GenealogyBuff.com was created by Bill Cribbs as a suggestion by his ailing wife for a website to help beginning genealogists get started. Bill announced the story of how he got this website started in a press release today. Bill works as a Pressure Vessel Inspector, and visits oil refineries throughout the State of Texas. One day in 1989, while visiting a refinery, he met another man with the same last name as his. The ensuing conversation revealed that the two were distantly related. This got Bill started on researching his family history. After spending years researching the Cribbs family lineage, he had pieced together a family tree with more than 3,000 names. When he discovered the Internet, he decided to publish his research on a website. This opened his eyes to a whole new world of research and publishing. In 1998, he launched a website called " Obituary Links Page" providing an organized directory of links to online obituary transcriptions. Two years later he launched " Obituary Central" which provides an online search engine of obituary records across the Internet. In 1998, Bill's wife Tina was diagnosed with breast cancer. For the next three years, Bill took time off from his websites and focused his time as Tina's primary caregiver. In 2001, her cancer went into remission, and Bill continued with his websites. However in 2004, more devasting news came as it was discovered the cancer returned in Tina's lymph nodes, and spread into her lungs, liver and bones. It was during this time that Tina inspired him to begin a new site for beginning researchers. GenealogyBuff.com was born. GenealogyBuff publishes transcriptions of records with an emphasis on obituaries, including search engines to find records across the Internet. It has since grown to become Bill's most popular website. Now juggling a fulltime job as his wife's caregiver, a father of four children, a refinery inspector by day, and a webmaster by night, Cribbs' accepts his challenges with resolve. "I do it all for Tina. She's the love of my life and I want her to be taken care of. The sites help to pay for her treatments with the few Ancestry.com commissions that I make and my job provides some health insurance." Bill has published a page dedicated to his wife Tina.
Olive Tree Genealogy - Update (20/Jun/2005)
Family Tree Connection - Update (20/Jun/2005)
Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:
Van Wert High School 1915 Calendar - Events Incident to the Forty-Fourth Annual Commencement of the Van Wert High School, Van Wert, Ohio, Nineteen Fifteen. Commencement held on Friday, June 4. 10th Annual Columbia City High School Commencement - Tenth Annual Commencement of the Columbia City High School, Columbia City, Indiana, at Linvill's Opera House, Friday evening, June 13th, 1890, at 8 o'clock. 13th Annual Whitehall Schools Commencement - 13th Annual Commencement of the Whitehall Public Schools, Opera House, Whitehall, Mich., Friday Ev'ng, June 28th, 1889. Keyport High School 1926 Graduation - Commencement Program for the Keyport High School, Keyport, N.J., Thursday Evening, June 17th, 1926. Lime Springs High School 1914 Graduation - Lime Springs High School Class of Nineteen Hundred Fourteen Commencement Exercises on Thursday evening May the twenty eighth at eight of the o'clock, M. E. Church, Lime Springs, Iowa. Music by Le Roy Orchestra. Sacred Heart Academy 1919 Commencement - Sacred Heart Academy, Falls City, Nebraska, Commencement Exercises at S. S. Peter & Paul Church, June ninth at nine A. M. Palmyra School 1890 Graduating Exercises - Third Graduating Exercises of the Palmyra School on Friday, May 23, 1890 at the Prairieville Church, Palmyra, Ind., At 8 O'clock P.M. Perry High School 1905 Commencement - Commencement Exercises of the Perry High School, Perry, Okla., at the Opera House, Saturday Evening, March Twenty-Fifth, Nineteen Hundred and Five. Eight O'Clock.
Interment.net - Update (Jun 19, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Emida Cemetery - (USA, Idaho, Benewah County) - Contributed by Maggie Rail, 102 records Ballymagarvey Cemetery - (Ireland, County Meath) - Contributed by Frank Carroll, 33 records
Genealogy Extreme
The Chicago Tribune is reporting a story about certain children reaching out to locate biological parents they have never met. Those children are not ones given up for adoption but rather children conceived with sperm donations. Kind of an interesting subject which I thought I would share with you without my passing any judgement on it.
Genealogists Need Counseling
I found an article published on another blog that deals with how genealogists cope with shock and depression after uncovering an embarrassing fact about their ancestry. Apparently, the Society of Genealogists, a leading genealogy group in Britain, is concerned about this. Diane Mattinson, 48, an office manager from Bicester, Oxfordshire, discovered that her great-grandfather, James Phillips, had never married her great-grandmother, Elizabeth.
"It was a bombshell," said Mrs Mattinson. "I had my family to support me and to talk things over with, but some people don't have that. For people who find out they have half-brothers or sisters or things like that, counselling would be a good idea.". . . Oh please! The idea that a genealogist needed her family to be there with her, for support and comfort, after learning her great-grandparents never married. Maybe this is one of the things that makes Americans different than Britons. Americans tend to boast of their ancestors' hidden skeletons, as some kind of source of pride. But it sounds like in Great Britain, folks get depressed about it.
