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Monday Madness is posted on Harvey Edward Foulk

Posted by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on September 28, 2009 at 5:03pm
Harvey was my Great Grandfather and a very interesting man he was. He was so interesting he disappeared.Some time in the Mid 1930's Harvey decided to create a new life for himself and left his wife behind in Blackhawk Co. IA. The town of Washburn to be exact.He came from good stock but he endured much in his life. I can almost understand the reason for the disappearance but it sure has become a stickler to locate his death records.Family says IOWA under hay stack, Russia with load of Wheat. Aust
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Family Tree Connection - Update (27/Sep/2009)

Posted by Illya Daddezio on September 27, 2009 at 3:30pm
Family Tree Connection

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Smith College 1929 Commencement Program - Smith College, Commencement, Monday, June Seventeeth, 1929, John M. Greene Hall, Northampton, Mass.

Johnstown Board of Trade 1902 Manual - Official Manual and Reference Book of the Board of Trade of the City of Johnstown, New York. Containing Portraits of Officers, Constitution and By-Laws, List of Members, History, Views, Etc. 1902.

Adams Academy 1903 Catalogue - Catalogue of A

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New FamilySearch after almost two years, a commentary

Posted by James Tanner on September 27, 2009 at 7:00am
Almost two years ago, we were introduced to the New FamilySearch program. Since that time, I have spent a considerable time working with and teaching about, this interesting program. Although, it is still not available to those who do not belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), and not even to all the members yet, the program has had a huge impact on the LDS community.Read more...
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Genealogy Feeders, Readers and Changes

Posted by James Tanner on September 27, 2009 at 6:00am
One of the questions I often get is how do I keep up with all of the different Websites. There is a huge amount of information out there on the Internet and it can be daunting to try to follow even one limited topic like online genealogy. However, there are a number of Web tools that make following blogs and other Websites manageable.Read more...
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Create Your Own Family Bible

Posted by Stefani Twyford on September 26, 2009 at 2:56pm
We often do large photo archiving projects for families that involve scanning and creating digital records of photos albums, boxes of loose photos, newspaper articles, certificates and other family mementos that a family wants preserved. Families want this service because it provides a backup should anything happen to the original as well as a architected filing storage system that makes it simple to find any photo within minutes. If you have a large family, there is no need to argue over who ge
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GenealogyWise Chatroom a great genealogy resource

Posted by Dawn Evans Stringer on September 25, 2009 at 1:49pm
Many members are not aware of the chat room here on GenealogyWise, or if they are aware of the scheduled chats they don't realize that the chat room is open all day every day. There are a group of people who are in there and are willing to help you with a genealogy problem, do lookups or just general chat. If you do not know how the chatroom works you can leave a message for me on my homepage and I will walk you through it. We would love to have you join us. Drop in and introduce yourself.
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Tracking additions and changes to the FamilySearch Wiki

Posted by James Tanner on September 25, 2009 at 8:33am
One measure of the effectiveness of a genealogy Website is the number of visitors. Although still not a major player in the online world of genealogy, the FamilySearch Wiki is steadily growing in its resources and usability. As of September 25, 2009, the homepage had been accessed 371,941 times. Since this is the number of times some pages are accessed in one day, the number itself is not impressive. What is impressive is to view the list of new pages added by logged-in users. There were nearly
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Ontario Genealogical Contest

Posted by William Bruce Hillman on September 25, 2009 at 7:03am
John D. Reid in his blog “Anglo-Celtic Connections” (Sept.24, 2009) outlined a two new essay competitions by the Ontario Genealogical Society aimed at young people.The Dr. Don Brearley Genealogical Essay Prize is open to secondary school students in grades 11 and 12. For this, the first year, it is open to Toronto District School Board students only. In future years it will be available to students in other Ontario school boards. Submission deadline is February 26, 2010.The Mike Brede Genealogic
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Kansas work

Posted by Rita Schmidt Martin on September 24, 2009 at 11:07am
Spent Weds. 9-16 at the Mennonite Library and Archives in No. Newton. Went over the Bergthal church books yet again, taking some photos. Also got a few obits from the MWR. Still plenty I need to do there.Stopped at Kaufman Museum as well. Talked to Rachel Pannebecker and she told me that the Schmidt trunk was not on display but she would get it out and let me know. Then when i got home, I had a letter from her with a photo (the one from the Mennonite Furniture book) and she told me that after i
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Buried at a Mall?

