Ancestry.com completes its
acquisition of Sweden's Genline.se.
Ancestry.com has added U.S.
Revolutionary War pension and bounty-land warrant application files
(1800-1900), U.S. County land Ownership Maps (1860-1918), and a
broad collection of Canadian City and Area Directories
(1819-1906)
Tom Kosalka of the Michigan
Genealogical Council reports that Gov. Jennifer Granholm has issued
a press release concerning the genealogical and historical
collections at the Michigan Library and Historical Center. The
press release can be accessed at http://www.michigan.gov/gov/0,1607,7-168--240954--,00.html.
Arphax Publishing announces new
paperback editions of its Family Maps and Texas Land
Survey Maps series. Visit their website at www.arphax.com.
Findmypast.co.uk announced fully indexed U.K. and
Wales birth records (1837-2006) at their site.
The
Newberry Library in Chicago has recently completed a new, free
online resource, the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The
database covers every day-to-day change in county boundaries - from
1634 to 2000. You can access this tremendous resource
atpublications.newberry.org/ahcbp.
Archives.com (http://www.archives.com) has just turned one year old
and urges our listeners to visit their site and enjoy a 7-day free
trial.
Drew will be in Göteborg,
Sweden the week of August 9th to present a paper at the 2010 IFLA
World Library and Information Congress.
George and Drew will be in
Knoxville, Tennessee from August 16-21, 2010, for the Federation of
Genealogical Societies Conference. You can still register at
http://fgs.org/2010conference/registration, and you
can learn everything you need to know before you attend the
conference at the FGS Conference Blog at http://www.fgsconferenceblog.org.
Listener email
includes:
Kim asks about how to determine
if a specific genealogical researcher is legitimate or
not.
Ed responds to Jennifer's court
record question. He recommends two online resources for California
genealogical research: SFgenealogy.com and the "Early California Population
Project" at the Huntington Library and is accessible at http://www.huntington.org/information/ECPPlogin.htm.
Mike offers a compelling reason
for sharing your genealogy information on the Internet.
Russ asks for suggestions on
how to flatten folded documents while using a digital
camera.
James asks for information
about how to download our podcasts.
George G. Morgan and Drew Smith discuss genealogy on The Genealogy Guys Podcast
Drew Smith interviews leaders of the genealogy community on Genealogy Connection