Family Tree Connection - Update (17/Jun/2005)
Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:
New Mexico Grand Lodge 1898 Proceedings - Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, F. & A. Masons of the Territory of New Mexico, A. D. 1898, A. L. 5898. Twenty-First Annual Communication held at Albuquerque, October 3 and 4, A. D. 1898. The 1903 Gleam Yearbook - The Gleam, May, 1903, Yearbook for the High School in the City of Independence, Kans. Includes listing of Graduates from 1889 to 1903. Dudley Street Baptist Church 1894 Directory - Directory of the Dudley Street Baptist Church, Roxbury, 1894. Containing the Church Covenant, List of Officers, Members and Other Information. The Cehisean 1927 Yearbook - The Cehisean, A Book of Memories, Published by The Senior Class of Central High School, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1927. Northern Indiana Normal School 1890 Catalogue - Quarterly Catalogue of the Northern Indiana Normal School and Business College. 1890. Valparaiso, Ind.
Family Tree Connection - Update (16/Jun/2005)
Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:
M. I. Grand Council 1899 Yearbook - Transactions of the M. I. Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of the State of California for the Year 1899 at its Thirty-Ninth Annual Assembly held at the Masonic Temple, in the City of San Francisco, Monday April 17, A. D., 1899. Belles Lettres Society 1847 Catalogue - Catalogue of the Belles Lettres Society of Dickinson College, Philadelphia, PA. Instituted A. D. 1786. Lynn High School 1860 Catalogue - Catalogue of the Officers, Teachers, and Pupils, of the Lynn High School, Lynn, Mass., December 1, 1860. Includes listings of the Class of 1860. Crittenden's Philadelphia Commercial College 1861 Catalogue - Annual Catalogue of the Trustees, Officers and Students of Crittenden's Philadelphia Commercial College. N. E. Corner of Seventh and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Penna. For the Year Ending April 15th, 1861.
Interment.net - Update (Jun 15, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Elmwood Cemetery - (USA, Michigan, Shiawassee County) - Submitted by Len Thomas, 2,586 records
Indiana Marriages 1993-2000 Now Online
The Indiana State Library announced today the availability of a new genealogy database containing marriage records from 1993 to 2000 on its website. You can now run name searches for marriages that took place during this period for free on its website. Clicking on a search result will bring up a variety of information, such as exact date of marriage, and birth information on the bride and groom. You may be familiar with a similar marriage records database from Indiana, but covering a period up to 1850.
Family Tree Connection - Update (15/Jun/2005)
Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:
Grand Lodge of Cal. I.O.G.T. 1903 Events Program - Official Program of Events Prepared by the 'Frisco 1903 Committee for the Reception of the Grand Lodge of Cal. I.O.G.T. (International Order of Good Templars) at it's 44th Annual Session, San Francisco, California, October 13-14-15-16th, 1903. Newburyport 1984 School Department - City of Newburyport (MA), School Department, 1894. Lists committee, sub-committees and teachers (by school). Somerset Lodge, No. 34, 1900 List of Members - By-Laws of Somerset Lodge, No. 34, F. and A. M., Norwich, Conn. Together With the Original Charter, List of Present Members and of Those Who Have Held Office from the Institution of the Lodge. Western Reserve College 1856-7 Catalogue - Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Western Reserve College, Cleveland, Ohio, for the Academical Year 1856-7.
Ancestry.com Offers Free Access to 1920 U.S. Census
Ancestry.com announced today that it is granting free public access to its 1920 US Census database, but only for a limited time. Starting today, June 15th through June 17th, people can use its online 1920 US Census database, which includes access to the census page images and name index. Ancestry.com will require users to register with their name and e-mail address, but will NOT ask for credit card information, unlike their standard free-trial offers. Free access is only available through this special link. You cannot get to this free access by starting from Ancestry's home page. You may see other websites offering the same special link during the next few days.
Interment.net - Update (Jun 14, 2005)
Interment.net published genealogy transcriptions of the following cemeteries: Simmerwell Cemetery - (USA, Kansas, Shawnee County) - Contributed by Doug McHatton, 113 records Cottonwood Cemetery - (USA, Calfornia, Yolo County) - Contributed by Fred Kemmerle, 76 records
Family Tree Connection - Update (14/Jun/2005)
Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:
Lawrence Academy 1883-84 Catalogue - Catalogue of the Trustees, Instructors and Students of Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass. For the Year Ending June 26, 1884. Ninety-First Year. Westfield State Normal School 1870 Catalogue - Catalogue of the State Normal School, at Westfield, Mass. For the Year Ending July 7, 1870. Centre Congregational Church 1859 Member List - A Manual For the Use of the Centre Congregational Church of Brattleboro, Vt. 1859. Mount Tamalpais Military Academy 1911-1912 - Mount Tamalpais Military Academy, San Rafael, California, 1911-1912. Includes listing of faculty, references, cadets, and alumni (with addresses from 1893 to 1910).
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Olive Tree Genealogy today uploaded 18 free ships passenger lists for ships arriving in New York in 1821.