A new social networking website has something to offer family historians and online genealogy researchers. Eravita, Inc.’s StoryofMyLife.com gives users a place on the web to create what it calls a “multi-media personal life story” that will be stored “forever.”

The California-based company says it’s also established a separate non-profit called the Story of My Life Foundation, with the mission of keeping FULL STORY »

One of the internet’s fastest-growing subscription-based genealogy websites is embarking on a major project. Utah-based Footnote.com has announced a partnership with Indiana’s genealogically notorious Allen County Public Library.

Footnote will digitize millions of historical records held by the largest public FULL STORY »

Jewish ancestry research is getting a boost from one of the largest online genealogy websites. FamilySearch now offers listings of Jewish Family History Resources, accessible from its main page.

The resources include the Knowles Collection, links to JewishGen and the Center for Jewish History, or CJH, as well as an in-depth FULL STORY »

Genealogists who do research online now have a new tool to help them search census mortality schedules. The website MortalitySchedules.com is an offering that GenealogyBuff.com announced this week.

The new tool helps researchers find census mortality schedules which FULL STORY »

The newest version of Family Tree Maker genealogy software has been released in a public beta test form for everyone to try. Ancestry.com says while the beta test is free, it will not function after the program goes on sale in August.

Anyone who downloads the program needs to keep in mind that you FULL STORY »

Mac users now have a couple of new options to consider in the search for genealogy software. The two programs have both been released within the last week. They are iFamily for Tiger 2.2 and MacFamilyTree 4.4.9.

iFamily is touted as a genealogy application for those who want to get FULL STORY »

Genealogists looking for a summer event that will help them brush up on their skills and learn some new ones have many conferences to choose from.

One of the bigger ones is the upcoming Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) conference taking place FULL STORY »

College students on four American university campuses will get to enjoy free access to Ancestry Library Edition, the library version of the popular Ancestry.com genealogy database-rich website.

Ancestry’s parent company, The Generations Network, FULL STORY »

One of online genealogy’s newest kids on the block is proving to be a popular place. Geni.com reports its website has acquired 5 million profiles in its first 5 months of operation. The social networking site offers everything from sharing family trees to birthday reminders, a family calendar, messaging and photo sharing. FULL STORY »

If you haven’t visited Ancestry.com lately, you might want to take another look around. The online genealogy giant has added a variety of records recently that includes everything from Native American records to Barbados slave lists.

The Native American records database covers the time period 1855-1940, and FULL STORY »