Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: Why Cloud Computing Makes Sense for Genealogy

Dick’s article is a wonderful explanation of how computing for genealogy researchers has changed over the years.  The PRA explored many options using this technology and for the present has opted not to implement it for our genealogy database.  However, all that can change if the software and Internet technologies offer more options to the sharing issues.

I highly recommend anybody thinking about using a sharing genealogy software program to read Dick’s article.  I think you’ll find it very informative and helpful.

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: Why Cloud Computing Makes Sense for Genealogy

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: Ancestry.com Launches Collections of Caribbean Slave Records

The following announcement was written by Ancestry.com:

PROVO, UT -- 07/16/09 -- Ancestry.com, the world's largest online commercial resource for family history, today announced that the company, in collaboration with Virgin Islands Social History Associates (VISHA), is launching a significant online collection of Caribbean slave records detailing nearly 200 years of St. Croix-Virgin Islands history.

This unique collection is a product of the St. Croix African Roots Project, initiated in 2002 by VISHA to bring together records that document the population, families and individuals on St. Croix during the period of Danish rule. During the past seven years, VISHA collected, documented and transcribed a vast array of historical records found in American, Danish and Virgin Island archives. These records together in one collection help individuals of African descent chronicle the lives of their African and Creole ancestors as they negotiated enslavement and freedom in a New World plantation society.

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: Ancestry.com Launches Collections of Caribbean Slave Records

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: US Civil War Roll of Honor 1861–1865 Published Online by Familyrelatives.com

A great resource now available online to help your research about Union Soldiers who died in the Civil War.

One of the largest and most complete Rolls of Honor for the US Civil War has been released by Familyrelatives.com. It is the first time that all 27 volumes have been made available online.

Familyrelatives.com continues with more data additions this month with over 276,000 Roll of Honor records for those soldiers who died in the defense of the Union during the American Civil War.

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: US Civil War Roll of Honor 1861–1865 Published Online by Familyrelatives.com

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Archives Go Online

Another great resource for searching for family history on the Internet.

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Archives Go Online