- Mystic Order, Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm (Wiki.genealogytoday.com)
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- French Canadian Genetic Disorder Can Cause Killer Cholesterol Levels in even the Healthiest Person (Eogn.com)
Do you have abnormally high cholesterol levels, even at a young age? Blame your ancetors! Familial hypercholesterolemia, known as FH, is a genetic disorder that causes extremely high cholesterol levels at an extremely young age. FH is found most often in people of Native American or French Canadian descent. In America, experts say, about 1 in every 300 to 500 people has the disorder. However, in Lewiston, Maine, witha high percentage of French-Canadian descendants, the ratio is about 10 times th [...]
- Ancient Order of Osiris (Wiki.genealogytoday.com)
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- Episode 3: Making America (Gentod.com)
Making America tells the story of the peopling of the New World, of how land came to define the settling and identity of America, and of how the guests ancestors were part of this history. [...]
- Episode 1: Our American Stories (Gentod.com)
Our American Stories explores the dynamic and shifting relationship America had with her new immigrants in the 20th century. [...]
- Episode 2: Becoming American (Gentod.com)
Becoming American explores the many journeys to becoming American that defined the "Century of Immigration" (1820s â 1924) and transformed the United States from a sleepy agrarian country into a booming industrial power. [...]
- Brotherhood of the New Life (Wiki.genealogytoday.com)
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- DearMYRTLE Announces official launch of APG Second Life chapter (Gentod.com)
Plans are underway to hold an organizatonal meeting, and a notecard explaining the process in being circulated among genealogists in Second Life. [...]
- Second Life: Tuesdays EVIDENCE chat (Dearmyrtle.com)
DearREADERS,For Tuesday nights 6pm "Evidence" chat at the fire pit in Second Lifes JUST GENEALOGY we will discuss Elizabeth Shown Mills article titled “Deliberate Fraud and Mangled Evidence: The Search for the Fictional Family of Anne Marie Philippe of Natchitoches, Louisiana.” The American Genealogist 72 (July–October 1997): 353–68. Digital image. Elizabeth Shown Mills, Historic Pathways. MyrtDearMYRTLE.com. [...]
- RootsTech 2012 Day #2 with Pictures (Eogn.com)
RootsTech continued today with events and presentations similar to the first day. The day started with an informal keynote speech by Josh Coates, CEO of Instructure, an education-focused software company. Mr Coates also is the founder of Mozy. He also has a long list of impressive technological and entrepreneurial accomplishments, including Utah Entrepreneur of the Year, vSpring Capital Top 100 Venture Entrepreneur, and one of MIT Technology Review’s Top 100 Young Innovators. He spoke on "E [...]
- RootsTech Announces Winners of the Developer Challenge (Eogn.com)
The following announcement was written by the RootsTech organizers: Congratulations to the winners of the of the RootsTech Developer Challenge. First Place: Jimmy Zimmerman, NoteFuser NoteFuser connects your Evernote® notes to Geni.com or new.FamilySearch.org person records. It also allows you to easily create Evernote® powered research logs and other notes with one click. Make sure you watch the NoteFuser Demo video on the homepage name... [...]
- RootsTech 2012 Day #1 (Eogn.com)
The RootsTech conference kicked off this morning in Salt Lake City with more than 4,100 attendees. No, that number is not a misprint. More than four thousand one hundred genealogists pre-registered. However, when I walked past the registration desk in mid-morning, I saw a long line of people waiting to purchase tickets at the door. Unofficially, I was told that the number of attendees had risen to more than 4,400 by late afternoon. That number certainly will rise further during the next two days [...]
- Martin Sheen Talks About His Journey on Who Do You Think You Are (Olivetreegenealogy)
Last week NBC held a Press & Media Conference Call with Martin Sheen, one of the celebrities featured on this season of Who Do You Think You Are. Olive Tree Genealogy blog was fortunate to be invited to join in this interview session. During the 45 minute interview Mr. Sheen shared his experiences and his reactions to finding ancestors who shared his own commitment to social justice, to [...]
