I am not sure what is going to happen to some of my TV passions. Yes, I have a TV in my office and just might have a TV in other rooms. I love to watch HGTV and the Food Network. Antiques Roadshow is an important part of each week. But history and genealogy seem […]
The snow will have melted (won’t it?) and people can venture to the National Archives locations in the Washington for these events. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 4, 2010 Special Programs Highlight National Archives Records in February and March Washington, DC. All programs are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted, […]
I remember his call. The excited voice was telling me about helping to research the ancestry of Sarah Jessica Parker and the privilege of meeting her. The results would be on a TV show and I have been waiting for this show since that call. The person who called me is a special part of […]
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. 65 years ago today, the Soviet Army liberated the Jewish prisoners who remained at Auschwitz-Berkenau which combined were the largest of the Holocaust death camps. A CBS news story gives details of the elderly survivors who revisited the camps today. That story said “By the end of World War […]
This year’s NGS Conference is being held in Salt Lake City and has lots of wonderful elements for all family historians. If you register for the conference (28 April – 1 May, 2010) by March 8th you save $35.00 off both the NGS member and non-member registration fee. Click here to see the full conference […]
When was the last time you rechecked these resources? I am guessing that there may have been some catalog, digitization, index, or finding aid changes since that last check. I just checked some of these for my own U.S. ancestral locations and found some wonderful things I want to check. Most of the records are […]
My next speaking engagement is February 27th for the great folks at the Whittier Area Genealogical Society (WAGS) in California. I know several people in this group and am looking forward to seeing them again. My topics for this one day seminar are: $ Finding Ancestral Places of Origin$ Tho’ They Were Poor, They May […]
Forty-two years ago this April the world lost a man who preached and practiced equality. Today we celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. who left us too soon. In my heart I like to believe that, had he lived till a ripe old age, he would have continued his fight for human rights […]
The Minnesota Association of County Officers has fulfilled our wishes. If you were not sure of which county a marriage took place in, you could only search at Ancestry.com from 1958 – 2001 or request that search from the Minnesota Department of Health. For other years you needed to know the exact county and check […]
The 2010 edition of the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy ended last evening with a great banquet and a delightful presentation by Peggy and George Ryskamp. I have known them for many years and knew we were in for a treat as they told some poignant and interesting stories about their research travels to Spain […]