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NGS honored excellence in the categories of genealogy and family history newsletter editorship and service to the Society with the presentation of several awards at the Opening Session of the NGS 2014 Family History Conference in Richmond, Virginia, on 7 May 2014. The Opening Session keynote speaker was Dr. Sandra G. Treadway, Librarian of Virginia and State Archivist at the Library of Virginia in Richmond, who spoke on the topic “The…

These appear to be group wedding pictures.  They all come from Perth Amboy, NJ which is where my great-grandparents Janos (John) Peto and Ester Stella Liska were married in 1905, but we have no idea who these people are.…

• More than 9,000 reformatory school records reveal criminal behaviour of…

This is one of many pictures of unknown relatives we found at my grandmother's house.  This was taken in McKeesport, PA.

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Documents Spanning Over 300 Years Give Insight to the Presence and Influence of Quakers in American History

PROVO, UT--(Marketwired - Apr 28, 2014) - Ancestry.com today released 11.5 million new records documenting one of the most prominent groups in American history, the "Religious Society of Friends," more commonly known as Quakers. Spanning over 300 years (late 1600s - late 1900s), the collection includes birth, marriage, death, disownment, and memorial records,…

Historical Big Data helps users worldwide make breakthrough family history discoveries 

TEL AVIV, Israel & LEHI, Utah – April 28, 2014: …

my mum was Florence lavinia  younglove who married a Canadian soldier - Leslie George Greenway   in 1945 & came with me to Winnipeg. Manitoba ,Canada until we moved to England in 1959. 3 of us daughters married & stayed in England but mum and youngest sister returned to Canada.

Have found  grandfather William George Younglove she married and he was born in U.S.A. so says 1911 census. Married Ellen Young in  London ,England  about 1915-had 3 children-my mum was the middle one.;…

 Created a settlement in Murry county, Minnosota. And brought Irish immigrants to settle there. The family was also very prominent in county Wexford Ireland.

Park, County, Colorado, USA is one of my researching stomping grounds and where I am most active among local archives, and fellow researchers. If you need help there, I might be able to point you in the right direction.

I am researching the Cuffe clan from Clohamon, Ferns, Wexford, Ireland. If you have this family surname please contact me I would like to share with family.

I asked my friend, Vicki Samuels Levy to write me a brief perspective on her experience as a video honoree in one of my Legacy Multimedia productions. After all, I write a lot from my perspective; what I’m trying to do with the video, the feelings that I want my audience to experience. I usually get a nice note from my clients and they often agree to allow me to use it as a website testimonial. So I was thrilled when a few hours later, Vicki sent me two pages of writing from her experience.…

NYQVIST, Gustaf  Adolf Severin was born June 14, 1886 (parents Carl Oscar Johansson Nyqvist and Augusta Charlotta Fahlström) in Örgryte parish.  Carl died 19 February 1894 and Augusta 24 December 1895. Gustaf was first put in a poor house in Örgryte parish, then in a foster home in Forshälla from Feb 2 1898  to 13 Dec 1901 when he returned to Örgryte.  On 4 December 1909 he was listed in the Household Record of Örgryte BII:3 (1908-1913) Bild 141 as being moved to the Book of Missing…

I am researching information on John Hackett b. abt 1772 in Wales and d. abt 1820 in Irish Town, Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland and his wife, Mary Christopher also b. abt 1772 Wales and d. abt 1820 also in Irish Town, Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland.  Their son, Pierce Peter Hackett was born 2 Sep 1795 in Irish Town, Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland.  Apparently, local records were burned in a Parish fire so we have been unable to pursue the line further.  We are hoping there is a…