Ancestors from Mexico? Find out how to research those Latin-American roots:
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
GENEALOGY BLOG FINDER
Looking for blogs of interest? Whatever surname/locality/other genealogical topic you’re searching for, there seems to be at least one blog of interest:
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CAMPAIGN FOR WILSON’S CREEK
This reviewer thinks a new book about the Wilson’s Creek campaign in southwest Missouri is the best history of the campaign ever:
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GETTING STARTED WITH GOOGLE BLOGGER
Ready to start a blog for your society, library, church, or yourself? Google makes it easy to get up and running (and it won’t cost you a dime):
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
LOST TREASURES
Has the glut of TV reality shows about antiques acquisition, storage locker looting, and pawn shop pandemonium prepared your patrons to start looking for some treasure of their own? Here’s a guide to finding various lost treasures (some Missouri listings):
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HEAD NOT IN THE CLOUDS?
Still don’t "get" cloud computing? Here’s a fairly non-technical explanation of the Amazon and Apple cloud storage options, and the advantages and disadvantages of each:
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Friday, June 10, 2011
THE 26th MARINE CORPS REGIMENT AT IWO JIMA
An analysis of the daily strength and daily casualties incurred by this USMC regiment during the Iwo Jima campaign:
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CONCEPTIONS OF DISABILITY AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
The Civil War killed more than 600,000 Americans, and left many hundreds of thousands more with permanent disabilities. This site provides free access (in WORD or PDF format) to seven articles on disabled Civil War vets and the pensions received by these vets and their widows:
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Tuesday, June 07, 2011
AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY WORKSHOP
Learn about the variety of Missouri History Museum resources to help you research your St. Louis African American ancestors. Dennis Northcott, a trained archivist and knowledgeable genealogist, will lead the class at the Missouri History Museum Library and Research Center.
When: Saturday, June 25, 2011, 9:30 am
Where: Library and Research Center (225 South Skinker, across from Forest Park)
How much: $10 per person; $5 for Missouri History Museum members
Reservations: To reserve a spot in this workshop, please call (314) 746-4510.
Missouri History Museum Events Calendar
When: Saturday, June 25, 2011, 9:30 am
Where: Library and Research Center (225 South Skinker, across from Forest Park)
How much: $10 per person; $5 for Missouri History Museum members
Reservations: To reserve a spot in this workshop, please call (314) 746-4510.
Missouri History Museum Events Calendar
CYNDI'S LIST LAUNCHES UPGRADED WEB SITE
For Immediate Release
A major upgrade to celebrate 15 years of service
EDGEWOOD, WASHINGTON (June 6, 2011) – Cyndi's List is proud to announce a newly upgraded web site. With improved navigation, a custom database, and a custom administrative interface, the upgrade means that everything will be quicker and easier for both visitors and for the site's owner and administrator, Cyndi Ingle Howells. The upgrade has been done by fusionSpan of Maryland. Their staff worked closely with Cyndi to make improvements and to implement new technology and new ideas designed specifically for Cyndi’s List and for the genealogical community.
Cyndi’s List website
Part of the upgrade was made possible by donations from generous users of Cyndi’s List. To date, 20% of what was accomplished in the project was thanks to them. Donors have been listed on the web site.
What's New with the Upgrade:
--The front page of the Cyndi's List site has a rolling genealogy news feed and a link to The Cyndi’s List Daily, a daily dose of family history news as tagged in Twitter and Facebook. Start each day with the front page of Cyndi's List and read the current genealogy news stories.
--The links are now contained within a database and pages will be dynamically loaded on each visit.
--The custom database and administration interface means that maintaining the link list will be much easier for Cyndi, which ultimately benefits the user with faster and more frequent updates.
--The new interface means that the backlog of uncategorized links can be processed much faster. The goal is to get the entire backlog done by the end of this year.
--New links will be reviewed, approved, and categorized within 24-72 hours after submission by visitors.
--Updates made to Cyndi's List will be immediately available to the public.
