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“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.

Official Submission Page

The holidays aren't complete without that special family recipe. Archives wants to celebrate your family's favorite holiday recipes. Between now and 12:00pm (PST) on December 21, 2012, enter the Archives Family Recipes Contest for a chance to win great prizes:

• 1st Prize: $300
• 2nd Prize: $200
• 3rd Prize: $100

First, second, and third prize winners will also receive an autographed copy of From the Family Kitchen: Discover Your Food Heritage and Preserve Favorite Recipes by Gena

I was speaking with a friend the other day about my observations of some of the people that I work with, explaining that for some people, there is a melancholy in their recollections of the past and where they are today. My friend told me how much she loved that word, ‘melancholy’ and how distinctly different it is from the current usage of the word ‘depression.’

I spent some time researching the word melancholy, it’s initial source from Aristotle and the Greeks who believed it was an imbalance o

 I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Stuart Rosenblatt  for an upcoming "radio package" on the Irish Jews and their roots and I will shortly post a link to that interview.Stuart has spent the last 14 years painstakingly researching the family trees of the Irish Jewry and his Family History Database contains  information on over 48,000 individuals.If anyone needs information on their Jewish ancestry in Ireland then Stuart should be your first stop.Stuart can be contacted at the Irish Jewi

All I know is she was in the household of A.T. Loudermilk in the 1910 Census. She was 9 yrs. old and A. T. granddaughter. Was B: in West Virginia. Her grandmother was Rosanna f. Loudermilk. Any help would be appreacated. Can contact me here or at gabbygaila@yahoo.com.....

thank you for your time.  Gail

It's coming soon -- the deadline for the GENEii Family History Writers Contest is looming. Writers have until December 31, 2012, to submit their entries for this year's contest, which is sponsored by the Southern California Genealogical Society.

The rules and regulations for this year's contest can be found on the SCGS website.  Be sure to review the FAQs to get all the details.

Submissions from former years can be found on the SCGS website as well. Just click on the "GENEii Writing Contest"

MY GRANDMOTHER mtDNA haplogroup A2 PATERNA

MY GRANDMOTHER mtDNA haplogroup A2 PATERNA

Welcome to
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In human genetics, Haplogroup A is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup.
A haplogroup is believed to have originated in Asia about 60,000 years before present. Its ancestral haplogroup was Haplogroup N.
A haplogroup is found throughout modern Asia. Its A1 subgroup is found in northern and central Asia, while its subgroup A2 is found in Siberia and is also one of five haplogroups found n

(PROVO, Utah) – November 29, 2012 – Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOM), the world’s largest online family history resource, today announced the launch of Newspapers.com, a powerful and affordable new web site designed to offer a historically rich collection of more than 800 U.S. newspapers dating from the late 1700s into the early 2000s.

Comprising more than 25

Family history network buys rival and advances international expansion with new funds

LOS ANGELES, California, PROVO, Utah & TEL AVIV, Israel – November 28, 2012 – MyHeritage, the popular online family history network, announced today it has acquired long-time rival Geni.com and closed a new USD$25M funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), with existing investors Index Ventures and Accel Partners also participating.  Geni.com Founder David Sacks and BVP Partner Adam Fisher are joini

November 27, 2012 – Austin, TX. The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) is pleased to announce that the War of 1812 “Preserve the Pensions” Digitization Fund received a generous donation this week of $250,000 from FamilySearch, a nonprofit organization and world leader in the genealogy community. The donation helps move the Fund closer to its goal of $3.7 million in donations to digitally preserve and index the War of 1812 pensio

Hello everyone,I am researching Isaac Herzog,the first Chief Rabbi of the Irish Free State and I would be grateful if anyone has any info,thank you all.

ARLINGTON, VA, 18 NOVEMBER 2012: The National Genealogical Society has released the full 2013 Family History Conference Program. It is available online and is fully searchable at http://members.ngsgenealogy.org/Conferences/Program2013.cfm.

The theme of the thirty-fifth NGS Family History Conference is Building New Bridges, and it will be held 8–11 May 20

Franklin was born 26 June 1860 Greene Co. PA and died June  1940 in Wheatland , Wyoming was carried back by train to Iowa for burial next to his wife. Mom was expecting me and she could not go. It broke her heart. 

Franklin Cornelius Hoffman, son of Sanford and Rachel Plants Hoffman raised three children:

Robert, Grace and Cecil Leroy. Their mother was Samantha Abigail DuVall, also born in PA near Franklin.

Mom always called him Grandpa Frank.  The  man with the twinkle in his eyes and a humor to

This week marks the beginning of the holiday gift-giving season. Perhaps you are wondering what you might give to a fellow family history researcher or genealogist, or maybe your family and friends are asking you for hints.

Simple, practical gifts include a disposable camera to take to cemeteries, a package of photo paper, mini-cassette recorder for archive research or interviewing relatives, vinyl-coated paper clips, acid-free file folders and archival-safe, acid free and lignin-free storage mat