Genealogy News

The AlgoCoil software company today is thrilled to announce their v1.2 release of LiveHistory, a genealogy app for the iPad, with features that extend its data model with biographical facts such as where people lived, and with whom.

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The Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group will meet. The meeting includes a presentation by Suzanne Hansen on "Diggin Information Out of Distant Family Members."

This just in from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Jurupa Valley: on March 22 the church is sponsoring Jurupa Valley Discovery Day.

The AlgoCoil software company today is thrilled to announce their v1.2 release of LiveHistory, a genealogy app for the iPad, with features that extend its data model with biographical facts such as where people lived, and with whom.

Reading through the approved "souvenir programme" of The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II from June 2, 1953, with its "Genealogical Table Showing the Descent of the Crown," reminded me that both the Queen and her husband, Prince Philip, are descended from Queen Victoria.

I am looking for birth family of my Great Grandfather who was born in Tawas City, MI.

My great grandfather Terence Shanan immigrated to New Zealand from County Cavan, Ireland in 1877.

The workshop will run 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and will be led by trained volunteer genealogist Sandra Long and chapter Registrar Lori Hanley.

Staten Island: As an avid genealogist, a former 35-year resident of Brooklyn and police officer there for 20 years, let me assure Spike Lee that his statement "you can't discover this.

You'll be surprised with the kind of information you'll unearth when you do a research on your own family name.

On March 15, the Georgia Salzburger Society will hold its annual Landing Day Meeting at historic Jerusalem Lutheran Church at Ebenezer.

Genealogy research includes census , online, library , society , archives , and people all working together.

This might be the coolest family connection ever -- Brad Pitt and Spike Lee ARE COUSINS ... 12th cousins sure ... BUT STILL!!! The people over at Geni.com just made the bizarre connection -- you can see in the diagram how Brad and Spike are connected 12 generations ago.

The March meeting of Newtown Genealogy Club will be at C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, on Wednesday, March 12, at 7 pm.

The program will include how to begin research and deal with surnames and naming; a history and geography lesson dealing with Northern Ireland vs. the Republic of Ireland; church records; Griffith's Evaluation; Tithe books; census records; and more.

Staff photo by T.J. Lundeen Corey Rogers of the Lucy Craft Laney Museum, speaks about the Hornsby family during a Black History Month program at First Providence Baptist Church.

I like to think of ourselves as "seasoned citizens" who through all of our seasons in life, should be able to come up with some ideas to amuse ourselves.

"The beauty was in the rawness," Regina Carter says of the field recordings that inspired her new album, Southern Comfort .