Thursday, November 21, 2024

Genealogy News

Fold3 Cyber Week Sale – 40% off now through December 8th for new memberships. View offer here.

Newspaper.com is offering 40% off new Publisher Extra subscriptions now through December 8, 2024. Click here for details.

NARA has partnered with FamilySearch to have AI extract the text from all 2,322,137 pages of the Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, ca. 1800 - ca. 1912! These records are available in the National Archives Catalog, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/300022?utm_campaign=AIandRevWarPensions&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter

Korean War era draft cards from Alaska and Wyoming are now available on Fold3. More states to follow in 2025. The Fold3 Blog has information here https://blog.fold3.com/korean-war-era-draft-registration-cards-now-available-on-fold3/

Top Ten AI Genealogy Breakthroughs of 2024 webinar by Steve Little is free through November 27th at Legacy Family Tree Webinars, https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/top-ten-ai-genealogy-breakthroughs-of-2024/  Steve is the AI Program manager for the National Genealogical Society. Learn more about him at https://aigenealogyinsights.com/author/digitalarchivst/

My Heritage is introducing LiveMemory: Bring Your Photos to Life in Video. It's free for a limited number of videos. https://blog.myheritage.com/2024/11/introducing-livememory-bring-your-photos-to-life-in-video/

Want to learn more about the history of Thanksgiving? The Mayflower Society has information about the history and customs here https://themayflowersociety.org/learn/thanksgiving/  You can also learn more about the Mayflower passengers at  https://themayflowersociety.org/passenger-profiles/


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