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I asked my friend, Vicki Samuels Levy to write me a brief perspective on her experience as a video honoree in one of my Legacy Multimedia productions. After all, I write a lot from my perspective; what I’m trying to do with the video, the feelings that I want my audience to experience. I usually get a nice note from my clients and they often agree to allow me to use it as a website testimonial. So I was thrilled when a few hours later, Vicki sent me two pages of writing from her experience. It r

NYQVIST, Gustaf  Adolf Severin was born June 14, 1886 (parents Carl Oscar Johansson Nyqvist and Augusta Charlotta Fahlström) in Örgryte parish.  Carl died 19 February 1894 and Augusta 24 December 1895. Gustaf was first put in a poor house in Örgryte parish, then in a foster home in Forshälla from Feb 2 1898  to 13 Dec 1901 when he returned to Örgryte.  On 4 December 1909 he was listed in the Household Record of Örgryte BII:3 (1908-1913) Bild 141 as being moved to the Book of Missing Persons.  I

I am researching information on John Hackett b. abt 1772 in Wales and d. abt 1820 in Irish Town, Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland and his wife, Mary Christopher also b. abt 1772 Wales and d. abt 1820 also in Irish Town, Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland.  Their son, Pierce Peter Hackett was born 2 Sep 1795 in Irish Town, Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland.  Apparently, local records were burned in a Parish fire so we have been unable to pursue the line further.  We are hoping there is a Hacke

Frank L. Smith Sr., 79, of Enfield, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, June 10, 2008, after a brief illness.

Frank was born in Biddeford, Maine, the son of Willis and Ida (Harmon) Smith. Frank lived in the Enfield area most of his life, working as a finish carpenter before retiring.

Frank is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Sally and Alphonse Carbone; a son, David Smith; a granddaughter, Sarah A. Jensen and a grandson, Robert A. Cesana. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/jour

Contact: Erin Shifflett

Phone: 703-525-0050 ext. 112                                                                                                                   

eshifflett@ngsgenealogy.org                                                                                                                

For Release: 5 March 2014

National Genealogical Society Announces

Live Streaming Broadcast

2014 Family History Conference

Richmond, Virginia 7–10 May 2014

Arlington, VA, 5 March 2014: T

Genealogy glossary – fra ENGELSK til  NORSK (the most commonly used words)

Add = Legg til nye opplysninger, tilføy
Affiliation = Tilhørighet
Alternate name = «Også kjent som ... »
Agreement = Avtale
Album = Bildealbum
Ancestors = Forfedre
Assistance = Hjelp
Attach = Vedhefte, knytte opp til
Birth = Fødsel
Birth name = Navn, pikenavn
Browse = Bla igjennom, se nedover en liste
Burial = Begravelse
Cancel = Avbryte
Change = Forandring
Chart = Tavle
Children = Barn
Christening = Dåp
Close = Lukk, avslutt
Collaborate =

This is a picture of Henry Huffman later HOFFMAN and wife Elizabeth HIGGINS.

You can read about the HIGGINS line on this blog

http://susischattyperformances.blogspot.com/2014/02/52-weeks-higgins-richard-and-kin.html

Groundbreaking multilingual mobile app will power international crowdsourcing initiative

TEL AVIV, Israel & LEHI & KAYSVILLE, Utah – Wednesday 19 February, 2014 - MyHeritage, the popular online family history network, has partnered with BillionGraves to launch a global crowdsourcing initiative to preserve the world’s cemeteries.

BillionGraves is a free iOS and Android application that lets users easily photograph and document gravestones, providing an important source of information for people

I just want to let you know that not all the Sheppards emigrated. Many of us remained. In fact, we're having a Sheppard family gathering this weekend in Tipperary, just a few short miles from CastleSheppard. CastleSheppard was the home of William Sheppard, the younger brother of Thomas Sheppard.

This weekend gathering coincides with the 100th anniversary of my great-grandfather James Sheppard. We are all there to unveil a memorial to him. Incidentally, my uncle and father are attending it, their

 With  high hopes Illinois is being asked to pass this bill that is posted here on Leland Meitzler's blog page.

Illinois Access to Cemeteries Act Filed With the Illinois General Assembly

If it passes one will have access to cemeteries previously some times denied.

For years I have been blaming The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose 'Ancestry' family trees are - or were - notoriously difficult to amend, and hence never were.

This year, Millennia Corporation will be celebrating their 29th year in business, and the 17th year since they first released their Legacy Family Tree genealogy software.

Legacy is a feature-rich package that lets you chart family trees, record details about individuals, and otherwise track your family through the years w

The current availability of online databases and the mass photocopying of searchable historical documents have led to a renewed interest in genealogy, and it is now much easier to fill in the basic outline of our family trees.

Many are quickly fascinated by the process of slowly leapfrogging back one generation at a time to learn the names of the ancestors who are responsible for our existences today, and the continuity with the past that we establish seems to give our lives an additional layer o

It is in Salt Lake City (Utah), from the 6 to 8 of February that will host the exhibition of genealogy and technology.

Sophie Boudarel, from Gazette ancestors and Guillaume de Morant (GénéInfos) accompany him during these two days in the land of Uncle Sam.

RootsTech 2014 is organized by FamilySearch, the largest conference in the history of the family in North America. Thanks to Ancestral chronicles and Jean-François for giving this tip and text.

PRESS RELEASE

January 29, 2014; Utica, OH: 

2013 has been a whirlwind of excitement for The In-Depth Genealogist. We collaborated with Conference Keeper on #genchat, and it was a great success. We have listened to the participants that were requesting we host more #genchats.  You asked, we are answering in 2014 we will be starting #idgchat which will take place on the first and third Friday of the month at 8 pm EST/ 7 CST.

How can you participate?

We recommend using Tchat to follow the chat. It crea

Additional 1 Billion Global Records From 67 Countries to be Available on Ancestry.com

PROVO, Utah, Jan. 21, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ancestry.com announced today an extension of their collaborative efforts with FamilySearch International that will make more than 1 billion additional records from 67 countries available on Ancestry.com. These already digitized records, provided by FamilySearch, are in addition to the agreement the two largest providers of family history resources announced a few

Over the weekend I had the pleasure of watching La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty), an epic Italian film in the style of Fellini’s La Dolce Vita, but with more cinematic greatness achieved by the advances in technology since the 1960s as well as a more existential examination of life. It was truly captivating and I am planning on a second viewing next week as the MFAH is bringing it back for an encore. Since I saw it, it has won a Golden Globe for the Best Foreign Language Film, something it