Archive for February, 2009
Genealogy News and Resource Roundup
Weekend in sight! Here’s a gathering of genealogy updates that made their way across my desk this week: Subscription and pay-per-view British genealogy service Familyrelatives.com has a new collection of Professional member lists including Engineers Who’s Who 1939 (which has many engineers at work preparing for war) and the 1923 Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. New on subscription site World Vital Records this week are 10 databases of birth, marriage and death informati
DNA Genealogy - Friend or Foe?
Last year I decided to jump on the DNA Genealogy bandwagon. I wanted to find my McGinnis Family origins in Ireland and my years of slogging through microfilm and contacting others had not turned up any new clues. Even the county they originated from eluded me!So I started reading about DNA, DNA testing for genealogy purposes, which companies were selling DNA kits, which DNA studies were considered the best and so on. It was extremely confusing! I didn’t understand enough to know if I was compari
1916: James Crozier, an Irishman in His Majesty’s service
On this date in 1916, a young soldier drugged with rum to the point of stupefaction was dragged to the stake and shot near the western front. There are hooks on the post; we always do things thoroughly in the Rifles. He is hooked on like dead meat in a butcher’s shop. His eyes are bandaged - not that it really matters, for he is already blind. … A volley rings out — a nervous volley it is true, yet a volley. Before the fatal shots are fired I had called the battalion to attention. There is a
Library’s genealogy month shows how to research your ancestry (The Andover Townsman)
If you’re learning to climb your family tree, visit Memorial Hall Library in March for a monthlong series dedicated to genealogy. Memorial Hall Library offers a variety of genealogy resources including local history materials in the Andover Room, town and vital records, directories, street lists, family histories, military records, newspapers on microfilm, maps, immigrant and passenger lists, …
CyberSoulMan: An artist’s unique perspective - Lake County News
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CyberSoulMan: An artist’s unique perspective
Lake County News, CA - 20 hours ago … Puerto Rico, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands and St. Kitts, West Indies. Taj Mahal’s family genealogy wove its way through St. Kitts in generations past. … |