A selection of print and web-based resources. You’ll also find a video from Paul Connor, Reference Specialist in the Local History & Genealogy Reading Room.
Source: Library of Congress
Archive for the ‘Genealogy’ Category
New Research Guide: Amish Resources at the Library of Congress
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009Canada: New Database: Census of Canada, 1891
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009The 1891 Census offers a rich source of information about Canada and Canadians. Through this research tool, you can access digitized images of original census returns which list the name, age, country or province of birth, nationality, religion, and occupation of Canada’s residents at the time of the 1891 Census. Library and Archives Canada gratefully acknowledges the contribution of Ancestry.ca (www.ancestry.ca) without which this project would not have been possible.
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Results of 2008 Library Vocabulary and Core Reference Tools Surveys Posted by Diane Kovacs
Thursday, January 8th, 2009Direct links to ALL of the results from following surveys can be found here.
+ 2008 Library Vocabulary Results
+ Ready Reference Core Tools (Multi-Subject)
+ Collection Development Core Tools
+ Government Documents Core Reference Tools
+ Arts & Humanities ‘Core’ or Essential Reference Tools
+ Bio-Sciences (non-medical**)’Core’ or Essential Reference Tools
+ Business ‘Core’ or Essential Reference Tools
+ Consumer Health and Medical ‘Core’ or Essential Reference Tools
+ Professional* Health and Medical Reference Core Reference Tools
+ Physical and Earth Sciences ‘Core’ or Essential Reference Tool
+ Education and Homework Research ‘Core’ or Essential Reference Tools
+ Engineering, Computer Science, and Mathematics ‘Core’ or Essential Reference Tool
+ Genealogy ‘Core’ or Essential Reference Tools
+ Legal ‘Core’ or Essential Reference Tools
+ Social Sciences ‘Core’ or Essential Reference Tools
Source: Diane Kovacs
Online database now filled with African American history
Friday, January 2nd, 2009New information about the history of African Americans is now available in an online database, thanks to the State Library of North Carolina.
Information from the book “An Era of Progress and Promise,” written in 1910 by W.N. Hartshorn, details the early African American schools, churches, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and other institutions. This information is new part of the Digital Repositories online.
Source: WNCT
See Also: “An Era of Progress and Promise”: African American History Online
New Records Added: Online glimpse into Victorian children’s lives
Thursday, December 25th, 2008A new online database of medical records is offering a glimpse into the difficult lives of chronically ill children during the Victoria and Edwardian eras.
Around 10,000 records of admissions to Great Ormond Street Hospital’s (GOSH) Cromwell House convalescent home in north London have been added to the Small and Special website which already features 84,000 records of young GOSH patients.
Source: The Independent (U.K.)
Library and Archives Canada Connects Canadians to Their Irish Roots: New Genealogical Records Available Online
Monday, December 22nd, 2008Library and Archives Canada is pleased to announce that its partner, the National Archives of Ireland, has launched the next important phase of an online census research tool for the Irish counties of Antrim, Kerry, and Down for 1911. The census records for all counties for 1911 and for 1901 will be made available online throughout 2009.
Library and Archives Canada signed an agreement with the National Archives of Ireland in December 2005 and the two institutions have been working to make the censuses of Ireland for 1901 and 1911 accessible online, free of charge. Library and Archives Canada’s contribution included digitizing microfilm reels, linking images to the database and making the records searchable by name.
See Also: Canadian Genealogy Centre
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Recently Released: Database Catalogs Slave Ships
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008From the AP article (via NY Times):
Historians hope a new Web database will help bring millions of black people closer to their African ancestors who were forced onto slave ships. Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database launched Friday as Emory University marked the bicentennial of the official end of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in 1808. The project documents the slave trade from Africa to the New World an
News Briefs
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008News Briefs
+ R.I.P Liz Donovan, news researcher extraordinaire.
+ Google doubles Street View coverage in U.S. (CNET News)
+ YALSA names Morris Award finalists (Young Adult Library Services Association/ALA)
+ Library and Archives Canada Celebrates International Human Rights Anniversary with Important New Collaboration (Library and Archives Canada)
+ Bush library still far in the distance, but vision coming into focus (Dallas Morning News)
+ Sony Set To Launch Online Virtual World (InformationWeek)
Digitization Projects — Content Updated: 38,800 newspaper pages added – now includes papers published 1880-1910 and a new state, Minnesota
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008From the announcement:
On Sept. 23, the Library of Congress added 38,810 newspaper pages to the Chronicling America Web site, expanding coverage into the 1880’s and including content published in Minnesota. The site now provides access to over 680,000 newspaper pages from 9 states and the District of Columbia. Chronicling America is a project of the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
Source: Chronicling America, Library of Congress
Genealogy: Historic Canadian ship passenger lists go online
Friday, September 19th, 2008From the article:
The records of millions of British emigrants who sailed Canada in search of a new life are now available online through The records of millions of British emigrants who sailed Canada in search of a new life are now available online through Ancestry.co.uk.
The Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, the originals of which are held by the Library and Archives Canada, contain over seven million names..
Source: vnunet.com
Canada: Launch Announcement for the Second World War Service Files
Friday, September 5th, 2008Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to announce the launch of a new online database, Second World War Service Files: Canadian Armed Forces War Dead.
Through this online database, researchers can access references to the service files in the Department of National Defence Fonds (RG 24) for the members of the Canadian Armed Forces who lost their lives during this conflict. Over 1,159,000 men and women served in the Canadian Armed Forces during the Second World War (1939-1945) and 44,093 people lost their lives. The database is available at: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/war-dead/index-e.html
New Genealogy Program Started By Feds
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008New Genealogy Program Started By Feds
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service are making it easier to find your family’s immigration history. The agency started a new Genealogy program to streamline the process of finding information.
USCIS has records dating back to the late 1800’s documenting the arrival and naturalization of millions of immigrants. The agency also has records of those people who were naturalized citizens between 1906 and 1956.
The new program replaces a Freedom of Information Act process that was required to get the information. USCIS reported receiving over 40,000 requests for historical records in the last four years.
There will be a charge to use the program of 20 dollars. If you need a copy of a file on microfilm it will add 20 dollars to the fee, and if you need a copy of text file, that’ll tack on another $35.
Source: cbs4.com
UK: Databases: Genealogy: More army and naval records available online
Friday, August 15th, 2008For the first time you can now search and download the medal index cards of more than 20,000 soldiers who served in the Indian Army during World War One. The cards record the soldiers who were entitled to, or made a claim for, campaign medals – in particular the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
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For the first time you can now search and download service records of officers who served in the Royal Navy. These records were kept by the Admiralty from the 1840s and record service for warrant officers joining the Royal Navy up to 1931 and commissioned officers joining the service up to 1917.
Source: National Archives, United Kingdom
New from LC: New Wise Guide: Public markets, vaudeville, family trees and tourism
Monday, July 21st, 2008The latest issue of the Wise Guide to the Library of Congress Web site features fascinating facts on the public markets, the Library’s Local History and Genealogy Reading Room, tourism industry guides and much more.
Source: Library of Congress
Genealogy Records Are Given to Library
Sunday, July 20th, 2008The [NYPL] library’s extensive genealogical collection has just been enormously enhanced by the gift of 75,000 volumes, 30,000 manuscripts and 22,000 reels of microfilm from the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
Faced with a dwindling endowment, the members-only G & B, as it is known, sold its four-story building on East 58th Street in Midtown Manhattan last year for $24 million. It bought an office condominium in Midtown where it will now focus on grant-giving, tours, lectures and other means of encouraging genealogical research. One of the first grants was about $1 million to the library for a four-person staff to process and catalog the G & B collection within two years.
Source: NY Times
NARA’s ARC Databases/Catalog Adds New Features
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008USA.gov — Genealogy Resources, by State
Thursday, June 26th, 2008Genealogy Resources, by State
From USA.gov RSS feed:
Check out USA.gov’s new genealogy page. You’ll find links to state archives, libraries, or other places to begin researching your family tree.
UK: Transformation at The National Archives complete
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008The National Archives officially launches its new reading rooms following a £4 million transformation to accommodate its family records service, setting a new standard for archives in a digital age.
Now The National Archives brings together all of its family history and historical assets into a one-stop-shop of online resources, with practical face-to-face support to help researchers make the most of the wealth of information available.
Source: National Archives (UK)
Briefs: Version 72, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008+ Version 72, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Now Available
+ IST Researcher Examines Search Engine Branding
This research is being funded by Google.
Database News Briefs
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008More than 4,500 men and women with U.S. forces have died in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
+ Online database shows Britain-Australia links (AFP)
Details of millions of Britons who travelled to Australia in the late 19th and early 20th century in search of economic success were released online Wednesday as part of a social history collection. Website Ancestry.co.uk has compiled the names of 8.9 million so-called “free settlers”, or economic migrants to Australia, including around 2.2 million British free settlers.
