Fellow genealogists and family history enthusiasts, if you haven't seen this documentary, I highly recommend it. Everything about it is so well done, including the soundtrack. youtu.be/2M8ESS9hSAQ

Get crackin! Apply by Thu, Feb 1 to masshist.org/fellowships/ne…. New England Regional Fellowship recipients will spend at least 8 weeks at 3 or more of 31 repositories like Maine Historical Society, Osher Map Library, Massachusetts Historical Society, Mystic Seaport Museum + more.

Did you know that, barring a few units, the Continental army and states’ militia were integrated forces? This was the last instance of widespread U.S. military integration until President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981 in July 1948. battlefields.org/learn/articles…

Big digitization project planned by UMass Amherst: New England Quaker records! umass.edu/news/article/n…

I just got my great-grandmother's death certificate in the mail and it is the oddest one I've found for a family member. Her maiden name was O'Brien and they put her name down as Mrs. Mary Ellen Obrine!

Nearly 200 rare documents bearing the names of Black and Native American soldiers who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War will soon be digitally accessible to everyone at no cost, thanks to a new partnership with Ancestry. More: bit.ly/3xcvdWU

Ellis Island sheds light on untold stories of Caribbean immigrants cbsnews.com/newyork/news/d… via CBS New York

I took a research trip last month to find information about my #Huguenot ancestor. newtowngenealogy.com/2023/03/14/res…

Teaching computers to decipher old newsprint - in Gaelic nyu.edu/about/news-pub…

"...in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.” #OnThisDay in 1776, Abigail Adams wrote her now-famous letter to her husband John Adams.

EXTRA, EXTRA! Front page news report in Albany about just how awful the New York State Dept of Health (NYSDOH) has been at fulfilling all of our records requests for years! Oh, and the first public mention of RTR’s latest NY LAWSUIT WIN! 😁 timesunion.com/news/article/g…

‘They died like flies’: Remembering tragic history of Irish famine immigrants on Staten Island silive.com/news/2023/05/t…

Did you know half of the Irish immigrants to the United States in its colonial-era (1607–1775) came from the Irish province of Ulster while the other half came from the other three provinces of Ireland? They were mainly male catholic indentured servants. #emigration #IrishRoots

lol imagine designing an enormous public destination so that it’s illegal and dangerous to walk to

Mapping the genetic history of French Canadians through space and time mcgill.ca/newsroom/chann… via McGill University

One of the most amazing experiences of my career. Apply!

From today's American Ancestors Weekly Genealogist newsletter #Maine Did a young Maine farmer with ‘a good set of teeth’ really offer a ‘Chance for a Spinster’ to marry him? pressherald.com/?p=7102520

This #Juneteenth, help reveal the stories of formerly enslaved people as they navigated the joys and challenges of freedom. In just a few minutes, you can transcribe handwritten records from 1868 with our Smithsonian Transcription Center, making them accessible to all.