RootsTech 2014 Live Stream Schedule
I have been asked to post the full live-stream schedule for this year’s RootsTech. It is available here. https://familysearch.org/node/2519.The listed times are Mountain Time Zone.
Author: Paula Stuart-Warren
2014 RootsTech Live Streaming
Were you unable to attend RootsTech in person this year? Did you know that some sessions are being live-streamed?Click here to see the live presentations https://rootstech.org/ today through Saturday.
2014 Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh – registration is coming soon!
It’s just two weeks till registration opens for the 2014 Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh that takes place at LaRoche College in Pittsburgh. The Institute dates are July 20-25 and registration begins on February 12th. The Institute’s website has some great tips to prepare you for the registration process. I hope to see many of […]
Mark February 12th on your calendar for Genealogical Institute of Pittsburgh registration
It’s just a bit more than two weeks till registration opens for the 2014 Genealogical Institute of Pittsburgh registration. (Fondly known as GRIP) There are six courses from which to choose and students may stay in a college dorm. The dorm and classrooms are a very short walk from each other. The cafeteria is in […]
Smithsonian preserving languages including Native American dialects
Yesterday’s Washington Post carried an interesting article about the preservation of languages including Native American languages. I can’t read or write any of these languages but often need to translate documents. I can use word lists and ask others for advice. The article “Smithsonian archives preserve lost and dying languages” is informative and exciting. “The […]
Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy 2013 goes out with a bang
A week ago I was finished with the first day of teaching at the 2013 edition of SLIG. The week flew by and it now seems like a distant memory. That is sad because it was a fantastic week. I had a classroom full of wonderful adult students who participate in discussions, questions and the […]
Joy Reisinger, RIP my friend
It was 1982 or 1983. I was in the audience here in Minnesota listening to a genealogy lecture by a woman dressed in pink. All pink. That aside, she knew her stuff! Thirty years later, that lady, a special friend is gone. Joy Reisinger was her name. One of her specialties in the field was […]
Minnesota Genealogy: Finding Divorce Records
Learning that a family member may have been divorced 50, 75, or 150 years ago might yield a temporary shock to your system. It might also yield a plethora of family history details. Divorce in the past is different from divorce today in some ways. Societal and family pressures may have caused a family or […]
Cafes in cemeteries: will the idea come to the U.S.?
I love this idea. A story on the ABC News website “Dead Good Coffee: Cemetery Cafes Gain Popularity” tells about a new trend in Europe. Coffee cafes in cemeteries are attracting a wide variety of customers. A visit before or after visiting the graves of our ancestors might soothe the nerves. A group of genealogists […]
$2.3 Million in National Archives Grants for Historical Records Projects
I received this press release from the National Archives yesterday. The projects include some wonderful one that will aid family historians! Washington, DC… Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero has awarded 44 grants totaling $2,283,079 in Federal funds for archives and publishing projects in 32 states, territories, and the District of Columbia. The […]