Gray's Genealogy

03/15/2023

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 400,000 burial records, dating from 1840 to 1937, are now digitally searchable through our new Burial and Vital Records database!

SEARCH NOW: https://bit.ly/burial-records-gw

Anyone, anywhere, can now search Green-Wood records by name, lot, place of birth, cause of death, undertaker, and more. It's a fascinating look at history, accessible right at your fingertips. The database is the result of a massive undertaking to transcribe and digitize a series of sixty handwritten ledgers from the Cemetery archives known as the Burial Registry.

It's the first project of its kind to make detailed, historic cemetery records completely searchable and free to the public. This project was made possible through generous grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

11/11/2022

🚨 Free records alert! 🚨

Fold3 has free access through Sunday in honor of Veterans Day!

(Be sure to download and save any documents you find as ability to view records after the free trial will need a paid subscription.)

Thank you, Veterans! In honor of Veterans Day, enjoy FREE ACCESS* to Fold3 records collections through Sunday: http://fnote.it/veterans75

*Access to the records on Fold3® will be free until 13 Nov 2022 at 11:59 p.m. MT. Registration required. After the free access period ends, you will only be able to view records using a paid Fold3® membership.

11/09/2022

Danish and Caribbean genealogists and historians of the Lesser Antilles will hold a conference about how the archipelagic setting of the Lesser Antilles shaped island existence in the past and how it influences families, friends and institutions today.

07/13/2021

The research aspect of genealogy can really help bring family stories to life by filling out the little details and bringing new information to light.

This article tells how Barbara E. Ochterski, an opinion writer for the Buffalo News, was able to bring her mother's early life into clear focus with research assistance from a dear friend. 🕵️

🗂️ If you haven't worked with a researcher for your family history, you're really missing out. Reach out today and let me help you bring clarity to your family's past!

Barbara E. Ochterski, of East Aurora, learned the cause of her mother’s sadness.

06/16/2021

🧬This is the 4th article I've posted about genetic genealogy in just a couple weeks. I promise I'll post something other than genetic genealogy soon, but today isn't that day. 😂

Today's breakthrough comes from Gresham, Oregon where police have arrested a suspect in the 1980 assault and murder of Barbara Mae Tucker.

Robert Plympton is facing murder, r**e and s*x abuse charges in the death of Barbara Mae Tucker in Gresham more than four decades ago.

06/10/2021

I swear I'm not *trying* to exclusively post genetic genealogy and DNA evidence content, but....

"After 65 years, a grisly double murder case of two teenagers in Great Falls, Montana, was solved with DNA evidence, according to investigators.
"[Cascade County Sheriff's Office lead investigator Sgt. Jon] Kadner believes it is the oldest murder case to be solved with this kind of genetic review."

After 65 years, a grisly double murder case of two teenagers in Great Falls, Montana, was solved with DNA evidence, according to investigators.

06/08/2021

The FamilySearch Family History Library will reopen July 6, 2021. The library has been thoughtfully remodeled, and staff are excited to serve patrons in-person and online.

06/07/2021

In more news, Maryland has become one of the first states in the United States to limit how police can use popular genealogy databases. 👮

Beginning Oct. 1, police may use consumer genealogy websites only for serious violent crimes such as murder and r**e, only after they exhaust other investigatory methods, and only under the supervision of a judge.

Maryland becomes one of the first states in the country to set rules limiting how police can use consumer genealogy websites such as Ancestry to solve cold cases.

06/07/2021

on the case again, solving the 1972 murder case of 15-year-old Julie Ann Hanson.

Nearly 50 years after a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death in suburban Chicago, genetic genealogy has led to an arrest in the case.