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A good way to stay in touch with the genealogy events, research, thoughts, genealogy web pages, genealogical software and just about anything pertaining to genealogy is to read blogs.
To read the complete article, visit "Blogs for the Genealogist".
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Learn more about adoptees using new technology to find their roots.
To read the complete article, visit "Using DNA to Find Your Surname".
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The impression many of us have of immigrants is that of travel-weary blue-collar families escaping to the New World. Immigrant occupations ran the gamut in New Orleans, and included entertainers.
To read the complete article, visit "New Orleans Occupations, Part II".
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PROVO, UT, July 30, 2008 — As a result of a recent partnership with [[British Origins]], abstracts of the 1890 British and Irish passenger lists are now online at [[WorldVitalRecords.com]].
"We are very optimistic about our relationship with FamilyLink.com. Since we started our company we have wanted to get our name and products over to the North American market," said Ian Galbraith, CEO, British Origins. "It was a no-brainer to partner with a U.S. firm and Paul Allen was a guy we wanted to do business with."
"British Origin's partnership with FamilyLink.com brings much needed records to a U.S., as well as a worldwide audience," said Yvette Arts, Director, Content Partnerships, FamilyLink.com, Inc. "British Origins has been great to work with. We look forward to posting more of their records, such as the York Medieval Probate Index and the York Peculiars Probate Index in the next few months."
These passenger lists contain nearly 200,000 passenger names of people that left British and Irish ports with U.S. and Canadian destinations, as well as one voyage that continued to the West Indies. These records have added value because, in many instances, multiple individuals from the same family were included on these lists.
Each record contains the name of the passenger, nationality, occupation, age, and marital status, as well as the name of the ship, the departure port, and the destination port.
The nationalities of the passengers included in these records are, approximately, 57,000 from Ireland, 100,000 from England, 14,000 from Scotland, and 24,000 from other locations. Between 1890 and 1920 a large number of ships left from British and Irish ports with North America as the destination. Many of the passengers aboard these ships were emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland. However, many emigrants from other European countries traveled through the UK because the cost to sail from a UK port was cheaper than sailing from a continental port. Since the shipping companies required at least six weeks British residency, many individuals changed their names to avoid detection, rather than waiting for their residency to become valid.
The Passenger Lists were compiled by Peter Coldham, directly from the original lists located at The National Archives, London, and augmented by Canadian and U.S. data.
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Today, Incline Software, LC announced the release of Ancestral Quest 12.1 at the Conference on Family History and Genealogy at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
To read the complete article, visit "Incline Software Releases Ancestral Quest 12.1".
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College classes may have done research on your ancestors and put it online as well as presented it in academic settings.
To read the complete article, visit "Students in the Graveyard".
News item posted by lnaukam.
Although the process can be tedious, putting the pieces together from a variety of disparate sources to solve a single research question is very much like working a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle, it can be done. Sometimes the end result is not a tidy and clean as we would have it and you have settle for a little fuzzy logic.
To read the complete article, visit "Irish Case Study: Putting the Pieces Together".
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In Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the FBI, Footnote.com Opens Its FBI Collection Featuring over 2 Million Original Records
To read the complete article, visit "Footnote.com Provides Free Access to FBI Case Files from Early 1900s".
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PROVO, UT, July 21, 2008 — [[FamilyLink.com]] announced the beta launch of WebTree.com, an innovative and fun family tree building community that has added 8.4 million ancestor names in the past three weeks.
"WebTree.com adds a much needed family tree component to our ‘innovative tools to connect families' strategy. By adding a user-uploaded family tree community, millions of additional names can now be searched online and more people can get connected to their families," said Paul Allen, CEO, FamilyLink.com, Inc. CEO. "We're really excited this community has taken off with thousands of users in the past few weeks."
WebTree.com utilizes powerful Web 2.0 technologies to provide an exciting, free, and useful family history experience. The service will offer the ability to share family tree files with people throughout the world, create charts and reports, and provide the option to embed trees on any Web site or blog, and more.
Historically, high-quality charts often required expensive software. Using WebTree.com, individuals can use the Internet's first live family tree charting engine to build and print heirloom-quality, full color charts, or export them to a file. WebTree.com will offer hundreds of, backgrounds, frames, box borders and more to help users customize their charts.
"Fifteen years ago, when I began gathering information on my wife's family tree, I was impressed by how many photographs I could not identify, and how many people who knew the family history where no longer with us. I formed the impression that now is the time, maybe the last time, to assemble the family tree before so much of it would be lost forever," said Drew Spencer, WebTree.com user. "Now, when I print reports of the family for relatives, and share the photos I have collected, I know that it was worth the effort."
Individuals who upload trees can share their content with the world, potentially helping others find ancestors. However, WebTree.com respects the work of individuals who contribute to the WebTree.com community. Members can remove their content from the site at any time.
WebTree.com does not share information on living family members. Information in family trees regarding living persons will appear on the individual's personal family tree, but will not be visible to individuals on the Internet unless they have been given permission.
News item posted by illyad.
While searching for a grave for a soldier or veteran can be a long process, here are some ideas for finding the burial places of soldiers and veterans of the United States
To read the complete article, visit "United States Veteran Burial Places".
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Don't dismiss the potential benefits of these organizations.
To read the complete article, visit "Benefits of Lineage Societies".
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To read this Genealogy Guide article, visit "methodology".
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NARA will contribute digital versions of important documents from its collections to the WDL, which will be launched for the international public in early 2009.
To read the complete article, visit "National Archives, Library of Congress Form World Digital Library Partnership".
News item posted by illyad.
Good information can be found in the most unlikely places. See how a convoluted path led to some useful facts at the end of the journey.
To read the complete article, visit "The Long And Winding Road".
News item posted by lnaukam.
Mention New Orleans, and most people think of levees and French culture. While both are certainly a part of New Orleans, the city is so much more significant in the development of the United States – and much older than we often realize since it predates statehood by decades.
To read the complete article, visit "New Orleans Revisited: Early Occupations".
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GenealogyBank, a leading online provider of historical and recent newspapers for family history research, announced today the addition of 219 new and expanded newspaper titles to its online archive.
To read the complete article, visit "Over 200 Newspapers Just Added to GenealogyBank".
News item posted by illyad.
Follow one researcher's continuing quest for his great-great grandmother's maiden name, this time in Irish records.
To read the complete article, visit "Irish Case Study: Irish Records".
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Having difficulty finding Virginia ancestors? Find a useful tip here.
To read the complete article, visit "The First Eight Counties of the Colonies".
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To read this Genealogy Guide article, visit "local area survey".
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