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Cutting-edge search engine powers breakthrough discoveries, adds color to family history and establishes the popular family network as a leading player in the historical content market

PROVO, Utah & LONDON & TEL AVIV, Israel – June 25, 2012: MyHeritage, the most popular family network on the web, today announced the official launch of SuperSearch, a powerful new family history search engine for helping families around the…

Growing Need for International Indexers

18 June 2012

PROVO, Utah & LONDON & TEL AVIV, Israel – June 11, 2012:…

PROVO, UTAH – (June 6, 2012) – Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family history resource, has announced an exclusive offer for New Yorkers to jump start their family history research.  Starting today, a valuable select group of record collections, provided through a partnership with the New York State Archives and Library, are now available free to New York state residents at…

SFgenealogy is excited to announce a new major database available online:

• San Francisco Colma Cemetery Index
  
  http://www.sfgenealogy.com/php/cemetery/cemeteryindex.php

The database currently includes over 305,000 burial records for the Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma (1887-2001). In the future, other…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Paula Hinkel - Southern California Genealogy Jamboree



We're making the last big reveal leading up to this weekend's Genealogy Jamboree.



In keeping with SCGS's tradition of delivering exceptional genealogical education over the Internet, we are proud to announce that the 2012 Genealogy Jamboree will offer ten streamed sessions over two days,…

ROYAL HOUSEHOLD STAFF RECORDS GO ONLINE FOR THE FIRST TIME

• Discover who served Britain’s Kings and Queens from King Charles II to King George V, at findmypast.co.uk
• ‘Chocolate Maker to the Queen’, ‘Keeper of the Lions in the Tower’ and ‘Moletaker’ among some of the most extraordinary roles

Have you ever wondered who works in a Royal Household, or whether you might have a…

In April 2012 the Guild of One-Name Studies published "Seven Pillars of Wisdom: The Art of One-Name Studies" as a guide to the running of a one-name study. The book is a collection of helpful advice and information gathered from the Guild Wiki, and was published immediately before the Guild’s 2012 Conference in order to complement its "Seven Pillars" theme. Copies…

Fold3 will be opening up all of their War of 1812 records to the public for free during June. This is in commemoration of the 200^thanniversary of the commencement of the war. The collection consists of more than 400,000 images including 233,000 images from the War of 1812 Pension Files never before available online. The following databases provided for free included:

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National Genealogical Society Announces 2013 Family History Conference in Las Vegas

Arlington, VA, 23 May 2012. The National Genealogical Society (NGS) announced at their Family History Conference in Cincinnati last week that the 2013 NGS…

As genealogists and family historians, Woodlawn knows how important cemeteries are to our research. We are one of forty New York City sites participating in the Partners in Preservation Grants go to the sites with highest number of votes and the most creative and passionate supporters (like you!). Woodlawn will use the $150,000 grant for restoration to the beautiful, historic Belmont Mausoleum, which was just featured in this Partners in Preservation YouTube video:…

Ancestry.com Comments on Status of Who Do You Think You Are?

PROVO, Utah, May 13, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq:ACOM), the world's largest online family history resource, today commented on NBC's decision not to renew the Who Do You Think You Are? television series for a fourth season.



"We…

Leader in Online Family History has more than Doubled its Collection of

Family History Records in Last Three Years…

WWII CADET NURSING CORPS MEMORIALIZED AS ANCESTRY.COM PUBLISHES COLLECTION OF RECORDS ONLINE

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For Immediate Release:

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ANCESTRY.COM INC. TO ACQUIRE ARCHIVES.COM

–“Simple and Affordable” Fast-growing Start-up Adds Complementary Offering to…

Call for Papers

2012 Utah Genealogical Association Conference on Family History…

Genealogical Society of Hispanic America - Southern California General Meeting: Saturday, May 5, 2012 • 10 am - 4 pm Southern California Genealogical Society Library, 417 Irving Dr., Burbank, California (directions: 818-843-7247)

This program explores options for researching through the women, and brothers and sisters as well as other relatives in the family by looking at a combination of sources, some not often considered, and shows how to recognize the clues in your findings. It…

Workshops sponsored by the Genealogical Society of Hispanic America-Southern California (GSHA-SC), the Southern California Genealogical Society (SCGS), and the Los Angeles Public Library,

Genealogy & History Dept.

Genealogy Garage:

Citing Your Sources

Keeping records of where we find information about our ancestors is an important, but often…