Footnote.com This site is not exactly “new” but often overlooked since it’s database started small. It has been growing by leaps and bounds and is a way to search, view, and save documents for later reference. The most interesting thing about this site is how it integrates the genealogical “society” into the mix allowing the researcher to annotate documents, thereby having input that others can search on, much like Wikipedia does. I mean I don’t know about you, but being able to give some information without putting my entire GEDCOM on someone else’s site for them to sell is exciting to me! As of today they have 43,000,115 images online of documents housed at the National Archives. This is a great collaboration and the fee is a very affordable 7.95 monthly or 59.95 annually which is going up slightly in September… oh and they do have a free membership that will allow you to create your own story pages, search & browse all images, spotlight images & documents, upload images to your gallery, annotate member images, upload, annotate and print your own images, view and search member images and view some free images online. Starting September 1, 2008, the monthly
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The 1881 Canadian Census – images and all – are now available at the Canadian Archives website – at no charge! After wandering around the site for a while I have found that you can use the search in a very broad way or really get down to the “nitty gritty” on this site. The actual census records are there in jpeg and PDF format and are easily saved. If you are doing research in Canada this is a great site to bookmark! http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1881/index-e.html Share
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Surprise, Arizona, August 18, 2008 — Millennia Corporation, a leader in family history software, today announced that its software, Legacy Family Tree, is now available in two new languages: Deutsch (German) and Svenska (Swedish). The software, used by beginners and professionals to record, plan, and share their family trees, is now the premier choice for German and Swedish researchers. Legacy is also available in Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, and English editions. “Making genealogy software available to researchers in their native language is a big step in helping the world trace their family trees,” said Dave Berdan, president of Millennia Corporation. “This is an exciting day for us to help German and Swedish researchers.” Key Features entire user interface and help system – all in German and Swedish over 100 reports and charts – all in German and Swedish checklists of suggested sources for German and Swedish researchers creates web pages and To Do Lists same excellent features as the regular edition including over 100 reports, calendars, expert tips/advice, statistics, web site searches, and much more… Other languagesLegacy is also currently available in the following languages: Dansk (Danish) English (Australia) English (Canada) English (United Kingdom) English (USA) Nederlands (Dutch) Norsk – Bokmål
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Courtesy – Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter The mission of the Louisiana Creole Heritage Center is to promote, foster and engage in activities and endeavors that relate to Louisiana Creoles and their culture. It serves as an office of support to Louisiana and national Creole communities and organizations, offering advice and assistance in matters that affect Creoles. The Center also serves as a central clearinghouse/information bank for these communities and for those seeking knowledge, understanding and appreciation of Louisiana Creoles and their culture. It is located in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The Louisiana Creole Heritage Center is now 10 years old and has taken on the task of developing and housing the only national Creole genealogy database of its kind. The contents of this database is mainly based upon data received from individuals across the country. This submitted data is compared to other databases, verified for accuracy before becoming a part of the Creole database. An online version of this database reporting all information prior to 1920 is searchable and contains the Given Name, Parents, Birthdate, Deathdate and option to update this information. The Database is available at http://www.nsula.edu/creole. The following article is from Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright by Richard
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Here is a new announcement written by Millennia Corporation, the publishers of Legacy Family Tree: Legacy Family Tree teams with Genealogical Publishing Company to release popular How-To books in downloadable, electronic format for the first time SURPRISE, Arizona – Millennia Corporation, publisher of the popular family history software Legacy Family Tree, announced today that it is teaming with Genealogical Publishing Company to provide broader access to popular How-To books. In the first joint project, two significant how-to books are now available in digital format for the first time ever: In Search of Your German Roots: a Complete Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors in the Germanic Areas of Europe Finding Italian Roots: The Complete Guide for Americans Joe Garonzik, Marketing Director of Genealogical Publishing Company said, “Genealogical Publishing Company is delighted to make its award-winning how-to books available in digital format for the first time. Our association with Legacy Family Tree enables us to provide a valued new audience with authoritative information on a variety of subjects of importance to genealogists.” Dave Berdan, President of Millennia Corporation commented, “Our mission has always been to help genealogists organize, research, and share their family history. Teaming with Genealogical Publishing Company certainly supports our
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The Google search engine was launched in 1999 and since then they have refined it in such a way that you can narrow neraly any kind of search possible using common symbols called operands. Genealogists figured this out quickly and for many this is the first place they begin researching because it can give you clues that you may not have thought of by the results you get… and its free. Operands are nothing more than symbols that you use before, after or between words or phrases to narrow your search which act as filters for you. This is helpful because of returning millions of pages you can get a few thousand or hundred very relevant links to look through. The most common operands are + or AND – Using a + or the word AND (in all caps) between two words, for example a first name + last name, or first name AND last name will return only sites that contain that first name and last name in combination. You can use it for more than just names: first name + last name + state + city, last name + year, and the list goes on. “” – Using
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