Cochrane Genealogy and Family History Centre

11/19/2023

RootsTech 2024 - Your story is worth remembering

Everyone has a story worth remembering. Watch as ordinary, everyday people come to recognize the real value of their story through relationships with loved ones, and the enduring legacy of humankind. Inspired to share your story with others?

02/01/2023

Just a bit of happy news. The Cochrane FamilySearch Centre is now open again on Tuesdays from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm. And by appointment through email at [email protected]

10/03/2019

If you research in the United States you may be interested in this virtual Genealogy Fair hosted by the National Archives and Records Administration

The National Archives will host our seventh annual live, virtual Genealogy Fair, October 23, starting at 10 a.m. EDT via webcast on our YouTube channel. Participate in our biggest genealogy event of the year, with “how-to” family research guidance for all skill levels! Sessions will offer guidance on: the National Archives’ History Hub; preserving personal collections; and using records relating to immigration; World War I soldiers and marines; Bureau of Indian Affairs schools; and the Homestead Act. For the full schedule, videos, handouts, and participation instructions, visit the Virtual Genealogy Fair online. Get more information here: https://go.usa.gov/xVawV

05/18/2019

08/30/2018

A sweet vignette on posting pictures and memories to your ancestor pages on FamilySearch.org

https://youtu.be/gE8xIwG5Msc

08/28/2018

Yippee!! Who's in? RootsTech is expanding to London in 2019. Sign up for updates about this conference

https://www.rootstech.org/

Discovering your family history has never been easier, and we’re bringing it all together at RootsTech, the world’s largest family history event! Join us for 3 exciting days of discovery, and make connections to your past. Get ready to have the ultimate learning experience as you choose from mor...

08/28/2018

About FamilySearch's record digitization program.

Every year, the world loses priceless historical records, but one dedicated group of individuals is trying to do something about it. FamilySearch.org, th

08/16/2018

Have an immigrant ancestry - and really who doesn't. Check out the expanded free records from Ellis Island.

Ellis Island is famous as the home of the Statue of Liberty—and millions of passenger arrival records for U.S. immigrants. Now, a complete collection of Ellis Island passenger lists is available online and searchable for free at FamilySearch.

These ship passenger records span more than half the nation’s history, including millions of arrivals during the “Great Wave” of immigration (1880s–early 1920s). They also include a variety of transportation types, from the 380-ton cargo ship Hector that arrived from Liverpool on 8 January, 1820 to VARIG Airlines flight 850 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that arrived in New York on 2 July, 1957. . . . .

Ellis Island is famous as the home of the Statue of Liberty—and millions of passenger arrival records for U.S. immigrants. Now, a complete collection of Ellis Island passenger lists is availa…

08/15/2018

A wonderful opportunity to livestream a genealogy conference. Seattle is hosting a genealogy conference in September. They just announced the opporunity to livestream or watch later the conference. The cost is $65 US. One track in on DNA in genealogy and the other is research Irish genealogy. These are both amazing and timely topics. Check it out

Unlock the Past in Seattle with Blaine Bettinger and Maurice Gleeson Home Program Livestream Presenters Sponsors/Exhibitors Booking Media About Livestream If you can’t get to Seattle or you live in another time zone … if you are attending the conference in person but would like to do both stream...

08/11/2018

Republished from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter. Wonderful Canadian WW1 database not available from the Library and Archives Canada.

The following announcement was written by Library and Archives Canada: August 8, 1918, is commonly known as the beginning of “Canada’s 100 Days” — when the Canadian Corps spearheaded attacks …

08/10/2018

If you are interested in your having your DNA tested, you may be interested in a couple of sales that are happening right now. One is from MyHeritage. Check it out below.

Discover your ancestry - DNA testing reveals both your ancestry and ethnicity. Order your DNA test kit.

06/18/2018

FamilySearch to Add Same-Sex Marriages to Family Tree

Posted: 15 Jun 2018 03:55 AM PDT

Headlines in the Deseret News report the following in an article dated June 13, 2018:
SALT LAKE CITY — The world's largest genealogy organization is redesigning FamilySearch.org so the LDS Church-sponsored database can store and provide records of same-sex families.
FamilySearch first said in 2015 it would add a feature for same-sex relationships in the future. The major overhaul to the website's system should be ready by 2019, according to a statement on the website updated in April.
The statement said FamilySearch.org's goal is to capture accurate genealogy "that represents past, present and future families of the world."
"To support this goal," the release continued, "same-sex relationships, including same-sex parents and same-sex couples, will be provided in FamilySearch Family Tree. Several systems that surround Family Tree, such as tree and record searching, must be significantly redesigned to support same-sex relationships before Family Tree can release this capability."
FamilySearch International is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The leader of a group that seeks equal rights and protections for le***an, gay, bisexual and transgender Utahns and their families hailed the changes to FamilySearch.
As pointed out in the statement, this is not really "new