Registration is open for online Family History Research Course this March

Are you a beginning family history researcher? Maybe it’s been a while since you worked on it and need to update and restart your family history research? Join the Clayton Library Friends and Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, professional researcher and lecturer for 4 online sessions in March! Each session is accompanied by an extensive handout with […]

Family History Research: How to Successfully Start—or Restart. Course registration is open!

A labor of love for genealogy education and sponsored by the Clayton Library Friends in Support of the Houston Public Library Center for Family History Research Center at the Clayton Library Campus. Several of us have been working together to get this U.S. based course going. We’ll share some more details in an upcoming post. […]

Time to improve genealogy research knowledge and resources? Here’s one excellent way!

January.  In the U.S. this means the middle of winter. Snow some places, shorter daylight time, and no green tree leaves or wildly blooming flowers. What should you be doing then? Why learning more about family history of course. The annual Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) takes place 21-26 January 2018. The winter in […]

Genealogy should not be a solitary passion. Use the buddy system!

I bet you are sitting alone in front of your computer as you read this. Maybe you were doing some browsing on social media including Twitter, Facebook, or whatever your favorite ones are. Last evening did you spend time on a free or subscription genealogy website? Is your genealogy software data entry up-to-date? If your […]