Roots n Branches: Climbing Your Family Tree: May 2013

Monday, May 20, 2013

770 Connecticut Cemeteries Online at Godfrey Memorial Library (one of the free Scholar websites at your nearest FHC)

May 19, 2013

Photos and Vital Information on every Tombstone in more than 770 Connecticut Cemeteries Now Online

The Godfrey Memorial Library continues to expand its searchable Scholar+ online database weekly. The database now contains listings from 770 cemeteries in Connecticut and includes:

A photograph of every tombstone in each cemetery
Vital information from each tombstone is transcribed
Information from missing tombstones is added from the Hale Collection

Godfrey Scholar subscribers can search for people by name or browse all the names in a particular cemetery at http://www.godfrey.org/scholar/login.html. Once logged in, anyone who participates in the Godfrey Scholar program can search and then click on the name to view a photo of the persons' tombstone. Information about the Godfrey Scholar program may be found at http://www.godfrey.org/subscribe.html.

Volunteers from the Godfrey Memorial Library continue to add cemeteries to this database weekly and hope to have completed 1/3 of the Connecticut Cemeteries by the end of the year. If you would like to assist this effort, look at the information available at http://www.godfreydata.org/Volunteer%20for%20the%20Ed%20Laput%20Cemetery%20Project.pdf.

--excerpted from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Mocavo's GENEALOGY KARMA -- modeled after RAOGK

Mocavo Announces Genealogy Karma

Back in 1999, a fantastic resource was established to bring together members of the genealogy community all around the world. The brainchild of Bridgett and Doc Schneider, Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) was created to help genealogists collaborate with the genealogy community to document their research, while also offering genealogists a way to give back to a community that had helped them in the past. RAOGK quickly turned into a global organization. The group’s volunteers were able to help thousands of genealogists make progress in their family history research.

Bridgett Schneider courtesy of RAOGK Wiki

The ROAGK website went offline in 2011 because of a computer disaster. Sadly, Bridgett Schneider passed away later that year, and the website was never able to come back online. In tribute to Bridgett and Doc Schneider and all of the participants in RAOGK, many volunteers have created programs similar to ROAGK to help bring together the expertise of the genealogy community. Doc and Bridgett’s legacy and the efforts of thousands of volunteers inspired us to create a place for researchers to come together and collaborate to help other members of the genealogical community.

Today, at Mocavo, we are excited to announce the launch of Genealogy Karma. Modeled after Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness, we hope to empower the Mocavo community and connect researchers all around the country. If you’re looking for documents, records, or photos from an ancestor who lived far away, we will connect you with family history volunteers who can do this research for you in other cities. Likewise, if you’d like to give back to the Mocavo community and have a little time to donate, you can sign up as a volunteer.

To begin visit www.mocavo.com/karma

Friday, May 3, 2013

SOUTH DAKOTA IMMIGRATION RECORDS Online at FamilySearch

SOUTH DAKOTA IMMIGRATION RECORDS

Now ONLINE at FamilySearch.

Description

County Circuit and District court naturalization records from county courthouses in South Dakota. Coverage dates vary by county. The records were acquired from the South Dakota State Historical Society.