1. Henry VIII Letter to Pope Pleading for Divorce Reproduced

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News It weighs in at 2.5 kilos, has 81 wax seals dangling from it and at €50,000 (£43,000) costs more than the average piece of ­Vatican merchandising.…

  2. More Nixon Tapes Available to Public

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News The Richard Nixon Presidential Library has opened up access to 154 hours of White House tapes and other documents the U.S. government once classified.…

  3. Russia Returns History Documents to Austria

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lawrow, who is visiting Austria right now, gave the archives taken by Russian troops during World War II back to the Austrian Foreign Minister…

  4. Temporary website problems earlier today (now resolved)

    From Ancestry.com Blog We experienced some temporary issues on the site earlier today that may have caused errors when trying to log in or when using other portions of the website.…

  5. Family Tree Maker: Come visit us at the Southern California Jamboree

    From Ancestry.com Blog The Southern California Genealogy Jamboree is coming up this week in Burbank, California, June 26-28th. Come visit us at the Ancestry.com booth any time during the Jamboree.…

  6. U.S. National Archives Launches YouTube Channel

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News On Friday, June 19, the U.S.…

  7. National Archives Launches YouTube Channel

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News On Friday, June 19, the National Archives will formally launch a YouTube channel to showcase popular archived films, inform the public about upcoming events around the…

  8. 1776 Black Document Discovered: A Story of Freedom for July 4th

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News The earliest known manuscript about an African-American in the new United States has been identified by a Yonkers dealer.…

  9. New in MyCanvas: Descendant family tree posters

    From Ancestry.com Blog During our webinar on family history books back in January, two-thirds of the audience—nearly 1,200 Ancestry.…

  10. Most Cologne Archive Documents Intact Despite Collapse

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News Three months after the collapse of Cologne’s city archives, experts are amazed by how many of the precious documents have survived the devastating accident.…

  11. US National Archives Unveils Recovered Lincoln Letter

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News The National Archives on Thursday added to its collection a short letter written by President Abraham Lincoln to help an ousted U.S.…

  12. Google Invests Another $2.6M in DNA Analysis Firm 23andMe

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News Google revealed in a regulatory filing that it has invested another $2.…

  13. Coming Soon: A new way to connect with others researching your ancestors

    From Ancestry.com Blog Collaborating with others who are also researching your ancestors can provide truly amazing experiences.…

  14. British World War I Veteran Henry Allingham Becomes the World’s Oldest Man

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News Great War veteran Henry Allingham became the world's oldest man today following the death of the previous holder of the title in Japan, Guinness World Records said.…

  15. World’s Oldest Man Dies at 113 in Japan

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News The world's oldest man, Tomoji Tanabe, died at his home in southern Japan on Friday at the age of 113, according to a local official.…

  16. DNA Key to Naming Soldiers Buried Where They Fell

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News Every year, construction workers or farmers churning up the soil of Western Europe unearth the bodies of a handful of Canadian troops killed in the two world wars.…

  17. Irish Ancestry Online: Every Census Since 1926 Now on Internet

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News The Central Statistics Office has published all the data it has collected from every census since 1926 online for public access, free of charge.…

  18. Ancient Animal Textbook Rediscovered in Cologne Ruins

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News An ancient textbook detailing the animal kingdom has been rediscovered in the ruins of a German archives which collapsed into rubble three months ago, the chief archivist said…

  19. What’s This FamilySearch Alpha Thing?

    From FamilySearch Labs Blog Many of you have probably noticed the FamilySearch Alpha project which we’ve quietly been working on here at FamilySearch Labs.…

  20. Library and Archives Canada Reviews Purchases of Paper Materials in Digital Age

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News Library and Archives Canada has put a moratorium on buying paper documents and books for its collection.…

  21. British Library Publishes Online Archive of 19th-Century Newspapers

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News Yesterday's news has become more than just wrapping for fish and chips - thanks to a new online headline archive dating back 200 years.…

  22. Graveside Promise to Scots Pilot

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News During a holiday to Northern France, Ayrshire man Robert Taylor came across the grave of an Edinburgh pilot who died during a wartime mission in February 1944.…

  23. Kate Winslet and Kate Middleton’s Ancestries Revealed in Online 1911 Census

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News The complete population census of 1911 has been posted online, disclosing that Kate Winslet's ancestors were publicans and Kate Middleton's were members of the Abermarle Club…

  24. Scheduled Family Tree Maintenance (18 June 2009, 1-2 AM MDT)

    From Ancestry.com Blog Please be aware that the Ancestry.com Family Tree Service will undergo scheduled maintenance on Thursday, 18 June 2009, from 1 AM to 2 AM Mountain Daylight Time.…

  25. Short Films Saved For Posterity

    From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News Nearly 600 short films made by people from across Wales as part of a BBC project have been saved for posterity.…