The Minnesota Genealogical Society & The Irish Genealogical Society International proudly present “British Isles Family History Days, Irish, Scottish, English, and Welsh Genealogy” featuring David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FUGA, FIGRS, Chief Genealogical Officer, FamilySearch.org. Friday, April 29, 2011: An Evening with David Rencher, Dessert Reception and Presentation “The Sun Never Sets on the Data […]
The 2011 OGS Annual Conference, “Genealogy through the Centuries,” takes place in less than two weeks. It is being held from March 31 to April 2, 2011, The Hyatt on Capitol Square, Columbus, Ohio. I am just one of the many speakers. I hope to see you there! Click here for all the details and […]
This Friday, March 11th, is the deadline for the early registration discount for the National Genealogical Society Family History Conference. The conferences dates are May 11-14 and the place is Charleston, South Carolina! By registering online no later than Friday or having a regular mail registration postmarked on or before March 11th you save $35.00. […]
Tomorrow (Friday, March 4th) watch Who Do You Think You Are? with Lionel Ritchie on NBC TV and then tune in to Geneabloggers Radio. WDYTYA begins at 7 pm CST. Geneabloggers Radio is online beginning at 9:00 pm CST (10 EST, 8 MST, 7 PST). Thomas MacEntee is the host and his featured guest is […]
Well, I am trying to get back to blogging more often after the last couple of weeks. I was sick for a week and then had so many work deadlines to meet that I had to ignore the other tasks. I will be playing some catch-up on things over the next week so check back […]
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 […]