On Saturday, June 22, the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society (WPGS) announced that they have digitized 28,500 Allegheny County death records from 1893 to 2005. Before the records were digitized, those who wished to see a death record would have to put in a request and wait for the WPGS to make them a copy. Now, …
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Mapping Ireland: University of Limerick Researchers Create New Ordnance Survey Digital Heritage Resource
Celebrating two-hundred years since the founding of the first Ordnance Survey of Ireland, the “OS200—Digitally Re-Mapping Ireland’s Ordnance Survey Heritage” project compiled historic Ordnance Survey (OS) maps and texts from many archives to create a freely available, digital resource for researchers and public users. At a six-inch to a mile scale, the OS finished the …
Society of Genealogists Are Hosting a Free Talk on Zoom: A Focus on the SoG Genealogical Treasures and Collections
On Tuesday 2nd July at 2pm BST Society of Genealogists are hosting a free talk on Zoom: A Focus on the SoG Genealogical Treasures and Collections which this month will look at Manuscript, Sheet and Roll Pedigrees in the archive collections and online Book your free place here: https://members.sog.org.uk/events/653fd3eb33d2260008c5cd36/description A recording will be available afterwards …