New newspaper titles have been recently added to the family history archives found in GenealogyBank.com and ObitsArchive.com. They’ve added more than 51 newspapers from 28 states – over 32 million new articles.
As a new member, you can access everything at GenealogyBank; all historical books, documents, newspapers and obits for 30 days for only $9.95. It’s one of the best genealogy deals in town, in my opinion.
Have you come across a search engine by the name of Pipl? The reason I found it is because they’ve linked to a few dozen pages from past incarnations of my website. And I’m writing to them all the time asking them to update the links or delete them. …[continued]
It’s way past time for another installment of What I Learned (About Computers) This Week.
I spent some time over at GenealogyBank because I purchased a one-year subscription last October and I haven’t had time to use it. I set up some search queries in Legacy and, in a couple of days, I found 111 obituaries! …[continued]
New content added to ObitsArchive and GenealogyBank over the past month includes more than 25 newspapers from 17 states – over 23 million new articles. Personally, I’ve found more information at GenealogyBank than anywhere else except Ancestry.com. If you love obits and old newspapers, this is the place to go. …[continued]
For awhile it was looking like Renee Zamora and I might be cousins. She descends from a Harris family in New York, and so do I. Same county, 1700′s. The odds were fair to middlin’.
A Harris cousin of mine got one of our Harris boys to take a DNA test for the paternal lineage. That wasn’t easy. He had some fear that his DNA would be used to clone him in the future. When he finally admitted it, my cousin snapped back, “Who would want to clone you? You’re 70 years old!”
So she got her sample, sent it off to the lab and got back the results which knocked out every theory we’ve held dear so far. Seems our closest match had an ancestor in South Carolina.
Ancestry doesn’t mention cloning … hmmm … Read the fine print. They say they offer ‘complimentary’ storage but they don’t offer ‘secure’ storage. Hello?
First of all – 40% off Ancestry.com DNA testing and 25% off Family Tree Maker 2009 through December 31st.
Ancestry has launched a new mapping feature. If you have a family tree there, all event locations are now linked to a map. If you want to know what else is new at Ancestry.com, they have a page called What’s New?
Sorry about yesterday’s post that disappeared. The feed readers pick up new postings pretty quick so if I delete one it’s too late to pull it out of circulation. Some of you missed it altogether, but some of you went to a blank 404 page. If you subscribe by email you got the drift. I was tearing my hair out over the spam problem, both here and at the Forum. But I think I found a fix. I have now been 24 hours spam free. It’s a miracle! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Captcha. If you leave a comment here, or at the Forum, you will be required to type some letters into a box to prove that you’re a human being. I thought that was already happening but this is better. It seems to be working.
World Vital Records has been revitalizing itself and send us this message:
Please visit WorldVitalRecords.com to enjoy dramatically improved search and browsing experiences and a more intuitive site design.
Here are a few of the changes you will find:
We have also permanently discounted our annual subscriptions to $39.95 for the U.S. Collection and $119.95 for the World Collection to help our customers and potential customers afford to continue with their genealogy research during more difficult economic times.
Almost finished. Ending today, there is a 30-day free trial being offered at GenealogyBank for only $9.95.
They’re so quiet I almost forget they’re there. This will suit U.S. collectors:
Historical Newspapers (1690 – 1980 – All 50 States)
Historical Books (1801 – 1900)
Historical Documents (1789 – 1980)
America’s Obituaries (1977 to current)
Ancestry.com recently launched the World Archives Project, its new public indexing project that gives everyone the opportunity to help index and preserve historical records. The indexes created through the World Archives Project will be free to everyone. Images will remain behind the paid subscription wall to cover the costs of digitization, but active contributors to the project will have access to all of the images that are part of the World Archives Project. Organizations can also partner with the World Archives Project and sponsor indexing projects. Ancestry.com will donate a digital copy of the sponsored index and images back to partnering organizations. The project is in beta mode, but here’s your chance to try out the World Archives Project.
To commemorate America’s military heroes; Ancestry.com is offering FREE access to its entire U.S. Military Collection May 20 thru May 31. They have the world’s largest online family history repository and the nation’s most comprehensive online collection of U.S. military records, covering more than three centuries of American Wars and conflicts.
Announcing WVR’s new international offering, World Collection. The World Collection also includes all the U.S. records that can be purchased separately.
* Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
This is a series of 9,000+ ship lists from all over the world. The coverage includes about 30 different countries (perhaps more). Of course, some countries have more coverage than others; England and France have records of several hundred voyages, where as Japan, Trinidad, Barbados, India, Sierra Leone, etc. may have only a few. …[continued]
I would like to thank everyone who’s taken my survey so far. Please keep it coming, those of you who haven’t answered yet.
I’m going ahead trying to address some of the issues that have come up, so I don’t keep you waiting til next Spring.
Someone asked about the best research sites for the money.
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