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Millions of Civil War Records Now Available on FamilySearch Website s the United States marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, history buffs and people who had ancestors involved in the conflict can access millions of records recently published on the familysearch.org website.

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Teen Makes Digital Record of Arlington Graves Using only a a clunky camera and the Motorola Xoom he got for his 17th birthday, Ricky Gilleland has has succeeded where the Army failed: He has created the only digitized record of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.

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The Westchester County Potter's Field & The Eastview Cemetery Several years ago, I came across a record at the Find-A-Grave website that listed a William Yerks being buried at “Potter’s Field” in Valhalla. I wanted to find his burial place, but I didn't know where to start. Come with me as I show you how to find a lost place

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"Searching For..." Premieres February 14th at 9/8c Searching For... is a documentary series that follows the real-life work of Pam Slaton, a professional investigative genealogist, stay-at-home mom and New Jersey housewife.

Civil War, FamilySearch.org, Featured

Millions of Civil War Records Now Available on FamilySearch Website s the United States marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, history buffs and people who had ancestors involved in the conflict can access millions of records recently published on the familysearch.org website.

Civil War, FamilySearch.org, Featured

Millions of Civil War Records Now Available on FamilySearch Website s the United States marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, history buffs and people who had ancestors involved in the conflict can access millions of records recently published on the familysearch.org website.

FamilySearch.org, Featured, General Interest

The Westchester County Potter's Field & The Eastview Cemetery Several years ago, I came across a record at the Find-A-Grave website that listed a William Yerks being buried at “Potter’s Field” in Valhalla. I wanted to find his burial place, but I didn't know where to start. Come with me as I show you how to find a lost place

FamilySearch.org, Featured, General Interest

The Westchester County Potter's Field & The Eastview Cemetery Several years ago, I came across a record at the Find-A-Grave website that listed a William Yerks being buried at “Potter’s Field” in Valhalla. I wanted to find his burial place, but I didn't know where to start. Come with me as I show you how to find a lost place

Genea-Musings Day 4 in SLC - RootsTech Day 2 Afternoon/Evening ...I had a nice lunch with Lou Szucs and Matthew Deighton of Ancestry.com to talk about Ancestry initiatives and my blog.  I look forward to seeing them again at the next event.On my way back to the Media Hub, I stopped at the Mocavo booth and talked to cliff Shaw for awhile.  They have major plans to add free images from the Mocavo app (coming soon) that will then be OCRed and indexed.& [...] 15 minutes ago

Genealogy Insider “WDYTYA?”: Martin Sheen Spoiler alert! If you don’t want to know what happens in season 3, episode 1 of “Who Do You Think You Are?” stop reading right now. I got Leo settled into bed just before 8, so I got myself settled on the sofa to watch the premiere episode of “Who Do You Think You Are?” season 3, featuring Martin Sheen. Sheen’s Irish-born mother died when he was 11. I was kind of hoping this show would star [...] 1 hours ago

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter RootsTech 2012 Day #2 with Pictures RootsTech continued today with events and presentations similar to the first day. The day started with an informal keynote speech by Josh Coates, CEO of Instructure, an education-focused software company. Mr Coates also is the founder of Mozy. He also has a long list of impressive technological and entrepreneurial accomplishments, including Utah Entrepreneur of the Year, vSpring Capital Top 100 Ve [...] 4 hours ago

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter RootsTech Announces Winners of the Developer Challenge The following announcement was written by the RootsTech organizers: Congratulations to the winners of the of the RootsTech Developer Challenge. First Place: Jimmy Zimmerman, NoteFuser NoteFuser connects your Evernote® notes to Geni.com or new.FamilySearch.org person records. It also allows you to easily create Evernote® powered research logs and other notes with one click. Make sure you watch the [...] 4 hours ago

Patch.com Lincoln Day Is Today According to the Hingham Historical Society , the Lincoln family served their country as constables and justices of the peace, volunteer firefighters and delegates to the general court. Lincoln Day celebrates the community building efforts of everyone -449 minutes ago	The Jersey Journal - NJ.com (blog) The 1940 Census is coming! Are you ready to do your genealogical research? -418 minutes ago
Patch.com Newport Historical Society Acquires 1821 Letter Written by Notable African ... By Cara Kenefick The Newport Historical Society has an extensive collection of documents about Newport's early history. Today the Society acquired a very important letter that further broadens its diverse collection. This letter was written by a late -404 minutes ago	OnTheSnow.com Fossils in Snowmass Continue to Fascinate Dr. Kirk Johnson, Vice President of Research & Collections and Chief Curator of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and a lead scientist on the dig, will be back in Snowmass on March 22 nd to give an Aspen Historical Society -sponsored talk about -400 minutes ago