- Martin Sheen, Reba McEntire, Rob Lowe Among Who Do You Think You Are? Season 3 Cast (Eogn.com)
When NBCs genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? returns with its third season Feb. 3, a new crop of celebrities will explore their family history. Martin Sheen, Marisa Tomei, Blair Underwood, Reba McEntire, Rob Lowe, Helen Hunt, Rita Wilson, Edie Falco, Rashida Jones, former NFL running back Jerome Bettis, Jason Sudeikis and Paula Deen will be featured on the series executive produced by Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky. You can read more in an article by by Lesley Goldberg in the The Hollywo [...]
- Scam Alert – Email from Dr. Martin Vermont (Geneabloggers)
Heads up to the latest email being sent to genealogy bloggers which is a scam: I am Dr. Martin Vermont and I work for Multilingual Search Engine Optimization Inc. in Washington DC ( Tel: 1-202-558-2504) - I would like to speak with the person in charge of your international clientele. Who is my contact? Who Post from: GeneaBloggersScam Alert - Email from Dr. Martin Vermont copyright 2011, Thomas MacEntee [...]
- British Library and brightsolid partnership to digitise up to 40 million pages of historic newspapers (News.genealogytoday.com)
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- Fold3 Opens Nearly 3 Million African American Records For Free During Black History Month (Eogn.com)
The following announcement was written by Fold3, a subsidiary of Ancestry.com: Fold3 is proud to announce Free access to our Black History Collection in honor of Black History Month. This collection includes many enlightening historical records documenting African American achievements since the earliest days of our nation, and will be available the entire month of February. As soon as black soldiers were recruited to serve the Union in 1863, records were generated to document their service incl [...]
- Emerson Adds $1 Million to $18M Goal for Genealogical Library (Eogn.com)
Emerson, a manufacturing and technology company based in St. Louis, will donate $1 million toward a genealogical library to be built in nearby Chesterfield. The Center for Family History is a project of the St. Louis County Library Foundation. The capital campaign goal totals $18 million. The Foundation has now reached more than two-thirds of its goal. Foundation spokespersons said Emersons funding would be used for a 350-seat auditorium. You can read more at and... [...]
- The Role Of History In Genealogical Research (Gentod.com)
Before you begin your genealogical research, youd be wise to study a bit of historyâeither local or nationalâbecause history can have a direct bearing on where your genealogical search will take you. [...]
- Fold3: Black History Month (Dearmyrtle.com)
NOTE from DearMYRTLE: The following was just received from our friends at Fold3.com (formerly Footnote.com). This open access is welcome news. Please address all inquiries to supportancestry.comsupportancestry.com, the parent company.Fold3 is proud to announce Free access to our Black History Collection in honor of Black History Month. This collection includes many enlightening historical records documenting African American achievements since the earliest days of our nation, and will be availa [...]
- Arphax Publishing Announces the Launch of HistoryGeo.com (Eogn.com)
I have only had a brief look at this new subscription mapping web site but it looks good. The following announcement was written by Arphax Publishing: NORMAN, OK, January 9, 2012 - Arphax Publishing Co. announces the grand-opening of its historical maps website: HistoryGeo.com. Known for its historical land-ownership books, Arphax leaps headfirst onto the web with a digital version of its critically acclaimed map-series. And it does so with a viewing tool that rivals the speed and power of a des [...]
- Postcard Album: Dyke Hill and Poynings Church, Sussex (Wanderinggenealogist)
Below is another view of Devil's Dyke, West Sussex looking south-west towards the north face of the hill, showing Poynings Church in the foreground with it's solid square tower, but then the caption already told you that. This postcard is unused, but the back reveals that it was No. 30 in The Brighton Palace Series [...]
- Philippi Lutheran Church Baptisms (Ancestry24.com)
The small Lutheran Church of was built in 1897 and the majority of church services were conducted in German until 1957. Start searching for your German ancestors who lived in the Cape Flats. - Over 800 records in this collection from 1888 - 1940. The church was started by the German inhabitants who immigrated to [...]
- Postcard Album: Bolney Church, Sussex (Wanderinggenealogist)
I have shown you several postcards of Bolney church from my collection before, inside and out (and even the lych gate) but the postcard below is slightly different because it shows a side of the church which I don't think I have seen on a postcard before. This view is taken from the north-eastern end [...]