--Previous to the upgrade, the "What's New" page and mailing list post contained only new links submitted by visitors. The new "What's New" page and e-mail will contain those, as well as links added to the site during the day by Cyndi, *and* existing links that have been updated throughout the site (new addresses, updated descriptions, etc.).
--Across the site links have been labeled with graphics as "new" or "updated" when appropriate. With the upgrade these will now be text-based notations (easily spotted in green), which means that you can search on a page for "new" or "updated" with the Edit>Find function in your web browser.
--Now sub-categories within a category heading each have their own page. And each page displays 20 links, with pagination in place to go to the next page and so on. This means there will be a lot less scrolling through long pages as in the past. Shorter pages mean faster load time in the browser as well.
--Intuitive navigation at the top of the category makes it easy to find your way to previous category headings.
--The number of links within each category/sub-category is displayed at the top right on each page.
--Each of the U.S. counties (more than 3,100) now has a designated page of its own.
--URLs (addresses) for the pages have changed so bookmarks, favorites, and links to Cyndi's List will need to be updated.
--Opportunities to shop, support, or donate are highlighted on each page.
What Has Stayed the Same?
--The category and sub-category names are all the same.
--Related Categories are highlighted at the top right on each category.
--The layout and format of the links are the same.
--The policies, procedures, and disclaimers for maintaining the link list are the same.
--The Cyndi's List Mailing List will still distribute a daily What's New e-mail and a daily Link Activity e-mail. However, the What’s New e-mail will contain information about all new and updated links.
--You can still follow Cyndi's List on Facebook and Twitter.
--The purpose and intent of Cyndi's List is to be a free jumping-off point for your daily genealogical research.
--Cyndi’s List remains free for everyone to use just as it has for the past 15 years.
--This is still just a one-woman show!
About CyndisList.com
CyndisList.com is the world's largest one-woman family history resource, with more than 300,000 categorized links for genealogical research. For more than 15 years Cyndi's List has helped hundreds of thousands of people with their online journey to trace their family history. The site averages 275,000 unique visitors and 5,000,000 page hits every month. Cyndi's List has won numerous awards and consistently remains one of the top genealogical portals for beginners, intermediate, and veteran researchers.
Cyndi’s List website
A major upgrade to celebrate 15 years of service
EDGEWOOD, WASHINGTON (June 6, 2011) – Cyndi's List is proud to announce a newly upgraded web site. With improved navigation, a custom database, and a custom administrative interface, the upgrade means that everything will be quicker and easier for both visitors and for the site's owner and administrator, Cyndi Ingle Howells. The upgrade has been done by fusionSpan of Maryland. Their staff worked closely with Cyndi to make improvements and to implement new technology and new ideas designed specifically for Cyndi’s List and for the genealogical community.
Cyndi’s List website
Part of the upgrade was made possible by donations from generous users of Cyndi’s List. To date, 20% of what was accomplished in the project was thanks to them. Donors have been listed on the web site.
What's New with the Upgrade:
--The front page of the Cyndi's List site has a rolling genealogy news feed and a link to The Cyndi’s List Daily, a daily dose of family history news as tagged in Twitter and Facebook. Start each day with the front page of Cyndi's List and read the current genealogy news stories.
--The links are now contained within a database and pages will be dynamically loaded on each visit.
--The custom database and administration interface means that maintaining the link list will be much easier for Cyndi, which ultimately benefits the user with faster and more frequent updates.
--The new interface means that the backlog of uncategorized links can be processed much faster. The goal is to get the entire backlog done by the end of this year.
--New links will be reviewed, approved, and categorized within 24-72 hours after submission by visitors.
--Updates made to Cyndi's List will be immediately available to the public.
--Previous to the upgrade, the "What's New" page and mailing list post contained only new links submitted by visitors. The new "What's New" page and e-mail will contain those, as well as links added to the site during the day by Cyndi, *and* existing links that have been updated throughout the site (new addresses, updated descriptions, etc.).
--Across the site links have been labeled with graphics as "new" or "updated" when appropriate. With the upgrade these will now be text-based notations (easily spotted in green), which means that you can search on a page for "new" or "updated" with the Edit>Find function in your web browser.
