The title above is for one of my presentations at the 2016 Federation of Genealogical Society’s annual national conference that begins later this month. It is being held August 31 through September 3 in Springfield, Illinois. Everyone with a interested in family history is welcome. For full details and registration: https://www.fgsconference.org/
The topic of river people is one created out of love. A dear friend who I met because we both volunteered to do things for the Minnesota Genealogical Society was a river person. Her husband was a riverboat pilot and Ann Peterson did considerable river research. When she passed away far too young, I decided to create the lecture incorporating what she taught me and then proceeded to learn more.
I grew up a block from the Mississippi River in Saint Paul and only love the river, the people, and the research only a tich less than railroad research. Then, there is the Native American research. Gee, I can’t choose a favorite.
All this river love made me sit up and take notice when Tara Calishain of Research Buzz fame posted on Facebook that Tulane University has made accessible to the public a new online guide to the Steamboat Image Collection. Thanks, Tara! The rest of you should really be reading ResearchBuzz.
Now back to the info from Tulane: “The collection, made up of more than 60 linear feet, preserves thousands of images of riverboats including sternwheelers, sidewheelers, tugs, packets, showboats, and more.”
The majority of the images are not yet online, but a guide is supposed to be.
Read the Tulane press release.
Read the online guide to the collection. If only I could find this guide on the website, I would give you the link!
Now we have another reason to go to New Orleans.
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