Tag: Natural Disasters

Records Lost in Typhoon Haiyan Are Replaced by Digital Copies

By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 5, 2014

When Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines last year, it destroyed everything in its path including the local civil registration offices containing the area birth, marriage and death records. According to a recent article in the Deseret News: “By the time the storm got to Tacloban, there was a storm surge behind it with 10-foot... (Read More)

Major Historical Fires in the U.S.—Save Your Genealogy!

By Scott Phillips on November 3, 2014

Scott Phillips searches old newspapers to learn more about some of the major fires in our country’s history—including one he and his family lived through... (Read More)

Extreme Weather in History: Stories That Affected Our Ancestors

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on July 10, 2013

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega researches old newspaper articles to show how severe weather deeply affected our ancestors’ lives... (Read More)