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Revolutionary War Soldier Burial Records
Revolutionary War Soldier Burial Records was originally published at . Genealogists want to know about their Revolutionary War ancestors – what they did in the war – where they lived and where they...
View ArticleFinding Your “Roots” at Alex Haley Museum Opening
Finding Your “Roots” at Alex Haley Museum Opening was originally published at . Alex Haley home dedicated as a genealogy library and museum. When 17-year-old violinist Joseph Matthews performed at the...
View ArticleCelebrate Family History Month with GenealogyBank – Special Offer
Celebrate Family History Month with GenealogyBank – Special Offer was originally published at . Celebrate Family History Month with GenealogyBank – ENJOY 75% OFFIn celebration of family history month,...
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Tracking down Family Bibles ….
Family Bibles have been treasured by families for generations, but finding them today can be difficult. It was common for families to have a family Bible – a large bound book that was prominently...
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Tim Russert, 1950 – 2008
On Father’s Day weekend it gives us pause to learn of the passing of Tim Russert. Deeply involved with his family as well as his life’s work he wrote about fathers and about his heritage. His easy...
View ArticleAllen County Library (IN) receives $10 Million Gift
The Genealogy Center of the Allen County Library (Ft. Wyane, IN) has received a $10 million gift from the Edward D. and Ione Auer Foundation. The funds will be given to the library as $1 million...
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Old Man of the Mountain – RIP 3 May 2003
It was six years ago that the Old Man of the Mountain fell. His passing is as deeply felt today as when I heard the shocking news in 2003. It came across as a cable news bulletin. Hikers had heard the...
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Him Mark Lai –麥禮謙 (1925-2009)
Him Mark Lai – 麥禮謙 (1925-2009), noted Chinese-American genealogist and local historian has passed away. San Francisco Chronicle (CA) – May 29, 2009. Edition: 5 star Page: B5(c) San Francisco Chronicle...
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National Archives Celebrates 75th Anniversary this Friday!
National Archives Celebrates 75th Anniversary on Friday, June 19th.Susan Logue (Voice of America) distributed this commentary on the 75th Anniversary of the National Archives. Before the National...
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The Old Pioneers …
Our town just celebrated “Old Home Days” – other towns call it Pioneer Day; Settler’s Day – where the old stories are told and lives well lived remembered. Towns across America will be celebrating...
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Deaths at the US Soldiers’ Home – Washington, DC 1898-1899
Get the most out of GenealogyBank! (Illustration – US Soldiers’ Home – Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division – Digital ID: npcc 18971) GenealogyBank has more than 250,000 historical...
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Revolutionary War Graves List
Get the most out of GenealogyBank! The annual reports of the DAR – Daughters of the American Revolution are in GenealogyBank. They were published annually as part of the US Serial Set. I didn’t know...
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Michelle Obama’s – Slave Roots – Friendfield Plantation & Grover Cleveland
(CNN Photo of a slave cabin) CNN has produced Tracking Michelle Obama’s slave roots – a video tour of Friendfield Plantation in Georgetown, South Carolina – where Michelle Obama’s 2nd Great-Grandfather...
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Genealogy – Growing Even More Popular
“In ever increasing numbers … genealogists becoming more numerous … in every part of the country.” “Almost every large city has its own genealogical society.” That sounds like an article from today’s...
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Marriage Announcements –
Get the most out of GenealogyBank! (J. Stewart wedding – 1903, Nekoma, ND. LOC.gov) Whether you’re looking for a wedding announcement published on July 22, 1802, July 22, 1862 or July 22,1962 –...
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The Old Cemetery – a tour in 1822
Newspaper articles can tell us about our ancestors and also the details of the cemeteries where they were buried. “English names often startled us as we walked through the alleys of tombstones…”...
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Idaho Statesman turns 145 years old!
Congratulations to the Idaho Statesman newspaper – it turned 145 years old yesterday! Click Here to search the old pages of the Idaho Statesman 1864-1922 in GenealogyBank. Read about the fall of...
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Cincinnati Volksfreund, 1863-1904, now online – early Ohio German language...
GenealogyBank adds Cincinnati Volksfreund (1863 -1904) an early Ohio German language newspaper. Click here to Start searching Cincinnati Volksfreund An Obituary from the Cincinnati Volksfreund – 9 July...
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List of Private Claims – 1815-1881 – Online
John and Jane Q. Public have been petitioning Congress for all types of reasons for over 200 years. The reason for each request may vary – but Congress considered every request. In 1880 the Senate,...
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How do I limit my search to only the "List of Private Claims" volumes?
A: We are working on making it possible to bookmark each one of our historical documents on GenealogyBank. When we have that enhancement in place you will be able to search only one book at a time. For...
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Joshua Hempstead (1678-1758) – I was blind but now I see.
New London Historical Society (CT) is doing a terrific job serializing Joshua Hempstead’s diary on their site. Styled the Joshua Hempstead Blog – each entry of his diary captures the details of life in...
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Wow! Meryl Streep, Stephen Colbert and other celebrities trace their heritage
Those “Wow” moments in genealogy. GenealogyBank readers write us all the time with their “WoW” moments – telling us what they found. This new PBS television series let’s you see the wow moments as...
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Search Irish Genealogy Records Online at GenealogyBank!
Irish World (New York, NY), Dec. 3, 1904 GenealogyBank has created a special search page for the Irish American newspapers in our extensive online historical newspaper archives. With this new search...
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Old West Stories in Newspapers: Here Comes the Morning Stagecoach!
Maybe it was because of Father’s Day, but there were a lot of old western movies on TV this past weekend. Good ones, too, starring Gregory Peck, John Wayne, and more. Daily Ohio Statesman (Columbus,...
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New Year’s Genealogy Resolutions for Genealogists in 2013
It’s the start of a new year, a time when many people think about making some changes. Here are four suggestions I have; I hope that genealogists take to heart these New Year’s resolutions for 2013....
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2013 Family History Expo Conference in St. George a Great Success
Over 700 genealogists packed the lecture halls at the Dixie Center in St. George, Utah, this past weekend to get training and sharpen their genealogy research skills at the 2013 Family History Expo....
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Celebrate Redlands’ 125th Anniversary & Its Library Archives
Hat’s off to Nathan Gonzales, City Archivist of Redlands, California, for maintaining an extensive collection of genealogical and historical material about Redlands itself and the surrounding San...
View ArticleThere Are Some Obituaries Everyone Needs to Read
I. D. Lilly, a retired trucker and promoter of the largest family reunion ever held, died in March of this year. He was an active participant in the famous West Virginia family’s gatherings, and served...
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Tips & Tricks to Search Online Newspapers at GenealogyBank
Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background. In this guest blog post, Mary shows some of the search techniques she uses when researching...
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