A new #history article and photos of #White Creek, Adams County, Wisconsin were just added to the #WIRoots Adams County Website.
The new page can be found here.
http://wiroots.org/wiadams/whitecreekhistory.html
Pictures are in the Linking Your Past Photo Gallery
Thanks to Patricia for sending the information and photos!
This just arrived in my inbox on a news list. Thanks Ruth for sharing!
For those of you researching the Poznan region of Poland, here is a new (at least new to me!) database. This is not the Poznan Marriage Project.
http://www.basia.famula.pl/en/
Type in the surname you are researching and hit ENTER. If you get a map with colored “pins” on it, click them for results.
Results with a green background are births (urodzenia); with a blue/lavender background are deaths (zgonu); and with a pink background are marriages (malzenstaw). The box with the green bar by each entry indicates the likeliness of a match.
Good luck,
Ruth
Originally posted by Dick Eastman:
20 April 2011
140 Free Online Genealogy Research Courses
Growing Course Catalog Makes It Easier to Expand Family History Skills
Family Search Genealogy Research Lessons Online
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—Ever found yourself researching your family tree and discovering a new branch that extended to another country—and you are not familiar with that country’s records or language? Or perhaps you are a fan of the popular reality show Who Do You Think You Are? and wonder, “How do the producers know what public records to search to find all of those cool stories about that celebrity’s ancestors?” Maybe you’d like to learn more about how to do your family history research but don’t think you can afford to take a class. Thousands of individuals are now satisfying many of those needs through FamilySearch’s growing collection of free online genealogy courses. In just one year, the number of free FamilySearch courses has grown to over 140—and new courses are added monthly. Most recently, over 25 courses were added for Australia, England, Germany, and the U.S. Additional courses were added that focus on basic tools and techniques for anyone just getting started in family history research, as well as courses for intermediate and advanced researchers.
“The goal of the initiative is to educate more people worldwide about how to find their ancestors. We do it by filming the experts teaching a particular class of interest and then offering free access to that presentation online—complete with the PowerPoint used and any electronic handouts that the user can download or print for future reference,” said Candace Turpan, FamilySearch instructional designer.
Turpan’s team films presentations made by its staff from the FamilySearch Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as special guests (the library is frequented by accredited researchers from all over the world). They also travel to industry conferences or other venues where record and research specialists gather. There they film specialists’ presentations and make them available online.
Of course, you don’t have to be into genealogy to find presentations of interest. Fans of The Da Vinci Code or National Treasure might find the Cemetery Art course by Ellen Miller of the Mid-Continent Public Library System in Independence, Missouri, very intriguing and enlightening. Miller’s course teaches about funerary traditions and cemetery iconography. “[Tombstone] practices differ from country to country, culture to culture, and religion to religion. As funeral ceremonies differ, so do the burial practices,” said Miller. Those elements often influence the types of funeral markers and symbols used on headstones, footstones, and tablet stones and can therefore tell important facts about the person they help identify. The key is in understanding the messages behind the symbolism.
FamilySearch uses viewing software that splits the viewing screen (sort of like the picture-in-picture features on some televisions) so the user can watch the video of the presenter while also seeing the PowerPoint presentation. Most courses are 30 minutes in length. You can also fast forward through the presentation or presentation slides or stop and pick up later where you left off—a luxury you don’t get in the live presentation.
“Maybe you enjoy the thrill of deciphering or reading old records in other languages. FamilySearch also has free courses to help genealogy students understand key words and terms of older foreign alphabets and handwriting, including Gothic,” added Turpin. The intent behind all of these courses is to give people the keys they need to successfully find their elusive ancestors in historic records. “Sometimes they just need a new sleuthing skill or resource. These genealogy courses are perfect for those personal development needs,” concluded Turpin.
Whatever your motivation or objective, bookmark and make regular visits to the growing catalog of free courses at FamilySearch.org.
And if you or someone you know currently teaches a class that would be of value to the genealogy community and wants to share it, find out how online at FamilySearch’s genealogy classes online.
Latest Course Additions:
Australia
Australia BDM Civil Registration Index
New South Wales Early Church Records 1788–1886
Using the New South Wales Birth, Death, Marriage Index
England
Getting the Most from the National Archives Website
Researching in the British Isles
What Is Britain?
