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Good News for Roots Television Viewers

Mar 9, 2010 4:07am

Hundreds of free genealogy and family history videos almost disappeared, perhaps forever, last week when Megan Smolenyak announced that Roots Television would be closing its virtual doors. Luckily, enthusiastic support for the site through emails, tweets, Facebook and messages, has convinced Megan that there is a demand for educational genealogical...

Official Minnesota Marriage Index Online

Mar 9, 2010 3:03am

A new free online index of Minnesota marriages from all 87 counties went online last month.The Minnesota Official Marriage System (MOMS) shows the bride and groom's name, the year of marriage, and the county that maintains the record. Marriage certificates can be ordered for a fee. A list of...

Free Tony Burroughs Genealogy Webinar

Mar 8, 2010 9:07am

World-renowned African-American genealogy expert Tony Burroughs is giving a free genealogy seminar for the Ancestry.com webinar series this coming Thursday, March 11, at 8:00 p.m. EST (GMT +5). In his free webinar, "Avoid Traps in African American Genealogy," expert Tony Burroughs will share his unique wisdom and experience to help...

Small Nuggets -The Death of Gold Prospector John S. Hodge

Mar 8, 2010 12:39am

Friday's Who Do You Think You Are? episode touched on a number of interesting research dilemmas - including what to do when you encounter conflicting information. In this case, the conflicting information was an obituary for the son of Sarah Jessica Parker's fourth great grandfather, John S. Hodge, which stated...

Who Do You Think You Are? To Air in U.S. This Friday!

Mar 3, 2010 2:10am

It's hard to believe it is actually a reality, but genealogy is finally coming to prime time network television in the United States as Who Do You Think You Are? premieres on NBC this Friday, March 5. The media outlets are buzzing which is a very good sign - the...

New London Parish Records Available Online

Feb 23, 2010 2:58am

A record of Charles Dickens' marriage in Chelsea in 1836, William Blake's burial in 1827 at Bunhill Fields, and the baptism of Jane Randolph (the mother of American President Thomas Jefferson) in Shadwell, East London in 1721, are among the one million new London parish records available online at Findmypast.co.uk...

Fab Forty Genealogy Blogs

Feb 22, 2010 6:24am

I can't honestly say that I wasn't disappointed not to find my About Genealogy blog included in Family Tree Magazine's list of 40 Best Genealogy Blogs, but not so disappointed that I'm going to pass up an opportunity to point out all of the delightful genealogy blogs that did make...

Who was Ella Burnham?

Feb 16, 2010 12:23am

Once I uncovered the name of the author of my mysterious 1874 pocket diary, I of course wanted to learn more about her family and, hopefully, track down a living descendant so that the diary can find a good home. I began by searching for Ella Burnham in the 1870 Vermont...

Can Genealogy Searching Make You Smarter?

Feb 15, 2010 7:25am

As genealogists we often spend oodles of time searching the Web, so I find it promising (and somewhat justifying) that research suggests that Web searching is excellent for stimulating your brain (makes sense, doesn't it?). According to Gary Small, M.D., author of iBrain and director of the Center on Aging...

Excerpts from Ella's 1874 Pocket Diary

Feb 12, 2010 6:43am

The diary kept by Ella Burnham during her time living in Williamstown, Orange County, Vermont in 1874 is full of names and interesting tidbits of her life and the life of town residents. While traditional records can tell us a lot about our ancestors, there is no substitute for reading...