Thursday, July 29, 2021

World War I Burial cards on Fold3

 From Fold3, available on the library's website to all cardholders:

We’ve added a new collection of WWI records to our archives! The U.S. WWI Burial Cards document the death and burial of over 78,000 American soldiers in WWI. These cards contain information including:

  • Name of the deceased
  • Unit assigned
  • Date and cause of death
  • Burial location
  • Final resting place if reinterred
  • Emergency contact information (often the name of a family member)
Fold3 can be found under "databases" on the library website.

Most Useful Genealogy Books

 Click here  for the Goodreads.com list of most useful genealogy books, as voted on by readers.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Monday, July 26, 2021

Charlotte (NC) News

digitalnc.org  has added more than 10,000 copies of  the Charlotte News, covering the years 1888-1922.

Source: ResearchBuzz

New titles added to newspapers.com

 Newspapers. com, which is available to library card holders from the library's website, has added 450 more papers from 15 states and 3...