Genealogy News From Around The World...

Home > Headline News

Search Criteria:
  Records 1 to 50 of 29424
Next Last
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
-448 minutes ago

The Jersey Journal - NJ.com (blog)
The 1940 Census is coming! Are you ready to do your genealogical research?
-417 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
-403 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
-399 minutes ago

WatertownDailyTimes.com
French and Indian War talk set today in Lowville
LOWVILLE — The Lewis County Historical Society will host a lecture on the French and Indian War this afternoon. Jack and Donna Vargo, owners and artisans of the Beaver River Trading Co. in Belfort, will discuss the Battle of the Thousand Islands and
-387 minutes ago

WEBCommentary
Barack Obama Launches Campaign 2012 with Sermon on the Mint at 2012 National ...
Jim's grandfather was the first in the family tree to see the distant horizons, but his career was cut short by severe injuries he sustained when a cousin cut down the tree. After a brief stint in the Amry (ours) following graduation from law school,
-366 minutes ago

Door County Advocate
Historic jewelry, plat books on display at library
The Baileys Harbor Historical Society invites you to see a fabulous display of vintage jewelry at the McArdle Library just in time for Valentine's Day. Also on display are plat books for Baileys Harbor from 1899 and 1999. It's an interesting display of
-334 minutes ago

Door County Advocate
Door County Advocate history: Early columnist D.S. Crandall was a remarkable ...
Two key figures in the growth of the Door County Advocate in a portrait study from the Wisconsin Historical Society , reprinted in the 1962 Advocate Centennial edition. DS Crandall, left, is considered one of the most brilliant writers in the paper's
-332 minutes ago

The News Journal
Preserving history, celebrating culture
-270 minutes ago

Herald Sun
An appetite for change
They learn how to manage distress and anxiety, they plot their family tree to understand how those close to them can assist in their recovery and they use role play to help see their disorder from other perspectives. They are taken to nearby Chadstone
-234 minutes ago

 
Regina Leader-Post
Family keepsakes recall Sask. history
-181 minutes ago

KPCnews.com
Genealogy Society meet to feature 1900s scandal
AUBURN — The DeKalb County Indiana Genealogy Society will host the program, “Lulu's Love Affair,” Feb. 13 at the Willennar Genealogy Center, 700 S. Jackson St., Auburn. Roselyn Wells will tell the story of of a girl's love in the early 1900s in Corunna
-179 minutes ago

Patch.com
Learn About Electric Trolleys in Washtenaw County at Feb. 12 Program
Saline Area Historical Society “Electric Trolleys of Washtenaw County: featuring Saline's Old Maude” is the topic of the February meeting of the Saline Area Historical Society . H. Mark Hildebrandt, a local author who has written about the subject,
-171 minutes ago

The Guardian Charlottetown
Watershed group makes presentation to South Shore Chamber of Commerce
The Tryon & Area Historical Society Inc. annual general meeting will be held on Feb. 20, 3:30 pm, in the Fellowship Room at the South Shore United Church. Guest speaker will be Island historian Catherine Hennessey who will speak on the 250th
-166 minutes ago

Wicked Local
Calendar Feb. 2 through Feb. 10, 2012
-164 minutes ago

StandardNet
Pay-as-you-go UK company entering US genealogy market
-148 minutes ago

Daily News - Galveston County
'Kemah' book signing is today
-147 minutes ago

Daytona Beach News-Journal
Flagler County news in brief for Feb. 4
-137 minutes ago

The Shawano Leader
Clintonville gets $1.4M from Billings estate
-130 minutes ago

San Antonio Express
Hastings youths pack care packages for troops
(AP) — Adrian Allard is not aware of any military background in his family tree . Nor is he considering a career in any of the armed services. But like his nine fellow youth group members at First United Methodist Church, he has an appreciation for what
-129 minutes ago

 
Town Crier Newspapers
East York Historical Society
East York Historical Society . S. Walter Stewart Library170 Memorial Park Ave. free. East York Historical Society . 416-429-7821, eyhs@eastyork.org. Paul Huntley will discuss the history of the Toronto City Dairy from its creation including the Massey's
-99 minutes ago

Daytona Beach News-Journal
Local history buffs focus on cemetery restoration
By AARON LONDON, Staff Writer Flagler County Historical Society member Mary Ann Clark works on a headstone at the Espanola Cemetery as part of a cemetery restoration workshop held by the group. (News-Tribune | Aaron London) St. Augustine archaeologist
-79 minutes ago

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
New England Patriots' Patrick Chung stars in football, while his half-brother ...
-78 minutes ago

Charlotte Observer
A mother's endless search
Within minutes, she's checked Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Ancestry.com and a half dozen other sites, seeing if any inquiries produced hits. No luck. She begins typing again, pounding out more copies of the same note she's been emailing since her
-63 minutes ago

Chicago Tribune
Dr. Michael J. Campbell, 1912-2012
He also took great pride in establishing a medical family tree that includes a daughter who was a pediatric nurse and three grandsons who are physicians. "Everywhere he went he'd run into former patients — in restaurants, shopping malls, even airports
-58 minutes ago

Fayetteville Observer
Readers Write: Photo represents metaphorical family tree
I hung that picture of my " family tree " on the wall at my home. This picture has become a physical metaphor representing my family. The creation story says, "He made all kinds of beautiful trees grow there (ie, Garden of Eden) and produce good fruit"
-51 minutes ago

Salisbury Post
Deadline for posters is 5 pm
Kannapolis History Associates presents Cabarrus Genealogy Society: “The Whos, Whats, Whens, Wheres and Whys” with Norris Dearmon and Larry Hayer, 7 pm, Monday, Feb. 6, Rotary Hall, 211 West Ave., Kannapolis. • Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education Called
-44 minutes ago

