Genealogy Club of Little Egg Harbor
What's New
Our January meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 24, will be held at the
Senior Center located at 641 Radio Rd., Little Egg Harbor.
We will be discussing the bylaws as well as collecting dues for 2012 which are now $15 a year.
If you are a interested in genealogy, thinking about finding your ancestors, or just want to know what it's all about, come join us at this meeting.
Our members are searching ancesters from all over the world--not just Ocean County.
See our page on Surnames for a list of families we are searching.
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Our club library is now open to members and the public on the first Saturday of each month from 10 to 2
at the Senior Center located at 641 Radio Rd., Little Egg Harbor
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The Cape May Patriots Chapter of the DAR is sponsoring a genealogy workshop.
No cost, but register by sending an e-mail to ladysymitar@hotmail.com
Focus on American genealogy, particularly, Revolutionary War
Location: Cape May County Museum, 504 Route 9 North, Cape May Court House, NJ
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From the Historical Society of Philadelphia
- Getting the Most from Ancestry.com
- Pennsylvania Vital Records: HSP’s Collection on Ancestry.com
- Collecting Since 1824: Genealogy Resources at HSP
- 7 Strategies for Searching Ancestry.com
Register now and get ready to take your research further than ever before. Break through brick walls or plan a course of action with the help of professional researchers. Speakers include Lisa Arnold, Senior Records Analyst at Ancestry.com.
Registration is $30 for HSP members and $40 for nonmembers. Join as a member to get your discount
1) www.teachparentstech.org (how to use computers)
2) www.shorpy.com (download your old photos into a gallery and tell the stories behind them)
3) www.obituarieshelp.org/free_printable_blank_family_tree.html
Description: Family tree templates available in PDF form. These free forms can be used to create your own personal family tree. Note: scroll down towards the bottom.
Great news - the 1911 Census for Scotland is now online on
4) ScotlandsPeople<http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk>.
This census details information collected from more than 4.7 million
Scots - marking a century since the data was first gathered.
The census images include the name, address, age, occupation,
birthplace and marital status of everyone counted in the 1911 census,
as well as details about their children. For the first time, the
census images are available in full colour.
*New 5) http://www.ancientfaces.com/ --photos
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1940 Census Will be Free on Ancestry.com Posted by Diane
Subscription genealogy website Ancestry.com has decided to make the 1940 census images and index—which will be on the site after the 1940 census is opened next year for research—free to search and view through 2013.
That’ll be more than 3.8 million images with 130 million records. Even better, they’ll be indexed by 45 fields, meaning you’ll be able to search on the name, street address, county, state, parents’ birthplaces and more.
The records won’t be on Ancestry.com right when the census is released April 2, 2012. Ancestry.com’s press release says they’ll commence “streaming onto the website in mid-April 2012.”
Can’t wait until mid-April? The record images will be available first on the National Archives’ website, but they won’t be searchable right away by name.
Get help with your census research—including preparing for the release of the 1940 census records—in the May 2010 Family Tree Magazine.
Some links to help are contributed by Marie Melchiori, CG, CGL:
1) http://blogs.archives.gov/blog/2011/03/18/family-tree-friday-the-1940-census/ link to NARA page
2) http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/ Stephen Morse's search pages to locate enumeration district maps
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From our Club Member, John Yates: http://jytangledweb.org/ Here you will find:
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