Genealogy BlogGenealogy on the Internet :: Today and EverydayCedar Rapids Public Library Genealogy Collection Most Likely Gone - or maybe not- June 15, 2008 Update: Jackie King sent me a link to an article that gives a rosier picture - maybe the library materials will survive after all. See the article in the Gazette Online. Sarah Uthoff is reporting that the books at the Cedar Rapids Public Library were only &8220;moved to higher shelves.&8221; I&8217;m sure no one ...http://genealogyblog.com/libraries/cedar-rapids-public-library-genealogy-collection-most-l... The National Czech and Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids Caught in the Flood- June 15, 2008 Lisa Alzo is reporting that the National Czech and Slovak Museum &038; Library in Cedar Rapids is flooded - with water up the the ceiling of the first floor. See her blog for more info. See their website at:http:www.ncsml.org for additional information.http://genealogyblog.com/czech/the-national-czech-and-slovak-museum-library-in-cedar-rapid... New German Map Guides Available - Bavaria Neiderbayern II & Oberbayern I- June 14, 2008 Two new volumes of the Map Guide to German Parish Registers series have been released. They are the Bavarian Volumes 20 and 21, namely Neiderbayern II, and Oberbayern I. Both of the volumes are now shipping in soft and hard covers editions. Click here to view the index to Neiderbayern II (4,527 places), along with ordering ...http://genealogyblog.com/german-research/map-guide-to-german-parish-registers/new-german-m... Ancestry Newspaper Collection FREE Through June 19- June 13, 2008 Ancestry.com has announced that their newspaper collection is FREE through June 19. Fully searchable,the collection comes from NewspaperArchive.com and includes all kinds of newpapers, most from the 20th century. I searched on the name &8220;Meitzler,&8221; a very few of which included my family member, although 51 separate newspaper titles included the name. This is pretty ...http://genealogyblog.com/ancestrycom/ancestry-newspaper-collection-free-through-june-19-69... Robert Mondavi Left You $31,500,000- June 13, 2008 Don&8217;t get the idea that your financial worries are behind you when you get the following email. It based in fact (Robert Mondavi&8217;s death), but turns out to be a known scam&8230; NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the Estate of late Vintner Robert Mondavi,I hereby attempt to reach you again. I ...http://genealogyblog.com/flotsam-jetsam/robert-mondavi-left-you-31500000-6941 Evertons Genealogical Helper Adds New Online Edition!- June 12, 2008 New Online Edition of Evertons Genealogical Helper will debut July 1! Subscribe today for only $10.00! LOGAN, Utah, June 12, 2008. Genealogy Online, Inc., publisher of Evertons Genealogical Helper, today, announced the publication of the Genealogical Helper in an Online Edition. The Online Edition is an identical copy of the 176-page paper edition complete with ...http://genealogyblog.com/evertons-genealogical-helper-online-edition/everton%E2%80%99s-gen... NYGBS Building For Sale - Only $33,000,000- June 12, 2008 Dick Eastman is reporting that the New York Genealogical &038; Biographical Society Building is being advertised as &8220;for sale&8221; at only $33,000,000. What a deal! It should also be noted that the ad includes the notion that it could be used as &8220;even a single-family home.&8221; Interesting. See Dick&8217;s blog for the details.http://genealogyblog.com/blog-roll-eastman/nygbs-building-for-sale-only-33000000-6940 Bill Dollarhide Recovering From Surgery at the V.A. Hospital in Salt Lake City- June 11, 2008 Update - June 12, 2008: Bill has been released from the hospital and is doing well. Patty and I picked him up at the V.A. hospital this morning. At the moment, he and Patty are back up at the hospital getting drugs&8230; They seem to have quantities of those things up there - better known ...http://genealogyblog.com/general/bill-dollarhide-recovering-from-surgery-at-the-va-hospita... |