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Bethany Children’s Home Awarded Mocavo Digitization Grant

In November of last year we announced the first ever Mocavo Community…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on April 22, 2013 at 8:03am — No Comments

New Database of North Carolina Confederate Burials

The NCGenWeb Project is pleased to announce the availability of a new database of Confederate burials…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on April 18, 2013 at 7:51am — No Comments

MyHeritage releases Family Tree Builder 7.0 to bring the power of the cloud to genealogy software

Updated version of world’s most popular free family history software now syncs with online and mobile, opens new channels for the discovery of historical records and is available for the first time also in Chinese, Japanese and Korean

PROVO, Utah & TEL AVIV, Israel – April 17…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on April 17, 2013 at 5:19pm — No Comments

One Week to Purchase Tickets for Meals, Tours, and Pre-Conference Events for the NGS 2013 Family History Conference

Contact: Erin Shifflett

Phone: (703) 525-0050

eshifflett@ngsgenealogy.org

For Release: 16 April 2013

ARLINGTON, VA, 16 APRIL 2013: The NGS 2013 Family History Conference will be held 8–11 May 2013 at the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino (LVH), Las Vegas, Nevada. Register within the week to select any meals or pre-conference events or tours you plan to attend. Pre-registration ends on Monday, 22 April 2013, which includes meals and tours sales. On-site…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on April 16, 2013 at 11:35am — No Comments

UGA Virtual Chapter: Join us for a free Webinar on April 18

Space is limited.

Reserve your Webinar seat now at:

https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/713778415

Utah Genealogical Association's free monthly virtual chapter meeting.

Our special guest speaker will be Ginny Ackerson. Her topic will be "Hot Off the Press!"

Newspapers are valuable resources for the genealogist. You will learn how to find what newspapers were printed in the time…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on April 10, 2013 at 8:12am — No Comments

Download the NGS 2013 Mobile App

Contact: Erin Shifflett

Phone: (703) 525-0050

eshifflett@ngsgenealogy.org

For Release: 8 April 2013

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on April 8, 2013 at 8:48am — No Comments

Become a FGS 2013 Ambassador

April 8, 2013 – Genealogy bloggers, societies, writers and editors are invited to participate in the Federation of Genealogical Societies 2013…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on April 8, 2013 at 8:42am — No Comments

2013 British Institute Details Announced

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on April 5, 2013 at 8:03am — No Comments

Fold3 Offers FREE Access to Confederate Civil War Records for the Month of April

Fold3 is offering…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on April 3, 2013 at 7:34am — No Comments

New Course Begins April 1: Demystifying Folklore and Culture

For Immediate Release

March 28, 2013

National Institute for Genealogical Studies Announces New Course Written by Genealogist

Jean Wilcox Hibben: Demystifying Culture &…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on March 28, 2013 at 7:55am — No Comments

National Genealogical Society Presents Research in Washington, DC

Contact: Patricia Walls Stamm, cg^sm, cgl^sm

Phone: 703-525-0050

pstamm@ngsgenealogy.org

For Release: 27 March 2013

National Genealogical Society Presents Research in Washington, DC

3–9 November 2013

ARLINGTON, VA,…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on March 27, 2013 at 7:55am — No Comments

Archives.com: 4.6 M Lutheran Church Records Now Online‏

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s (ELCA) birth, marriage and death records are only available on Archives.com. Originally, the records were kept by ELCA congregations across the United States. Until now, it was necessary to know which church your ancestors attended in order to find their…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on March 26, 2013 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Ancestry.com partnering with FamilySearch to bring 140 million pages of US Probate Records covering more than 130 years

Ancestry.com is partnering with FamilySearch to bring 140 million pages of US Probate Records covering more than 130 years.

·        Over the next 5 years, we will be spending $100 million to digitize, index and put online new content on Ancestry.com, Fold3, Archives and Newspapers.com

·        AncestryDNA is now available to everyone (subscriber and non-subscribers) for $99

·        The AncestryDNA database has more than 120,000 samples and we’ve delivered more…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on March 26, 2013 at 8:04am — No Comments

Wiltshire Records Available on Ancestory.Co.UK

MOONRAKERS, QUAKERS AND CHOCOLATE MAKERS – HALF A MILLION HISTORIC WILTSHIRE RECORDS AVAILABLE ONLINE

Historic records from the South West now available on …

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on March 21, 2013 at 11:14am — No Comments

The Couragent, Inc. Flip-Pal mobile scanner Team Attending RootsTech 2013

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on March 21, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

PhotoTree.com Announces: 19th Century Card Photos KwikGuide™

A Step-by-Step Guide to Identifying and Dating Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Cards

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on March 21, 2013 at 10:00am — No Comments

Utah Genealogical Association South Davis Family History Fair

The UGA South Davis Family History Fair is April 19th & 20th

Looking for a low cost education opportunity with nationally known speakers? Then plan on coming to the UGA…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on March 19, 2013 at 7:12am — No Comments

3 million baptism, marriage and burial records from Westminster published online

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on March 13, 2013 at 7:29am — No Comments

Early Bird Registration Discount Ends Soon 2013 Family History Conference

Contact: Erin Shifflett

Phone: 703-525-0050 Ext. 112

eshifflett@ngsgenealogy.org

For Release: 11 March 2013

Early Bird Registration Discount Ends Soon 2013 Family History Conference

Las Vegas, Nevada, 8–11 May 2013

Building New…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on March 11, 2013 at 9:02am — No Comments

2013 FGS Conference Registration is Open

“Journey through Generations” – A Conference for the Nation’s Genealogists

March 8, 2013 – Austin, TX. Online registration is now open for the 2013…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on March 11, 2013 at 8:42am — No Comments