Searching Cemetery Monument Foundations

This book will intrigue anyone involved in serious genealogical research, posing a whole new way to uncover family roots and facts through research into cemeteries and their contents. This book has all kinds of great information from funeral art to conducting cemetery surveys. The author, Sharon Debartolo Carmack, covers how to access and interpret death certificates, obituaries, coroner’s records, wills, memorial and prayer cards, funeral home records, and mortality schedules. She also outlines the process of locating individual graves and Continue reading “Searching Cemetery Monument Foundations” »

You’ve Got your Blank Family Tree Form to Print, What Next?

In this article, Mr. David Chandler tells us what we need to do after we’ve downloaded our blank family tree form to print. He walks us through the idea of “audit trails” which will help you move from step to step.

The Family Tree

By: David Chandler

There are numerous genealogy sites out there that feature an assortment of articles on documentation of records for doing your genealogy search. We will look at how genealogy sites and the tools they Continue reading “You’ve Got your Blank Family Tree Form to Print, What Next?” »

Special Programs to Highlight National Archives Records in March

Washington, DC. . . In March, the National Archives will feature a series of programs highlighting records from its holdings.  All programs are free and open to the public (unless otherwise noted) and will be held in the National Archives Building and at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland The National Archives Building is located on Constitution Avenue, between 7th and 9th Streets, NW, Washington, DC.  Visitors to all programs in the National Archives Building should use the Constitution Continue reading “Special Programs to Highlight National Archives Records in March” »

Bronner Burgess Obituary

01/23/08. I am saddened to report on the passing of William Bronner Burgess, age 2, after falling into an indoor swimming pool at home. Bronner is the son of Rick and Sherri Burgess. You may know Rick from The Rick and Bubba Show, where he is co-host. Our thoughts are with the entire Burgess Family during this painful time. Rick and Sherri have three other sons, Blake, Brooks and Brody, and a daughter, Brandi.

 

 

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Free Obituary Templates

When reviewing obituaries, it is helpful to know that most follow a fairly standard template format.  However, it seems there may be some confusion as to what this format is and, when reviewing or writing an obituary, what type of format to use or expect. To assist with this, we’ve reviewed a number of free obituary templates sites and present two of them here for your research.  Please let us know if we missed anything.

http://obituaryguide.com

This website has suggestions Continue reading “Free Obituary Templates” »

Free Family Tree Templates (Blank Family Trees)

Visitors to Genealogy Beginner are often looking for family tree templates they can use to get a better understanding of what their family tree should look like.

Click here to download the template

A couple days after you download your tree we’ll show you another great place to find an archive of hundreds of thousands of images of family trees. Great to develop ideas and explore new formats.

We’ll also direct you to a list of link that will direct Continue reading “Free Family Tree Templates (Blank Family Trees)” »

U.S. Southern Claims Comission and U.S. Freedmen Bureau

Truly an amazing post from the folks over at Ancestry.com. In Honor of Black History Month, Just-Released Civil War-Era Marriage and Southern Claims Commission Documents Allow African-Americans Additional Chance to Uncover Heritage PROVO, Utah, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ — African-Americans seeking to discover family roots obscured by slavery may be one step closer to their heritage.

 

 

Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family history resource, today expanded the largest online repository of African-American family history records with two new collections Continue reading “U.S. Southern Claims Comission and U.S. Freedmen Bureau” »

Voter Registration List Reveals Celebrity Genealogy

PROVO, Utah, Jan 31, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Ancestry.com, the largest online resource for family history, today announced the launch of California Voter Registration Lists documenting more than 30 million names of Californians who registered to vote between 1900 and 1944. Several California celebrities and political figures are found inside the collection, including: Actor and future U.S. President Ronald Reagan was registered to vote in 1942 as a Democrat and remained a registered party member until atleast 1954.  According Continue reading “Voter Registration List Reveals Celebrity Genealogy” »

National Archives Announces Extended Research Room Hours

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, February 1, 2008
National Archives Announces Extended Research Room Hours

Washington, DC. . . Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein announced today that the National Archives will restore its evening and weekend hours in its Washington, DC and College Park, MD, research rooms. Effective the week of April 14, 2008, the extended hours will be 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday and 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Saturday. Hours on Monday and Tuesday Continue reading “National Archives Announces Extended Research Room Hours” »

International Collections – World Vital Records

Posted by Diane Haddad at Genealogy Insider…

Starting Monday, Feb. 4, FamilyLink’s World Vital Records subscription database site will be outfitted with a new, gargantuan World Collection of international records.  Built through partnerships with more than 20 record-holding organizations, the World Collection has more than 1.5 billion records from about 35 countries, including England, Canada, Australia, France, Ireland, Scotland, Hungary and Portugal.

 

It’ll double World Vital Records’ offerings.  Some of the new collection’s major components (more…)

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