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Findmypast Friday August 31st

31 Aug, 2018
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<![CDATA[ Montgomeryshire Memorial Inscriptions Discover your ancestor’s memorial inscriptions from Montgomeryshire, Wales. Learn where your ancestor was buried as well as your ancestor’s birth and death years. Your ancestor’s memoria

28 Aug, 2018
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RootsTech has announced that the highly popular family history conference is expanding its international borders, beginning with the United Kingdom in 2019. RootsTech will host RootsTech London 2019 from 24–26 October, 2019 at the ExCeL London Conventio

23 Aug, 2018
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<![CDATA[ There are more than 184,600 new records and newspaper articles available to search this Findmypast Friday, including; Ireland, Dublin Metropolitan Police Prisoners Books 1905-1908 and 1911-1918 The Dublin Metropolitan Police prisoners books c

23 Aug, 2018
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From the Roman Empire to the Renaissance to the modern day, Italy has influenced cultures globally with its great achievements. With such a rich history behind them, Italians around the world today are deeply proud of their Italian roots. With anywhere fr

22 Aug, 2018
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The world-renowned Family History Library in Salt Lake City has a new director, David Rencher, FamilySearch’s Chief Genealogy Officer (See news release: FamilySearch CGO David Rencher New Family History Library Director). Rencher will continue to se

17 Aug, 2018
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<![CDATA[ England, Clandestine Marriages Did your ancestor have a clandestine or irregular marriage ceremony? Explore over 881,000 clandestine marriage records covering the years 1667 to 1775 to find out. Each result will provide you with a transcript

17 Aug, 2018
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Every year the world loses priceless historical records, but one dedicated group of individuals is trying to do something about it. David Ouimette manages the Global Content Strategy team at FamilySearch.org, the world’s largest genealogical organiz

14 Aug, 2018
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Italy has a long tradition of exploration and emigration, from Amerigo Vespucci to Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo) and John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto). For centuries, Italians have been explorers, inventors, and adventurers. Since the 1800s, Italia

14 Aug, 2018
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Ellis Island is famous as the home of the Statue of Liberty—and millions of passenger arrival records for U.S. immigrants. Now, a complete collection of Ellis Island passenger lists is available online and searchable for free at FamilySearch. These

13 Aug, 2018
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Do you think you have an Italian surname? It ends in an “o,” “e,” “a,” or “i,” so it must be Italian, right? Odds are it could be, but to be sure, you can explore in several places to learn more about your n