New England Historic Genealogical Society

Source: elections.foxnews.com --- 47 days ago
BOSTON — This could make for one odd family reunion: Barack Obama is a distant cousin of actor Brad Pitt, and Hillary Rodham Clinton is related to Pitt’s girlfriend, Angelina Jolie. Researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society found some remarkable family connections for the three presidential candidates — Democratic rivals Obama [...] ...

Source: photo.net --- 66 days ago
Here is news I read in cbsnews.com http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/05/national/main3912734.shtml photoThis 1888 photo released by the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston s... ...

Source: www.abc.es --- 66 days ago
Un miembro de la New England Historic Genealogical Society de Boston ha hallado una fotografía de 1888 de Hellen Keller, sordomuda y ciega, junto a su maestra, Ana Sullivan... ...

Source: www.postchronicle.com --- 45 days ago
BARACK OBAMA AND BRAD PITT ARE COUSINS: New England Historic Genealogical Society poked around in his family tree. Turns out the Democratic Party isn't the only house divided. Barack Obama is related to Brad Pitt? Hillary Clinton related to Angelina Jolie? ... ...

Source: www.azstarnet.com --- 23 days ago
So when the New England Historic Genealogical Society published the family connections between presidential candidates and celebrities, I was an amused bystander. John McCain is the sixth cousin of Laura Bush? Hillary Clinton is the ninth cousin twice removed of Angelina Jolie? Barack Obama is related to everyone from the Bushes to Brad Pitt? ...

Source: www.wikio.fr --- 18 days ago
Barack Obama, qui aspire à devenir le premier président noir des Etats-Unis , aurait un parent lointain bien encombrant en la personne du président George W. Bush . La Société généalogique de Nouvelle-Angleterre ( New England Historic Genealogical Society, NHGC) a reconstitué l'arbre généalogique des trois prétendants à la présidentielle américaine de novembre 2008. Les résultats s'ils sont anecdotiques,... Source : GénéInfos ( s'abonner ) Explorer : Barack Obama , Etats-Unis , Gênes , Présidentielle américaine ...

Source: blog.masslive.com --- 33 days ago
Associated Press photosHere's one story that's going to be all over the news shows pretty much everywhere tonight and tomorrow morning. From AP: Researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society found some remarkable family connections for the three presidential... ...

Source: app.feeddigest.com --- 120 days ago
Genealogy cruises seem to be popping up all over the place, and for very good reasons: they are great fun, educational, and reasonably priced for the most part. The Irish Ancestral Research Association, a non-profit genealogy Society often referred to as TIARA, is now organizing an Irish genealogy cruise to be held about a year from now. The time to start planning this vacation is right now. The Irish Genealogy Cruise will feature leading presenters from the U.S. and Ireland. All the presenters are experienced speakers at national Genealogical conferences. The presenters will include: Valerie Adams, from the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast Mary Ellen Grogan, TIARA, Boston George Handran, Boston (expert on Griffith's Valuation) Michael J. Leclerc, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston Gregory O’Connor, from the National Archives of Ireland, Dublin Eileen and Sean O’Duill, from Dublin The cruise will feature two simultaneous tracks. Track 1 will have lectures on basic resources and techniques for Irish research. Track 2 will focus on more advanced topics and is intended for those with experience in using Irish records. The Irish Genealogy Cruise will depart from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on January 10, 2009. Attendees will spend eight nights in the eastern Caribbean, on board the Independence of the Seas, a Royal Caribbean ship, and then return to Fort Lauderdale. You do ...

Source: blog.daylife.com --- 65 days ago
From AP with Daylife links added: “This 1888 photo released by the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston shows Helen Keller when she was eight years old, left, holding hands with her teacher, Anne Sullivan, during a summer vacation to Brewster, Mass., on Cape Cod. A staff member at the Society discovered the photograph in [...] ...

Source: www.lisnews.org --- 55 days ago
This is from last week, but still very cool. Researcher's have uncovered what they believe to be the earliest known photograph of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan. It was donated to the New England Historic Genealogical Society, by a man whose mother had played with Keller one summer. An interesting piece of history rediscovered! ...

Source: salem-news.com --- 66 days ago
The New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston today announced the recent discovery of what is being called one of the most significant photographic finds documenting the impressive life of Helen Keller. The photograph, taken in July 1888 in Brewster, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, shows eight-year-old Helen Keller seated next to her teacher, Anne Sullivan, as they hold hands. Ms. Sullivan taught young Helen sign language by fingerspelling into the palm of her hand. A large doll rests on Keller’s lap. ...

Source: www.huliq.com --- 47 days ago
The New England Historic Genealogical Society says there are distant family links between Senator Barack Obama and actor Brad Pitt. According to the New England Historic Genealogical Society Obama, the son of a white woman from Kansas and a black man from Kenya, can call six U.S. presidents, including George W. Bush, his cousins. ...

