St. Cloud Area Genealogists

09/05/2026

The National Archives and Records Administration announced it will close its Chicago branch, which holds records linked to Minnesota. Critics of the move worry the records will move far away, and in some cases, become practically impossible to access.

09/01/2026

Cousin Relationships and Removals Explained
https://ldsgenealogy.com/Cousin-Relationships-and-Removals-Explained.htm

09/01/2026

08/29/2026

Eleven Substitutes for the Destroyed 1890 Census
https://ldsgenealogy.com/Eleven-Substitutes-for-the-Destroyed-1890-Census.htm

08/27/2026

NEUE KIRCHENBÜCHER BEI ARCHION

In den vergangenen 7 Tagen sind 315 Kirchenbücher aus diesen Orten online gegangen:

Altenroda
Bad Bibra (Mariae Magdalena)
Bad Bibra (Stiftskirche Mariae Magdalena)
Balgstädt (Zur heiligen Dreifaltigkeit)
Benndorf
Borgau
Braunsroda (St. Margarethen)
Burgscheidungen
Burtschütz
Dorndorf
Ebersroda
Eckartsberga (St. Mauritius)
Eulau (St. Nicolai)
Freyburg (St. Marien)
Geußnitz
Gleina
Goldschau
Görnitz
Goseck (St. Andreae)
Großgestewitz
Größnitz
Großpörthen
Großwangen
Haardorf
Hassenhausen
Haynsburg
Heuckewalde
Hohenkirchen
Kalbitz
Karsdorf (St. Laurentius)
Kayna
Kirchscheidungen (St. Johannes)
Kleinhelmsdorf
Kleinpörthen
Kleinwangen
Lissen (Osterfeld-Propstei)
Löbitz
Loitsch
Loitzschütz
Markröhlitz
Maßnitz
Meineweh
Memleben
Mertendorf
Meyhen
Millingsdorf (St. Peter)
Naumburg (Kadette)
Naumburg (St. Moritz)
Nebra (St. Georg)
Niedermöllern (St. Georg)
Nißmitz
Obermöllern (St. Nikolaus)
Ossig
Osterfeld (Luther)
Ostrau
Pettstädt
Plößnitz
Pomnitz (St. Johannes Evangelist)
Possenhain
Predel
Rehehausen
Rehmsdorf
Rippicha
Roßbach
Saaleck-Lengefeld
Salsitz
Saubach (St. Jacobi und St. Nicolai)
Schellsitz
Schkauditz
Schkölen (St. Marien)
Schleberoda
Schönburg
Schulpforta
Seena
Spielberg (St. Martin)
Spora
Steinbach (St. Margarethen)
Thalwinkel
Thüsdorf (St. Vitus)
Tröbsdorf (St. Marien)
Waldau
Wallroda
Weickelsdorf
Weischütz
Wennungen (St. Georg)
Wethau
Wettaburg
Wetzendorf (St. Kilian)
Wilsdorf
Wippach (St. Sebastian)
Wischroda (St. Jacobi)
Wittgendorf (St. Jacobi)
Wohlmirstedt (St. Maria Magdalena)
Zäckwar
Zeitz (Königliche Korrektions-, Landarmen- und Kranken-Anstalt)
Zeitz (St. Michael)
Zeuchfeld
Zscheiplitz (St. Bonifacius)
Zschorgula
(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

08/25/2026

FamilySearch has recently added more than 8.2 million new records from 22 different countries to its online archives. Some exciting additions include 2.1 million civil and church records from the Philippines, 5 million church and tax records from Ukraine, and 600,000 civil records from France.

Other countries with significant record additions include
-Belgium
-England
-Italy
-Switzerland
-United States

There are so many records to search, but it only takes one to find a family member or story you’ve been missing. Click the link to find your one. 💚 https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/new-records-august-2026?cid=SO-00063722

08/24/2026

Swedish American Newspapers

08/19/2026

08/16/2026

As part of the 'Strangers to Citizens' Online Talk Series

08/14/2026

LINK IN COMMENTS! FREE CHEAT SHEET! Tracing Enslaved Ancestors in African-American Genealogy: They Wrote Your Ancestors Out of the Record. Here's How to Write Them Back In. ✊🏾📜🌳

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Most importantly, this work is about reclaiming names, identities, and family connections that history tried to erase.