Northeast Washington Genealogical Society 2023 Fall Seminar

by Donna Phillips  In the Summer, 2022, issue of American Ancestors, publication of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, there was an article aimed at Memorial Day. Written by David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogists at NEHGS, the article was titled “The Final Hour: U.S. Military Gravestones.” Lambert began the article thusly:  “Most American cemeteries include a veterans…

Tina Beaird is the owner of Tamarack Genealogy and is a Genealogy & Local History librarian at the Plainfield Public Library in Plainfield, IL. She holds a Masters of Library and Information Science degree with a specialization in Archives/Preservation from Dominican University. Tina has won multiple research and digitization grants to preserve and digitize historic…

On May 19, 2023 BIGS Presents At 10AM, Friday, May 19, 2023, A Zoom Virtual Event, Sunny Morton will present: Intro to U.S. Church Records: Why We Care Where Grandma Went to Church. U.S. church records of many denominations can reveal ancestors’ vital events, family relationships, overseas birthplaces and other residences and religious lives. From the…

UPDATE: 23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday 24 March 2025. My plan: I have already downloaded my data from 23andMe – I do this for EVERY DNA testing platform I use. For now, it is business as usual at 23andMe – they are still selling tests and processing results. There is no need…

FamilyTreeDNA has been a valued partner and friend of MyHeritage for well over a decade. I’m delighted to announce the launch of a new collaboration between the two companies. This collaboration, which includes integration between the MyHeritage and FamilyTreeDNA websites, enables FamilyTreeDNA customers to transfer their family trees to MyHeritage, and to continue building them…