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The other day, I was sitting in the New York City Municipal Archives on Chambers Street.  Actually, I was sitting there researching records for two solid days.  On the first day, a woman came into the archives.  It was clear, … Continue reading →

Thanks to Jan Meisels Allen, recent recipient of the National Genealogical Society’s 2013 President’ Citation for her work in preserving access to genealogical records for alerting us to the National Archives of Ireland’s news.  Jan wrote: “The National Archives of … Continue reading →

We all know how important relatives are – after all, what would genealogy be without them?  In this case, though, it has more to do with my dad’s eagle eye in spotting this article in the New York Times.  The … Continue reading →

If you’ve ever set up an account on-line that requires a password, you may have had to choose some security questions which you need to answer if you forget your password.  A common choice is “mother’s maiden name.”  Sure, you … Continue reading →

Stories like the reunion between two sisters reported in the Arizona Republic on Feb 15, 2013 happen often enough to give us all hope of reuniting families and finding lost relatives.  Few of our stories are as dramatic as this … Continue reading →

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 →