Posted by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on September 23, 2009 at 6:07pm

Buried at a Mall?Robert Wilson, 3rd died in 1797 in what was then part of Danvers, Massachusetts, at a farm which no longer exists, and the family plot is now located in Peabody, behind the Kappy’s Liquor Store. The Wilson family wouldn’t recognize this land. Where the farm stood is now the cloverleaf intersection of routes 114 and 128, and the North Shore Mall.Robert Wilson served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Captain Samuel Epe’s Company, under Colonel Pickering’s regiment of Danver
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New FamilySearch marches on

Posted by James Tanner on September 23, 2009 at 5:20pm
By September 28, 2009, the Provo Temple District, which includes all of the Student Wards and Stakes at Brigham Young University, will have full access to New FamilySearch. In addition, the Ogden Temple District is scheduled for its first Stake access on September 28th also. With these two Stakes going online, that leaves only the Mount Timpanogos Temple District in Utah Valley and the remaining Temple Districts in the Salt Lake Valley itself to get access.Read more...
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Where Nature and People Meet

Posted by Judy Rosella Edwards on September 22, 2009 at 7:00pm
When I first visited the Ballard Nature Center in 2002, I found a flyer that aptly read, “Where nature and people meet.” The BNC can rightfully make that claim. Some 3,000 visitors from 29 states and four countries visited the BNC during its first year, and the nature enthusiasts just keep coming and coming back.A $300,000 visitor’s center serves as a meeting place for clubs and a living classroom for educators and schoolchildren. Paths radiate from the center through 210 acres of prairie, woodl
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Upcoming Legacy classes in Arizona, California, Washington, and British Columbia

Posted by Geoff Rasmussen on September 22, 2009 at 3:24pm
We are excited to participate in the following upcoming genealogy seminars and workshops. If you are in the area, please stop by our booth to say hello. You can ask the Legacy Family Tree experts questions and take advantage of special seminar discounts.October 2009USA | Arizona | Youngtown - October 7/14/21/28, 2009. This four week Beginning Legacy course is offered by the West Valley Genealogical Society and taught by Legacy's Geoff Rasmussen. Class size is limited and fills early. Call 623-93
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The Douglas/Douglas-Willan/Willan connection

Posted by William Douglas on September 22, 2009 at 3:30am
I have been working with others in an attempt to unravel some of the missing bits in the links between the Douglas and Willan families.There are two major links:Colonel Frank Willan married Louisa Marguerita Douglas, daughter of Captain Charles Robert George Douglas, late 32nd Bengal Light Infantry (Killed Dehli, 1847) and Louisa nee Robinson, both grandchildren of Major General Robert Douglas.Thomas Willan, a stagecoach proprietor, left Twyford Abbey and estate to his daughter, Isabella Maria (
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Online Genealogy Resources and Costs

Posted by BJohnston on September 21, 2009 at 4:04pm
I'm a novice and one reluctant to immerse too quickly without checking out total costs. I understand the local library could be a good source, especially if they have a Library Subscription to those online sites I might use at home, but at my costs. Well, I just learned my local public library closes at 5:00 p.m. on a regular basis, so it is hardly worth my closer examination of its inner workings. How about online subscriptions that I must pay for? Is Ancestry.com worth my purchase on a one-tim
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Free online records from Sweden

Posted by James Tanner on September 20, 2009 at 10:02pm
Sweden is not known for having free online records. You may have heard of Genline, a commercial Swedish Website with 17,453,462 online images comprising approximately 34,600,000 pages of images. This is a subscription site charging up to $285 US for a year subscription. However, you can also pay by the day, $11 US, or 20 days, a month, a quarter or three years. It is a fabulous Website for Swedish research. But they have the same records that were microfilmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat
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