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Digital Collection Evaluation: Review Of A Digital Newspaper Collection Held By The Library Of Congress, The University Of Florida Library, And The University Of North Texas Library, James Gross
James Gross
Drexel University, Info 653, Assignment #3, Digital Collection Evaluation. Brief review of three repositories, each one housing a unique digital Newspaper Collection. Repositories reviewed include: The Library of Congress, Chronicling America, Historic American Newspapers; The University of Florida Digital Collections, Florida Digital Newspaper Library; and The University of North Texas Library, Portal to Texas History, Texas Digital Newspaper Program.
Digital Library Project: Brief Review Of The Library Of Congress, American Memory, James Gross
Digital Library Project: Brief Review Of The Library Of Congress, American Memory, James Gross
James Gross
Drexel University, Info 653, Assignment #1, Digital Library Project: Brief Review of The Library of Congress, American Memory.
Balch Institute Microfilm Collection, James Gross
Balch Institute Microfilm Collection, James Gross
James Gross
This report lists the Balch Institute microfilm holdings held at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP), in the Albert M. Greenfeld Microfilm room. A microfilm survey,(unpublished), was previously conducted on the Balch Institute microfilm holdings, back in 2008. This report is an update. Additional data fields and some additional entries are included.
A Useful Resource For Tracing Immigrants Who Entered The Us Through Ellis Island, James Gross
A Useful Resource For Tracing Immigrants Who Entered The Us Through Ellis Island, James Gross
James Gross
Brief summary of a useful online search engine for locating relatives within the Ellis Island, Port of NY, online passenger list database. It is the Steve Morse search engine, called the “Ellis Island Gold Form".
Becoming More Adept At Using Some Resources From The Family Search Website, James Gross
Becoming More Adept At Using Some Resources From The Family Search Website, James Gross
James Gross
Brief discussion of the Knowles Collection. Maintained by a member of the LDS. It is a collection of six databases containing donated Jewish genealogical records.
Choosing The Correct Genealogy Software, James Gross
Choosing The Correct Genealogy Software, James Gross
James Gross
Brief discussion of three genealogy programs, Ancestral Quest, Legacy Family Tree, and Rootsmagic, which are all gedcom enabled. All three are listed as being endorsed by and compatible with (Familysearch.org).
Ancestry.Com Database: Ins Subject Index, James Gross
Ancestry.Com Database: Ins Subject Index, James Gross
James Gross
Brief review of a new database available from (Ancestry.com). The database, "INS Subject index," is now available to subscribers of (Ancestry.com). This is an index of records held by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services.
Three Presentations At The Boston Conference That Taught Me New Approaches, Immigration And Naturalization Service Citizen Records: Beyond The Basics, James Gross
James Gross
Brief review of a talk by staff employee, Mr. Wilske, of the US Immigration and Naturalization Service. Lecture was held during the annual Jewish Genealogy Conference held in Boston, Mass.
Cloud Based Storage: A Brief Look At Dropbox, James Gross
Cloud Based Storage: A Brief Look At Dropbox, James Gross
James Gross
Brief review of dropbox, a cloud based service for digital file storage.