Recently, FamilySearch.org has been uploading digitized images of a wide variety of records from Trumbull County, Ohio. The records range from 1795-2010. As of today (02 Feb 2015), the collection includes 666,927 browsable images. If you are interested, you will find the collection here: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2065327. Having this available for online research will be very valuable for genealogists
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My Heritage & 23andMe Work to Combine Family Trees and DNA
A few days ago, MyHeritage Founder and CEO, Gilad Japhet, used a news feed on Bloomberg TV to announce and explain a “strategic collaboration” with 23andMe. The announcement was captured and made available on YouTube, which you can view here: http://youtu.be/c1MefhlGTA8. I might point out that MyHeritage < http://www.myheritage.com/>has a very substantial presence in Europe
Read on »How to Access Cuyahoga County Historical Marriage Indexes & Records Online
NOTE: The following information was orginally posted by me on another blog I have created — NEOhio Genealogy Blog — on 13 JANUARY 2012. I am repeating it here with my current email address. Many of us with research interests in North East Ohio have utilized the Cuyahoga County Historical Marriage Index mounted on a database server
Read on »How Our Ancestors Became Americans, Or Not–A Workshop
Your ancestor steps off the ship at Ellis Island. What happens next in the process of becoming a citizen of the United States? On Saturday afternoon, 5 Apr 2014, 1 to 4 pm, at Western Reserve Historical Society, I will present a two-part workshop discussing the process of naturalization and the records it produced, as well
Read on »Workshop: “Create a Free Family Tree in FamilySearch”
On January 4, 2014, the Genealogical Committee of the Western Reserve Historical Society will present a hands-on workshop, in which you will learn how to use the website FamilySearch.org to create a free, sharable family tree, print out family group sheets and ancestor charts, and use the microfilm collection of the Family History Library in
Read on »MyHeritage adds billions of records in new partnership with FamilySearch
To spread the word about this important genealogical development, I am simply reproducing below the official announcement from MyHeritage.com. If this development interests you–and I believe it should–be sure to read the FAQs at the end of the announcement release. We’re delighted to announce that MyHeritage has entered into a strategic partnership with leading genealogy
Read on »First Impressions: Using Family Tree on FamilySearch.org
I have started using the Family Tree feature developed by FamilySearch.org. As you may know, this has been available for use by LDS members for some time. Well, now it is out of beta testing and available to non-LDS members. Development continues on Family Tree, which is termed an update that will eventaully replace FamilySearch.org,
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