Mt Clemens Public Library Receives Old Tax Roll Books for Macomb County

Just a few of the pallets

Last week, Mount Clemens Public Library received a donation of records from Macomb County. Pallets and pallets of old tax roll books going back to 1932 were delivered to their new home in the library's book storage.

Though some books have found a place on the shelves, more are waiting for their turn to be shelved.

Some of the books shelved

Guess what may be a future agenda item for the MCGG indexing project? If you want to learn about our group's indexing efforts, come to our next Resource Development Session at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 20. Indexing is a great way to give back to the genealogical community.


See you soon at Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE

This Wednesday's Let's Talk...Genelaogy Topic is: Researching for Free ... Or as Close to Free as Possible

This Wednesday, March 11, at 7 p.m. in the Genealogy/Local History Room of the Mount Clemens Public Library is MCGG's Let's Talk...Genealogy meeting. The discussion topic of the night is Researching for Free ... Or as Close to Free as Possible.

We'll share our favorite free (or nearly free) websites and resources.

See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
  LE

Don't Forget the Free Access Weekend at Find My Past -- It Starts Now!

Logo copyright of FindMyPast

Here are some more details on the free weekend at Find My Past.

Both Find My Past.co.uk and FindMyPast.com are offering the free weekend of research. The time frame for both start at 7 a.m. EST Friday, March 6, and end at 7 a.m. EDT Monday, March 9.

It has been pointed out that there is a limit of 1,000 views each day. Even with that limitation most people should get a lot of research done. If you need some pointers on using the FindMyPast search pages, check out their blog article and a starter guide that they put together after they revised their search experience last year.

For other details, see our earlier post. And don't forget your "UK" snacks to get you through the weekend. 

See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE

Join Us for Friday's Meeting: Accessing Irish Records from North America

On Friday, March 6, 2015, at 1:00 pm in the auditorium of the Mount Clemens Public Library, Dick Doherty will present Accessing Irish Records from North America. 

If you are in the Mt. Clemens area, PLEASE JOIN US.

See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!

LE

Who Do You Think You Are? TV Show Returns to TLC this Sunday, March 8

It has been a couple weeks without any new genealogy shows on TV but the wait is almost over.

The next season of Who Do You Think You Are? begins this Sunday, March 8 at 10 p.m. EDT, on The Learning Channel (TLC.)

This season's celebrity guests include: Julie Chen, Josh Groban, Angie Harmon, Sean Hayes, Tony Goldwyn, America Ferrera, Bill Paxton, and Melissa Etheridge.

Everyone has different television delivery/provider systems. Use your television provider's schedule system to find the TLC channel number on your provider system and to learn when the show will be re-aired again.

Also, the episodes are usually available on the TLC website page sometime after they have aired. So if you don't have TLC you should be able to watch the show on your computer over the internet.

There is also a "Be a Who Do You Think You Are Star" sweepstakes with a variety of prizes. There eight entry periods and a limit one (1) entry per person per email address per day (Limit 55 total entries per person). Here is a link to the sweepstakes rules. 

See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE

FindMyPast.co.uk Offers a Free Weekend of Research This Weekend, Mar. 6-9, 2015

Got UK research? Then get ready for a weekend of research.

Find My Past.co.uk is offering a free weekend of research starting midday (GMT) Friday, March 6 and ending midday Monday, March 9. For those of us in the Eastern time zone, that translates to: starting at 7 a.m. EDT Friday, March 6, and ending at 7 a.m. EDT Monday, March 9.

What's included? Over 2 billion records from around the world and 10 million British newspaper pages -- all for free. That's UK census, travel and migration records, crime and punishment records, military records, and UK's largest collection of online parish records. You can also build a family tree.

So start making your UK research plans for who and what to seek now to maximize your time this weekend. And maybe pick up a "UK" snack or two to get you through the weekend.

See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE

Join Us for Friday's Meeting: Accessing Irish Records from North America

On Friday, March 6, 2015, at 1:00 pm in the auditorium of the Mount Clemens Public Library, Dick Doherty will present Accessing Irish Records from North America.

If you are in the Mount Clemens area, PLEASE JOIN US.

See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!  LE