Genealogy News

A recent article in The New York Times generated some buzz about this old-fashioned dessert.

In Uncovering records that link the slaveholder and enslaved , it was proven through the wills of Pettus Wales Chick that some tie or link existed between Pettus, Eliza Eigner, and Eliza's two eldest children, Anderson and Pettus.

James Sprunt Community College is one of the 58 community colleges in North Carolina, a system that is celebrating it's 50th anniversary this year.

The Scranton Public Library and Marywood University Library each received one of 19 grants awarded in Pennsylvania by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The name Bomboy can be traced to many families in Montour, Columbia and Northumberland counties.

There wasn't much left of the person in grave No. 10 - leg bones as fragile as ash, a well-worn tooth, a few milk-glass buttons from the burial clothing.

Horst Blaich of Bayswater, Victoria, Australia, has written five books on the Templer Society, a Christian community founded in Germany in 1861.

If nothing else, do not fall off the boat. It is easy to imagine that this was the unspoken first rule for the Pilgrims traveling to America on the Mayflower in 1620.

Join the Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut on Sunday, Dec.15, at 1:30 p.m. for an afternoon of personal research time at Godfrey Memorial Library, 134 Newfield St., Middletown .

Though many Douglas County residents are interested in genealogy, they may not be familiar with the Genealogical Society of Douglas County and its resources.

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After the Army drafted him and got him ready to work as a combat medic, Charles Allen Collins must have looked like a lot of the other 2.5 million troops who served in Vietnam: a lanky young man in a uniform.

Family Tree Magazine's list of Best State Websites for Genealogy for 2013 includes the Washington State Digital Archives and Washington State Library.

The Manitowoc County Genealogical Society will offer beginning classes in genealogy from 6 to 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month, starting Dec. 10 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 4105 Michigan Ave. Sandra Hynek will present "What Records can be Found in the Courthouse."

Here's a peek at some happenings in town this week. For a full list of stuff to do, consult the Patch calendar of events .

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

It is the first day of the month. It's time to back up your genealogy files. Then test your backups! Actually, you can make backups at any time.

Barry Oshry stood in the sanctuary of downtown Boston's last intact immigrant-era synagogue, the Vilna Shul, clutching a sheaf of photocopied documents.

Boy born July 14, 1980 at Edna Gladney home and given up for adoption. If you are seeking your birth family please contact me, amoretoday@gmail.com.

She was born May 5, 1917, in Bridgton, Maine, the daughter of the late David C. and Mildred Bickford.