Category Archives: Cemetery

New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 11 November 2019

Posted on November 17, 2019 by

I saw this today on FamilySearch – New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 11 November 2019: https://media.familysearch.org/new-free-historical-records-on-familysearch-week-of-11-november-2019/ FamilySearch.org added Chilean (1821-2015) and South African (1886-2010) cemetery records. More historical records added from American Samoa, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, England, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Peru, Portugal … Continue reading →

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Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry – November 14, 2019

Posted on November 16, 2019 by

I saw this last night on Ancestry.com – Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry – November 14, 2019: https://www.ancestry.com/cs/recent-collections. Only including updates since November 7, 2019. New and Updated   UPDATED 1901 Census of Canada 11/14/2019 UPDATED Nova Scotia, … Continue reading →

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New UK and US military records – FindMyPast Fridays November 15, 2019

Posted on November 15, 2019 by

I didn’t see a post last night on FindMyPast, at least not before I left my Internet cafe location. I saw it posted this morning – FindMyPast Fridays –New UK and US military records: https://www.findmypast.com/blog/new/new-uk-and-us-military-records. They can usually be found … Continue reading →

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Happy 89th Birthday Mom, You Are Not Forgotten – November 15, 2019

Posted on November 15, 2019 by

Mom died July 31, 1997 at age 66. This post is to honor her memory. She was a very private person so I won’t share too much of her life. You can read some of her story on her Find-A-Grave … Continue reading →

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Cenotaphs Revisited November 14, 2019

Posted on November 14, 2019 by

I ran across a weird situation on Find-A-Grave involving two (2) memorials – a memorial marked as a cenotaph even though the person is buried in the cemetery in an unmarked grave and the other memorial in a different cemetery … Continue reading →

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Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry – November 7, 2019

Posted on November 9, 2019 by

I saw this last night on Ancestry.com – Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry – November 7, 2019: https://www.ancestry.com/cs/recent-collections. Only including updates since November 5, 2019. New and Updated   NEW Brompton, London, England, Cemetery Registers, 1840-2012 11/7/2019 UPDATED … Continue reading →

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7 Commonly Used England Death Records – FamilySearch November 7, 2019

Posted on November 9, 2019 by

I saw this last night on FamilySearch – 7 Commonly Used England Death Records: https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/england-death-records/. Learning about an ancestor’s death can be key to learning about the person’s life. Records about death can help confirm someone’s identity and the identities … Continue reading →

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New military records available to search – FindMyPast Fridays November 8, 2019

Posted on November 8, 2019 by

Update reminder: FindMyPast is free (there are exclusions) from today through November 11, 2019 Findmypast is free this Veterans Day Weekend (Exclusions Apply) – November 7, 2019. I didn’t see a post last night on FindMyPast, at least not before … Continue reading →

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The Wikipedia of Graves: Israeli App CemoMemo Brings Cemeteries Into The Digital Age – No Camels November 4, 2019

Posted on November 7, 2019 by

I found this today in a search – The Wikipedia of Graves: Israeli App CemoMemo Brings Cemeteries Into The Digital Age: nocamels.com/2019/11/wikipedia-graves-israeli-app-cemomemo/. For the direct CemoMemo link – https://cemomemo.kinneret.ac.il/home (choose English if it shows up in Hebrew). You can use … Continue reading →

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Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry – November 5, 2019

Posted on November 6, 2019 by

I saw this today on Ancestry.com – Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry – November 5, 2019: https://www.ancestry.com/cs/recent-collections. Only including updates since November 1, 2019. New and Updated   NEW U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 11/5/2019 UPDATED Oaxaca, … Continue reading →

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