National Archives to Dedicate New National Personnel Records CenterAnnex Facility
Valmeyer, IL . . . The National Archives and Records Administration will formally dedicate its new National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)Annex Facility in the Rock City Admiral Parkway development (1411Boulder Boulevard, Valmeyer, IL) at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, October 24,2008. Speakers scheduled to participate include Read the rest of this entry »
The Paisley Daily Express recounts one reporter’s attempts to research his family history in the town. Hopefully his family history research is better than his reporting skills – the records on the Scotland’s People website are online at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, and not at the address listed in his piece!
One of Ancestry.com’s hidden gems is its card catalog. Today we’ll look at how to get to the card catalogs, old and new. In later posts we’ll explore them in more detail. From the Ancestry.com home page, first click on the Search tab.
Washington, DC. . . . John E. Taylor, a long-time archivist at the National Archives whose encyclopedic knowledge of World War II intelligence records and his ability to locate them made him legendary among students, journalists, authors, and historians, died September 20 at his home. He was 87.Mr. Taylor had been in declining health in recent years, but was at work at the Archives’ College Park facility last week. A memorial service is planned for mid-October.
A National Archives employee for 63 years, Mr. Taylor joined the agency the week World War II officially ended in September 1945, before most employees at the Archives were born. Often asked when he would retire, his standard answer was, “Not this week.”
Over the years, Mr. Taylor assisted thousands of individuals — from best-selling authors to college students — researching books, dissertations, articles, and term papers. Researchers from around the world have cited him for his grasp of history, an ability to recall historical events, and where the records about them could be found.
I grabbed this store/ recipe from The Ballycastle Blog: Irish Genealogy and More. Found it so interesting I thought I’d share it it with you.
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The following was contributed by an Irish relative in County Sligo, Ireland. He will be a guest contributor from time to time:
Nineteenth century Ireland suffered many years of localised crop failure. The Gotta Mór (the Great Hunger) of 1845-7 is remembered mainly because the crop failure was so widespread, but also because it was accompanied by major epidemics of cholera and typhoid which devastated a weakened population.
Maritime communities fared marginally better as they had access to food from the sea. The men fished, but it was women and children who scoured the shoreline at low tide for shellfish and edible sea-weed. On rocky shores they found periwinkles in rock pools, limpets attached to rocks and crabs in crevices under rocks or under drifts of seaweed. On sandy shores they could find cockles, mussels, razor-fish and clams.
There are four types of edible seaweed. Dillisk (Rhodymenia palmate) comes from the Gaelic word “ Duileasc “ which is derived from “ duill uisce “which translates as “water leaf” and it has almost become a generic name for all edible seaweeds. It is reddish in colour and grows as a parasite on other seaweeds. It does best in sheltered bays and it can be eaten fresh or dried. You can still find it for sale occasionally usually from a van at a market or from a house with a hand written sign outside.
To trace the Irish origins of a client’s Irish grandfather, I recently searched a number of government record databases. The Irish grandfather’s name was Thomas Hogan. Feeling confident in pinpointing the specific person, I entered the first name, Thomas, and the family name (surname), Hogan, in the search fields of the searchable database. My confidence quickly diminished, when, unfortunately, the search results did not produce the one and only Thomas Hogan I was looking for. Being patient and persistent, I took a chance and broadened the search by simply entering the family name (surname), Hogan, in the search field. Although, as you can guess, this wider search produced hundreds of records, I hoped that it might uncover the correct Thomas Hogan. Eureka! Lo and behold, the “Hogan only” search produced a record for a “Thos. Hogan”, the correct one, the grandfather I was looking for.
The lesson learned: before giving up and suspending your search for a specific first name-last name combination, broaden your search to include an abbreviated first name. You may ultimately find the person you are looking for!
Footnote: To quicken the creation of a written form or record, a government official sometimes abbreviated the first name of a person in that form or record. Today, searchable electronic databases contain those same abbreviations.
See more Irish family history articles and lessons learned in earlier posts below and in the archives.
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SPECIAL PROGRAMS HIGHLIGHT NATIONAL ARCHIVES RECORDS IN OCTOBER
Washington, DC* In October, the National Archives will feature a
series of programs highlighting records from its holdings, including
programs on the electoral college and the Treaty of Paris. All
programs are free and open to the public and will be held in the
National Archives Building and/or at the National Archives at College
Park, Maryland.
The National Archives Building is located at 700 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW, Washington, DC. Visitors to all programs in the National Archives
Building Research Center should use the Pennsylvania Avenue entrance,
between 7th and 9th Streets, NW. The National Archives at College
Park, MD is located at 8601 Adelphi Road. For directions to both
locations, see: http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro.
Introduction to Genealogy *** New Program***
Wednesday October 1, 11 a.m., and Saturday, October 25, 10 a.m.
Room G-24, National Archives Building Research Center
Staff archivists will present the first of these new monthly lectures
on basic genealogical research and techniques.
According to one competitor’s website, Ancestry.com has a tree system called OneWorldConnect. See the detail from their website, below. Sorry, guys. There is no such tree system. One wonders if they were trying to reference OneWorldTree or WorldConnect. However, OneWorldTree is, to use their terminology, an “Internet-Based Collective Family Tree” (albeit read-only). And WorldConnect is “a collection of family trees.”
A competitor examines Ancestry’s non-existent OneWorldConnect
In my opinion, an example of a “Linked Family Tree” is GenCircles Global Tree and their SmartMatching. But this isn’t meant to be an inventory of all Internet tree systems. Otherwise I’d take the time to show you an example of GenCircles SmartMatching for George Washington.
In conclusion, be assured that Ancestry.com has no OneWorldConnect and has no Linked Family Tree.
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I have always advocated awards for various genealogical achievements, particularly for achievements in non-traditional areas, such as outreach and encouraging young genealogists.
When I read the following release from the Association of Professional Genealogists, I again wondered where Jewish genealogy is in this arena.
APG awarded its first Young Professional Scholarship to high school senior
(This posting is from Tracing the Tribe – The Jewish Genealogy Blog.)
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Just got notice of this from Geneanet.
The London Metropolitan Archive and Guildhall Library Manuscripts date from the early 16th Century to 2006.
Owned by the City of London, they include parish records, school
records, electoral registers, lists of workhouse labourers and willsThe first records are expected to be launched in early 2009.
Those records will include parish records from more than 10,000 Greater
London parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials, dating from
the 1530s to the 20th Century.London school admissions from 843 schools, dating from the early Victorian times to 1911, will also be made available initially.
It is hoped the records will help people trying to trace the roots of
ancestors who lived in or passed through London at some point in time.
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Genealogy Blog – London Historical Records To Go Online – GeneaNet
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Genealogy Beginner is a resource for aspiring genealogists who want to create and research a family tree.
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