This week's news includes: the newly released Welsh 1911 census
reveals that singer Tom Jones is actually three-quarters English;
MyHeritage.com (
www.myheritage.com) has announced a
new version of its photo service that makes it easier to upload,
share, and organize their photos online; EBSCO Publishing, one of
the largest distributor of electronic materials to libraries and
archives, and
Footnote.com
have announced a distribution deal that makes EBSCO the worldwide
distributor of Footnote.com to libraries and institutions;
Ancestry.ca, the Canadian geographical
version of Ancestry, announces a partnership with the
Library and
Archives Canada in which the entire historical Canadian
censuses, 1851-1916, have been released online at its site; and
George spoke with Stephen Carr of our sponsor,
NewspaperARCHIVE.com,
and indicates that the newly announced free membership includes
access to up to 5 pages per day at their site -- great for the
casual user -- but serious researchers will want to subscribe to
the full service.
The Guys are pleased to announce details of the RootsMagic
Valentine's Day Cruise on Royal Caribbean's
Liberty of the Seas, sailing from
February 14th to 21st from Miami for a week's tour of the western
Caribbean. Details can be found at Rootsmagic's website at
www.rootsmagic.com.
The Guys are excited about going to Burbank for the Southern
California Genealogical Society's JAMBOREE on June 26th to 28th.
George will be moderator of "Son of Blogger," a panel discussion of
blogs, podcasts, and videocasts. More details are available at the
SCGS website at
www.scgsgenealogy.com.
This week's email includes: Cheryl wants to know how to source a
copy of a military record received from a relative; Kay corrects
George on what happens on the
Social Security Death Index
(SSDI) when a spouse receives the Social Security benefits of a
deceased spouse; Kay also shares a wealth of information about the
land records related to Old Pendleton, South Carolina; Noi located
the
Pleasantville
Cook-Book at the Internet Archive at
www.archive.org (the cookbook is
at
http://www.archive.org/details/pleasantvilleco00clargoog);
Jim shares information about UK copyright law and public domain;
Lynda shares her experiences with CDs created by an Arkansas
genealogy society, and requested a format for the Mac; Mac praises
Drew's book, and thanks The Guys for encouraging him to begin
lecturing; Gus is now researching his Polish ancestors, and
questions how to enter the original name and the Americanized name
into his genealogy database program; Blaise shares his experiences
working with the "My Library" feature of Google Books (
books.google.com); Sam
clarifies information about a great-grandmother who immigrated from
Austria/Poland to New York in 1902, and asks about immigrants held
as LPCs (likely to become public charge); Victoria shares a
poignant article in the
Los
Angeles Times about Josh Lipsky, a White House employee who
made the trip with President Obama to Buchenwald concentration
camp, and how he connected with his grandparents' story there (see
article at
http://tinyurl.com/BuchenwaldStory-LATimes);
Katie discusses an article about Google Books, and a possible
monopoly in digitizing out-of-copyright books (
see article at
http://tinyurl.com/qkgea2); and Kristin is concerned about
genealogical societies choosing to restrict their Web content to
"members only."
(The Guys
would like your
input about this
topic.)