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A couple of weeks ago my husband and I went to visit our friends in New Braunfels, a town near San Antonio, Texas. The next town over, Gruene, (pronounced, for some unexplainable reason, as Green) is a well-known tourist spot and home to Gruene Hall, built in 1878 and the oldest continually running dance hall in Texas. Many famous musicians have made their start at Gruene Hall and often come back frequently to relax and entertain.

The night we were there, Jerry Jeff Walker was in the…

PROVO, UTAH – (June 6, 2012) – Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family history resource, has announced an exclusive offer for New Yorkers to jump start their family history research.  Starting today, a valuable select group of record collections, provided through a partnership with the New York State Archives and Library, are now available free to New York state residents at…

SFgenealogy is excited to announce a new major database available online:

• San Francisco Colma Cemetery Index
  
  http://www.sfgenealogy.com/php/cemetery/cemeteryindex.php

The database currently includes over 305,000 burial records for the Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma (1887-2001). In the future, other…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Paula Hinkel - Southern California Genealogy Jamboree



We're making the last big reveal leading up to this weekend's Genealogy Jamboree.



In keeping with SCGS's tradition of delivering exceptional genealogical education over the Internet, we are proud to announce that the 2012 Genealogy Jamboree will offer ten streamed sessions over two days,…

ROYAL HOUSEHOLD STAFF RECORDS GO ONLINE FOR THE FIRST TIME

• Discover who served Britain’s Kings and Queens from King Charles II to King George V, at findmypast.co.uk
• ‘Chocolate Maker to the Queen’, ‘Keeper of the Lions in the Tower’ and ‘Moletaker’ among some of the most extraordinary roles

Have you ever wondered who works in a Royal Household, or whether you might have a…

In April 2012 the Guild of One-Name Studies published "Seven Pillars of Wisdom: The Art of One-Name Studies" as a guide to the running of a one-name study. The book is a collection of helpful advice and information gathered from the Guild Wiki, and was published immediately before the Guild’s 2012 Conference in order to complement its "Seven Pillars" theme. Copies…

Robert Graham 1840 Mississippi Census

Fold3 will be opening up all of their War of 1812 records to the public for free during June. This is in commemoration of the 200^thanniversary of the commencement of the war. The collection consists of more than 400,000 images including 233,000 images from the War of 1812 Pension Files never before available online. The following databases provided for free included:

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This article, in an edited format, was written for the Houston Business Journal and ran in it’s “Best Places to Work” issue in July of 2008. I am sharing this as I never posted it to my blog when it originally written.”

Employee acknowledgment is one of the best tools a company can use for creating a work environment that fosters loyalty and stimulates high achievement. Put simply, people appreciate and respond to recognition. They are motivated by praise, which validates and…

Ben Franklin's View of an American and Genealogy..........  ow.ly/bfUbg#Genealogy #BenFranklin

Posted on my blog at Wordpress.com

I would really appreciate it if anyone would know anything in regards to my maternal grandmother, Lorraine Harper, born about 1912. She married Clarence Williams in 1934 in Chicago Illinois. They moved to California and had a child Kathleen (my mother) in Van Nuys in 1943. My mother did not tell me anything about her and has since died.

Thanks!!!

The second maintenance update to Reunion 10 was released today.Get the highlights here.

The last entry contained John's will. This posting contains their children:

George Wohlfart b. 1726 m. 7 Feb 1747/48 Rehersburg PA to Elizabeth Zimmerman following her death he married Elizabeth Bricker, a widow. George died 30 Jan 1794 Berks Co PA

Margaret Wolford b. 1727 married 22 Jan 1750/51 in Rehersburg PA to John Jacob Rieth (Reed)

Michael Wolford b. 1730 married  27 March 1753  to Elizabetha Sommer. Other wives appear to be Anna MAria Aulebach and…

Hello - when I started this I had the intention of posting something once a day but then my world turned upside down - I adopted a golden retriever who is finally getting used to me being on the computer. It is too hot to be outside so I am in here working on the blog.

My interest in the Wolfords are in this country only. My old friend the late Jon Wohlford had some research on them from Europe and I will include that but not here at this time. I am starting off with my 5th…

A humorous "Guide" to genealogical types on my Wordpress Blog.

http://wp.me/p1bnNB-72

National Genealogical Society Announces 2013 Family History Conference in Las Vegas

Arlington, VA, 23 May 2012. The National Genealogical Society (NGS) announced at their Family History Conference in Cincinnati last week that the 2013 NGS…

I have a literal ton of information on Wolford or Wohlford and about 17 other spellings. I want to share this information and thought a blog would be a good way. The information you will find here is mainly from my personal research and what was contributed for publication in a newsletter I did about 15 years ago called The Wolford Connection. I also have research that Elaine Wolford shared with me and asked me to share with others and research by Jon Wohlford.

My Wohlfords descend…

I am registering for a course with the National Institute of Genealogical Studies, has anyone taken a course with them?  I am interested is in any response pro or con...