Genealogy News

The following was written by Jan Meisels Allen, Chairperson of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies Public Records Access Monitoring Committee: Several years ago the Oklahoma Legislature enacted legislation that addressed vital records.

A former lighthouse keeper from West Norfolk has been able to trace his family tree back hundreds of years - in fact, all the way to the 1300s.

Born April 9 1976. Male born at Bannock Memorial Hospital. In search of birth father and mother.

Independent publishing vet Halvor Moorshead died suddenly March 7 at the age of 71. His Moorshead Magazines outfit published titles including Family Chronicle and History Magazine .

Butler, vice president of the Franklin County Genealogical Society, said she's been tracking down her roots since the 1960s, and doesn't plan to stop anytime soon.

Gene Wray was reluctant to become a Hospice volunteer, even though his wife, Priscilla, has been a Hospice volunteer since 1986.

People who are searching for ancestors involved in American wars can learn more about resources available to them at the Athens-Clarke County Library this weekend.

As I have mentioned before, we always assumed retroviruses like HIV, lentiviruses, are evolutionarily 'young'.

The chief operating officer of the National Archives and Records Association offered a defense Tuesday for his agency's decision to shutter its Anchorage branch, which he said costs more than $500,000 annually to keep open even as it recorded just 535 visits last year.

As a young girl, Carolyn Boyles used to spend hours on her grandmother's front porch, enthralled by the stories of the past.

We provide & take pride in same day service that is based on distance & time needed to be there.

The Kentucky long rifle has been an icon for two centuries, thanks in part to the myth and folklore that grew up around the taming of America's early Western frontier.

Missing teen with $10 in his pocket found after spending FIVE days riding the New York subway because he didn't want to do his chores Six autistic children injured after school bus flips over at busy New York City intersection after striking a taxi 'that had run a red light' The teen mom decided to give her son up for adoption, but ended up ... (more)

This months lecture/presentation at Damer House Annex is given by Susan Chadwick, Genealogist, entitled "Discover your roots, an introduction to family history and genealogy" These talks/presentations are proving very popular and anyone with any interest in family history should go along.

If your surname is Nixon, Dixon, Anderson, Beattie or Graham then the chances are your ancestors were driven out of England in the reign of James 1 for misdemeanours such as cattle rustling.

Captain West, portrayed by his descendant Phil Brown, is the first casualty of the Bond School House shootout which took place in 1863.

Do you need help growing the branches of your family tree? In the new Billings Public Library, resources to unearth old family connections will be available in the Genealogy Room.

Genealogy has been a practice of mankind since times immemorial. Whether it was for the sake of inheritance insurance or pride in racial lineage, genealogy has come in handy for a return to one's roots.

9 a.m. to noon, Thursdays, Navarre Library, 8484 James M. Harvell Road. Library volunteers are available to give general genealogy research guidance and one-on-one assistance in using online and print genealogy resources for family researchers.

March 10: Grapevine Namedroppers meet the second Monday of the month in the Presentation Room of the Grapevine Public Library located at 1201 Municipal Way, Grapevine,at 10:30 a.m. for local area support, questions and answers.