Heading into the weekend, I’m finishing up a new look for the site, that should be easier to use (and perhaps looks better).
I’m also working on a second site that is kind of a supplemental to this site – that’s not the right word, complimentary maybe a better word. It covers something that I debated adding to this site for a couple of months, before deciding to make it its own site. I’ll announce it here after I put the finishing touches on it tonight or tomorrow morning.
Connie Lenzen, writing in The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), reminds us of the important genealogical records available through churches. Connie mentions the difficulties that can exist in finding such records, because they can be scattered about. One important resource mentioned – USGenWeb – was used to track down county histories, which led to church histories, which can be vital in determining where these records would have been kept and who would have been keeping them.
Mary Penner writes about some of the resources available from the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), in her column for The Albuquerque Tribune (NM), including resources online and off. She also mentions the 166 volumes of lineage books (yes, 166 volumes), which summarizes the descendants of those who fought in the American Revolution.
Pam Mellskog writes about the value of genealogy not only in regards to knowing where one came from, but knowing what illnesses might run in a family in Probing your genealogical past, an article for the Daily Times-Call/Longmont FYI (CO). We’ve mentioned similar stories in the past, and the US Surgeon General’s Family History Initiative can be found here.
In case you missed it, Ancestry.com has simplified their subscriptions – The Genealogue has the details.
They will also be launching an expansion covering those researching Canadian genealogy – from the newsletter
