Ancestry Connections Genealogy

04/02/2024

I just thought I would let you know about this book I found interesting. "Beyond familial ties, this book extends an invitation to all connected by the common thread of humanity." Because of its historical perspective it thought I would make a posting about it here. Wether or not you have an interest in WWII history, I think you will enjoy the book.

The Marauder and His Daughter: A Memoir from the 1944 Diary of MERRILL’S MARAUDER Larry W. Stephenson

10/12/2023

Recently I have been working on a Rhode Island Genealogy and stumbled across this free resource.

Free Online Rhode Island Birth Records and Indexes Post date November 28, 2023 No Comments on Free Online Rhode Island Birth Records and Indexes One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, baptism, and/or christening information about their ancestors. Over the past few decades, thanks t...

18/11/2023

If you had early New England ancestors, this may interest you. Transcripts of the Records of New Plymouth Colony, 1620-1691.

The Massachusetts Archives preserves and makes accessible the essential non-current records of state government, and provides records management assistance.

11/11/2023

In found a great resource for those of you researching ancestors in West Virginia

The Vital Research Records Project is placing Birth, Death, and Marriage certificates on-line.  Users can search the records and view scanned images of the original records.

05/11/2023

For those of you with a Red River Metis connection

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20/10/2023

Gephi is a good tool for clustering and analyzing DNA matches.

DNA Discover most common ancestors using Gephi.org, a special graphing visualization tool to make quick work of DNA matches, with special speaker Jennifer Ro...

17/06/2023

I have been working on a Southampton, Virginia genealogy lately, and I came across this site regarding Virginia enslaved people who were freed post 1782.

Note that Dinwiddie, Prince George, Chesterfield, Charles City, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, and Sussex Counties. They are included here with their kind permission:  http://www.usu.edu/history/faculty/nicholls/manumissions/index.htm

24/05/2023

Irish Genealogy News always has some interesting info

Claire Santry's Irish Genealogy News

09/05/2023

If you have a French family connection the Filae site may interest you. You can chose the view the site in French or English.

"Filae.com : le portail de la généalogie en France pour consulter son Etat-civil en ligne et construire son arbre généalogique gratuitement.

20/02/2023

New Mexico's best genealogy site!

Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico that provides research and an online pedigree database of Spanish ancestry beginning with Onate and including the family trees of all New Mexicans who are related to these explorers and their descendants

29/01/2023

Attend RootsTech Conference for free online

A family history conference. An on-demand learning library. A way to grow closer to the people, places, and stories that matter most. RootsTech is all that and so much more. Join us as we celebrate the joy of connection together.

22/01/2023

A free online presentation on using DNA to assist in Eastern European Genealogy

Join us for a FREE, virtual program on Thursday, February 16th at 6:30 PM EST!

21/01/2023

There is a casting call for Finding your Roots:

Find your Roots Casting

14/11/2022

I am going to England again for more genealogy research. Let me know if you need some work done there. I would not charge for my time, only to cover my costs, such as transport to get to and from the research site. Message me and we can discuss. I am also having a fund raiser for genealogy research specific to Salford and Manchester. https://www.gofundme.com/f/b44dc27f

27/10/2022

MyHeritage Free Death Records Oct. 26 - Nov. 3.

MyHeritage invites you to connect with your departed ancestors in honor of Halloween and All Saints’ Day: we’re providing free access to all our death

02/10/2022

One week of free access to German genealogy records.

October 3 is Unity Day in Germany and October 6 is German-American Day. To celebrate, we are celebrating “Ahnenfest” – Ancestor...

29/09/2022

If you had Huguenot ancestors in Pennsylvania, the free book, Memorials of the Huguenots in America: With Special Reference to Their Emigration to Pennsylvania may interest you.

Mathais Slaymaker was NOT a son-in-law to Madam Ferree. First there is NO Madam Ferree. The wife of Daniel Ferree retained her birth surname from birth until death. She was Maria Warenbaur because that was the custom in France when she was born.Second there is not a son-in-law of Maria Warenbaur nam...

15/08/2022

If your ancestors worked in the Lancashire Cotton Mills like mine did, you might enjoy this item. I will be going to the Manchester area for genealogy research, so please let me know if you need some work done there, or other parts of England.

10/06/2022

I liked this method for trying to identify a biological parent. Though it says adoption, the method can work for anyone who is wondering about who their biological parent was.

Discover the next steps for using DNA to find parents of Adoptees. This method also works for finding unknown parents for your ancestors using DNA. 👨‍🏫Next...

06/05/2022

Free Access to Newspapers.com until May 9th.

go.newspapers.com/moms?xid=4382&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=moms-2022

23/04/2022

If you have ancestors who owned other people, what should you do when you discover you are a descendant of slaveholders? Cheri Hudson Passey, a descendant of slaveholders, shared many valuable tips with me while we were at a genealogy conference to help folks process this issue. This post follows ni...

04/04/2022

Help index the 1950 census

Find your ancestors and build your family tree

05/03/2022

If your ancestors are from New Mexico, this book on familysearch, Origins of New Mexico families, may be of interest to you.

25/02/2022

A Genealogy for All of Humanity

Researchers from the University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute have taken a major step towards mapping the entirety of genetic relationships among humans: a single genealogy that traces the ancestry of all of us. The study has been published today in Science. New genealogical network of human g

09/02/2022

America's Black Civil War soldiers

Through a rich archive of forgotten Civil War-era photographs, historian Deborah Willis uncovers the often overlooked role of African American soldiers, cooks and medical workers.

01/12/2021

If you are an Acadian/Cajun with an Indigenous heritage, please consider taking this survey. Thank you!

Greetings! Your participation in this study on Acadian-Métis identity is appreciated. Your responses will provide valuable information related to Acadian-Metis identity, and to the experiences of Acadian-Metis people. This is an anonymous 23 question survey that depending on how much detail you dec...

29/11/2021

Are you related to the Hayet-Malo family from Quebec? http://malo-genealogy.blogspot.com/

A blog about Malo famly genelogy and history

01/11/2021

FYI - Ancestry DNA has a sale on

29/10/2021

Cemetery or Graveyard? Enjoy the ghosts and goblins that will be making their way to your door.

People use these words interchangeably, but they aren't entirely the same.

04/10/2021

You might find something here.

We’re Reclaim The Records, a new not-for-profit activist group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates. We identify important genealogical records sets that ought to be in the public domain but which are being wrongly restricted by government archives, libraries, an...