Genealogy Gold Mine: Millions of Wills Now Online Chicago Tribune
Thousands of amateur genealogists who fantasize about being left a fortune by a distant relative can now get a reality check. Starting Wednesday, upward of 100 million wills written over the last three centuries will be posted to Ancestry.com, the popular genealogical search engine.
DAR offers free online genealogy research tools Examiner.com
The DAR Genealogical Research System (GRS) is the free online portal to genealogical records maintained by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. It provides seven databases that contain a wealth of information to help potential DAR members complete membership applications, but even genealogists who do not plan to join DAR may find valuable information on their ancestors.
Genealogy records to be available online after closure of library East Valley Tribune
Many genealogy enthusiasts were very disappointed last month when the Arizona Genealogical Library was closed and the more than 20,000 documents that made up the archives split up and distributed between several different locations.
And for fun...
Seven dastardly deeds of genealogy Green Valley News
We’ve all heard of the seven cardinal vices, the Seven Deadly Sins: wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy and gluttony. We genealogists have our own list of dastardly deeds to consider, like refusing to share information because it is “ours,” or not verifying secondary sources.
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