Source: www.mpnnow.com --- 37 days ago
The next monthly meeting of the Rochester Genealogical Society will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 17 in the Fellowship Hall of the Asbury First United Methodist Church, 1050 East Ave. Admission is free open to the public. The main presentation is “Researching New England and the Canadian Provinces” with David Allen Lambert. Lambert has been designated “The Online Genealogist” by the NewEngland Historic Genealogical Society. He has been on the staff there since 1993 and has published articles in several publications. He has a best-selling book called “A Guide to Cemeteries in Massachusetts” and “Images of Stoughton, Massachusetts,” a photographic history of his hometown. Lambert’s Genealogical expertise includes specialties in New England and Atlantic Canadian research, military records, and Native American and African American Genealogical research. He has appeared on numerous radio and television shows, including the PBS-TV show History Detectives. He is currently authoring a book on the vital,church, and cemetery records of Stoughton from 1726 to 1900. Lambert will share his knowledge of how to find records of your ancestors in New England, and particularly in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. He will also explore researching in the Canadian Maritime Provinces. For more information, email Roscoe Hastings at roscoe.hastings@earthlink.net or visit Rochester Genealogical Society’s Web site, www.rootsweb.com/~nyrgs ...

Source: fookembug.wordpress.com --- 59 days ago
By MELISSA TRUJILLO, Associated Press Writer This 1888 photo released by the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston shows Helen Keller when she was eight years old, left, holding hands with her teacher, Anne Sullivan, during a summer vacation to Brewster, Mass., on Cape Cod. A staff member at the Society discovered the [...] ...

Source: www.schemamag.ca --- 26 days ago
US Presidential hopeful Barack Obama is articulate, attractive, intelligent, and terribly charismatic. Yeah, and? Well, here's a thing or two about Obama you may not have heard before: 1) Barack Obama 's blackness and its effect on his campaign has already been widely discussed in the blogosphere as well as in traditional media. But Barack Obama is not only the United States' first African-American presidential candidate; he is the first biracial presidential candidate. Columnist Peggy Orenstein discusses multiracialism and the future of Hapa Nation in this thought-provoking New York Times Magazine piece , which touches on ethnicity in general, illustrated with a few relevant examples from the writer's own life. (At the airport, without her Japanese-American husband present, Orenstein strikes up a conversation with a stranger who inquires as to the height of Orenstein's daughter's "birth parents.") 2) The good folks at the New England Historic Genealogical Society decided to do a little research into the family trees of the three presidential candidates , and found links between Obama and Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Lyndon Johnson, Harry S. Truman, James Madison, Winston Churchill, and General Robert E. Lee. Oh, and Brad Pitt. Since Hillary Clinton was found to be a distant cousin of Angelina Jolie, the US Democrats might want to skip all the politicking and just elect Shiloh. 3) A lo ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 66 days ago
"I never thought much about it" This 1888 photo released by the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston shows Helen Keller when she was eight years old, left, holding hands with her teacher, Anne Sullivan, during a summer vacation ... via Lubbock Avalanche-Journal ...

Source: genealogyblog.com --- 54 days ago
The following was written by NEHGS staff: BOSTON, MA (March 17, 2008) – Discover your roots with the Hilton Family Boston Hotels and the New England Historic Genealogical Society’s “Family Tree Package”! Designed to assist individuals in discovering their “roots”, this overnight package promises to deliver an eye opening experience for those interested in learning their family [...] ...

Source: enjoyingthejourney.blogspot.com --- 39 days ago
video Obama related to Pitt, Clinton to Jolie By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press Writer Tue Mar 25, 6:53 PM ET source BOSTON - This could make for one odd family reunion: Barack Obama is a distant cousin of actor Brad Pitt, and Hillary Rodham Clinton is related to Pitt's girlfriend, Angelina Jolie. Researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society found some remarkable family connections for the three presidential candidates - Democratic rivals Obama and Clinton, and Republican John McCain. Clinton, who is of French-Canadian descent on her mother's side, is also a distant cousin of singers Madonna, Celine Dion and Alanis Morissette. Obama, the son of a white woman from Kansas and a black man from Kenya, can call six U.S. presidents, including George W. Bush, his cousins. McCain is a sixth cousin of first lady Laura Bush. "You'd think with all that singing talent in the family she'd be able to carry a tune," Clinton's senior adviser Philippe Reines said. "But now it makes much more sense how she snagged a Grammy." Clinton won for best spoken word Grammy in 1997 for "It Takes a Village." Obama also won a Grammy in that category this year for the audio version of his book, "The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream." Genealogist Christopher Child said that while the candidates often focus on pointing out differences between them, their ancestry shows they are more alike than they think. ...

Source: standaard.typepad.com --- 46 days ago
Uit onderzoek van de New England Historic Genealogical Society blijkt dat Barack Obama en Hillary... ...