AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors

The Calendar of Events for May 2009 will appear later today. Thank you for your patience.

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From the Tacoma News Tribune via the Spokesman-Review (Spokane): STEILACOOM, Wash. – For 77 years, patients who died at Western State Hosp...

From the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel : Seventy-three years ago - as the Great Depression dragged on - a migrant farm worker struggl...

Incredible Effort Speeds Up Access to Online Genealogical Information SALT LAKE CITY—FamilySearch volunteers reached a monumental milestone ...

SALT LAKE CITY—FamilySearch expanded its Knowles Collection—a free popular database of Jewish records hailing from the British Isles. The co...

This is one of several press releases I've received in the past week or so. My apologies: I've been remiss on posting them in a time...

This is one of several press releases I've received in the past week or so. My apologies: I've been remiss on posting them in a time...

This is one of several press releases I've received in the past week or so. My apologies: I've been remiss on posting them in a time...

This is one of several press releases I've received in the past week or so. My apologies: I've been remiss on posting them in a time...

The April 2009 Scanfest will be held Sunday, April 26th, from 11 AM to 2 PM, Pacific Daylight Time. Scanfest is a time when family historian...

This week, two carnivals were posted. The 12th Edition of the "Smile for the Camera" Carnival was published April 15th at the Sha...

I noticed that SeekingMichigan had twittered today that they had recently added more 1897 - 1920 death certificates to their database, for ...

Best Easter Wishes postcard from Ole LERFALD to his sister Rena LERFALD. C. 1908 - 1920. Original privately held by Troy Midkiff, [ADDRESS ...

I've updated the February, March, and April Calendars of Events to reflect all the postings of carnivals and other blogging events, as w...

From the Flint (Michigan) Journal : RICHFIELD TOWNSHIP, Michigan -- As a 70-something-year-old man, Nathaniel Blackmer Sr. still was trying...

Don't forget! Tomorrow, April 8, you can attend a free MyCanvas webinar: Creative Gift Ideas for Moms, Dads & Grads. John Pereira a...

As my regular readers have probably noticed, I didn't blog much during the month of March. All right, I posted 27 items, but most were ...

April brings the primrose sweet, Scatters daisies at our feet. --from "The Garden Year" by Sara Coleridge Holidays, History, and ...

Starting tomorrow, April 1, MyCanvas is offering 25% off on photo books and family history books and 15% off on family tree posters and col...