The following is from Newberry Library. The Newberry Library is pleased to announce the completion and release of its Digital Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, a dataset that covers every day-to-day change in the size, shape, location, name, organization, and attachment of each U.S. county and state from the creation of the first county in 1634 through 2000. Nearly every aspect of American life can be described, analyzed, and illuminated through data gathered and organized by county or available in county records, and knowing how and when ...

The following is from Family Tree Magazine. People hoping to learn more about their roots - without busting their budgets - need look no further than the newly released 2010 edition of Family Tree Magazine's 101 Best Websites.  This year's list honors the top free sites for genealogical resources, records and historical data. These stellar sites are spotlighted in the September 2010 issue, which hits newsstands Tuesday, July 20. Genealogy buffs also can view the full list - for free, of course - on the Family Tree Magazine website ...

The following is from JewishGen and MyHeritage.com Tel Aviv, Israel; London, UK and Los Angeles, US – July 10, 2010 – MyHeritage.com and JewishGen.org are now working together to invigorate the Family Tree of the Jewish People (FTJP) project. Under this collaboration, family trees built with a special version of MyHeritage.com available at http://www.myhe...om/jewishgen, with the consent of the tree creators, will be transferred periodically to the FTJP for digital safekeeping. Privacy controls, using the MyHeritage.com tools, can be set according to the wishes ...

The following is from FindMyPast.com FINDMYPAST.CO.UK MAKES BIRTH RECORDS EVEN EASIER TO SEARCH o   100 million fully indexed birth records from 1837 – 2006o   Ronaldo Maradona and Fish Fish Fish are names found within the records Leading UK family history website, findmypast.co.uk has today launched an easier way to find the births of English and Welsh ancestors online. The company has reindexed over 100 million birth records, as a first instalment of a completely new version of the England and Wales ...

The following is from FamilySearch. Popular Database for Jewish Family History Research ExpandsFree Resource Now Includes Records of 115,000 People July 7, 2010 SALT LAKE CITY–A valuable resource for Jewish genealogical research has expanded to include records from all over the world. The popular Knowles Collection from FamilySearch is a free database connecting Jewish records of 115,000 people in 30 countries. The combining of those records into one collection makes it easier for researches to find family sources. “One of the biggest ...

The following is from FindMyPast. CENSUS SERVES UP SOME WIMBLEDON QUIRKS As the 2010 Wimbledon Championships head towards the closing stages, leading UK family history website findmypast.co.uk has delved into its collection of census records from 1841 to 1911 to find some interesting tennis-themed entries.. The finds…In the 1891 census, a Miss Mary Wimbledon, aged 3, can be found in the house of her 22 year old sister Ann Ball at 160 Latimer Road, London. Also present in the house were Ann Ball’s ...

The following is from FamilySearch. July 2, 2010 FamilySearch News Dear Family History Consultants, FHC Directors, Extraction Directors, and Priesthood Leaders: We are pleased to send you this monthly update in an effort to keep you abreast of events and information that can help you help others. Consultant Fireside Video Now Available On Tuesday, April 27, 2010, Elder Allan F. Packer of the First Quorum of the Seventy, and one of the Executive Directors for the Family History Department of the Church (aka FamilySearch), held a special fireside in the Tabernacle ...

The following is from Footnote. In recognition of America's Independence Day, Footnote is opening their Revolutionary War Collection free to the public. This unique collection  features millions of original records found nowhere else on the internet. Whether you are a genealogist or a history buff, you can discover new details about the Revolutionary War in records that include: Soldier Service RecordsOriginal letters written by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and other Founding FathersRevolutionary War Pension FilesPayment Vouchers for Military ...

I found three articles of interest tonight about FamilySearch that I thought I would pass along. Mormon Times Orem Library Partners with FamilySearch by Jacob Hancock OREM, Utah —The Orem Public Library has been named a FamilySearch affiliate, giving patrons access to the world's largest collection of resources for genealogy research. http://www.morm...FamilySearch The ProGenealogist Blog Some Images on FamilySearch Record Search Have Moved by Karina Morales Last week I noticed that some records I used to be able to access on ...

UTAH VALLEY PAF USERS GROUP MEETING The next regular, second-Saturday-of-the-month meeting of the Utah Valley PAF (Personal Ancestral File) Users Group will be on Saturday, 10 Jul 2010, from 9 am to noon in the LDS "Red Chapel", 4050 North Timpview Drive (650 East), Provo. For directions to get there see the map on the group's website http://uvpafug....nbsp;.  The main presentation for this meeting will be by Bret Petersen on ARE YOU MY MOTHER? - FINDING MAIDEN NAMES. This will be a discussion of various types of records and research techniques that can ...

The following is from FamilySearch. 25 June 2010A project to index Freedmen Letters from North Carolina is now available. This is the second Freedmen’s Bureau collection FamilySearch has worked on with the National Archives. These records provide the earliest major compilation of information on many emancipated slaves, freed Blacks, and Black Union soldiers, including names, marriages, education and employment information, and receipt of rations, health care, and legal support.New Projects in the Past MonthJamaica—Civil Births, 1878–1899 [Part ...

The following is from FamilySearch. 26 Million New Names Added for Costa Rica, France, Hungary, Mexico, Spain, and the U.S. Twenty-nine new collections were updated or added this week at FamilySearch.org—with 26 million names and 1.5 million digital images!The international collections continue to expand with exciting new additions for Costa Rica, France, Hungary, Mexico, and Spain. In addition, nine more indexes were added to the U.S. 1910 Federal Census collection—that means it is 37 percent complete! This project is moving along quickly.There are now 428 ...

PROVO, Utah — “Strengthening Ties That Bind Families Together Forever” is the theme of the 42nd annual BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy, July 27-30, 2010 at the BYU Conference Center, 770 E. University Parkway, Provo, Utah. The conference will offer 140 classes, with topics that include Beginning Family History, FamilySearch, Writing the Narrative Family History, Using Computers, Internet and Technology, Basic Research, Methodologies, Using the BYU Harold B. Lee Library, Research in the United States and Canada, Colonial America, International Research, ...

I was able to attend the Riverton FamilySearch Library Open House Thursday afternoon. It is a state-of-the-art family history research center equipped with a variety of resources.  I brought a camera with me to take pictures but ended up not taking any.  (I have never been the photographer in our family.)  I was so tickled to see that Sue Maxwell took wonderful pictures of the building and you can enjoy them on her blog "Granite Genealogy" Visit to the Riverton FamilySearch Library Open House. Before opening the Riverton FamilySearch Library they conducted a survey of the ...

The following is from FindMyPast. With the next England match just around the corner, we’re warming up to provide further entertainment for any non-football fans in the form of our second World Cup widows offer: 90 minutes free access to findmypast.co.uk at a time of your choice on the day that England play – when England play, you still don’t pay!* How to get free access-          Make sure you are registered on the website before midnight (UK time) on the day before the match. ...