Built by the University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab, Department of Geography and the Environment, and Spatial Analysis Lab, the map features drone-captured imagery and GPS data points collected by hundreds of students and volunteers organized by the Friends of East End. The searchable digital map can be accessed on both phones and tablets. The […]

This sounds like a game-changer to me. MyHeritage (the sponsor of this newsletter) has just introduced new technology that will be of interest to anyone whose ancestors spoke a language other than English, whether they were in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, or still back in “the old country.” MyHeritage’s web site […]

The following announcement was written by FamilySearch: FamilySearch added 6.5 million New York land records and over 1 million Uruguay passenger lists, 1880 – 1980.  Additional records were added for American Samoa, Brazil, Canada, Chile, England, France, Iceland, Ireland, Niue, Norway, Peru, South Africa, Spain and the United Kingdom.  Additional US records were added for AK, CA, HI, ID, IA, KS, LA, MN, MS, NY, NC, OH, PA, […]