Meeting tonight!

Handouts were given to everyone who checked in, and were very helpful and informative, like all the handouts we receive from Leslie.

Newest genealogiy records on the Internet

DEATH RECORDS: ten documents every genealogist should acquire:
Ten places to look for a death record
Death certificate
Funeral record
Cemetery record
Obituary
Social security record
Probate records
Private death records
Coroner and medical examiner records
Military records
Church records

Using the 1880 DDD Census

Abstracting and transcribing genealogical documents

Getting stumped on Zane's trace

See what you missed?

NBC has cancelled Who Do You Think You Are...

Well it's official....  Who do you think you are is NOT coming back for a fourth season...  NBC has dropped the show.  Shedd Media and Ancestry.com are looking at other options to bring it back on another channel - go here to read more...

 http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2012/05/14/NBCWontRenewWhoDoYouThinkYouAre.aspx?et_mid=556499&rid=2673976

I wonder if they had any more episodes in the can at the time of the cancellation - as I understand it, there were a lot of celebrities that wanted to be on the show.

So sorry, Les

Library club webpage and questions

Hi!

If you've had the chance to check out the club's website, you'll notice the changes made. It looks great! Thanks, Janet and Vince, for doing that.

Janet, Vince: Is it hard to update that page? I was thinking that new links every month would keep people coming back to look at it. If it were possible to add the links that Leslie gives us every month, and perhaps the ability to upload/download the materials that she passes out, I think that would be a wonderful way to keep anyone who has to miss a meeting up to date with the information. Is it at all possible?

Yeh!  I finally found a way to add to the blog!!   Vince

The Look of the BLOG!

Thanks for the comments - this is a template from the website, and I wasn't sure if it would be "too much."

Looks like the blog is coming along nicely...  Kudos to Catherine for keeping it up!

Les

Translating Documents

Looking for help with translating documents. Try Mango Languages for libraries. The library has a subscription to the service. Go to this link and sign up - http://www.mybpl.org/bpl/node/117?q=node/117#languagecoach.

from Lynne

I have searched for medical records from 1977 and from 1984 to no avail.  The hospitals and doctors told me that after three years they are microfilmed, after 20 years destroyed.  The cause of death is on the death certificate - if it was a tragic death, or accident, often there is information in the newspapers.  My great  grandfather was killed in a horse and buggy accident.  He was hit by a train.  My great grandmother received a nice settlement from the train company, and this made the headlines in the Mt.Vernon newspaper, with all the details.