Jessica Feinstein
roserootsgenealogy.bsky.social
Jessica Feinstein
@roserootsgenealogy.bsky.social
Professional genealogist (RQG) and genealogy teacher.
Putting together a family archive for the next generation at https://app.weare.xyz/feinstein-family/home
Reposted by Jessica Feinstein
Our 'Giving Tuesday' Gift to YOU:
The New York State Death Index, 1880-2017

After YEARS of fighting with the state of New York, we just put it all online -- and there might even be some more data to come!

Read all about it in our latest newsletter issue:
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Reclaim The Records
We’re Reclaim The Records, a new not-for-profit activist group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates. We identify important genealogical records sets that ought to be...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:53 AM
If you need to order a copy of a will to help with your family tree research, do it now!
The price is going up to £16 on 17 Nov.
todayswillsandprobate.co.uk/copy-probate...
You can order them from probatesearch.service.gov.uk#wills
Copy probate fees to rise from £1.50 to £16 | Today's Wills and Probate
The fee for obtaining copies of probate grants, wills or letters of administration will increase from £1.50 to £16 per copy on 17th November 2025
todayswillsandprobate.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Reposted by Jessica Feinstein
I was a beta tester for @reclaimtherecords.org’s awesome new BIRLS service. If you have relatives who served in the US #military & lived in the 20th century, check it out! Here's some of what I got so far. #genealogy #ancestry #familyhistory
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US Military Records via BIRLS - My Beta User Experience
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
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December 29, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Interesting remarks in a burial register! This was Ellen Doxey, who lived in Wirksworth, Derbyshire #genealogy #Derbyshire
November 18, 2024 at 4:39 PM
It's been a while, but I have just written about a blog post about a relative's connection to a famous murder in Derbyshire www.roserootsresearch.co.uk/post/reuben-...
Reuben Conway and the murder at Wigwell Grange
It’s always quite exciting to discover that your relatives had a role to play in sensational events of the day. Last week we visited Wigwell Grange in Derbyshire, site of a murder in August 1863. We w...
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November 18, 2024 at 8:33 AM