- Aiwanat (Wiki.genealogytoday.com)
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- Ancestry.com to Acquire Swedens Genline.se (News.genealogytoday.com)
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- News about Genline.com and Ancestry.com (Dearmyrtle.com)
NOTE from DearMYRTLE: As a Genline subscriber, I just received the following information from our friends at Genline.com. Please address all inquiries to usinfogenline.com or supportancestry.com.Last summer, Ancestry.com, the worlds largest online family history resource, acquired Genline and Genline is now part of the Ancestry family. Today, we are happy to announce that Genlines Swedish Church Records archive is now available in the Ancestrys World Deluxe Membership collection.For Genline cust [...]
- Concerns about Ancestry.com and Genline images (Dearmyrtle.com)
DearREADERS,Ol Myrt here was quickly reading her Google Reader between SLIG classes this morning, when I noticed the Genealogy Insider Diane Haddad of Family Tree Magazine had posted a blog entry titled Ancestry.com Adds Swedish Church Records From Genline. First, this concerns me, because Ive always liked the viewer at Genline.Secondly, Ive learned most about Mr. Myrts Swedish ancestry by talking with Genlines North American contact Kathy Meade at national and regional genealogy conferences at [...]
- Tracing Ontario Relatives in the States (Gentod.com)
We often think of Canada as an immigrant country, and we know that many of those immigrants from Ireland, for example, eventually went to the United States.
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- Arkansas Death Records Helps in Retracing the Past of a Certain Individual (Easy-genealogy.com)
Also known as the termination of one's life, death is a usual course for every living species. For humans, this must be an event that we fear most to happen to the people we love most. As hard as dealing with the loss of a loved one is the difficulty of working on all the paper works in line with the event. Through the latest technology nowadays, searching for Arkansas Death Records won't be hard anymore. The World Wide Web... Read the rest [...]
- Tracing Your Roots is back for a new series (Wanderinggenealogist)
The BBC Radio 4 family history programme Tracing Your Roots is back for a sixth series. Unfortunately it is only a short series of four episodes, but the good news is that it is available as a podcast from the BBC website. Even better news is that there are currently a total of twelve episodes [...]
- The "Secret" Issues with Families (Ancestry24.com)
My mother Kathleen Grace October was born on 23rd July 1926 in Cape Town, South Africa. She was the fourth child of six children of Charles & Kathleen October (née Whyburd) residing at 15 Nelson Road, Observatory. Discussions of family origins were always taboo. Family secrets and myths were rife based on even the very [...]
- Lost and Found: The Secrets of Archimedes (Eogn.com)
If you have an interest in old books, especially in the restoration of really old books, you will be interested in the story of an 800-year-old book that originally contained many of the writings of Archimedes. Many years later, the Archimedes text was scraped off and overwritten with text of prayers. However, the book still held a legible echo of the original text. Thanks to extreme archival efforts, multi-spectral imaging techniques and computer algorithms, digital images have been produced th [...]
- (+) Protect Your Secrets with Encryption (Eogn.com)
The following is a Plus Edition article, written by and copyright by Dick Eastman. This weeks news about someone leaving a flash drive in a London pub is sad for a number of reasons. (The article is available at that... [...]
- Yet another lesson learnt the hard way (Wanderinggenealogist)
Having come to the conclusion that Patrick Vaughan (the second husband of my 2x great-aunt Kate Allison) was not English, due to a lack of any trace of him in the British Army WW1 Records or any civilian records, I had no option but to move on and hope that something else would turn up [...]
- Findmypast.Co.Uks Great Western Railway Shareholder Index Now Complete (News.genealogytoday.com)
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- Relocation, Restoration of Liebelt Log Cabin Begins in Lakeway, Texas (Eogn.com)
Twenty-six-year-old German immigrant August Liebelt first arrived in New Orleans in 1860. After serving during the Civil War, he migrated to Texas, settled on 80 acres and bult a cabin in 1869, and received a land grant in 1873. After leaving Travis County in 1881, he eventually lived his final years in Sherman, Texas, and died there in July 1911. His 15-foot by 17-foot, one-room, single-story loft cabin is now being relocated, thanks in part to a grant from Sears. On November 20, contractors ca [...]