John McCain’s Citizenship Status
Since I'm being accused of partisan politics, I thought I would lay out the questions and issues surrounding John McCain's birth on a U.S. naval base in the Panama Canal...Is Barack Obama Really a U.S. Citizen?
The ancestry of politicians always seems to interest people, but I don't think I've ever before seen the frenzy that's been brought about by the family tree of Democratic presidential...Obama and Biden both Descend from Irish Shoemakers
Genealogy always seems to have a way of pointing out just how small our world really is. As diverse as their backgrounds may seem now, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama...The Influenza Epidemic of 1918
1918 was a year of tragedy, marking both the final year of World War One and the worst infectious disease outbreak in human history. Most are aware that WWI had...2009 Missouri State Genealogical Society Conference Call for Papers
August 26th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Genealogical Societies, Missouri, Seminars & Genealogy Education
Janice Schultz, Conference Chair for the 2009 Missouri State Genealogical Society Conference, recently posted their call for papers. Following is a copy:
The Missouri State Genealogical Association is calling for lecture proposals in preparation for its 2009 Annual Conference, August 7-8, 2009, to be held at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City, Missouri. Lectures [...]
Ancestry.com Posts Italian Vital Records, 1870-1937, for the Piemonte Region
August 26th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ancestry.com, Ancestry.it, Computer Tech, Databases, Digital Online Content, Italian Research
It was announced this last weekend that Ancestry has posted Civil Registration Records for the Piemonte Region of Italy, 1870-1937. These records can be accessed at Ancestry.com, if the subscriber has a World Deluxe subscription. In checking them out, I found that many records start in 1866. I even located Viganella birth and deaths records [...]