Berkshire Family History Association

04/07/2026

Tip of the Week: Our online collection "New York Times Obituary Index," has a complete index to obituaries published in The New York Times between 1858 and 1968. Researchers may use the information found in this index to locate the full obituary in The New York Times archives. https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/online-records/collection/new-york-times-obituaries-index

04/05/2026

Happy Easter

03/16/2025

DIGITAL PUB: Children of the Orphan Trains
Compiled by Janet M. Coble, this publication contains a master list of names of children sent to Illinois from the New York Juvenile Asylum from 1853 to the Fall of 1898.
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11/28/2024

Here in the Berkshires snow is gently falling on this Thanksgiving Day. In the comments, share what the weather is like in your neck of the woods! Among the many things to be grateful for are those family members who labelled their photos!
Happy Thanksgiving to all!

11/21/2024

10/31/2024

Listen up, genealogy newbies. It's easy to royally screw up your family tree if you don't know what you're doing.

10/26/2024

Send a story of your ancestor to BFHA. You can submit it through the website berkshirefamilyhistory.org Stories will be posted on the website.

10/22/2024

Send a story of your ancestor to Berkshirefamilyhistory.org for inclusion on our website. Spelling, grammar, and punctuation don’t count! Sharing your ancestors’ stories is a good way to honor their memory.

10/18/2024

FREE GENEALOGY WEBINAR Hidden Quebec Records on FamilySearch presented by Johanne Gervais, Friday 18 October 2024, 2pm EDT / 1pm CDT / 12pm MDT/ 11am PDT. Did you know FamilySearch has a wealth of Quebec records that are not widely-known? These records have no search index so you would not be able to access them using the Search Records functionality and entering an ancestor’s name. FamilySearch has images of non-indexed Quebec non-Catholic parish registers from 1763 to 1967; images of Quebec non-indexed Catholic and non-Catholic church records from 1642 to 1902; images of Quebec guardianships from 1639 to 1930; images of Quebec notarial records from 1800 to 1920; plus many more hidden Quebec records. This session will show you step-by-step how to access these Quebec records on FamilySearch. Register for FREE at http://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/?aid=9299 via Legacy Family Tree Webinars.

FamilyTreeWebinars

09/29/2024

Free Collections on Ancestry
Though a subscription is required to view all of the Ancestry records, many are available for free. In fact, there are 1,196 record collections that you don't need to subscription to search and view. Here's a list of the free collections: https://ldsgenealogy.com/Free-Collections-on-Ancestry-com.htm I copied this from the Ancestry users group on facebook.

Though a subscription is required to view all of the Ancestry.com records, many are available for free. In fact, there are 1,196 record collections that you don't need to subscription to search and view!

07/09/2024

Strands #128
“Now on exhibit”
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