Genealogy News

Mocavo Unveils New Products and Genealogy Content at RootsTech
Mocavo, the world’s largest free genealogy search engine, today announced several new product capabilities and content additions that will be demonstrated at this week’s RootsTech Family History and Technology conference in Salt Lake City.

Genealogy 101: Finding websites
More tips on how to trace your family tree from Margaret Houben

Genealogy: FamilySearch indexes all U.S. censuses, will add 1940 quickly after April release
Genealogy: FamilySearch indexes all U.S. censuses, will add 1940 quickly after April release By Dawn House The Salt Lake Tribune Published Feb 4, 2012 07:36PM MDT The LDS Church-sponsored organization FamilySearch.org has released online indexes for U.S. census records from 1790 to 1840, adding to its free collection of all federal census records to 1930. FamilySearch also will place online ...

"User-Submitted, Soup Approved!": Genealogy of The Soup
USER-SUBMITTED, SOUP APPROVED! Eternal thanks to the anonymous sender, under the alias "MEADHAWG", who tipped us off to this video. If you want to tell us who you are, feel...

Event of the day: Beginning genealogy with Ellen Miller
BEGINNING GENEALOGY WITH ELLEN MILLER – for adults, 7 p.m., Midwest Genealogy Center, 3440 S. Lee’s Summit Road, Independence. Topics: How to organize, census information, vital records and where to look for information. To register, call 252-7228.

Forensic Genealogy Institute Announced
The Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy (CAFG)created an advanced course in the fall of 2011. CAFG recently announced the first Forensic Genealogy Institute. It will be held October 25 through October 27, 2012, in Dallas, Texas, at the Wyndham Dallas Love Field hotel.

Genealogy is a growing part of the reality TV trend
Genealogy is getting a double dose of star treatment on television this season.

M.A. Hart Genealogy Society presents annual awards
The annual Stoddard County M. A. Hart Genealogy Society Awards Banquet was held Jan. 9, 2012, at the Hickory Log Restaurant in Dexter. The Society annually honors two individuals - one within the...

Genealogy 'Idol' Quest Takes Place Feb. 2 in Utah
Elizabeth Clark. Photo by Kathryn Boughton. FALLS VILLAGE—Who says genealogy is a stodgy pursuit?

Learn basics of researching family history at workshop
The Orangeburg County Historical Society, in association with the Orangeburg County Library, will present the fourth in a series of Genealogy Basics Workshops from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 11, in the library's meeting room.