The new Minnesota Genealogical Society website has debuted. I just noticed that tonight while I was searching for some information. Be sure to check it out, learn abut the library, upcoming events, publications, MGS Branches and affiliate organizations, and to see the online library catalog. Click here to see the new website.
This is one of the lectures I will be presenting on Saturday, April 2, at the Ohio Genealogical Society Conference. I have been working on the PowerPoint presentation off and on over the last few months and finally realized that I am spending more time browsing through the websites and finding things for myself and […]
Don’t forget that you can listen to and watch selected sessions from RootsTech taking place in right now in Salt Lake City. Rootstech.org Friday9:45–10:45am Cloud Computing: What It Is and How It Has Been used – Brian Pugh ON NOW3:00–4:00pm The Power of PDF: Tools for Every Genealogist – Josh Taylor Saturday8:30–9:30am Personal […]
Today FamilySearch announced that it has added more records for Brazil, Canada, England, Italy, Switzerland, and the U.S. to its ever-growing online collection: “Family history enthusiasts researching in England will certainly relish the nine English record collections updated this week online at FamilySearch.org. The new English records come from Norfolk, Cheshire, and Warwick. Other new […]
Don’t forget to tune in at 7:00 p.m. (CST) on NBC TV to watch the next episode of Who Do You Think You Are? The Friday (11 February) show features the ancestry of country singer Tim McGraw who found some mysteries and interesting facts about himself and his ancestors. I really think my family members […]
This press release from the U.S. National Archives arrived yesterday. It is worth watching the video! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2011 National Archives Launches New “Inside the Vaults” Video Short Just in time for Valentine’s Day, video features restoration of personal family heirlooms Washington, DC. . . To celebrate Mary Tomlin’s 220th birthday, and […]
All family historians should have a library card. Your city, town, or county library holds a variety of help for your research. One important factor is that almost all library cards are free for residents of the area where the library is located. Few libraries allow us to borrow genealogy related research materials, so we […]
I will do it today. I will reach into a drawer filled with file folders I haven’t looked at in a while. These are files related to my Stuart ancestry. It’s time to get back to some research on them. They arrived in the U.S. from Scotland in 1852 and as you may have read […]
For Immediate Release 4 February 2011 RootsTech Conference Will Broadcast Select Sessions Free Online SALT LAKE CITY—RootsTech, a new family history and technology conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 10-12, 2011, announced today that six of its popular sessions will be broadcasted live and complimentary over the Internet. The live broadcasts will give […]
The Northland Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists just finished a virtual meeting with 16 members. Our members include residents of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Many of us do research and consultations for clients, others are editors, writers, personal historians, and all are interested in the standards of our field. […]