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Genealogy Trip to Hawaii- Day Three

Posted by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on August 2, 2010 at 8:32am

This is a continuation of the story of my family history related trip to Hawaii for the past two weeks. I’m skipping over the cruise we took for seven days (you can read a short version in yesterday’s post) and recounting our days on the island of Oahu. We checked into another hotel on Waikiki beach, and then immediately rented a car to get to the Bishop Museum.

The Bishop museum was built in 1889 by Charles Reed Bishop in memory of his wife, the Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, hanai (foster) si

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New Resources for Genealogists

Posted by William S Dean on May 8, 2010 at 12:01pm
When you get buried in old documents and the criss-crossing lines of generational charts, it's sometimes difficult to keep up with the new resources for genealogical work. At least once a week, if not more frequently, I try to do searches for genealogical news. Here are some findings, you may find helpful:

Directory of Genealogical Libraries in the United States: http://www.gwest.org/gen_libs.htm

Two Free Online Genealogy Books at Ancestry:

The Source: A Guidebook to AmericanGenealogy http://www.an
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Ancestry In Ontario Libraries

Posted by William Bruce Hillman on July 15, 2009 at 7:07am
From the Ontario Ministry of Culture press release:“We have completed negotiations for a two year license for Micromedia ProQuest’s Ancestry Library Edition. Ancestry is a genealogy research tool with data from census, military records, court, land, probate, vital and church records, passenger lists, etc. It covers Canada, the US, UK, and some European countries. The license covers Authorized Users of public libraries (i.e., library cardholders, walk-in patrons while they are on-site and library
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