Ancient Finnish Swordsman Found Buried With Two Swords

Metal detectorists exploring an area in southern Finland have stumbled upon the burial plot of a fascinating ancient figure. The extraordinarily well-preserved body was found buried with two sword,
 perhaps to aid him as he journeyed into the afterlife.

Read more at

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/19/finnish-swordsman-buried-two-blades_n_4304980.html

Coffin Plate Of Hannah Parent 1899

The Coffin Plate Of Hannah Parent

Hannah Parent

Died April 6th 1899

Aged 65 Years

I had a look around and found the following info. Not sure if its the right Hannah as the dates are off a bit but its worth a little investigating. For more Coffin Plates see Ancestorsatrest.com

Name:	Hannah Parent
Birth Date:	1833
Age at Death:	66
Death Date:	8 Apr 1899
Burial Place:	New Brunswick, Canada

Some Ideas for Christmas Gifts for Genealogists

 A Genealogy Baker's Dozen Gift Ideas

50 Gifts for Genealogists this Christmas

How My Great-Great-Great Grandma Chose My Christmas Gift This Year

 

Outrage in Norway as hundreds of gravestones are covered in BLACK BAGS with a demand for payment

This is shameful. This is very shameful. Read the full details at Outrage in Norway as hundreds of gravestones are covered in BLACK BAGS at cemetery along with a demand for overdue rental payment

• Around 670 headstones have been labelled at Mollendal cemetery in Bergen
• Government covers initial maintenance cost and rental - 25 years for a coffin; 20 years for an urn
• After that, relatives must pay annual cost: £52 for a coffin; £37 for an urn

Remembrance Day Moment

My Great Grand Uncle Frederick Markham 1896 ~1918

On this Remembrance Day take a moment to think about the people who suffered great hardship and gave so much. Let us hope for a day when people will no longer die in war.

1921 Canadian Census Tips For Finding Ancestors in the Mess

There's a lot of bad transcribing on the online  1921 Canadian Census which is fully indexed and online at Ancestry.ca and   Ancestry.com 

Olive Tree Genealogy put up a workaround and some useful tips for finding your ancestors in the mess! See Problems With 1921 Census Indexing & How To Work Around Them

 

 

Surprise Found in Lead Coffin Found at King Richard III Burial Site

The lead coffin found near the body of King Richard III during archeological excavations in Leicester has taken a surprise turn!

Archaeologists had thought the 600-year-old metal casket, which was found in a stone tomb at Greyfriars in August, might belong to knight Sir William de Moton. But analysis is showing that the skeleton appears to be that of a female.

Working with a newly found list of burials at the Friary, scientists are attempting to discover just who is buried in this high status coffin.

Read more: http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/New-twist-mystery-lead-coffin-near-Richard-III/story-19946113-detail/story.html#ixzz2iHRVpkV1

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Have archaeologists discovered the grave of Alexander the Great?

Could archaeologists have discovered the grave of Alexander the Great?

 

Alexander The Great

 At a site in Greece archaeologists have uncovered what could be the grave of Alexander the Great. The warrior king - who ruled much of the known world in the 4th century BC - was thought to be buried in Egypt. But a few experts now believe otherwise after they uncovered a marble-faced wall 500 metres long and three metres high under an artificial mound, dating from the right time in history. However many believe it will turn out to be the grave of some other important individual.

Don't Miss NARA Virtual Genealogy Fair Today!

The National Archives is holding its first-ever virtual Genealogy Fair on September 3 and 4 (2013) 10 a.m.–4 p.m. EST

The Fair will be streamed online through Ustream. It's free, and there's no reservations or passwords. You can ask questions through the chat function, or  tweet your questions to @usnatarchives #genfair2013.

Experts from the National Archives will be discussing Native American and African American history, immigration, Civil War pensions, U.S. Colored Troops, and Navy Deck logs.

We hope to "see" you there: http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/know-your-records/genealogy-fair/

Recorded sessions will be available online after the event.

Special Deal on Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner

If you've been considering buying the amazing Flip-Pal mobile scanner but haven't done so yet, now's the time!  Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner! Labor Day Sale is on!  

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Read Olive Tree Genealog reviews and about the wonderful projects you can complete using the Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner. Create books, tea-towels, wall hangings, Christmas gifts and more. 

Amateur archaeologists discover subterranean slave world under Roman emperor’s villa

A discovery beneath the Roman Emperor Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli of a subterranean jigsaw of tunnels and roads is interesting. It wasn't discovered by professional archaeologists but by Italian caving enthusiasts.

