We are pleased to announce that we have a new installment in the “Genealogy at a Glance” collection of country research aids, Genealogy at a Glance: Russian Genealogy Research, by Vera Ivanova Miller, which is designed to guide researchers with ancestors not only in Russia but also in many countries of the former Soviet Union. Also[…]Read more
Although the term Ashkenaz originally referred to a place now in Germany, it is broadly used these days to refer to all European Jews. This guide is intended as an aid to researchers who are searching for Ashkenazic Jewish ancestors from Eastern Europe who immigrated to the United States primarily between 1880 and 1924. In[…]Read more
[av_image src=’https://genealogical.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018-08-23-09-33-55.14837aef052df29b5598bac3dba81885c29ca254-223×300.jpg’ attachment=’5373′ attachment_size=’medium’ align=’right’ styling=” hover=’av-hover-grow’ link=’manually,https://library.genealogical.com/printpurchase/X7Qe1′ target=’_blank’ caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’ overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’ admin_preview_bg=” av_uid=’av-4s1qto’] View Book Details [/av_image] Women Patriots in the American Revolution. Stories of Bravery, Daring, and Compassion By Jack Darrell Crowder Historians and genealogists have mostly overlooked the role of women in the American Revolution, even though women’s[…]Read more
Anglo-Dutch Links, 1560-1860 Social and economic links between the Netherlands and England have existed from the medieval period. During the early modern period, from the Reformation onwards, these links intensified when the two countries united in opposing a common enemy in the shape of Spain. At other times economic rivalry led to war between England[…]Read more
Last week we wrote about a major new resource for Connecticut genealogy, Linda MacLachlan’s Finding Early Connecticut Vital Records: The Barbour Index and Beyond. MacLachlan shows that Barbour and his staff omitted any number of sources researchers should know about, and her book is the complete inventory of Connecticut vital records. Besides Ms. MacLachlan’s groundbreaking[…]Read more
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Topping this week’s list of newly available titles is the 2nd edition of the Ernest Thode’s popular research aid, Genealogy at a Glance: German Genealogy Research. Whereas the original edition of “German Genealogy Research” was issued in 2011, the 2nd edition incorporates all the major changes in German genealogy over the past decade, including all[…]Read more
We are closing out the old year with a bang. You will find below brief descriptions of three new books by highly respected authors. Ernest Thode has produced an expanded New Second Edition of his popular research aid, Historic German Newspapers Online. Joseph Lee Boyle, who has compiled a number of books that identify runaway[…]Read more
