by Lark M. Robart This week I had the great pleasure of attending the official presentation of the 50th anniversary book to the Genealogy Center at the Albuquerque Public Library on Wednesday afternoon, April 6th. The book was compiled and edited by Lynda Katonak, Mike Blackledge, Stuart Murray and Mike Wilson, and all four were […]
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by AGS member Frankie Ewing During the Covid pandemic, I have been watching a lot of genealogy webinars. One I especially enjoyed in 2021 was entitled “What’s My Lineage?” which discussed the many lineage societies one can apply to join if you can prove your descent from a member ancestor. Some of these societies, such
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compiled by Lisa Kindrick, Genealogy Librarian, the Public Library Albuquerque and Bernalillo County Immigration and Emigration The Wuerttemberg emigration index volume 8 by Trudy Schenk, Ruth Froelke, and Inge Bork. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Inc., 1986-<1998>. (donated by Lisa Kindrick – we now have volumes 1-8) 325.243 Schenk How To The Wuerttemberg emigration index volume
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by Lisa Kindrick, Librarian, Genealogy Center of the Public Library Albuquerque and Bernalillo County Still searching for those elusive ancestors immigrating to the United States or Canada between the 1500s and 1900s? One of the most useful tools for finding their arrival into the United States is the Passenger and Immigration Lists Index . When
Filby’s Passenger and Immigration Lists Index for 2022 Has Arrived! Read More »
AGS member Molly Shannon (aka Margaret Abbey Ashman Shannon) has recently published Vol 1 of her Family History/Genealogy book. She is fortunate to have a 1916 Abbe-Abbey Genealogy to use as a starting point. The introduction to that volume states, “A family history is never complete and we have produced only the beginning – may others continue
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by AGS member Judith Rapping The month of February 2022 opens up a whole new level of rich resources for those of us learning about and researching African American ancestry, whether just getting started or well into our discoveries. And Albuquerque is no exception! The Albuquerque Genealogy Society has added African American research to our
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compiled by Lisa Kindrick, Genealogy Librarian, the Public Library Albuquerque and Bernalillo County DNA for Native American Genealogy by Roberta Estes. Baltimore Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2021. 929.103 Estes The Brackin family in the Southeastern United States by Henry B. Brackin, Jr. Nashville: Brackin, 1979. (donated by Nancy Tucker) 929.2 Bracken Daniel family of Georgia &
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by Lark M. Robart In the event you missed the January Annual Business Meeting, here is the report I gave at that meeting. As Vice President of AGS, one of my responsibilities is to present a report at the January general meeting of the previous year’s activities and accomplishments. 2021 was indeed a challenging year,
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by AGS Member Philip Spivey In this time of Covid-19, getting together with friends or holding meetings can be a real challenge. Now, there is a way we can safely meet from our own homes using a program called Zoom. Participating in a Zoom meeting is free and easy. Zoom is a way to see
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compiled by Lisa Kindrick, Genealogy Librarian, the Public Library Albuquerque and Bernalillo County Finding and using African American newspapers by Timothy N. Pinnick. Wyandotte, OK: Gregarth Publishing Co., 2008. 305.896 Pinnick The Census book: facts, schedules & worksheets for the U.S. federal censuses by William Dollarhide. Orting, WA: Family Roots Publishing Col., 2019. Includes information on
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