1. Trees Service will be down tonight

    From Ancestry.com Blog Our trees service will be unavailable early tomorrow morning for (we hope!) about 30 minutes starting around 1:30 AM mountain time.…

  2. The Family Tree prints Family Group Sheets

    From FamilySearch Labs Blog To print a Family Group Sheet from the Family Tree, open a folder, click on the relationships tab, and click on the Family Group Sheet…

  3. The Family Tree expands and “collapses” trees.

    From FamilySearch Labs Blog Until now, the Family Tree expanded trees without an easy way to collapse.  Now, when an arrow is clicked to expand the tree, the Family Tree flips the arrow horizontally.…

  4. The Family Tree moves records!

    From FamilySearch Labs Blog In Folders, from the Records Tab, the Family Tree allows us to: Identify records that don’t belong by checking the checkbox to the left of the record.…

  5. Unusual Christmas Gifts For The Genealogists

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News I have searched the web for unusual christmas gifts for the genealogists. Here's my top 5 list: Carbon Copies Pencils made from the carbon of human cremains.…

  6. First World Archives Project Record Collection Complete

    From Ancestry.com Blog Ancestry.com is excited to announce the completion of the first record collection indexed through the World Archives Project, its new community indexing program.…

  7. Records From Queensland: Public Service Employees, Classification Lists, and Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions

    From WorldVitalRecords Blog The major collection this week at WorldVitalRecords.…

  8. Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News Historians hope a new Web database will help bring millions of blacks closer to their African ancestors who were forced onto slave ships, connecting them to their heritage in…

  9. Announcing the Internet’s Largest Interactive WWII Collection

    From Footnote Blog Today, in conjunction with the National Archives and Records Administration, we announced the launch of the internet’s largest interactive World War II collection.…

  10. Hillary Clinton And The King’s Daughters

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News Hillary Clinton descends from three of the King's Daughters, a group of 852 women sent to New France as wives for Quebec's earliest settlers.…

  11. FamilySearch Record Search Update

    From Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter The following records were added to the FamilySearch Record Search pilot. They can be searched for free at FamilySearch.org.…

  12. US National Archives To Launch Interactive WWII Collection To Commemorate Pearl Harbor Day

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News A press conference commemorating Pearl Harbor Day to launch a new interactive online collection of World War II records from the holdings of the National Archives including…

  13. Release Of Tape Recordings And Textual Material From The Nixon Presidency

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News The Nixon Presidential Library announces the release of tape recordings and textual material.…

  14. US National Archives Creates Awards For Excellence In Genealogy

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News In celebration of its 75th anniversary, the National Archives announces two awards to recognize significant achievements in genealogy research, based on records from the…

  15. Collection of Family Histories, Transactions and Visitation Books

    From WorldVitalRecords Blog Our major collection this week is called the “Bloxham Database” and contains many old transactions and visitation books of the British Isles, along with a variety of…

  16. Important Technology Book For Genealogists, Google Your Family Tree, Available For Purchase

    From WorldVitalRecords Blog Google Your Family Tree, a book written with the sole purpose of helping individuals use Google to discover their family tree, is available for purchase.…

  17. Happy Thanksgiving From WorldVitalRecords.com!

    From WorldVitalRecords Blog November 28th, the day after Thanksgiving, has been declared National Day of Listeningby StoryCorps in partnership with NPR and the Library of Congress.…

  18. Happy Thanksgiving From WorldVitalRecords.com!

    From WorldVitalRecords Blog We are grateful for you, and we are grateful for these records. In celebration of Thanksgiving, we have gathered a few databases that relate to Thanksgiving.…

  19. Happy Thanksgiving!

    From The Geni Blog This Thursday, our users in the United States will celebrate Thanksgiving by gathering their families together for dinner and giving thanks.…

  20. Michelle Obama’s Family Tree Has Roots In A Carolina Slave Plantation

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News Tiny wooden cabins line the dirt road once known as Slave Street as it winds its way through Friendfield Plantation.…

  21. Sad News: Keith Wilson, The Creator Of iFamily For Leopard Has Passed Away

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News I just read this post from Ben Sayer sharing that "The Mac genealogy community has suffered a significant loss.…