If you haven’t looked into www.footnote.com yet, take a look. They have lots of plans and are growing all the time. Some things you can see for free, others are subscription.
July 2008, V7#7: Genealogy Wednesday, Jan 7 2009
Genealogy fee, foot note, footnote, free, online, service, subscription 10:43 pm
June 2008, V7#6: Genealogy Wednesday, Jan 7 2009
Computer & Software and Genealogy intenet, online, search, search engine, searching 10:40 pm
When searching online, never forget to try more than one search engine.
May 2008, V7#5: Genealogy Wednesday, Jan 7 2009
Genealogy baiscs, basic, business, enclosure, envelope, fold, SASE, standard, tool box 10:37 pm
Back to basics: Consider buying a box of #10 envelopes. They fit inside a standard business envelope (#12) without folding. A folded SASE adds more thickness than a folded letter in a flat SASE. This sometimes causes envelopes to get caught in automated machinery. This is a good addition to your “tool box” for queries and SASE.
April 2008, V7#4: Genealogy Wednesday, Jan 7 2009
Electronic Magazine and Genealogy 6:50 pm
See Computer Catagory of this issue
February 2008, V7#2: Genealogy Wednesday, Jan 7 2009
Electronic Magazine and Genealogy Archival Research Room, assignment, award, decoration, demographic information, evaluation, eVetRecs, file, health, Lawton Constitution, medical, military, Missouri, MO, NARA, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, NPRC, Paul Follett, personnel, photo, photograph, service, soldier, St. Louis, training, Tree tracers, veteran, Washington DC, World War I, WWI 6:46 pm
Pre-1946 Military Personnel Files Made Public
The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis announced the release of all pre-1946 official military personnel files to researchers.
Documents found in a typical personnel file include assignments, evaluations, awards and decorations, training, demographic information, limited medical information and disciplinary actions. Some files contain the soldier’s photograph.
To request a copy of a file, submit standard form 180 to NPRC, 9700 Page Ave., St. Louis, MO 63132. The veteran or next-of-kin of a deceased veteran may use eVetRecs at www.archives.gov.veterans/evetrecs.index.html.
Copies of the personnel files are $15 for 5 pages or less and $50.00 for over 6 pages. Most files contain over 6 pages. Files of “persons of exceptional prominence” are $.75 per page.
Files may be viewed at the NPRC Archival Research Room in St. Louis. The research room is open Tues-Fri, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Call 314-801-0850 for a reservation.
Additional information concerning the opening of these records is found in the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) press release at http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2008/nr08-14.html.
The National Personnel Records Center is the repository for the 20th century service records. The files consist of personnel, health and medical records of discharged and deceased solders from all the services. The repository holds over 57 million individual files. Every year additional records will be released for public use.
Pre-World War I military records are available from the National Archives in Washington DC. For further information, visit the NARA webpage at http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/military.
This information was taken from Paul Follett’s column Tree Tracers published in the Lawton Constitution on November 5, 2007.
January 2008, V7#1: Genealogy Wednesday, Jan 7 2009
Electronic Magazine and Genealogy archive, book, Colorado, database, document, genealogytoday, image, Internet, online, regisary, stamp, surname, war ration 6:42 pm
The Registry of War Ration Books, including 83 Canadian books can be found at the link below. For those of you not familiar with food rationing, during World War Two the government issued ration stamps in books to each family member. There were four series of books, and there was a
complicated maze of instructions (typically published in the newspaper) as to which stamps were valid at any given time.
Prior to this project at Genealogy Today, the largest known private collection of ration books was a 900-book collection housed in Colorado. The registry was approaching 5,000 books (early October 2007), and is expected to double again in 2008. In addition to the books being collected,
contributions from visitors to the web site are helping expand the database and ensure these interesting genealogical documents get properly archived.
To view the images, visit this page and search for surnames:
Index of War Ration Books
http://genealogytoday.com/guide/war-ration-books.html
December 2007, V6#12: Genealogy Wednesday, Jan 7 2009
Electronic Magazine and Genealogy article, Britian, fee, free, Great, Guardian, information, Internet, newspaper, Observer, online, pass, review, RootsWeb, searchable, subsciption, UK, United Kingdom, website 6:39 pm
Two UK Newspapers Now Available Online
The “Guardian,” a famous UK newspaper, and the “Observer,” the world’s
first Sunday newspaper, are going digital.
So far, issues of the “Guardian” from 1821-1975 and the “Observer”
from 1900-1975 are available. In early 2008, both of the newspapers
will be online in their entirety (from 1821 for the former and 1791
for the latter). Both newspapers are searchable. Searching is free,
but you must buy a timed access pass to view entire articles.
Visit the “Guardian” website for more information:
http://archive.guardian.co.uk/Default/Skins/DigitalArchive/Client.asp?Skin=DigitalArchive&enter=true&AW=1194298449025&AppName=2
Previously published in RootsWeb Review: 7 November 2007, Vol. 10, No. 45
October 2007, V6#10: Genealogy Wednesday, Jan 7 2009
Electronic Magazine and Genealogy 6:36 pm
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