databases
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Some Interesting Free Databases Online
Mar 28
There are all types of family lineage information available, you just have to be willing to look and review different sites to see if they can be of any assistance. The easiest ones to try in your own home or at a public library are those listed as ‘Free’ on the Internet. The following are just a few to get you started. To begin there is 'Bo...
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Mobile Changes for Ancestry.com
Mar 26
With the rapid advancements in communication methods, the fee-based subscription database of Ancestry.com is keeping up in the latest technical devices that people are using today. It now has available a mobile app (application) for use with the iPad, iPhone and Android tablets and phones. The new enhanced version has the universal support for...
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Chicago – What a Town!
Mar 24
Along Lake Michigan is the great mid-west city of Chicago, Illinois. It has served as a magnet for thousands of people to settle in and around this city for decades. You may well have ancestors who at some time lived in Chicago. There is an online site titled Chicago Ancestors, sponsored by the Newberry Library in Chicago which offers a variet...
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‘Finding Your Roots’ – airs PBS – March 25th
Mar 22
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. will be hosting another season of ‘Finding Your Roots’ beginning on Sunday evening, March 25, 2012 on the Public Broadcasting Stations. There are ten parts to the series which run until May 20, 2012 at 8 pm Eastern standard time. Similar to the ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ series, family genealogies research several...
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1940 US Federal Census – 150th Anniversary of Census
Mar 20
It is approaching quickly, the April 2, 2012 release date for the 1940 Federal United States Census. For each census in the United States that has been taken since 1790 there has been a mandatory 72-year waiting period before it was released to the general public. This waiting period was to provide privacy, especially for the adults listed in e...
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New Additions to FamilySearch.org
Mar 18
FamilySearch.org is always free to the public. This non-profit Church of Jesus Christ of Latter–day Saints web site offers to millions of people around the globe the use FamilySearch records, resources and services to learn more about their family history. For decades it has been made possible due to the volunteers who transcribe and index th...
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Using State Censuses
Mar 4
You may only know about the U. S. Federal censuses which have been taken every ten years since 1790 which are a wonderful source of information in tracking and learning about your ancestors. What you need to investigate is the data available in the numerous states censuses. The beauty of using a census done in an individual state, at a certain t...
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Millburn, Ill & Surrounding Areas with Digital Resources
Mar 2
Go north of Chicago, Illinois, close to the shores of Lake Michigan and in Lake County is the town of Millburn. There the Historic Milburn Community Association has developed a collection of databases relating to numerous aspects of the people, occupations, land, churches and homes of Millburn. Their Online Historical Archives is filled with all ...
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The Great Irish Move to America
Feb 27
If you have located any Irish ancestry in your lineage, you would want to locate when that branch left Ireland for the America. A reminder, many Irish immigrants went to other ports, not just New York City. Many went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania or to New Orleans, Louisiana or even resettled in Canada, coming into the ports in Quebec or New Br...
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Resources from Western Maryland
Feb 21
The state of Maryland has a long history, going back to 1634 as a colony and then admitted as the 7th state in 1788. It is not a large state in land size, but based on its early and then later settlement, it has portions known as an eastern and western region. Some of the western counties include Washington, Allegany and Garrett as well as Fre...