Passages to the Past - Genealogy

10/11/2025

Perspectives on Life in the South, 1777-1899

02/16/2025

PLEASE CONSIDER THIS — AND CONSIDER RE-POSTING EVERYWHERE YOU CAN…

It’s time for the genealogical and historical communities to stand up loudly and proclaim how much the National Archives and the records in them means to them and to the Nation. Contact their Senators and Representatives.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/national-archives-head-resigns-as-trump-takes-control-of-records/

Insist that the President follow the law and nominate and appoint the next Archivist and any Acting Archivist "without regard to political affiliations and solely on the basis of the professional qualifications required to perform the duties and responsibilities of the office of Archivist.https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-98/pdf/STATUTE-98-Pg2280.pdf

Insist that NARA's cannot accomplish its mission if it suffers a reduction in force.

Claire

Claire Bettag
1685 34th Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-625-2598

10/07/2024

Save the Jackson New Hampshire Historical Society! Even a few dollars or sharing this post helps!

Capital Campaign - To donate, make a check out to the Jackson Historical Society, PO Box 8, Jackson, NH 03846 or go to https://www.jacksonhistory.org/capital.html where you can donate on line at no cost to us - credit or debit cards accepted. Pledge forms can be found in the entryway of the Society. Sharing this post helps us too!
The Historical Society has publicly launched its capital campaign to Rescue, Restore and Renovate the historic 1879 Town Hall today with a 7-page feature in the Conway Daily Sun. Because it is wedged between the Wildcat River and Black Mountain Road, it is threatened by both. A December flood went under the building and knocked out its furnace. To save the building for the long term, the Society plans to move it about 250’ in the direction of the gazebo.
Once moved, the Society plans to restore it – reglaze and scrape the original windows and add storms, repair the stamped steel ceiling, replace vinyl siding on the riverside with wood clapboards, improve ADA access and paint the building. The Society would also like to connect to a water supply and have an indoor bathroom.
To accomplish the above will cost approximately $1M. This is a daunting amount to raise by a small volunteer-run organization. We will be sending out mailings and having fundraisers. However, a donation now will make the task easier. To date we have raised $325,000 in cash and pledges and have grant applications outstanding for $335,000 with fingers crossed. There is still a long way to go. Your help is appreciated!

The Town Hall has been a centerpiece in Jackson Village for 145 years. Now, climate related storm events are threatening the building. Flooding from the Wildcat River during recent storms, has caused severe bank erosion, undermined the foundation, and destroyed the furnace. On the roadside stormwate...

04/01/2022

Tomorrow’s the big day!! Not an April Fools joke! ❤️

It was the first census after World War II. The baby boom had begun. The Great Migration of Black residents from the Jim Crow South to places like Detroit and Chicago was in full swing. And some industrial cities reached their peak populations before Americans started moving to the suburbs.

08/07/2021

The sky is falling! The end is nigh! People are deleting their trees!   Why? Because Ancestry recently updated their Terms—the contract between us and them—to say that some rights we grant …

02/05/2021

We are so excited for RootsTech 2021. Not only is this year's event going virtual, but it's also completely free, and several of the experts here at ProGenealogists will be sharing their wisdom! Today, we want to tell you about Janette Silverman's class, "Research Off the Beaten Track." Many of you are used to researching in archival repositories digitally and in-person, but there is much more out there to enhance your research results and experience. In this 20-minute talk, Janette will take you on an adventure in Lithuania as she discovers some unusual paths to research. The tips and tricks she shares in this class are easily transferable to other places, too! To learn more and register, visit www.rootstech.org.

10/09/2020

This is an amazing free site with billions of free newspapers (mostly NY). I am not affiliated with Tom but if you use his site, it would be nice to make a small donation if you can.

Hello All,

Over $5,200.00 in new parts later,server back online, but not open yet for users(Shooting For Sat 10/10/20 in the PM),
I need to do firmware updates and get a backups done. I would like to thank the people who have help out with Donations and I have received $734.00 so far, Much appreciated. As I Was writing this I was thinking, you know in the 20 years I have had Fultonhistory.com up and running not once have I ever received any donations from any Public Library, they use my site all the time and they have Paid Subscriptions to many online databases for their users to access. Example,The New York Public Library ,Here is a list of the paid databases they subscribe to for Accessing Online Research continent for their users.
Databases with this icon are accessible remotely with a valid NYPL card and PIN. Please explore the A-Z list of Articles & Databases and limit your search to “available at home with library card.” There are hundreds of resources available from home. These key resources are good places to start:

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Proquest Research Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Business Source Premier
Credo Reference
Oxford Reference Online
The New York Times, 1980-present
In addition, during the time we are temporarily closed, we can offer access to the following critical resources:

The New York Times, 1851-2016
Wall Street Journal, 1889-present
Newspapers.com
Ancestry
Readex Databases, including America’s Historical Newspapers
JSTOR
The suite of EBSCO databases have been expanded for remote access, including:

Art Full Text
Art Index Retrospective
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Music Index Online
Philosopher's Index with Full Text
PsycINFO, RILM
RIPM
RISM, EconLit with Full Text
African American Historical Serials Collection
SocINDEX with Full Text
Applied Science & Business Periodicals Retrospective
Nation Archive (1865-present)
MLA International Bibliography
Humanities International Complete
International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text
Our subscriptions to the following databases have been upgraded:

Academic Search Ultimate
Business Source Ultimate
MasterFILE Complete
The following specialized business databases are now available remotely:

Emerging Markets - Internet Securities (EMIS)
Plunkett Research Online
ReferenceUSA
Simply Analytics
Value Line
Hello All,

Over $5,200.00 in new parts later,server back online, but not open yet for users(Shooting For Sat 10/10/20 in the PM),
I need to do firmware updates and get a backups done. I would like to thank the people who have help out with Donations and I have
received $734.00 so far, Much appreciated. As I Was writing this I was thinking, you know in the 20 years I have had Fultonhistory.com
up and running not once have I ever received any donations from any Public Library,they use my site all the time and they have Paid
Subscriptions to many online databases for their users to access.Example,The New York Public Library,Here is a list of
the paid databases they subscribe to for Accessing Online Research continent for their users.
TomT

Databases with this icon are accessible remotely with a valid NYPL card and PIN. Please explore the A-Z list of Articles & Databases and limit your search to “available at home with library card.” There are hundreds of resources available from home. These key resources are good places to start:

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Proquest Research Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Business Source Premier
Credo Reference
Oxford Reference Online
The New York Times, 1980-present
In addition, during the time we are temporarily closed, we can offer access to the following critical resources:

The New York Times, 1851-2016
Wall Street Journal, 1889-present
Newspapers.com
Ancestry
Readex Databases, including America’s Historical Newspapers
JSTOR
The suite of EBSCO databases have been expanded for remote access, including:

Art Full Text
Art Index Retrospective
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Music Index Online
Philosopher's Index with Full Text
PsycINFO, RILM
RIPM
RISM, EconLit with Full Text
African American Historical Serials Collection
SocINDEX with Full Text
Applied Science & Business Periodicals Retrospective
Nation Archive (1865-present)
MLA International Bibliography
Humanities International Complete
International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text
Our subscriptions to the following databases have been upgraded:

Academic Search Ultimate
Business Source Ultimate
MasterFILE Complete
The following specialized business databases are now available remotely:

Emerging Markets - Internet Securities (EMIS)
Plunkett Research Online
ReferenceUSA
Simply Analytics
Value Line