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Grandduchy of Baden - Map Guide to German Parish Registers - Second Edition - Now Shipping

August 22nd, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Book Announcements, German Research, Map Guide to German Parish Registers
The Baden Map Guide is back in print in a new Second Edition! This Grandduchy of Baden - Map Guide to German Parish Registers volume contains detailed information about where to locate the church and parish records where the town residents went to church in Baden. Additional information is also included about other religions that might [...]

Fort Oglethorpe Historic Pictures Compiled into a Book

August 16th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Book Announcements, Military Records, WWII Military Records
The Post Community Association is an organization dedicated to the preservation and restoration of historic Fort Oglethorpe Post. A member of the group has recently retrieved pictures and data from the National Archives on the majority of buildings of Fort Oglethorpe Post. The data and pictures (totaling more than 100), along with the building plans [...]

The Boy Named Sue… “Why Not Bill, or George, or… Anything but Sue?”

August 15th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Book Announcements, Census - U.S., Flotsam & Jetsam
A 9-year-old girl legally named “Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii” got what she deserved: a name change. A New Zealand family court judge recently took pity on the girl upon receiving her custody case. He made Talula a ward of the court so her name could be changed. The new name wasn’t released. The judge said Talula’s [...]

Massacre at Mountain Meadow

August 13th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Book Announcements, LDS Church, LDS Church History
I blogged about the anniversary of the Mountain Meadows massacre a while back. A new book is now available, written by LDS historians, that seems to take to the subject head-on. I haven’t read the book - but plan too. Oxford University Press is already reporting they are “out-of-stock,” with a new printing expected September [...]

Carrollton, Texas, History to Be Released on August 18

August 13th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Book Announcements, Texas
It took a lot of hard work, late nights and long weekends for Toyia Pointer to become a published author. Her first book, “Carrollton,” will hit bookstores Aug. 18. The book is filled with more than 200 vintage photographs and descriptions of Carrollton [Dallas County, Texas] through the years. “It’s a little weird,” Pointer said about [...]

“In Search of Your German Roots” & “Finding Italian Roots” Now available as downloadable PDF Electronic Books

August 7th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Book Announcements, German Research, Italian Research
It’s now been announced that two popular genealogy guide books have been digitized and are available from Millenia. The following was written by Millenia Corporation: Legacy Family Tree teams with Genealogical Publishing Company to release popular How-To books in downloadable, electronic format for the first time SURPRISE, Arizona, August 7, 2008. Millennia Corporation, publisher of the [...]

St. Louis Family History Research Guide

June 17th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Book Announcements, Missouri
Joyce Loving, with the St. Louis County Library, sent me a note saying that Ann Fleming, former president of both the National Genealogical Society and the St. Louis Genealogical Society, has authored & published a new book entitled St Louis Family History Research Guide. Joyce highly recommends the book, saying, “This “must-have” guide for [...]