[eogn] Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - 5 new articles

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(+) Casefile Clues by Michael John Neill: Canceling the Homestead A Video Interview with Clark Stiles of the National Library of New Zealand New Web Site Provides Online Access to New Zealand Birth, Death And Marriage Records Daughters of Union Veterans to Expand Headquarters & Museum Practical Tips For Gravesite Searching More Recent Articles Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - 5 new articles (+) Casefile Clues by Michael John Neill: Canceling the Homestead The following Plus Edition article was written by and is copyright by Michael John Neill.  Homesteading brought thousands of Americans and immigrants to the Plains states. In this column, I look at a homestead claim that was actually canceled and see that it also tells us something about the claimant, even though he did not finish the homestead process. Genealogists should remember that not every application was completed, and not every migrant to the American West stayed. We may... Read the rest of the story » • Email to a friend • • A Video Interview with Clark Stiles of the National Library of New Zealand I recently had an opportunity to sit and talk with Clark Stiles of the National Library of New Zealand. He described a fascinating project: digitizing newspapers in New Zealand as part of the ongoing project, Papers Past. This project has been underway for eight years and is digitizing 42 newspapers and four periodicals from 1839 through 1920. Roots Television kindly videotaped our conversation and has now placed that video online at:... Read the rest of the story » • Email to a friend • • New Web Site Provides Online Access to New Zealand Birth, Death And Marriage Records The following announcement was written by New Zealand's Ministry of Internal Affairs:A website which provides online access to New Zealand's historical birth, death and marriage records was today launched by the Minister of Internal Affairs Richard Worth. The website, developed by the Department of Internal Affairs, will be useful to genealogists and people who would like historical birth, death and marriage information about their relatives, said Dr Worth. "I'm pleased to... Read the rest of the story » • Email to a friend • • Daughters of Union Veterans to Expand Headquarters & Museum The Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War is expanding its national office and museum in Springfield, Illinois. The organization, whose members are all direct female descendants of Union Civil War veterans, recently bought an updated, 2,800 square-foot "American foursquare" home next to the Daughters' museum and office at Walnut and Governor streets. The 1898 home will be converted into research, library and special exhibit space, as well as quarters for organization trustees... Read the rest of the story » • Email to a friend • • Practical Tips For Gravesite Searching Leslie Wagner has some great tips on how to visit  cemetery and find genealogical-relevant information there. She advises that "Take a camera to photograph the headstone. Headstone rubbings will actually cause chemical damage to the stone." You can read Leslie's article in the Dallas History Examiner  at http://www.examiner.com/x-2242-Dallas-History-Examiner~y2009m2d23-Helpful-hints-for-visiting-a-cemetery. • Email to a friend • • More Recent Articles South Carolina African American Records to Be Published Online "Superguns" of Elizabeth I's Navy (+) Along Those Lines... by George G. Morgan: Modern Tools for Your Genealogy Research Trips The Truth About the 1890 U.S. Census (+) Free or Low-Cost Communications When Traveling - Part I Genealogy of the the King in the Wizard of Id Maryland Historical Society Lays Off Staff Video Interview with Kasia Grycza FamilySearch Update: 6 million New Indexed Records & 1.4 Million New Images On the Road Again

 

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