--Now sub-categories within a category heading each have their own page. And each page displays 20 links, with pagination in place to go to the next page and so on. This means there will be a lot less scrolling through long pages as in the past. Shorter pages mean faster load time in the browser as well.
--Intuitive navigation at the top of the category makes it easy to find your way to previous category headings.
--The number of links within each category/sub-category is displayed at the top right on each page.
--Each of the U.S. counties (more than 3,100) now has a designated page of its own.
--URLs (addresses) for the pages have changed so bookmarks, favorites, and links to Cyndi's List will need to be updated.
--Opportunities to shop, support, or donate are highlighted on each page.
What Has Stayed the Same?
--The category and sub-category names are all the same.
--Related Categories are highlighted at the top right on each category.
--The layout and format of the links are the same.
--The policies, procedures, and disclaimers for maintaining the link list are the same.
--The Cyndi's List Mailing List will still distribute a daily What's New e-mail and a daily Link Activity e-mail. However, the What’s New e-mail will contain information about all new and updated links.
--You can still follow Cyndi's List on Facebook and Twitter.
--The purpose and intent of Cyndi's List is to be a free jumping-off point for your daily genealogical research.
--Cyndi’s List remains free for everyone to use just as it has for the past 15 years.
--This is still just a one-woman show!
About CyndisList.com
CyndisList.com is the world's largest one-woman family history resource, with more than 300,000 categorized links for genealogical research. For more than 15 years Cyndi's List has helped hundreds of thousands of people with their online journey to trace their family history. The site averages 275,000 unique visitors and 5,000,000 page hits every month. Cyndi's List has won numerous awards and consistently remains one of the top genealogical portals for beginners, intermediate, and veteran researchers.
Cyndi’s List website
GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY INDEX UPDATE
The following sources have recently been added to the Missouri History Museum’s Genealogy and Local History Index:
http://genealogy.mohistory.org/
1. Fifty Successful Years, 1858-1908 (history of the A. Moll Grocer Company)
2. Christmas greeting card of Commercial Letter, Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.), 1958
3. Regatta of the Central States Amateur Rowing Association booklet, 1924
4. Group photograph of the Geo. Diel & Bro. amateur baseball team, 1892
http://genealogy.mohistory.org/
1. Fifty Successful Years, 1858-1908 (history of the A. Moll Grocer Company)
2. Christmas greeting card of Commercial Letter, Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.), 1958
3. Regatta of the Central States Amateur Rowing Association booklet, 1924
4. Group photograph of the Geo. Diel & Bro. amateur baseball team, 1892
Monday, June 06, 2011
CITY DIRECTORIES, A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR TRACKING OUR ANCESTORS
Dennis Northcott will be giving a presentation on city directories at the monthly meeting of the St. Louis Genealogical Society.
When: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 7:00 pm
Where: Auditorium at St. Louis County Library Headquarters (1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.--across the street from Frontenac Plaza)
How much: The lecture is free and open to the public.
StLGS website
When: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 7:00 pm
Where: Auditorium at St. Louis County Library Headquarters (1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.--across the street from Frontenac Plaza)
How much: The lecture is free and open to the public.
StLGS website
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY OBITUARY INDEX
The St. Louis Public Library's Obituary Index includes references to death notices, obituaries, and burial permits in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for the following years-- 1880-1930, 1942-1945, 1960-1966, and 1992-2009:
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Library employee Keith Zimmer continues to index death notices from the Post-Dispatch. He has indexed the years 1967-1971, but these indexes have not yet been posted on the website. If you're looking for a death in this period, contact Keith for a look-up.
And if you've found some ancestors in this obituary index, you may want to send Keith a thank you for the countless hours he's devoted to compiling this index.
LINK
Library employee Keith Zimmer continues to index death notices from the Post-Dispatch. He has indexed the years 1967-1971, but these indexes have not yet been posted on the website. If you're looking for a death in this period, contact Keith for a look-up.
And if you've found some ancestors in this obituary index, you may want to send Keith a thank you for the countless hours he's devoted to compiling this index.
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