Germany
My Experiences in German Family Research
Research Principles and Tools
Cemetery Art
Finding Your Way: Locating and Using Maps in Your Research
How to Find More at a Genealogy Library
If I’d Only Known: Beginner Genealogy Mistakes
Managing Your Family Records on the Internet
United States of America
Basic U.S. Military Records with Tiff
Beginning Census Research and Record Keeping
Colonial Immigration
Colonial Land
County Histories and Your Family
Finding the Slave Generation
Locating Ancestors on the Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes
See You on Sunday! Church Records in Genealogy
Some Underused Online Resources
U.S. Courthouse Research
Welcome to the World of Periodicals
ICAPGen The International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists
Mentoring Class: Introduction to ICAPGen
Mentoring Class: Research Binder
Mentoring Class: Evidence Analysis Part II
Mentoring Class: Written Exam and Oral Review
FamilySearch International is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit, volunteer–driven organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter–day Saints. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch has been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources free online at FamilySearch.org or through over 4,600 family history centers in 132 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
A gentleman by the name of Eugene B. Meier, Jr. Sent me a list of Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors and a listing of their art. I will be adding this to the Milwaukee website (and a link from the Waukesha) within the next weeks. There are 549 word document pages that will need to be converted to web format, so it might take a bit to get online. The list contains people that were in the Milwaukee Telephone exchange area of artists with art in the early 1900s through the 1980s.
Be looking for an update in the coming weeks and thank for thinking of us, Eugene!
PS If anyone knows HTML and wants to help, please let me know by sending me an email.
I am currently planning on attending a Civil War Symposium in Fort Wayne Indiana at the Allen County Library on Friday and Saturday Oct. 8 and 9, 2010.
If any of my fellow Milwaukee researchers would like to tag along, I would welcome the company.
http://thing1.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/Military%20Symposium_2010.pdf
The Allen County library has a large collection of genealogy materials from all states. I have heard it is definitely worth the trip out there if one can go.
It is approximately 5-6 hours to drive out there (depending on Chicago Traffic). I don’t know when I will be leaving yet. It will either be Thursday or very early Friday to give me time to do research at the library at least for a few hours. (first session starts Friday at 2:30) (It will also depends on the other passengers).
If you are interested let me know. You would be responsible for all your own costs (admission, hotel, food, etc.) I am willing to split a room if you are comfortable with that.
Let me know by sending me an email, placing a comment below or calling 262-783-1620.
Ellen-
For many of us with Czech/Bohemian ancestors, it seems that once they came over on the boat, we were to never hear of the old country again. It is difficult sometimes to find the exact city where they came from and therefore next to impossible to trace back further.
I just stumbled up a resource I did not know existed. I thought I would share it all with you.
I was at WI Historical Society working on a Bohemian project I am trying to track down what city they came from.
In her obit she said she was a member of the Western Bohemian Fraternal Association. I did some research on the association and they are a national group with lodges in communities around the nation.
Every month the association published a magazine relating to the Bohemians across the nation.
The publication was called Bratrsky Vestnik published from 1898 to Dec 1856. In July 1943 it was changed to Fraternal Herald. The publication is written in Czech most years but in later years they published both an English and Czech version.
The films are available through inter library loan.
Here is the URL from the Madison Library.
http://madcat.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=2&ti=1,2&Search_Arg=western%20bohemian%20fraternal%20association&Search_Code=GKEY^*&CNT=100&PID=680vyeqAedLzOWgPEya2muyZFL&SEQ=20100806080218&SID=1
There are obituaries on some deceased members published in the magazine. The obits typically include where they came from in the old country 
In later years they also published a chart that listed payments of Mortuary Claims for the month.
Some good information in there if you are lucky enough to have a Czech/ Bohemian family member as a member.
Unfortunately my family still remains a mystery.
This is a repost from Megan Smolenyak’s blog. Thanks Megan for the head’s up.
July 26, 2010
The latest from FamilySearch — it just keeps coming!
Millions of Historic Documents from Microfilms Now Emerging Digitally Online
FamilySearch’s microfilm conversion initiative is beginning to sail. Over 12 million digital images from thousands of microfilm, representing 8 countries, were published online for free viewing this month. FamilySearch’s online image viewer makes it easy for online patrons to view the newest digital images from Argentina, Costa Rica, France, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, and Spain.
