Genealogy News

The St. Francis Xavier Sharing Program in Metairie held its annual Christmas luncheon on Dec. 5 at the New Orleans Country Club in New Orleans.

By Adam Brazeau CORNWALL, Ontario - Genealogy was the muse for an author with local ties in her second book centered on historical sacrifices made by her ancestors.

Unfortunately, this is no surprise. The genealogy community has been watching the trends to stop access to public records and Congress has been pressured for some time to restrict one of the more important tools for genealogists.

Genetic genealogy reveals true Y haplogroup of House of Bourbon contradicting recent identification of the presumed remains of two French Kings.

It opened late, and was a reason the library tax rate increased. People have questioned whether we need a new library at a time when desktops, cellphones and iPads provide us with most of the information we would ever need.

The Town of Portland's Ahira Hall Memorial Library, located in Brocton, is planning to host a writers' group after the holidays.

Washington, DC, December 12, 2013 - In honor of its fiftieth anniversary, the Board for Certification of GenealogistsA has issued Genealogy Standards , a manual for best practices in research and assembly of accurate family histories.

St. Louis County property manager Matt Seppo was trying to get rid of accumulated junk in a Duluth nursing home a few years ago when he came across dusty plastic bags with old photos and photo albums inside.

Dozens poured in within the first few minutes to check out the new $20 million building.

Greg Peck's revised nonfiction book, "Death Beyond the Willows," features a new cover designed by Gazette graphic artist Tony DiNicola.

We all know about the considerable problems of Healthcare.gov , the federal health insurance exchange serving the Affordable Care Act -- Obamacare.

Family history librarian for Auckland Libraries, Seonaid Lewis, will share her knowledge and expertise during an evening on family history at the Hastings War Memorial Library on Thursday 16 January at 5.30pm.

Each year about this time we, as genealogy and family history researchers and bloggers tend to want to remind our readers that holidays are great times to talk about family history and gather memories, especially from older members of the family.

Sure, there may be times when ancestors get "handed to us on a silver platter," but that's not very often.

The following was written by the Rev. David McDonald, CGSM, and published on the Board for Certification of Genealogists' web site at http://bcgcertification.org/blog/2013/12/former-bcg-vice-president-joy-reisinger-rip : It is my sad duty to report that Joy Reisinger, Certified Genealogist Emeritus, died early Tuesday morning, 10 December 2013, in ... (more)

Hunting for parents of Joseph Damon b Jan 14, 1819 NY d. May 26, 1880 New Brighton PA.

Boy born in August 1957, in Glendale/Scottsdale/Phoenix area. Given up for adoption to a Jewish family.

Genetic studies of descendants of the Bounty mutineers have identified places on the human genome that contain expressed genes associated with cardiovascular disease.

Hiding the Past. By Nathan Dylan Goodwin. 2013. 256 pages. Are you dreading the holidays? Are you cross when the prospect of airport food and snug airline seating is the price you pay for flying out to visit the in-laws? Or your own irascible relatives? Well, I've got a fix for you.

Jim Lanning, 84, discusses his personal story as an avid pilot who went on to train his family and countless others in Silver Spring on Nov. 22. Ronda Barrett is a filmmaker who worked in the corporate world before quitting to become a personal historian.