Amanda Hayes is a Professional Genealogist and loves sharing her genealogy tips & discoveries. Insp Air Force. I agree. Europe. And please LIKE my page!
I am a genealogist who’s had a passion for family history since exploring my grandparents homestead on the family’s Century Farm. A lot has happened since then, including having spent 7 years promoting aviation and military heritage in support of the U.S. Now, I’m thrilled to help individuals and families reconnect with their ancestors and understand where they came from. Some say your family gene
04/07/2022
One 1950 census taker got a surprise while enumerating in West Virginia! She was reunited with a former neighbor who unexpectedly paid back $5 (about $60 today) she had borrowed 12 years before!
The syndicated story ran in newspapers around the U.S. See it in the Daily Olympian on our site: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99129625/census-taker-didnt-count-on-this/
04/02/2022
Starting tonight at 12:01 am ET, the release goes live! Users will be able to access it on our website for free.
The new website will include a name search function powered by an Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology tool. It will also include a "first-draft" name index and a new transcription tool, and you are encouraged to use it to assist the agency to make the records search as accurate as possible and improve the index.
To access the dedicated website, visit our 1950 Census page: archives.gov/1950census
03/04/2022
Excellent resource to find resources you never knew exist! Happy Birthday Cyndi's List!
CyndisList.com was launched 26 years ago today. The purpose of the site is to categorize resources found online for your genealogical research and to make it easier for you to find what you need. Be sure to browse the Categories (https://www.cyndislist.com/categories/) to look for topics of interest that include locations, ethnicities, records, occupations, religions, methodology and more.
I am a one-woman show running the site with 42 years of experience in genealogy. I rely on you to help me by submitting new links and reporting broken links. I also rely on you to use the site regularly and to encourage others to use it. I so much appreciate the support you all give me!
10/08/2021
For today’s post, we present a unique map depicting Missouri settlement patterns. It was created in 1986 by Russel L. Gerlach whose family recently and generously donated the copyright to the Archives. Groups shown include Germanic, Eastern European, British and Celtic, Central and Northern European, Southern European, “old stock” Americans and enslaved persons. German immigration to the Missouri, for example, generally began in the 1830s and was triggered by the writings of Gottfried Duden, a German who wrote glowingly of our state.
08/11/2021
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12/01/2020
Free Education for You: NYG&B's Day of Giving Back We have been grateful for the support of our members, donors, and friends during this eventful year. To show our appreciation, we invite you to join us for NYG&B’s Day of Giving Back, four unique sessions held on Giving Tuesday (December 1, 2020). Sessions will stream live on the NYG&B’s website...
09/08/2020
This Thursday, September 10th, there will be 58,200 American heroes traveling through the lake area as we welcome the Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall. The police and motorcycle es**rt will be leaving from Lake Ozark at 10 am and travel along the 54 Espressway through Osage Beach, Linn Creek and through the square in Camdenton to the Camdenton Memorial Lake Regional Airport. The estimated arrival time in Camdenton will be between 10:15 am and 10:30 am.
Here is the Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall schedule:
September 10, 2020
10 am - Arrival through the Lake area.
6 pm - Official Opening Ceremony
6 pm - 9 pm - Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall Open
September 11, 2020
9 am - 9 pm - Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall Open
September 12, 2020
9 am - 9 pm - Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall Open ($10 carload includes Air Show)
September 13, 2020
9 am - 6 pm - Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall Open
03/30/2020
We're opening up Ancestry® in new ways. With school closures in effect across the US, we're making all of our AncestryK12 lesson plans available for free. We've also partnered with the US National Archives to provide free access to search their nearly 500 million records and images on Ancestry®. And here on our social channels, we'll be holding live learning sessions and sharing tips from our experts.
Hear more from our CEO: https://www.ancestry.com/s107565/t43443/rd.ashx?ancid=90ukfopyhi
03/21/2020
Great resource! Now more open access from home!
Open-Access JSTOR Materials Accessible to the Public The online academic resource has long had ebooks and journals available without the need for a login.
09/06/2019
90 years ago today...a good read about the start of the Lake of the Ozarks.
90 years ago: How the Lake of the Ozarks got its start On Sept. 5, 1929, workers began clearing the land that would become Lake of the Ozarks, cutting down 30,000 acres of timber and demolishing the town of Linn Creek.
07/31/2019
To mark this week’s theme, , we’re featuring Ruth Nichols! Along with Amelia Earhart, she was a founding member of the Ninety-Nines, an organization dedicated to the mutual support and advocacy of women pilots. An aviation pioneer, she was the only pilot to hold the women’s world records for speed, altitude and distance at the same time. Nichols flew all types of aircraft, including dirigibles, gliders, autogyros, seaplanes, biplanes and even a supersonic jet! She passed away in 1960 at the age of 59 but was posthumously inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1992.
Photo of Nichols in front of her Lockheed Vega from our Guy Murphy Collection.
