Links to family history data and "find a grave" entries

Wow! It has been a long time since I've posted here! Sorry -- I'll try to get some of the new information up.

I did change some links on the left. First, I added a link to my family history data on "rootsweb.com". It starts in a pedigree view that should allow you to find all of Gabby and Sammy's ancestors, but note that it calls most living people by the first name "living." You can also use this link.

I also added a link to a list of all the ancestors who have entries on "findagrave.com". Many of these have photographs of their gravestones taken by volunteers. Here is the link.

Hambsch Map

Google Maps announced today a new feature that allows you to save and publish customizable maps. Maps are a great tool in family history research because you can use them to help determine where your ancestors may have gone to church, school, etc. Since Martin Hambsch is on my brain (see my previous entry), I used him as my first Google Maps Experiment. Click here to see where Martin lived after he arrived in the U.S in 1891.

Free Genealogybank.com access = no new finds for my research :-(

GenealogyBank.com, a research site specializing in historical newspapers, historical papers, and obituaries, has provided free access until Tuesday. I took a few minutes to search for the most likely of my family to be found in their databases. Unfortunately, I found absolutely nothing new. I will probably take a few minutes later today and see if I can find something using more generic searches, but I'm not very hopeful...at least it saves me the big subscription fee to find nothing new.

Research Map for the Bongiovi Family in Brooklyn, NY

I've been using the location of some of the homes for the Brooklyn Research a lot, lately, so I whipped up this map in Google Earth to help me place everything. Very easy!