Can’t Find Your Ancestor? 6 Tips for More Effective Genealogy Searches
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50 Free Genealogy Sites to Search Today
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New England Historic Genealogical Society Announces Multi-Year Collaboration with FamilySearch
Posted by Family History Daily February 17, 2015New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) and FamilySearch, the family history arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, today announced a multi-year collaboration between the two nonprofit organizations and a sharing of online genealogical resources, establishing a milestone in the growing international family history industry. In a... -
War of 1812 Pension Records: Preservation Effort and Free Access
Posted by Family History Daily February 3, 2015Two centuries after its inception, an important effort is underway to preserve the pension records from the War of 1812. For the last several years donations have been raised to digitize these records and make them free to the public. The Federation of Genealogical Societies has created the Preserve the Pensions page in conjunction with Fold3,... -
Love is My Last Name: A Fun Look at Valentine’s Day Related Surnames
Posted by Family History Daily February 2, 2015Thank you to family history research site Crestleaf for contributing this guest post. When you’re done reading this post, check out their request for love stories for a special Valentine’s Day feature here. Ahh, Valentine’s Day. Depending on your current relationship status, the season of courtly love can either conjure up... -
Last Day to View the Free Genealogy Do-Over Webinar
Posted by Family History Daily January 27, 2015Have you heard about the Genealogy Do-Over from Geneabloggers creator Thomas MacEntee? It’s creating quite a lot of buzz in the family history world right now, and for good reason. As the name implies, the Do-Over challenges genealogists to go back and completely redo and rethink their research in an effort to improve it.... -
The Smithsonian Needs Your Help Transcribing Records
Posted by Family History Daily January 20, 2015Most family historians are familiar with the idea of transcribing records. We do this as part of our own family research when we document a new source in our tree or carefully record the text of a family record for posterity. Many of us have also spent time transcribing for repositories, such as... -
132-Year-Old Winchester Rifle Found Leaning Against a Tree in Nevada
Posted by Family History Daily January 19, 2015Known as the “Gun that Won the West,” the Winchester Model 1873 was a very popular rifle in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. More than 720,610 were manufactured between 1873 and 1916, selling for about $50 when they first came out. The guns reduced in price to $25 in 1882 making them... -
Fold3 Holding Big 40% Off Anniversary Sale
Posted by Family History Daily January 14, 2015The genealogy research site Fold3 is currently offering a whopping 40% off their annual membership fees to celebrate their 8th anniversary. That brings the price of a 1 year membership down to $47.95 from the normal $79.95 fee. This price is good through Jan 31st. A subscription to Fold3’s military records... -
Fascinating Historic Photos That Caught Our Attention This Week
Posted by Family History Daily January 13, 2015We came across many fascinating historic photographs this week that were shared by the genealogy and history sites we follow. We thought we’d pass on a few of those that really caught our attention. We hope you find them as moving as we did. Click on each image to view its source and read the story... -
Last Chance to Enter to Win a 12 Month World Subscription to FindMyPast.com!!
Posted by Family History Daily January 9, 2015This giveaway has ended. Thank you to everyone who entered, and to Findmypast.com for donating the generous prize. The winner, drawn randomly from all comments, is Barbara L. Congrats!! Barbara, you will be contacted by email very soon with instructions for obtaining your subscription! We’re excited to announce that Family History Daily... -
Genealogy Roadshow Season 2 Premiers January 13th
Posted by Family History Daily January 6, 2015Whether you loved or hated the uniquely delivered first season of Genealogy Roadshow, they’re back for another go of it on Jan 13th on PBS. They’ll be visiting the fascinating cities of New Orleans, St. Louis and Philadelphia this year and talking with everyday people to uncover their family mysteries. A...
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From Yorkshire to America
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