FamilySearch Announces Greatly Expanded Census Access
Through agreements with major genealogy entities Ancestry.com, FindmyPast.com and the Origins Network, FamilySearch will greatly broaden online access to censuses for the United States, England and Wales. The agreements include...

A New Look for FamilySearch
When I visted the popular genealogy site FamilySearch.org today to do some searching in the IGI and in the Georgia Death Certificates at FamilySearch Record Search, I was greeted by...

2.7 Million New Parish Records Added to FindMyPast.com
Findmypast.com, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS), has officially launched their Parish Records Collection. In addition to the 12+ million parish records previously available on the...

The New Ancestry.com Homepage
Members of the subscription genealogy Web site Ancestry.com are being greeted with a brand-new homepage when they log in for the first time since the change launched last week. According...

Waiting for RootsMagic 4
Users of the popular genealogy software RootsMagic have been patiently waiting for version 4 to come out for quite some time now - hoping that the long delay since version...

Researching WWI Aviators
I had high hopes of locating my husband's cousin (twice removed), Leslie Archibald Powell, in the new Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates database at Ancestry.com and was a bit disappointed...

Family History in the Attic
One thing that many beginning genealogists don't realize is just how much family history can be discovered at home - in the attic, in the back of a closet, stuffed...

New Online Edition for Everton's Genealogical Helper
Leland Meitzler, editor of popular genealogy magazine Everton's Genealogical Helper, wrote this week to let me know that it is debuting a new Online Edition this July - hosted by...

Travel Back in Time - Genealogy Road Trips
Many years ago my mother spent a wonderful summer day getting lost on back country roads in North Carolina looking for old family cemeteries. It was hot and sticky (welcome...

Cowkeepers to Woolstaplers - Historic English Trade Directories Online
FamilyRelatives.com announced the addition of a neat new record set this week which peaked my interest - Pigot's Trade Directories. These historical occupational directories list individuals along with their profession...