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Obituaries from Omaha Guide Newspaper Omaha Guide is a (NE Black Newspaper) July 16, 1932 – March 15, 1958

Obituaries from Omaha Guide Newspaper Omaha Guide is a (NE Black Newspaper) July 16, 1932 – March 15, 1958 The Omaha Guide Newspaper is a North Omaha newspaper so, I took all the obituaries out of this newspaper so you can find your love one. I hope you will stop by and see if your ancestry live on the north side of Dodge Street. These surround neighborhood are East Omaha, Carter Lake, Valley, Elkhorn,Waterloo, Florence Boulevard.…

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Added by Nancy Mancuso on May 19, 2015 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Diane C. Loosle Named Director of World Renowned Family History Library

August 21, 2013 - SALT LAKE CITY-FamilySearch today announced that Diane C. Loosle is the new director of its flagship Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. She will have the responsibility of leveraging the skills of the…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on August 23, 2013 at 8:53am — No Comments

Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society- Annual Seminar 11 Feb 2012 Saturday

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Noted Genealogy Speakers, Gene Philabert Ortega and Joel Weintraub will be the featured speakers at the HSJGS annual Seminar to be held Saturday 11 Feb 2012 at the Hemet Public Library, 300 E. Latham, Hemet, CA. The 1940 Census will be one of the Interesting Subjects discussed. Click on the URL to see the brochure.

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Added by Donna LaVonne Senff-Mata on January 27, 2012 at 8:37pm — No Comments

Murray County Library – 10 Books

10 genealogy books at the Murray County Library that I want to review:

Murray County, Georgia marriages : 1907-1941
Teague, Gene E., Pickens County, Georgia cemetery records
Georgia cemetery records
1851 census of Cherokees East of the Mississippi : Murray County, Georgia
Gilmer County Georgia Heritage :…

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Added by Tonia Kendrick on August 9, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Still Finding California Gold

While a lot of genealogical research can feel like you’re just slowly sifting your way through a soggy mountain of old data to occasionally discover a few tiny grains of precious family history, once in awhile your heart leaps with the thrill of finding those golden nuggets which add to the genuinely rich heritage that is the family saga.

As a direct descendant of some of California’s earliest European explorers and settlers, I am also related to most of the other early Spanish… Continue

Added by William S Dean on December 1, 2009 at 1:15am — 3 Comments

Cincinnati Library digitizing full color Sanborn Maps

The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County's Virtual Library has full color Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps online, available for download. These large scale street plans include building outlines, property boundaries, and building use, dating back to 1904. The first two volumes are currently online and more will be made available as the collection is digitized. You can view them at the following url:… Continue

Added by Dan on November 15, 2009 at 10:04pm — No Comments

2.5 million microfilm digitized by next year!? Here comes the whole iceberg!!

Its been pointed out lately that only 5-10% of all genealogical records are available online, at best. This is so true, and reinforces the idea that genealogists need to get off their computers, and head to the courthouses, the cemeteries and to Aunt Mable's house for a history lesson. Those are valuable and generally really fun things to do anyway, but can be time, energy, and finance consuming. So the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is working to bring all those records to your… Continue

Added by tami osmer glatz on October 3, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Can 13,000 genealogists make a difference?

What if you went to your local research library and it was closed. Empty. Gone.

What if the records they had in there were scattered to other repositories. A piece here, a piece there.

What if that really is happening right now.

And what if YOUR voice could make a difference. Would you take a minute and speak up? Would you take thirty seconds to click on a link and add your name to the list of those who don't want this to happen?

"The governor… Continue

Added by tami osmer glatz on September 6, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Great Online Map Site - Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

I've "tweeted" about this already a couple of times (I'm "rcurious", in case you tweet too), but I am just so thrilled with this site, that its worth yet another mention. Most genealogists are familiar with the "must have" book, Map Guide to the US Federal Census, by William Thorndale and William Dollarhide - you just can't do census research without it! But recently I found a website, hosted by the Newberry Library (Chicago), that really is incredible. Not only does it show… Continue

Added by tami osmer glatz on July 10, 2009 at 9:30pm — 2 Comments