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Preservation Society of Charleston, South Carolina Launches Online Database of Historic Markers

Whether it’s a case of hidden history or an overwhelming number of spots to take in, a collection of historical experts in Charleston are working to make learning about the city a bit easier. The Preservation Society of Charleston is connecting a 50-year-project with the Internet. “It’s a living database,” said Laurel Fay with the …

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(+) How to Check Up on Your Genealogy Society’s Financial Affairs

The following is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman.  How much do you know about the inner workings of your genealogy society? Such organizations would include the larger societies, such as National Genealogical Society or the New England Historic Genealogical Society. It also includes smaller societies, such as the African-Atlantic …

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Ten New Volumes of the General Society of Colonial Wars Membership Applications, 1893-1949

The following announcement was written by  American Ancestors® (also known as the New England Historic Genealogical Society): Photo of the Color Guard of the Sons of the Society of Colonial Wars and the 9th and 7th regiments, N.Y.N.G., parading in New York City, 1918. (Image courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.) Today …

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