| Lawyer to give genealogy workshop on court records
It was somewhere around the 1870s that one of my Maine ancestors up and disappeared, and I'm not sure anyone back then ever found out where he went. It was only a year or so ago that I came upon a notice of his remarriage in Michigan. His first wife was none too pleased that he left, so she really let him have it in the divorce papers I read on microfilm at the Maine State Archives in Augusta. Suffice it to say that court records can be some interesting! Most genealogists I've met are much more familiar with birth, marriage, death and census records than they are with court records. What we need is a lawyer with an interest in genealogy to get us up to speed, and the Maine Genealogical Society is bringing that person to Augusta for a one-day workshop on Saturday, April 19.
WorldVitalRecords.com Launches World Genealogy Collection: A Billion Names from 35 Countries Coming Online
WorldVitalRecords.com (a service of FamilyLink.com, Inc.) released today its flagship product, the World Collection, an online genealogy database containing more than 1.5 billion names from 35 countries. Provo, UT (PRWEB) February 6, 2008 -- WorldVitalRecords.com (a service of FamilyLink.com, Inc.) released today its flagship product, the World Collection, an online genealogy database containing more than 1.5 billion names from 35 countries. WorldVitalRecords.com's World Collection launch includes significant collections from countries such as: England, Canada, Australia, France, Ireland, Scotland, Hungary, and Portugal. "All over the world there are wonderful people who are digitizing and preserving historic records," said Paul Allen, CEO, FamilyLink.com, Inc.
She helps others search for their past
LIBERTY -- It's amazing the things can be discovered when someone looks deep into their family history. For Jodee Inscho, the most amazing discovery was that her great-great grandfather was put on trial for murder. While other people's family backgrounds may not be as dramatic, each has their own special stories to tell. What began as a simple hobby turned into her passion after finding all kinds of fascinating information about her family's past. Inscho had always had a mild interest in genealogy, but when she came to the realization that her father was not going to be around forever, she felt the urgency to talk to him about his family. Unfortunately, like many of us, he really didn't know too much beyond his parents. Shortly after he passed away in 1996, Inscho found the power of the Internet and after seeing what was available, felt compelled to dig deeper.
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