Thank you to 1940 US Census Index Volunteers

On Saturday, FamilySearch announced that its volunteers had completed indexing the 1940 US Census.   The remaining, unposted states are going through a quality review and will be posted in the next few weeks.  160,000 volunteers helped accomplish this monumental task....

Cemeteries in Quebec, Canada

My family just got back from a 4 day trip to my in-laws house in Lambton, Quebec, Canada. Is anyone else researching Quebec, Canada? Are you having trouble finding information on the cemeteries there? I have been. Even on the online maps, the cemeteries may be greyed...
FindAGrave – My Activity Update

FindAGrave – My Activity Update

I’ve been putting a lot of effort into posting stuff at FindAGrave recently. I have tons of cemetery photos, so I’ve decided to share. I’m working on Woodlands Cemetery in Cambridge, NY right now. I still have over 1,000 photos to post from that...

Free access to old newspapers

I’ve recently been enjoying the free newspapers at Fulton NY Postcards (don’t let their website name fool you). They have tons of old New York newspapers scanned and available for browsing or searching. This includes papers from Glens Falls, New York. I...

Vermont Vital Records coming to Ancestry

In my last post when I was discussing the New Hampshire vital records project (which the births are now indexed and online on Family Search), I mentioned that I was hoping for Vermont to be next. Well, although it’s not free for all on Family Search, I did...

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