Below you’ll find an archive of our database blog posts:
Early New England Families, 1641-1700: new sketch - Today we’ve updated Early New England Families, 1641-1700, adding one new sketch. This new sketch features Edward Jackson and his family. Edward lived in Whitechapel Parish, London, England, before relocating to New England with his wife and young children about 1642. He settled in what is present-day Newton, Massachusetts. The Early New England Families, 1641-1700 study project is led by Alicia...
Canadian Headstones: additional cemeteries available - Today we’re excited to announce an update to Canadian Headstones: Cemetery Heritage Records of Canada. This update includes data from 69 cemeteries in Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland & Labrador, Ontario and Saskatchewan, adding more than 11,500 records to search. Canadian Headstones is a volunteer-operated Canadian non-profit dedicated to the digital preservation of Canada’s cemetery heritage. We are...
Early New England Families, 1641-1700: new sketch - Today we’ve updated Early New England Families, 1641-1700, adding one new sketch. This new sketch features John Putnam and his family. John was born about 1579/1580 in Buckinghamshire, England, with his family largely settling in Salem and the surrounding area before spreading across New England. The Early New England Families, 1641-1700 study project is led by Alicia Crane Williams. This...
New sketches: Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784 - Today we’ve added 4 new sketches and 1 updated sketch to Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784. The people profiled in the new and updated sketches lived in Brattleboro and Fort Dummer. With this study project, Scott Andrew Bartley researches the heads of families who lived in Vermont prior to the Revolutionary War. These sketches illustrate major players on political...
Canadian Headstones: additional cemeteries available - Today we’re excited to announce an update to Canadian Headstones: Cemetery Heritage Records of Canada. This update includes data from 67 cemeteries in Alberta, Newfoundland & Labrador, Saskatchewan, and Quebec, adding more than 15,000 records to search. Canadian Headstones is a volunteer-operated Canadian non-profit dedicated to the digital preservation of Canada’s cemetery heritage. We are working...
New Transcription Challenge! - Thank you to everyone who participated in the last Transcription Challenge! Everyone provided helpful feedback and suggestions! Please check out our new set of challenges by going to the “Transcription Challenge” tab at the top of the page and submitting your suggestions in the comments. This set of challenges was tricky! The spellings might not...
New sketches: Boston Tea Party Participant Biographies - We’re excited to announce 19 new sketches to our Boston Tea Party Participant Biographies, in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. The goal of this project is to create comprehensive biographical sketches for all individuals associated with or known to have participated in the Boston Tea Party, which took place on December...
New sketches: Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784 - Today we’ve added 5 new sketches and 1 updated sketch to Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784. The people profiled in the new and updated sketches all lived in Brattleboro. With this study project, Scott Andrew Bartley researches the heads of families who lived in Vermont prior to the Revolutionary War. These sketches illustrate major players on political and religious...
New database: Boston Tea Party Participant Biographies - We’re excited to announce a new database, in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party: Boston Tea Party Participant Biographies. The goal of this project is to create comprehensive biographical sketches for all individuals associated with or known to have participated in the Boston Tea Party, which took place on December 16,...
New Transcription Challenge! - Thank you to everyone who participated in the last Transcription Challenge! Everyone provided helpful feedback and suggestions! These last challenges are tough! After discussing the possibilities with others, and going back and forth on the letters many times, we have only settled on one name: #2a. Folardeau We have saved all of your suggestions from...