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                                     CVGS Spring Seminar:
           "Do Your Genes Fit?  Discover Your DNA"      
               Saturday, March 30, 2013 - 9am to 3pm
      
    Do you want to know all about DNA genetic testing and how it can help you learn about your ancestors?  Mark your calendars for March 30th, 2013.  CVGS will present reknowned genetic genealogist CeCe Moore for a lively and informative day-long seminar.  We'll learn about the various DNA tests available, how to read and under

Chicago, Illinois – January 4, 2013: Jennifer Holik of Generations collaborates with staff at Casa Italia Chicago to create a new genealogy department. The mission of the Genealogy Department is to collect, catalogue and preserve vital records, documents, published materials, artifacts, and stories pertaining to the family history of Italian Americans in Chicago.

This department’s dedicated and energetic team works in conjunction with the Roselli Library goal of building the most comprehensive

Looking for family connections to the Maraghy family of Donegal.  There are many spellings.  My maternal family hails from Hugh Maraghy (married to Bridget McGonigle).  Their children, for whom I have records, all immigrated to Boston in the mid/late 1800s.

Corn & Cotton Genealogy, Finding Our Ancestors
and Ancestral Journeys
Will Start Regular Twitter Chats in January, 2013

 

If you are interested in learning about resources, skills, methodology and techniques to further your family history research, the help you need may have just arrived. Three genealogy professionals: Stephanie Pitcher Fishman, owner of Corn & Cotton Genealogy; Terri O’Connell, owner of Finding Our Ancestors; and Jen Baldwin, owner of Ancestral Journeys; are reaching across state l

CASPER ie KASPER,  From Rottweil on the Necktar region of Germanic region.

Antonio Casper came to Ohio,   and married a lady and had three boys, but he did this without release from wife and family in region listed above.  

Boys, William and John, and baby brother Samuel, lived with Mother at time of divorce in Cinncinati, OH 1852.

Daughter from above region wrote and told him not to come home due to his new arrangement, that his wife worked hard to help him get to America where we assume (?) he ha

Lately I have been thinking about my Dad's father.   He passed away when I was seventeen, and although I had known him all that time, I haven't appreciated something wonderful about this quiet man.

I called him Nono, the Italian word for grandfather.  I remember him as someone who sang Italian songs softly, and told the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff.  I would beg for this story until he would acquiesce, telling it the same way over and over, making his voice sound mean when it came to th

In the warmth of her childhood home, forty year old Kate discovers a captivating, old family photograph and a legacy emerges of a man, her great-grandfather, a poor Italian immigrant who paved the way for their close-knit family.
     In Karen Malena's emotional new short story series, become immersed in the bond between Kate and her mother as they share coffee, pastries, and heartfelt stories in the coziness of her mother's kitchen.


     A simple black and white photograph and my life would n

Karen Malena is today’s Adventurista 
What was it like for newcomers passing through Ellis Island?
I wondered this, and more, about the brave souls who left the old world to pass through ports of entry like Ellis to begin a new life for themselves.
Did you know you can find the names of the actual ship that carried your loved ones to Ellis Island? I found my great-grandfather’s ship, the Verona, and a sketch of what it had looked like back in the day, along with the names of other passengers who

One faded black and white photo and my life would change.......
   
     Sifting through old photographs one day with my mom, I felt drawn to one of a young man in dirty overalls, haunting eyes, and beautiful hands.  When she told me this was her grandfather, Pietro, and she never knew him, I hungered to know more about him.
      He came to this country in the early 1900's looking for work and a new way of life for his wife and four children.  My great-grandfather, Pietro paved the way for us,

James W. French was possibly born in New York in 1821 his father James French was born in New Fairfield Conn in 1798 and moved to Bradford Co. PA as a boy with his family. He may have lived in New York City where he moved after fighting in the War of 1812. He is said to have worked as a printer although we have no proof this particular James French we found in Ward 4 is our ancestor. So here I follow the two James French's and I loose them in New York. Where in New York were James W. children bo

I spend a lot of time digging through the handwritten census on Internet Archive.org. Just trying to make some connections with my FRENCH family research.

May your day have been joyous and fulfilling. May your new year be even better.

Remember your fellow man and we are all to treat each other as belonging to us.

We need to remember the Reason for the SEASON, not just the day, or the week or the month.

May our next year be genealogical fulfilling and family improving.  

“If anyone knows the whereabouts of my daddy who was last seen behind a tombstone please contact me because I miss him!” These are the words of Sonia Rosenblatt from a letter she wrote to the Irish Jewish Genealogical Society which was founded by her father Stuart over 14 years ago,so its safe to say Stuarts family life has suffered since he started out all those years ago.

Dublin born Stuart Rosenblatt provides help for countless Irish Jews with his database of more than 40,000 people which cont

Release includes more than 40 million new records on findmypast.com

LOS ANGELES (Dec. 14, 2012) – Findmypast.com, an international leader in online family history, has published more than 40 million new records to its already extensive collection of historical records, including military; life events; census land and surveys; institutions and organization; newspapers, directories and social history; immigration and travel; court and probate; and education and work records.

“The number of recor

I have several ebooks about Texas (or a particular area of Texas) that I would like to transcribe / format for posting on the Texas county pages at Trails To The Past. All of these books are in the ‘public domain’ (not copyrighted) and were written in the late 1800’s or early 1900’s.

The books contain history about the state, Texas counties and cities as well as biographies (hundreds of them) about those who were instrumental in the formation of Texas as we know it today.