Category Archives: News

As I mentioned earlier this week, I am participating in the Simple Gifts Blog Hop sponsored by Flip-Pal™.  Things have been so crazy this week, I’ve only been able to play around with the scanner for about an hour.  I hope to get started on one of my projects this weekend, so look for a blog post or two next week. Flip-Pal™ is offering 10% off on the purchase of a Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner.  To receive this coupon code, head on over and submit your idea for using the Flip-Pal™ […]

Apparently I missed the boat on this little tidbit of information, but perhaps I’m not the only one.  Did you know that all of the back issues of the now-out-of-publication Ancestry Magazine are available on Google Books.  Yes, that’s right, all of them, in full, can be found here. Thanks to Laura Prescott for mentioning this in her Diaries & Journals presentation at the FGS 2011 Conference.

A 500-word essay about your family history could win you a complete Premium publishing package from Abbot Press, a Family Tree Magazine partner.  The deadline is September 30, but they will only draw the grand prize winner from the first 200 submissions. For complete details, rules, and how to enter, click here.

Back in April I wrote Are You Up for the Challenge? discussing the project that FGS is working on to digitize the War of 1812 pension files. In that post I reported that Indiana Genealogical Society stated a matching program where they will match contributions they collect up to $10,000.  I am happy to report that as of today, they have raised $9,700, just $300 shy of their goal!

Thanks to some friends on Facebook, I was just introduced to a new blog with a very interesting concept.  It’s called Dear Photograph.  The basic idea is to “take a picture of a picture from the past in the present.”  You then submit your photo with a caption that starts with “Dear Photograph.”  This is a really neat concept…now go on, check it out!

There was a great article in the Geneva (IL) Republican about genealogy and its popularity.  The Kane County Genealogical Society was also highlighted in the article.  This is so wonderful to see.  And I am especially excited since I have ancestors from Kane County!  You can read the article here.

I recently found an article about a genealogist in Maryland who found an old photo album in an antique store, purchased it, spent several hours researching the photos, and eventually reunited the album with family.  The article can be found here. The article also mentioned that the genealogist had blogged about the photos and the research.  A quick search turned up the blog; the link to the “master” post containing all of the posts related to the story can be found here. Another “feel good” story!

The Unclaimed Persons project, which helps find next of kin for the deceased, has move to a new home at http://www.unclaimed-persons.org/forums.  Even if you were a member of the group on Facebook, you will need to register at the new site.