This week the complete U.S. 1910 Federal Census name indexes for Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Missouri were also published online at FamilySearch’s Record Search pilot (FamilySearch.org, click Search Records, and then click Record Search pilot) and coming soon to Beta.FamilySearch.org.
See the chart below for the complete list of all the newly added or improved collections.
FamilySearch plans on digitizing and publishing online the bulk of its 2.4 million rolls of microfilm—representing 132 countries. In addition, it is now capturing millions of new images each year digitally “at birth” from its 185 field camera teams worldwide. It all translates to a steady stream of new digital image collections for genealogy enthusiasts to anticipate and enjoy.
Argentina, Buenos Aires, Province, Catholic Church Records, 1642–1931
1,824,476 New Images
Costa Rica, Church Records, 1595–1992
605,658 New Images
France, Coutances, Catholic Diocese, 1802–1907
87,000 Indexed Records Only
Luxembourg Civil Registration, 1793–1923
114,000 New Images
Mexico, Aguascalientes, Civil Registration, 1860–1950
438,725 New Images
México, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1886–1933, Part 1
1,572,682 New Images
Mexico, Hidalgo, Catholic Church Records,1546-1963
1,605,822 New Images
Mexico, Tamaulipas, Church Records 1703-1964, Part 2
172,951 New Images
Netherlands, Noord-Holland Province Civil Registration 1811-1940
599,639 New Images
Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Amsterdam Civil Registration 1811-1940
576,189 New Images
Netherlands, Overijssel Civil Registration 1811-1952 -
496,541 New Images
Netherlands, Utrecht Province Civil Registration 1811-1950
347,867 New Images
Netherlands, Zeeland Civil Registration 1796-1940 -
497,188 New Images
Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Leiden Civil Registration 1812-1882
83,129 New Images
Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Rotterdam Civil Registration 1811-1942
273,199 New Images
Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, ‘s-Gravenhage Civil Registration 1811-1882
84,124 New Images
Puerto Rico Civil Registration, 1836–2001
3,255,102 New Images
Spain, Alicante, 1762–1921, Part 1
34,666 New Images
Spain, Barcelona Civil Registration, 1886–1936
265,084 New Images
Spain, Cordoba, Civil Registration, 1841–1870
63,198 New Images
Spain, Sevilla, Civil Registration, Archivo de la Diputacion de Sevilla, 1841–1882
76,939 New Images
Spain, Sevilla, Civil Registration, Archivo Municipal de Carmona, 1841–1871
15,512 New Images
Spain, Sevilla, Civil Registration, Archivo Municipal de Marchena, 1841–1870
7,237 New Images
Spain, Sevilla, Civil Registration, Archivo Municipal de Sevilla, 1841–1882
272,132 New Images
Spain, Valencia, Census, Archivo Municipal de Torrent, 1875–1912
2,462 New Images
Spain, Valencia, Municipal Census
59,312 New Images
I recently added a new project to my list of things to do in my spare time. I am not the webmaster for the Washington County, WIGenWeb website. It will be very similar to my Waukesha and Milwaukee sites in style and layout. If you have any Washington County resources you want to add, please be sure to send the information my way! I will add it as quickly as I can.
I am still putting a few finishing touches on the site, but if you are interested in taking a peak it can be found at www.LinksToThePast.com/washington
It amazes me sometimes that I can live in a community for 25 years and know very little about it. For those of you researching Jewish Ancestors in the Milwaukee Area, the Jewish Museum Milwaukee has online resources available.
They have:
If you haven’t already been there, be sure to check out the Milwaukee Jewish resources available online.
If you haven’t been to the museum, you may also want to check that out:
1360 N. Prospect Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Hours
Monday–Thurs 10am–4pm
Friday 10am-2pm
Sunday 12pm–4pm
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Woohoo goes the applause from Irish researchers!
The second phase of the www.IrishGenealogy.ie website is expected to be launched this week. The second phase involves the digitization of Church of Ireland birth/marriage/death records from the city of Dublin and dioceses of Ardfert and Leighlin and Roman Catholic birth/marriage/death records from the Diocese of Cork and Ross.
The www.IrishGenealogy.ie website allows the public to view over 1,300 million pre-1900 Church records from Kerry and Dublin city free of charge.
For more information visit Inside Ireland
