The Huntington Historical Society will be hosting it annual Research Trip to Family History Library in Salt Lake City on Sun. April 26 to Sun. May 3, 2020. The trip fee includes: *Seven nights at the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel, adjacent to the Family History Library. Hotel taxes are included. *Shuttle transportation between hotel and…
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New soldiers and sailors database available for U.S.-Mexican War
The Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Park Service’s Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park have collaborated on creating the U.S.-Mexican War Solider and Sailor database. This searchable database has information on over 88,000 U.S. and Mexican veterans. Records include personal details such as hair color and occupation. Volunteers from the Federation of Genealogical…
NYS Genealogical Death Index recently updated
The New York State Genealogical Research Death Index had been updated and now includes deaths up to Dec. 31, 1969. The index starts at 1957. However, the index does not includes deaths for the five boroughs of New York City. The index provides the date of death, gender, age at death, New York State file…
Volunteers needed for digitization event
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society is seeking volunteers to help at its next digitization day on Friday, Jan. 10 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the organization headquarters at 36 W. 44th Street in Manhattan. The NYG&B has been able to create digital records of thousands of documents thanks to the efforts…
Volunteers sought to index land records
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society is looking for volunteers to help index New York State land records. FamilySearch.org has digitized millions of original pages from county offices across New York State. The entire project is expected to take several more years. If you would like to index these records, you will need to…
‘Finding Your Roots’ returns in January
The PBS series “Finding Your Roots” with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., will return with new episodes on Tuesday nights in January. Jan. 7 – Sterling K. Brown, Jon Batiste and Sasheer Zamata Jan. 14 – Queen Latifah and Jeffrey Wright Jan. 21 – Terry Gross, Marc Maron and Jeff Goldblum Jan. 28 – Sigourney Weaver,…
Family History Library to offer free online Nordic seminar
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City will be offering a free Nordic Seminar from Nov. 11-15, 2019. Times listed below are Eastern Daylight Time. Monday, Nov. 11 11:30 a.m. – Scandinavian Handwriting 12:45 p.m. – Solving Nordic Problems Using FamilySearch Wiki 3:15 p.m. – Sorting Identities Within Nordic Countries 4:30 p.m. – Time…
RootsTech London to livestream some sessions
Can’t attend RootsTech London? You can still watch some of the lectures as a free live stream on Thursday, Oct. 24 through Saturday, Oct. 26. Three sessions a day will be available for free. The times listed are Eastern Daylight Time. To find out more, go to: RootsTech London Livestream Thursday, Oct. 24 4 a.m….
Free webinars to focus on handwriting analysis
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City will be offering a series of free online webinars on interpreting German/Slavic handwriting in the month of October. Classes will take place Monday through Friday, Oct. 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 for the following languages: Dutch – each day at 10:45 a.m. German – each day…
Virtual Genealogy Fair set for Oct. 23
The National Archives will host its 7th annual Virtual Genealogy Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on YouTube. All the session videos and handouts will be free of charge. Sessions can be watched live and will also be available after the event. Below is the schedule for the event (Eastern…