Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Mount Holyoke Photo album
Here is something a little different: if one of the women in your family tree studied or taught at Holyoke College in Massachusetts from 1899-1939, you might find a photo (or photos) of her here. along with photos of the campus, classrooms, events, etc. Most of the students shown attended the college in the 1920's. Thanks to ResearchBuzz for passing this along.
Monday, August 24, 2015
African- American Genealogy
This series of articles looks like a good place to start researching your African-American ancestors.
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Photos of English towns
For those with English ancestors, from amateurphotographer.co.uk:
"Nearly a quarter of a million historic images of UK towns, cities and villages dating back to 1857 have been published online, allowing people to see how their local area has changed over the past 150 years" Ancestry will allow free access through the end of August. The link to the article is here.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Best Genealogy Websites
Family Tree Magazine has published its annual list of the 101 Best Websites for Genealogy.
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Ellis Island Research
The Statue of Library- Ellis Island Foundation is a good place to start your immigration research. The link is here .
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Buncombe County (NC) has added 50,000 names to its Slave Deeds database. To read about it and find links to the database, click here. ...
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From APNEWS.COM
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Sometimes information about our ancestors can come from places where we'd rather not find it, such as arrest and prison records. This ...