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ARLINGTON, VA, 26 AUGUST 2014: The National Genealogical Society announces the

release of Genealogy and the Law: A Guide to Legal Sources for the Family Historian by Kay

Haviland Freilich, CGSM, CGLSM, FNGS and William B. Freilich, Esq. Genealogy and the Law guides

readers through the variety of legal sources that genealogists need in order to explain many of

the events that occurred in their ancestors’ lives. Land ownership, estate…

Annual population statistics were provided in Hong Kong throughout the 19^th. and early 20^th. century.  Unfortunately, these do not provide the detailed information sought by today's genealogists.…

Looking for father of Richard Turner was born Abt 1662 in Lands End, Cornwallshire County, England, and died Bef 8 Oct 1742 in Caroline County, Virginia. He married Elizabeth. She was born Abt 1662.  NOTE: Should be Corwall England.

Do not give up hope if you ancestors were born in Hong Kong.  Certificates are available although there are gaps in the records due to losses in the second world war.  This link will give you further details:  HK Birth, Marriage, Death…

Methods to help you have the results you seek

!.   Record Keeping is Critical

2.  Timeline is a boost for research

3.  Know your Census’s Difference

4.  Go back where you were and recheck for new data, especially FamilySearch.org.

5.   Do not waste steps  : > )

Do you wonder what that statement means?   

1. When doing census research always, check page before and after page your looking at for…

Susi Pentico will be giving a talk on the tips and tricks of a successful trip for research.  There are some key things one must to before leaving and preferably about 4 or so months before or even a year before. So when you arrive they are familiar with you.  Come to the Bonita-Sunnyside Library 12 to 3 pm Saturday 2 August and learn more.

 It is free.

This photo is of my great-great-grandmother Elizabeth Szilagyi Bertalan and on the far left is my great-grandfather (Emery Bertalan).  The man next to him I now believe to be his brother Louis Bertalan.  The very tall young man in the rear and the girl in front of him are probably his (Louis') children.  The young boy in the front and the two younger girls are my great-grandfather's children from his second marriage...my grandfather's half-siblings.…

On the back of this photo it says "The church where Lajos and others are."   We aren't sure who Lajos or the others are and we don't know where this is located either.

UPDATE: June 10, 2014 

After viewing this picture some very kind soul did some research and found this Brooks House was the Brooks Settlement House in Hammond, Indiana.  I…

Both of my parents lived somewhat east of Pittsburgh. My mother's g-grandfather was John Henry Uhlenberg, who was born in 1822 in Hanover, and sailed from Bremen, arriving in Baltimore on 25 May 1840. He indicated his place of origin was Venne, Germany, but he was the only person of that name on that voyage, so I'm not sure that I would find any information about him in Udo Thoerner's Venne book.  Mr. Euhlenberg had at least one daughter, Mary Eva, who was born in Wexford PA in 1847.  One of…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 22, 2014

July 22, 2014 – Chicago, Illinois. Jennifer Holik announces the release of two of her latest books. The Tiger’s Widow the second book in the Stories of the Lost series. And, Stories from the Battlefield: A Beginning Guide to World War II Research.…

 Found this book at Barnes & Nobles.  It is called 4,000 Years of Uppity Women.

 It is by Vicki Leon.

  Talk about a genealogical adventure in many early lines of the past, it will curl your hair, tickle your funny bone and leave you amazed.  

  If one has early Turkish, Mesopotamian, Mid East back ground you might want to sneak a peak at it.

  Having a glimmer of one of these lines I thought it might be interesting.  That was an…

The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy is pleased to announce Patti Gillespie

as the winner of the Jimmy B. Parker Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy

scholarship for 2015. The competition was strong and many candidates

submitted worthy applications. The committee determined that Ms.

Gillespie's application exemplified the culture of giving back to the

community as demonstrated by Jimmy B.Parker.



Ms. Gillespie is the Virtual Professional Management Conference…

                   Raaby Church, where Georgine Vilhelmine Jansen was baptized 9 April, 1854

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The Ontario Genealogical Society will host the Society's annual conference on 29-31 May 2015 at Georgian College Campus, Barrie, ON, Canada.  The conference theme -- “Tracks through Time” – originates from the 130^th Anniversary of the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway across Canada.  Many family historians have their roots in the immigrant laborers who built this railway across our vast country.  Other ancestors were tempted by the transportation routes and…

INDIANA RESOURCES

By Virginia Taylor & Susi Pentico

1)  Indiana Historical Society

480 W Ohio St

Indianapolis In 46202

317-232-1882

www.indianahistory.org

2)  Allen County Public Library

900 Webster St

Ft. Wayne In 46805

217-421-1225

www.acpl.lib.in.us

3)  Indiana…

 Mergers are happening again in our world. Mocavo was just merged with another site.

 Have you heard of Puzzilla.org, suspecting it was a Family Search creation. Randy shared it at the research meeting today. 

 How many of you follow GenealogyInTime and are aware of a site they found, besides their search engine.…

My grandfather was Samuel Whitlock. He was born in Jackson Co, Missouri in 1878 to Robert and Laura A. Whitlock. He married Lena Marie Frost around 1907. They had 3 children that I am positive of. Sylvester Whitlock born 1908. Carmen Alvesta Whitlock born 1909, and Harold Leonard Whitlock born in 1913. There may have been one other child named Anna Mae. Samuel (my grandfather) was killed in the Athletic mine near Duenweg Missouri in 1917. Grandmother died in June of 1917. All of the children…