This week we have an eclectic mix of new material on the Scholar, from military records, to Massachusetts histories, to unique genealogical research! Almost all of materials from our State and Local Histories section are now available in the Page Viewer and fully searchable. By the end of next week we fully expect the entire […]
Working off of last week’s post about researching your Revolutionary War veteran ancestors we thought the logical next step would be to highlight how the Godfrey can help you research your Civil War veteran ancestors! More than 2.8 million men and an estimated few hundred women served on both sides of the Civil War. To […]
This week we started transferring pdfs from the State and Local Histories Section of the Scholar into the page viewers. All books regarding Connecticut and Maine are now searchable in the Page Viewer, as well as half of the books about Massachusetts! Indiana’s Rolls of Honor has been moved from the State and Local Histories […]
On July 4 Americans will gather to celebrate the 238th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the moment when thirteen colonies formally declared themselves to be the United States of America. Six years later that independence was officially realized at the conclusion of the Revolutionary War. Take a moment to think about […]
We are continuing to sort through our collection of Revolutionary War books and adding them to the Scholar! Books, state regimental histories, muster rolls and other records, we have a little bit of everything! We are also happy to announce that all books and records in our Military section, save a few files giving us […]
Between scanning and photographing new books, indexing handwritten records, cataloging, and all the other miscellaneous tasks that need to be done on a daily basis there is never a dull moment at the Godfrey! In fact, the Godfrey has so much going on that we’re looking for some new volunteers to help us out! If […]
In addition to creating the American Genealogical-Biographical Index Godfrey Library founder Fremont Rider published a three volume set of the genealogy of the Rider (Ryder) families. This set, titled, Preliminary Materials for a genealogy of the Rider (Ryder) Families in the United States*, is now a part of the Godfrey Scholar+ Online Library! Don’t let […]
The Ed Laput Cemetery Project has eclipsed the 900 mark! Ed and his merry volunteer band of brothers and sisters have finished photographing and indexing 35 cemeteries in just the last two months. Recent additions include the first cemeteries we’ve cataloged in Willington, Stafford, Tolland, and Ellington. “I started this project with the idea that […]
These past six months Godfrey staff and volunteers have been busy bringing all sorts of new content to the Godfrey Scholar. Updates have gotten so frequent that we’ve decided the best way to let people know is through weekly posts on Genealogy from the Godfrey and the Godfrey Facebook page! Welcome to the first installment […]
In 1944 Godfrey founder Fremont Rider addressed what he perceived as a growing problem in research libraries in his book The Scholar and the Future of the Research Library: A Problem and its Solution. The problem then, as it is now to an extent, was that the number of books available was growing at such […]
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