St. Cloud Area Genealogists

06/15/2026

Das Bistum Mainz hat begonnen, seine alten Kirchenbücher zu digitalisieren. Familienforscher können ab sofort kostenlos online auf die ersten 100 Bücher zugreifen.

06/13/2026

Sharing an upcoming virtual event of interest from AAHGS National.

Free to register. Donations are appreciated.

From Revolution to Remembrance: Patriots of Color and Their Descendants
A 10 Million Names event featuring a conversation with Ken Burns and Dr. Vincent Brown

Thursday, June 18, 2026
6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
Online via Zoom

This special conversation will explore the lives and legacies of Black Patriots who participated in the American Revolution and the ongoing work to recover, remember, and share their stories.

Presented by American Ancestors and 10 Million Names, the program will feature acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns and historian Dr. Vincent Brown in a conversation about Patriots of color and their vital, yet often overlooked, role in the American Revolution.

The event will also highlight the release of freely accessible family trees linking Patriots of color to descendants born before 1900, helping families reconnect lineages across generations.

This virtual event will be held via Zoom. A personal device and internet connection are required to participate. A full recording will be available for a limited time for those unable to join the live broadcast.

For more information and to register:
https://www.americanancestors.org/events/revolution-remembrance-patriots-color-and-their-descendants

06/11/2026

Have you ever stared at an old family document for hours, knowing the answer is right there, but you just can't quite piece it together? 🕵️‍♂️📜

You don't need more records—you need to unlock the ones you already have. In this newly released webinar, Janna Helshtein shows you exactly how to use ScribeAI by MyHeritage to uncover hidden names, relationships, and clues buried deep in your historical documents. Turn those hard-to-read pages into clear, meaningful insights and move your research forward with confidence.

Free to view.

06/10/2026

A view of Prague in the early 17th century. In the 17th century, the Jews of Prague had to pay a "turnover tax" on their business transactions, as part of the many fees put upon them. Luckily for genealogists, the pardon tax records from 1685-1687 and 1696 have been preserved, as well as from Prague in the year 1731. Similar registers have been preserved in other cities in the Czech lands. (See our previous post in relation to genealogical research earlier today).

The registers, now kept at the Jewish Museum in Prague, provide valuable information on Jewish trade routes and business in this time period. They show us that Prague Jews worked in a network of markets both within the city and abroad, a valuable knowledge for historians as well as genealogists.

Jews who paid the Pardon Tax are listed in alphabetical order by their names in these records. It lists those Jews engaged in trade and crafts in those years, which was shortly after a plague swept through Prague in 1680. Several columns are reserved for larger merchants, while smaller taxpayers are recorded in four columns. If you can trace your ancestry this far back to Prague or the surrounding communities of the Czech lands, it may be worth it for you to look into accessing these registers.

Image: Heinrich Hiesserle von Chodaw: Reiss-Buch und Leben (1st half of the 17th century).

06/09/2026

Deutschland, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Katholische und Lutherisch Kirchenbücher, 1639-1943 ⤵️
🔗 - https://www.familysearch.org/de/search/collection/4234522?cid=SO-00061109

Aufzeichnungen der katholischen und Lutherisch Kirche aus Deutschland, Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Verzeichnisse über Taufen, Eheschließungen und Begräbnisse inkludiert.

06/07/2026

Join us for an event with Chippewa County GS, Dunn County GS, Genealogical Research Society of Eau Claire, and St. Croix Valley GS.

06/06/2026

06/05/2026

Vor kurzem hat FamilySearch sein kostenloses Online-Archiv um über 1 Milliarde neue Aufzeichnungen aus 31 verschiedenen Ländern erweitert ⤵️
https://www.familysearch.org/de/blog/neue-aufzeichnungen-april-2026?cid=SO-00061074

Zu den aufregenden Neuzugängen gehören 1 Milliarde Aufzeichnungen aus den Vereinigten Staaten, darunter öffentliche und personenstandliche Aufzeichnungen, Militär- und Friedhofsaufzeichnungen sowie Einwanderungs- und Einbürgerungsunterlagen, 13 Millionen Personenstands-, Militär- und Auswanderungsunterlagen für das Vereinigte Königreich und 10 Millionen standesamtliche Unterlagen und Gerichtsakten aus Irland. Zu den weiteren Ländern, aus denen eine bedeutende Anzahl neuer Aufzeichnungen dazukam, gehören:
Argentinien 🇦🇷
Brasilien 🇧🇷
Kolumbien 🇨🇴
Dominikanische Republik 🇩🇴
Honduras 🇭🇳
Italien 🇮🇹
Mexiko 🇲🇽
Philippinen 🇵🇭
Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Spanien 🇪🇸
Ukraine 🇺🇦

06/04/2026

What ship brought your family to America?

For Immigrant Heritage Month, MyHeritage is offering free access to 206 million U.S. immigration records through June 5.

You may discover where your relatives came from, when they arrived, and the journey that changed your family's future.

myheritage.com/us-immigration-records

06/02/2026

NEUE KIRCHENBÜCHER BEI ARCHION

In den vergangenen 7 Tagen sind 226 Kirchenbücher aus diesen Orten online gegangen:

Ahlerstedt
Apensen
Barbis
Bargstedt
Bartolfelde
Buxtehude
Elbingerode
Gieboldehausen
Harsefeld
Hattorf
Horneburg
Lauterberg
Osterhagen
Pöhlde
Schanzfeld
Wollershausen
(Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelisch-lutherischen Landeskirche Hannovers)

Großbodungen (St. Petri)
Hauröden (St. Trinitatis)
Krimderode (St. Nicolai)
Oberdorf (St. Petri)
Petersdorf (St. Johannis)
(Landeskirchenarchiv der Evangelischen Kirche Mitteldeutschland/Magdeburg)

Die neuen Digitalisate finden Sie immer im Menüpunkt „Archion entdecken“: https://www.archion.de/de/archion-entdecken/alle-news/neue-digitalisate