1. DNA Proves Author Alex Haley Had Scottish Roots

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News DNA tests have proved that Alex Haley – the black American author whose book Roots traced his family origins from the slave plantations of the US back to Africa – was of…

  2. Essex Record Office Has Been Awarded Four Star Status In The National Archives Local Authority Archive Survey

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News The Chelmsford based Essex Record Office has been awarded four star status in the prestigious National Archives Local Authority Archive Survey which is the highest level of…

  3. Battle To Rescue Literary Gems After National Library Of Scotland Floods

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News MAJOR flooding hit the National Library of Scotland last night, after a sprinkler valve burst on a top floor.…

  4. New Birth, Marriage, and Death Records From Ireland, Maine, New Hampshire, Ohio Pennsylvania, and Virginia

    From WorldVitalRecords Blog The major collection this week includes 10 new databases from Genealogical Publishing Company that feature birth, marriage, and death records along with stories and…

  5. Heritage Microfilm And NewspaperARCHIVE Announce Access For State Of West Virginia

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News Heritage Microfilm has partnered with the State of West Virginia to grant state-wide access to more than 90 million historical newspaper pages through their product ACCESS…

  6. New Standards Data Catalog Now Available!

    From FamilySearch Labs Blog After an almost 4 year hiatus, we are proud to announce the publish of a new Standards data catalog for your use on Standard Finder.…

  7. U.S. Content Update: Is Ancestry.com Slowing Down on U.S. Content? Nope!

    From Ancestry.com Blog I’ve been hearing from customers who are concerned that U.S. content releases are slowing down.…

  8. FamilyHistoryOnline Will Close On Monday 2nd March 2009

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News FamilyHistoryOnline will close on Monday 2nd March 2009 and the data will be transfered to FindMyPast.com.…

  9. With 4,700 Boxes, Former Sen. Ted Stevens’ Papers Will Be Largest Archival Collection At University Of Alaska Fairbanks

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News The university announced today that former Sen. Ted Stevens is sending the records of his 40-year Senate career to the University of Alaska Fairbanks.…

  10. Oldest English Words Revealed?

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News Using a computer simulation, a British researcher says he's examined the rate of change of words in languages to reveal the oldest English-sounding words, which would have…

  11. FamilyLink.com, Inc. Raises $2.85 Million in Series B Funding Round

    From WorldVitalRecords Blog PROVO, Utah, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ – FamilyLink.com recently raised $2.…

  12. DNA Identification Of Czar’s Children Available

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News Cutting edge science has finally put to rest a 90-year-old mystery that involved nobility, revolution, murder and the long-romanticized story of a child's escape from the…

  13. Site Maintenance Wednesday morning

    From Ancestry.com Blog The first two parts of our 3-part upgrade of the Member Trees system have completed without requiring any downtime.…

  14. How can I include more generations in my family history book?

    From Ancestry.com Blog One of the most frequent comments I hear from Ancestry.…

  15. Family Tree Maker: Crystal, Wood and a Purple Shawl

    From Ancestry.com Blog I’ve always loved wood and crystal. My grandmother loved crystal, and my grandfather worked  with wood.…

  16. Site Maintenance Tuesday morning

    From Ancestry.com Blog The first part of our 3-part upgrade of the Member Trees system completed successfully on Friday without requiring any downtime.…

  17. Planned Maintenance this Friday morning

    From Ancestry.com Blog Our online Member Trees system continues to grow extremely fast.…

  18. Family Tree Maker: Creating a Calendar

    From Ancestry.com Blog The 2009 Software Update includes a monthly calendar that can display all the birthdays and wedding anniversaries in your tree.…

  19. Ancestry.com Reveals the Sweetest Valentines in America’s Family Trees

    From Ancestry.com Blog Valentine Roses, Chocolate Cherry and Rose Bouquet may all sound like perfect gifts for that special someone this Valentine’s Day, but historical records found on our…

  20. Both sides of the story — Combination Paternal & Maternal Lineage Testing

    From Ancestry.com Blog It can happen something like this:  you’ve just decided to take the genetic genealogy plunge.…

  21. More About Slave Records on Ancestry

    From Ancestry.com Blog I couldn’t resist poking around in the new collection of Slave Manifests on Ancestry.com which went up this week.…

  22. Ancestry.com Launches Five New Civil War Databases in Celebration of Lincoln’s Birthday

    From Ancestry.com Blog In commemoration of Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday, Ancestry.com has added five new databases to its Civil War Collection.…

  23. Are your relatives on Facebook?

    From The Geni Blog Connecting your Facebook account to Geni is the fastest and easiest way to add relatives from Facebook to your Geni tree.Connecting is as easy as clicking a button.…

  24. Don’t forget Valentine’s Day!

    From The Geni Blog Valentine’s Day is Saturday, February 14th.…

  25. New Features: Increased Privacy on Geni

    From The Geni Blog Privacy online is very important, especially for children.…