Huntsville Item
A serendipitous purchase
For those interested in tracing family history, the Huntsville Public Library and Walker County Genealogy Society are hosting a genealogy weekend Friday, March 2 through Sunday, March 4. The weekend will feature live networked FamilySearch
-25 minutes ago

CNET
T-Mobile MyTouch (black)
If you're confused about the MyTouch phone family tree , you're not alone. A few years ago, HTC and T-Mobile started to release a line of phones under the MyTouch umbrella. These included the MyTouch 3G, the MyTouch 3G Slide, the MyTouch 4G,
-13 minutes ago

Dailyrecord.com
Morris briefs: Scholarships in education; genealogy search tips; Dover band ...
HANOVER: The Morris Area Genealogy Society is holding a free presentation, “Using FamilySearch.org” for remote access to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The presentation will be held at 6:45 pm Tuesday in the large public meeting room at
3 minutes ago

Today's TMJ4
Mike Jacobs traces family history to year 1500
11 minutes ago

Juneau Empire
New plea deal reached for ex-JPD officer
27 minutes ago

Herald Scotland
Star proud of uncle's IRA past
35 minutes ago

Salt Lake Tribune
Lawmakers scrap effort to ban anti-gay discrimination
This year, the Salt Lake Chamber and executives from Ancestry.com , 1-800-Contacts and eBay have endorsed the measure, saying it would enhance Utah's reputation as a welcoming place to do business. Nearly three-fourths of Utahns support such a law,
1 hours ago

TVLine
Pilot Scoop: Andre Braugher Lands Lead in Shawn Ryan's Last Resort for ABC
(NBC) Season 3 of the family tree -climbing show kicks off with Martin Sheen ('The West Wing'). Astrid gets an unexpected visit from Alt Astrid; Peter and Olivia track a killer who is using a toxin that has yet to be invented. When a role-playing game
2 hours ago

SheKnows.com
Who Do You Think You Are? Recap: Martin Sheen
2 hours ago

New York Times
Job Gains Reflect Hope a Recovery Is Blooming
Ancestry.com, a genealogy Web site in Provo, Utah, has openings for 150 engineers, data mining specialists and developers of mobile apps. “While we find a lot of people who are unemployed,” said Eric Shoup, a senior vice president, “they are not the
2 hours ago

Wilmington News Journal, OH
OUR VIEW: Another inspiring class of Outstanding Women
Elizabeth Mitchell — She has made outstanding contributions as a researcher and volunteer with the Clinton County Genealogy Society and through her role as volunteer coordinator at Cape May Retirement Village. She was named 2010 Genealogist of the Year
5 hours ago

Beloit Daily News
'Organizing and Writing Your Family History'
6 hours ago

Fall River Herald News
At the Libraries: Events and happenings week of Feb. 5
... 7 days a week by visiting our website at www.somersetpubliclibrary.org including downloadable eBooks, music and audio; you can reserve museum and park passes, reserve books and DVDs and use multiple digital resources such as Ancestry.com ,
6 hours ago

The Mary Sue
Here Is the 1900's Chicago Detective Someone Needs to Make a Movie About: Cora ...
and secretly dream of winning free memberships for Ancestry.com will appreciate the work that went into this. Born in 1869, Strayer marries at 16, but is widowed a few years later (possibly in 1894). Apparently, she gives birth to two children,
6 hours ago

KCET (blog)
Jo Mora's Humorously Detailed L.A. History Map from 1942
What the map may not show, ironically, is that tucked away at the very bottom of the building in the History and Genealogy Department, is the library's 100-year-old collection of 100000 historic maps. Currently on display at the library's First Floor
8 hours ago

Berkeley Daily Planet
Press Release: Clara Foltz, California's First Woman Lawyer Lecture by Prof ...
Berkeley Women Vote Centennial Committee, the Berkeley Historical Society , the League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville, the American Association of University Women, and the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library, which make up
8 hours ago

Washington Post (blog)
Black history and the Civil War
8 hours ago

The Marshall Democrat-News
County historic preservation commission creates advisory board, discusses at ...
Wilhite, a local genealogist and historian, explained he had created an index to the 1980s building survey, which is available in the Maggie Duggins Genealogy Room at the Marshall Public Library. The survey had been a topic of interest at previous
9 hours ago

The Marshall Democrat-News
Arrow Rock lecture features analysis of Civil War battle art | Lecture Feb. 4 ...
By ERIC CRUMP/Editor Joan Stack, curator of art collections at the State Historical Society , discusses Civil War art during a lecture Jan. 7 at the Arrow Rock Historic Site Visitor's Center. Since the mid-20th century, images of war have been available
9 hours ago

Clarksville Online
Clarksville Historical Society to present check to the City of Clarksville ...
Clarksville, TN – On Monday, February 6th at 10:00am at Sevier Station, the Clarksville Historical Society will present a check in the amount of $11560 to the City of Clarksville Parks & Recreation Department. The money has been used to replace the
9 hours ago

Morgan Hill Times
Cheers to Chamber award winners
... joined the Morgan Hill Historical Society and has helped keep the Morgan Hill House in shape; Mario Banuelos, a geographic systems specialist for the city of San Jose and Man of the Year, helped start the Morgan Hill Community Foundation,
9 hours ago

Boca Beacon
The Johnson Boys and local harbor pilot history featured at History Bytes
9 hours ago

TVLine
Pilot Scoop: ABC Gets Smart With Portia de Rossi Comedy Produced by Ellen ...
(NBC) Season 3 of the family tree -climbing show kicks off with Martin Sheen ('The West Wing'). Astrid gets an unexpected visit from Alt Astrid; Peter and Olivia track a killer who is using a toxin that has yet to be invented. When a role-playing game
9 hours ago