Free Online Class: “Genealogy in Gotham: New York City Research”

Ancestry.com will offer another free webinar on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 beginning at 8:00 PM Eastern. "Genealogy in Gotham: New York City Research" will address how to trace persons who immigrated through New York City on their way elsewhere and those who made it their more permanent home.

For more details and to register, copy and paste the following URL into your web browser:

<https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=160968&sessionid=1&key=EEC45BC930E460063DED7EBB0CBBDDC5&sourcepage=register>

Chapin Memorial Library Adds To Its U. S. Census Collection

Chapin Memorial Library has added the following states to its 1850 U. S. Federal Census collection on microfilm:

• New York (71 rolls; Call #: MFilm M432-0548)
• North Carolina (31 rolls; Call #: MFilm M432-0619)
• North Carolina Slave Schedules (7 rolls; Call #: MFilm M432-0650)
• Ohio (85 rolls; Call #: MFilm M432-0657)
• Oregon (1 roll; Call #: MFilm M432-0742)
• Pennsylvania (98 rolls; Call #: MFilm M432-0743)
• Rhode Island (7 rolls; Call #: MFilm M432-0841)

The 1850 census collection also includes South Carolina (46 rolls; Call #: MFilm M432-0854).

GenealogyBank.com adds to its historical newspaper collection

Billed as the largest online newspaper archive for family history research, GenealogyBank.com, a subscription website, has “added and expanded 32 newspapers from 23 states.” For a complete listing of the recent additions, copy and paste the following URL into your web browser:

<http://blog.genealogybank.com/2009/09/newspapers-from-22-states-go-online.html>

For a complete, state-by-state listing of GenealogyBank.com’s newspaper collection, copy and paste the following URL into your web browser:

<http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/sourcelist/>

Note: A 30-day trial subscription is available for $9.95.