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Contact: Erin Shifflett

Phone: 703-525-0050, ext. 112                                                                                                                   

eshifflett@ngsgenealogy.org                                                                                                                    

For Release: 13 February 2013

College and University Student Rates for the National Genealogical Society 2013 Family History Conference

Las Vegas, Nevada, 8–11 May 2013

Building New Bridges

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I am looking for "A needle in a haystack" ~ William J. STEPHENS. He was born February 12, 1850 in Illinois. In the 1860 census he is living with William A. VAUGHN in Henderson County, Illinois. He married Anna RUSSELL on February 13, 1870 in Illinois. William, Anna, & children are listed in the 1880 Census in Henderson County, Illinois. In the 1900 Census Anna and a few of her children are listed in Lawrence County, Indiana.

*Who are William J. STEPHENS parents? His dad may have been born in Penn

 I am posting  here some of the Urls shared during my hour + talk at the Lemon Grove Library to assist researchers.

urls shared:#1 usgenweb.org, state, county, town, court records, and cemeteries etc;

#2 worldgenweb.org covers Europe and Asia and the link for Mexico was not working last night;

 #3 familysearch.org  which has improved their sources tremendously in the last four years

;#4 www.cyndislist.com/, great sources here;

#5 state archives-
www.michigan.gov/archivesofmi,  great resources for midw

The above family names are some of the ones I am researching.  I would love to hear from anyone researching them.

     I have been searching for this fellow but with such a common name and not knowing what the "M" stands for I have encountered few results.  I also do not know his DOB but would guess his age 65+.  In 1973/74 possibly longer, he worked in Puerto Rico outside San Juan at a tobacco plant that I think is/was owned by R J Reynolds or subsidiary out of NC.

He was divorced with 2 kids named Diane and Scott. They are surely grown with kids of their own by now.  I did post an old photo on the "blog"

Good morning .

                       My name is Alfred Read I have lived in Australia for almost 60 years having previously lived in Hull Yorkshire. Recently my elder sister asked if I could research the forebears, Oh what a tangled web we weave...

                       I know Grandfather, also Alfred Read was married three times, who I thought was Grandmother, was wife number three, having married Grandfather in 1925,my father George Alfred was born 1902,my dilemma is trying to find if the Gran

Collection includes more than 6 million pages with original images

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 6, 2013) – Findmypast.com, an international leader in online family history, today announced the addition of more than 6 million pages from British newspapers, including original images, to its extensive historical records collection. The British newspapers include local and regional titles from England, Scotland and Wales from 1700 to 1950, and encompass nearly 200 titles. The British newspapers are part of a

For Immediate Release

Illustrated tip sheets that help researchers date historical and family photographs.

February 5, 2013, Carlsbad, CA. Phototree.com™, the leader in delivering historical photograph information to genealogists and collectors has released the first in a series of laminated KwikTips™ that give genealogists and historians an easy‐to‐use, yet comprehensive source to help achieve accurate date analysis of 19th century photographs.

The KwikTips are laminated, letter size, two page ref

NEWS For Immediate Release

February 5, 2013, Carlsbad, CA. Phototree.com™, the leader in delivering historical photograph information to genealogists and collectors, has released their latest book titled Photo Restoration KwikGuide™, A Step‐by‐Step Guide for Repairing Photographs with Photoshop Elements®. Written for the experienced and novice users of Elements, this book guides the reader through the steps used to restore damaged or deteriorated photographs.

The 96 page, full color KwikGuide is w

So those of you who read my blog posts on the extremely rare occasion that I post them probably know that my great grandma and grandpa Boone were supposed to have something shipped over on the Titanic but for whatever reason wasn't which prompted a family trip to Belgium. Well recently I was doing some reading on the Titanic and I discovered that there were HOYT's on board the ship! William Fisher Hoyt and Frederick Hoyt and his wife. As far as I can tell William and Frederick are distant cousin

Hello Everyone,

For the month of January 2013 we had 79 visitors to the state page.

Additions and Updates to the state site are:

The Texas home page ( ultimately the county pages) at TTTP has moved from the rootsweb.com server to the parent server for TTTP. Please see the link for Texas below.

State of Texas – http://trailstothepast.org/texas/

Added county websites for Hardin county.
Modified design on Angelina and Lubbock Counties.
Moved Anderson county to new home address. - http://trail

Just checking, but I'm pretty sure you have the FindaGrave record for Maria Chavez Aguirre.

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 Irish Research Help, I have found and she has given permission to share this knowledge here.

 This is a really helpful site for Irish researchers.  It is the first of it's kind that I have found not saying there are not

  others out there.  Two main goals, I like them both.

  1. It is a free digital Genealogical Community. It publishes a digital magazine to share. It is 70 pages free of charge.

   2. The monthly contributors are a mix of professional genealogists, academics and people with a passio

This is the information I have about my mother's parents and her brothers and sisters:

Allen Neil Powell
Birth 7 March 1884 in Flagon Creek, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States
Death 15 May 1963 in Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States

married 22 Sept 1906 to:
Laura Elizabeth "Lela" Edwards
Birth 21 Nov 1882 or 1883 in Natchitoces Parish, Louisiana, United States
Death 21 Feb 1920 in Hot Wells, Rapides, Louisiana, United States

Children:
Ethel Tressy "Sis" Powell
Birth 8 Jan 1908 in Provencal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
29 January 2013

Are the youth in your family more attached to their iPod or laptop screen than they are to you? How do you connect to your family members and form the kind of close relationships that will support and strengthen them as they grow into successful and grounded adults? Teaching your children and grandchildren, nieces and nephews, and even your brothers and sisters about their family history can create strong bonds in your family and become a framework that pro

The Orange County California Genealogical Society (OCCGS), celebrating their 50th Anniversary, will
be hosting the inaugural “Genealogy BASH and Book Faire” on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at the
Huntington Beach Central Library.

Ten of Southern California’s best family history speakers will give talks on subjects ranging from how
the Internet is changing genealogical research to DNA testing for genealogy. There will be 20
lectures in four sessions from which to choose. There is a wide range of subjec

Last year we completed an almost 3-hour biography on a 97 year old local woman. It was an incredible project to work on. Not only is she smart and vibrant but she had a lot of energy and we were able to do some remarkable video B-roll. We have shots of her driving her car, talking about her childhood in front of the home she was born in, giving us a tour of the artwork in her church that she and her late husband had commissioned as well as extensive stories and recollections from her 97 years of

Findmypast.com recently added 21 million new Irish birth, marriage and death records (1800s to the 1950s) to its already staggering collection of historical records.

In celebration of Irish Family History Day on January 24, visitors to findmypast.com will have free access to findmypast.com records with a promotional code that will be announced on the findmypast US blog.

“The addition of 21 million new birth, marriage and death records to our website means we will now have more than 60 million I