Surnames: Peter Herrick or Petrus Heurich?
For some time, while doing research to create my family tree, I had a very hard time figuring out what my ancestors’ last names were originally. In a couple specific cases, I was wondering...
Discovering Names
What does your name mean, where does it come from, how else could you spell it? They are questions I have been trying to ask some of my long deceased ancestors. They generally don’t...
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- Ancestors in the CCC? Search Online Camp Newspapers from Virginia! June 23, 2017If your ancestor or other relative was part of the New Deal Civilian Conservation Corps program, camp newspapers are great for learning about his experience. And it's getting easier to access CCC camp newspapers from Virginia (plus a few from outside Virginia). CCC workers, Library of Congress The Virginia Newspapers Project has announced that CCC […]Diane
- Grants Are Now Available for Preserving WWI Memorials! June 20, 2017WWI Memorial in Jackson, Miss. (Library of Congress) Here's a project for your history- and preservation-minded genealogical society, civic group or scouting troop: The 100 Cities/100 Memorials matching grant program is accepting applications through July 10 (an extended deadline) for projects to adopt and preserve WWI memorials. Up to 100 WWI memorial restoration projects around […]Diane
- 2017 Virtual Conference: Genealogy Technology and Tools June 16, 2017Guest post by Vanessa Wieland, Dean of Family Tree University We have another amazing virtual conference in the works (September 15-17), with three days of genealogy search tips, tricks, techniques and tools you can use to improve your genealogy search. Our lineup is still being finalized, but we’re looking forward to presentations on the following […]Diane
- How to Use the Library of Congress' New Sanborn Maps for Genealogy June 1, 2017Have you heard the news about the Library of Congress’ new digital Sanborn maps? Nearly 25,000 maps are now online, with more to be added over the next three years for a total of 500,000. Sanborn fire insurance maps were published for insurance companies to assess a structure’s risk of catching fire. They were published […]Diane
- MyHeritage DNA Releases New & Improved Ethnicity Estimate Reports May 30, 2017MyHeritage DNA today releases its new and improved Ethnicity Estimate reporting, which provides your percentages of origins from 42 ethnic regions around the world—more than what's available with other tests. These regions are based in part on MyHeritage's Founder Populations Project, which analyzed the DNA of 5,000 individuals whose MyHeritage family trees showed ancestry in […]Diane