Updating

Doing a little updating to the site. Just added an Immigration page. Been really busy but still trying to dedicate at least a few hours a week to this site. Weather has been terrible so we haven't went around to the local cemeteries.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Google News ( Free )

No this isn't news about Google. I just actually came across this. I have always used Google Books to research from. Google News is a list of newspapers that have been archived. You can actually look at the pages online. It goes by the name of the paper which if you aren't sure what that would be you can look here to find your states newspaper. It also lists what year the issues are from.

Hope you find this helpful.

Immigration Ancestors Project ( FREE )

Immigration Ancestors Project is a free database to search for your immigrant ancestors. Students from Brigham Young University are hired as part of the project team to supervise the volunteers and edit their work before adding it to the database. Images of emigrant papers are transmitted over the web to volunteers to transcribe. You can read more here

ArchiveGrid ( Free )

ArchiveGrid provides access to detailed archival descriptions for institutions in the United States. These descriptions are from historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and other materials.

Here is also their FAQ Just scroll down to read this section on their site.

What Flag is That?

Maybe some of you would like to add your ancestor's country's flag to your research. I know with me some of my ancestors have very little information on them. Just dates for some and where they were born. I try to add information of their country of birth and other historical information concerning the town they lived or died in. Just so I have a little more information on them. Which occasionally leads to information I did not have on them before. But anyways...getting back to adding research; I found a site that lists flags. It is easy to navigate around and it seems flags are being added.

It is called the Easy Flag Identifier . If you are researching ancestors from America don't forget that every state here has a flag of their own. Or you might have pictures that may have a picture of or the flag itself to help you identify the picture.

I hope that helps some people out with their research.

* Just a little note here: It has been really busy for me in the last few weeks. Spring is here and I have been cleaning up our garden. Veggies have been planted. Trying to get myself settled in because I found out I will be staying in New York indefinitely. Sometimes relationships end when you least expect them to. But I will be ok and have alot to keep me busy with. ALOT lol.