What family historians call the Social Security Death Index has been under assault from a number of directions in recent weeks. Now it’s the subject of a hearing that may jeopardize our access to it or access as we have known it. “U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and […]
Yes, I have been missing in action. The past month has been dictated by client, writing, and lecture deadlines plus some family time. Some of my upcoming seminar presentations are listed in the right hand column complete with live links for more information. I would love to meet readers at these places. I just completed […]
Can’t join us in Salt Lake City for RootsTech next week? Some of the sessions will be live on the Internet! SALT LAKE CITY—RootsTech, a leading family history and technology conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2-4, 2012, announced today that fourteen of its popular sessions will be broadcasted live and complimentary over […]
January 16, 2012 – Austin, TX. Registration for the 2012 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference, scheduled for August 29 – September 1, 2012, in beautiful Birmingham, Alabama, is now open. This year’s conference theme is “Indians, Squatters, Settlers and Soldiers in the ‘Old Southwest’,” and the local host is the Alabama Genealogical Society (AGS). This […]
You may already know this if you live in the Salt Lake City area. The throngs of people with an interest in genealogy, history, libraries, technology and other things who will visit there in the next 3 weeks might not know it yet. The Sam Weller bookstore formerly on Main Street has now reopened in […]
From the National Archives blog NARAtions I just learned that The U.S. National Archives is replacing “copiers and the copy card system in the research rooms of College Park, MD (Archives II) and Washington, DC (Archives I) in early 2012. The new copiers/scanners will have more features than the current copiers. The new machines produce […]
Yes, sit in your pj’s with the libation and snack of your choice at hand and listen to great shows on your computer, iPad, etc. Sign in to join in the chat rooms. They are fun, chatty, and I do learn a lot. I plan to listen to both shows this weekend and to participate […]
Jean Legried was one of those people you admired. I thought about her last week when I realized I hadn’t received her usual Christmas letter. Now I know why, Jean passed away on January 1st and her health had been declining. I first met her back in the early 1980s. She taught me that a […]
You may have already seen this article or a variation of it. It really touched me. The headline in the Huffington Post reads “Minka Disbrow, 94, Reunites With Biological Child 77 Years Later.” The reunion happened several years ago and now Minka is about to celebrate her 100th birthday with the daughter she gave up […]
Last night I lay in bed thinking about all the controversy surrounding RootsTech and booksellers. I was itching to write about it. I did comment on FaceBook several times last night but kept feeling like I wanted to say more. When I began to see the comments about boycotting RootsTech I decided to comment further […]