9th February 2007, 01:46 pm
Here’s a list of historical atlas sites that I find quite useful for genealogy:
The first three are indispensable for genealogists using maps and atlases for research. The last three have helped me immensely in my own research. If you’ve never used maps for genealogy before, take a look around just for fun. You may just discover something interesting.
7th February 2007, 11:39 pm
The Glenn E. Martin Genealogy Library in Princeton, KY, got a sweet donation from City Hall.
A recent donation from City Hall to the Glenn E. Martin Genealogy Library offers the public a glimpse at a rich, if less-than-noble, facet of the community�s history.
City officials, in the process of moving records from the old City Hall on North Jefferson Street to the new building on East Market Street, removed seven crates full of bound volumes of police court dockets, judgments, bail bond issues, warrants and other documents.
These kinds of records are extremely valuable and it’s great to see that they are no longer stuffed in crates. I wish more city halls, courthouses, and other places where valuable records are kept would do a bit of housekeeping and make these records available to the public.
Read the full story.
7th February 2007, 11:31 pm
It’s great to see people passionate about genealogy. It’s even better when they write a book about their research that will help and inspire future generations:
When two sisters sat down to write a book about their family history, they had no idea what they would uncover. This week they launched their first book on the Langstaff family 1588-2006 and presented their work to the local Genealogy Club and Family History Library.
Of course, you never know what you’ll find when researching your family history:
There are, she admits with a wink, a few black sheep in the family. Or rather, family members who were hanged for stealing sheep.
“We found records dating back to 1316 of a John Langstaff who, according to court records, robbed a house and stole two sheep. He was tried, found guilty and hanged. Then there is Simon Langstaff who stole three sheep and was also hanged. Military and legal records were the only surviving records from that long ago, so we were able to find this out.”
Read more…
6th February 2007, 05:44 pm
It looks like presidential hopeful Barack Obama may have a presidential past:
A Big Island genealogist says presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Barack Obama has some ancestral ties to the White House.
Bruce Harrison, founder of the Waikoloa-based Family Forest Project, said he found links between the Democratic senator from Illinois and Presidents George Washington, James Madison, Harry Truman and Jimmy Carter.
Read more at Obama’s presidential lineage.
