The Commonwealth of Kentucky announced it has partnered with FamilySearch to digitize and preserve tens of thousands of primary records, such as birth, death and marriage certificates that are currently on microfilm reels. The Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives (KDLA) and volunteers from the Kentucky Genealogical Society (KYGS) are now reaching out to the state’s county …
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Hawaiian Judiciary History Center Launches New Digital Archive
In July, the King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center (Center) launched a new digital archive providing free public access to resources from its historic collections. This collections portal is made possible through a partnership with the Permanent Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit that provides long-term digital storage for historic records to individuals and nonprofit organizations. The Center stewards historical …
(+) Downsizing: the Paperless Office for Genealogists
WARNING: This article contains personal opinions. The following is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman. Paper. I have been drowning in it for years. Genealogists soon learn to collect every scrap of information possible. We collect copies of birth certificates, marriage records, death certificates, census entries, military pension applications, deeds, …