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If you’re like me, you may consider only a very few books worth re-reading.  After all, there are so many out there – how is a person supposed to get to them all?  The files, folders, family Bibles, photos and … Continue reading →

Reading about the ferry plowing into Manhattan’s Pier 11 in January 2013 reminded me of another ferry disaster in New York in the late 19th century.  The recent crash which left many injured was horrible but far from the worst … Continue reading →

Dick Eastman alerts us to this new development: A New Version of the Census of the Canadian Northwest Provinces, 1906 Database, is Now Available The new Census of the Northwest Provinces, 1906 database is available at http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1906/Pages/1906.aspx.

Logan Kleinwaks alerts us to an incredible find – there is a reproduction of a map “identifying 77 Jewish property owners and their properties in Plock, Poland in 1803. [A version of it] has been provided as a special exception, … Continue reading →

I am starting a new project and I would like to be in touch with anyone who was a passenger on the March 3, 1949 sailing of the SS Marine Jumper from Hamburg, Germany to Boston, Massachusetts, USA.  There were … Continue reading →

Genealogy.com’s Genealogy Pointer’s Jan 8, 2013  included a reminder about using tax records to find genealogical information.  They quoted from Emily Anne Croom’s excellent manual The Sleuth Book for Genealogists: Strategies for More Successful Family History Research “[Some] information the … Continue reading →

Dick Eastman pointed out in Eastman’s On-Line Genealogy Newsletter that”Find My Past” is beginning a new series on UK TV starting Tuesday, January 8 at 9 PM.  Regretfully the series is only available on British TV.  If you don’t subscribe … Continue reading →

The LA Times reports on the children who were part of the Kindertransport which took about 10,000 Jewish children from Germany to Britain.  Interviews with some of these now grwon children took place at a recent gathering in Irvine, CA.  … Continue reading →

Many thanks to Jan Meisels Allen, IAJGS Vice President, the Chairperson IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee for alerting us about the post at “Dear MYRTLE Your friend in genealogy” about a  new WWI online source of records.  Jan Meisels … Continue reading →

USA Today reports on the plight of several cemeteries in coastal New Orleans that are sinking and washing away.  Check out the full story at http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/03/louisiana-cemeteries-sinking/1806415/