Continue reading and see photos at http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/08/29/possible-that-an-entire-underground-city-was-found-in-italy-by-amateurs/

Using Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner to Turn Ancestors Recipes or Letters into Wall Hangings

The following blog post is republished with permission from Olive Tree Genealogy Blog

Scanning my Grandmother's Recipe

I saw this blog post How to turn handwritten recipes into tea towels several months ago and thought "what a great idea!" I'd hoped to get one made myself to show you but time constraints and health issues have prevented me from creating my own.

Because I want to share this with my readers, you should read the original blog post. I'd suggest using your Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner to scan old letters or Grandma's recipes then start creating your towel or napkin or even a wall hanging. Wouldn't that be a nice Christmas gift for a family member!

As you can see I have my Grandmother's recipe in her handwriting and am scanning it in hopes of finding enough time to create my own tea towels for gifts.

National Acadian Day

 It's National Acadian Day  Acadians are the descendants of the 17th-century French colonists who settled in Acadia, a colony of New France

 If you have Acadian ancestors, you may want to check out these sites:

* Acadian Genealogy Homepage  Acadian-Cajun Family Genealogy and French-Canadian Genealogy

* Parish Registers fonds, which contains transcriptions of parish registers of various Acadian parishes and from the Gaspé peninsula.

* Biographies of the 37 main Acadian families from the Université de Moncton’s website. [French language only]

Texas Man Builds Fake Cemetery With Tombstones From Actual Dead People

A  Houston Texas man, tired of homeless people sleeping on his property, installed three grave sites complete with fake headstones.

Much to his surprise, it turned out that the headstones were  discarded from a local monument company and are inscribed with the names of actual deceased people.

The three tombstone markers are inscribed

Johnny Mack Chappell, Dee Brown Hancock 1922-1973, and Sandra Ruth Howen 1939-1986

Video & Details at:

Daily Mail Online: Texas man tired of homeless people sleeping on his property builds a fake GRAVEYARD complete with old tombstones - only to find out they were made for real dead people

ABC News: Phony Tombstones Used as Scarecrow for Vagrants

Tomb Found At Richard III Burial Site To Be Opened

Archaeologists in England are going to open the lid on a stone coffin that was discovered at the site of the English friary where the remains of Richard III's were found.

Archaeologists suspect the tomb may contain the skeleton of the medieval knight Sir William de Moton of Peckleton, who died between 1356 and 1362, or perhaps one of two heads of the Grey Friars order in England, Peter Swynsfeld or William of Nottingham.

Credit: The Templar Church By artur84 on FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Censuses of Canada West and Canada East, 1842 now available online

Sample page 1842 Census Canada West

Library and Archives Canada is pleased to announce that Canadians can now access the Census of Canada West, 1842 as well as the Census of Canada East, 1842 online. In 1841, Upper Canada was renamed Canada West, and Lower Canada became Canada East. These two jurisdictions are now known as the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

Each census is partly nominal and contains the names of heads of family, their occupation and the number of residents for each family.Users can search these new databases by the names of heads of family, as well as by geographical information such as district and sub-district names.

Enumerators visited 17 census districts, divided into sub-districts. These units were made up of cities, towns, parishes, villages and townships. Not all returns have survived. The returns for eight districts and 51 sub-districts have been preserved and are searchable online. You can see the list of Districts covered at Districts and Sub-districts: 1842 Census (Canada West) and Districts and Sub-districts: 1842 Census (Canada East)

Ancient Jewish tombstones hidden from Nazis during WWII rediscovered in Vienna

"It was 1943 when Vienna's Nazi overlords gave the order to destroy the city's oldest Jewish cemetery, demanding it be levelled and the tombstones attesting to centuries of Jewish existence there be destroyed.

Desperate to save their heritage, the city's shrinking Jewish community decided to act. Defying the possibility of prison, deportation or execution, they buried the gravestones and kept them from Nazi hands." [Source: Edmonton Journal]

Continue reading this story

Credit: Image courtesy of digitalart / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Tips for Finding an Ancestor's Death Record

Death Records

Ancestor Death Record Finder

copyright Lorine McGinnis Schulze
Olive Tree Genealogy
published on AncestorsAtRest with permission

Can't find your ancestor in death records?

Most genealogists search death records such as Cemetery records, Obituaries and Vital Stats (Death Registrations or Certificates). If we don't find our ancestor in one of those death records, we're stuck! Where to search next? My ADF (Ancestor Death Finder) can help.

What happens when a loved one dies? What events take place around the death of a family member? What kind of death record paper trail is created on the death of an individual? The answers to these questions will lead you to other sources of death records and hopefully end that brick-wall.

When an ancestor dies, many records of that death might be created. Let's talk about records kept before an ancestor death and those created after a death.

Continue reading 

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