100 years from now a family genealogist is looking at a family group sheet posted on whatever the technology of the day is. The first thing the budding genealogist notices is that somehow in the one ancestral family branch the father, mother, and child have all been given the same day of birth, November 24th. […]
I have presented all-day seminars or lectured at genealogy conferences or institutes in 32 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia. South Carolina is included in that number but that won’t be factual until May for the NGS Conference in Charleston. So far, I have not had the opportunity to do such presentations in 18 […]
In the summer of 2009 I was fortunate to be in two more states, Maine and New Hampshire. I have now visited all of the mainland 48 states. I have not been to Hawaii or Alaska and I hope to do so! I thought about this recently as one of my nephews asked me about […]
A nice press release just received from FamilySearch! A Lot to Be Thankful For: 15 Million New Indexed Genealogical Records November 17, 2010 Digital images and indexes include 34 collections from 13 countriesThe collection of indexes and images available on FamilySearch’s beta website continues to grow by leaps and bounds, with the addition of 34 […]
Are you getting ready for Thanksgiving and all the holidays that follow in the next several weeks? Don’t forget to prepare some oral history questions to ask the relatives. I have some questions to ask the women in your family. Pick two or three to ask during dinner. To add more to the flavor of […]
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Today was spent at a client’s home. We were doing some organizing and research planning. This made me think of a column I wrote for Ancestry’s old electronic newsletter a few years ago. I reread and updated it and present it here as some food for thought. The following words are based on the premise […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2010 National Archives Launches “Inside the Vaults” Video Short Commemorating Veterans Day Video highlights National Personnel Records Center and military records requests Washington, DC. . . How does a veteran apply for a copy of his military service records? Can this be done online? How does the National Military Personnel […]
WEST POINT U.S. MILITARY CADET APPLICATION PAPERS, INCLUDING THOSE OF ‘STONEWALL’ JACKSON, COLONEL CUSTER AND GENERAL SHERMAN, RELEASED BY ANCESTRY.COM Site Commemorates Veterans Day with Free Access to Entire U.S. Military Records Collection PROVO, UTAH, November 10, 2010 – Ancestry.com, which has the largest online collection of historical military records, today added more than 115,000 […]
This press release just arrived from the National Archives. November 3, 2010 New Options Now Available for Reproductions of National Archives Holdings Washington, D.C….The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has expanded the formats available to members of the public who wish to purchase copies of records from its holdings. Copy options for immigration and […]