Archive for the ‘History-Genealogy’ Category.
21st February 2007, 02:30 am
Genealogy site Ancestry.com has announced a huge new collection of African-American family history records, though compared to the passenger list collection it’s being positively chintzy with the free access (sign up for a free account and get three days free access, as opposed to “free access until the end of November”.)
This collection includes more than 55 million African-American family history records includes US Colored Troops service records, Freedmen’s Bureau records, and narratives from 3,500 former slaves. (Southern Claims Commission records are on the way.) The US Federal Census collection, which spans 1790-1930, has been upgraded to users can search for African-American entries (there are 53 million of them in the census.)
To get more information, visit the collection directly at http://www.ancestry.com/aahistory .
This post came from ResearchBuzz, a site with news and information about online data collections. Visit us at ResearchBuzz.com .
6th February 2007, 01:58 am
Genealogy nut? Seven former MyFamily.com instructors are offering a variety of genealogy classes online for $29.95 each. Check it out at http://www.genclass.com/ .
Each class is $29.95, and lasts four weeks. Classes cover two lessons a week. There are online chats to attend, but they aren’t required. There’s also a forum for ongoing communications between teacher and student. Classes being taught in March and April include “Native American Genealogy”, “Eastern European Genealogy Research: Part 2″, “Jump Start your Genealogy!”, and “Scottish Genealogy - A Comprehensive Introduction”.
You can get an overview of the instructors at http://www.genclass.com/teachers.htm .
22nd January 2007, 09:10 am
Ancestry ( http://www.ancestry.com ) recently announced a launch of a new historical records collection that covers over six million names from German a variety of collections. At the same time Ancestry has launched German-language sister site Ancestry.de.
This new collection includes passenger lists (Hamburg passenger lists, which list over five million people who sailed from Hamburg between 1850 and 1934), census records, ships crew lists, family history, and local history.
Ancestry’s international sites now include Ancestry.de, Ancestry.ca, and Ancestry.com.au .
