Genea-Musings features genealogy research tips and techniques, genealogy news items and commentary, genealogy humor, San Diego genealogy society news, family history research and some family history stories from the keyboard of Randy Seaver (of Chula Vista CA), who thinks that Genealogy Research Is really FUN!
United Automobile Workers of America (UAW) Collection, 1910-2000
The United Automobile Workers of America (UAW) is the primary union within the American automobile industry. Founded in 1935, the UAW became one of the most powerful unions in the United States, both on the shop floor and within the American polity. This gallery contains photographs that depict the United Auto Workers Union history, including strikes, parades, conventions, and other union-sponsored activities. The photographs highlight the achievements of the union and feature the union rank and file and officers, as well as historically influential national and international figures.
National Association of Letter Carriers Photographs, 1891-1980
Letter Carriers answered a call to meet in Milwaukee in 1889, with the intention to form a national association to ensure improved salaries, better working conditions, and greater security for letter carriers and their families.
Finding aids for textual and multimedia primary sources with a focus on the western hemisphere and the 19th and 20th centuries. Courses and learning tools to explore history digitally.
The Mills Archive is a permanent repository for the documentary and photographic records of traditional and contemporary mills and milling, as well as similar structures dependent on traditional power sources. It makes that material freely available for public inspection and use in research and learning. It has rescued over 3 million documents and images that might otherwise have ended up in a landfill site. The collections show the rich and diverse crafts, buildings, machinery, equipment and people involved with mills in the UK and around the world.
Collection of 1,800 publicly engaged humanities projects in US universities and colleges, including research, teaching, preservation, and public programming.
The items in this collection of photographs and other memorabilia were found in various places and are looking for new homes with the families they represent. I will be happy to send the originals to descendants of the subjects of the photographs and the original owners of other memorabilia. Titles preceded by an asterisk indicate that the item has been returned to a family member or otherwise donated.
The Southern Appalachian Digital Collections Partnership was founded in 2019 to host centralized online access to unique regionally focused digitized materials that document the history and culture of Southern Appalachia.
International Classification of Diseases (ICD) Decoder
Use the numbers written on death certificates to determine cause of death. This site lists dates updated revisions and links to the corresponding code indexes.
Virtual Archives of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
Photos of and documents about the early foundation of the Sisters, the numerous schools and convents where the Sisters worked and lived, the evolution of the ministries, and much more. With thousands of items in our many collections, we are slowly, yet steadily, adding digital content to the Virtual Archives.
United Methodist Church Archives & History Reading Room
This is a digital service, provided by the General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church that collects, preserves, and distributes digital material. Currently you will find representative material from the denomination's general agencies, publications and selections from our archival collections.
Collections include: the American Legion magazine which was first published 1919-current; The American Legion emblem sales catalog from 1919-present; and National Convention event programs from 1919-1996 & 2002-2006.
Census transcriptions of orphan, adoptee, foster children listings from the US and Canadian censuses, and orphanage rosters; census transcriptions of orphan listings
