Ancestry.com Sale on DNA Tests and Memberships
It’s the early holiday season! Ancestry has a big sale on DNA tests ($39) and on various levels of Gift Memberships. Be sure to read the terms. The sale runs through November 27th at 6:00 p.m. EST.
Author: Paula Stuart-Warren
Legacy Family Tree Webinars October Top Ten and Runners Up
Geoff Rasmussen says “We’ve tallied the numbers and made a list of the Top 10 most-watched webinars for October 2024! Are your favorite topics or instructors among the list? Need something new to learn? Use the list to get inspired! You’ll see my name and my September presentation among the runner-ups. Guess it’s still drawing […]
Free access to b, d, and related records on MyHeritage for a few days!
MyHeritage has announced that from “October 29 to November 1, 2024, it is offering free access to their “vast collection of death, burial, cemetery, and obituary records. With nearly 1.2 billion records in 435 collections, it’s the perfect chance to dive into the stories that connect us to generations before us.” Search Death, Burial, Cemetery […]
Indigenous Peoples Day 2024 in the U.S. At least in some places.
Do you know who was on the land where you now live about 200 or more years ago? I’m betting that then or way before, it was Indigenous people who lived on “your” land in what became the United States. You may be a descendant of that group of Indigenous people whose land was taken […]
My Legacy Family Tree Webinars September presentation made the top ten
Part of my work schedule for today is working on updating handouts and PowerPoint slides for a bunch of presentations I am doing in October and November. It’s always enjoyable to share my knowledge with groups around the world, but I am staying in the U.S. for the next several months. While I’m working on […]
Minnesota Digital Library: Beltrami County oral histories online
A recent newsletter from the University of Minnesota reminded me to look at other parts of the Minnesota Digital Library. The MDL is best described directly from its website. MDL “supports discovery and education through access to unique digital collections shared by cultural heritage organizations from across the state of Minnesota. Our contributors include libraries, […]
October is Family History Month, American Archives Month, National German Heritage Month, and many other awareness designations
Every day and every month I learn about some other event, designation, or awareness label in states, provinces, countries, and I can’t keep track of them all. The three in the title of this post are examples of some that apply to me and my fellow history/genealogy researchers. These and others apply to people all […]
September 30: National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools
My research career has taken me to the National Archives in Washington, DC and other locations many times over the past 30 years. Much of my time was spent in Bureau of Indian Affairs records for individuals, law firms, and directly for Tribes. The direct reading of hundreds upon hundreds of pages of correspondence, student […]
Board for Certification of Genealogists free webinar 17 Sept: “A Myriad of Slave Databases”
FREE BCG-SPONSORED WEBINAR “A Myriad of Slave Databases” by LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG, CGL, FASG Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 8:00 p.m. (EDT) I know this is a last-minute posting. Sorry about that, my fault totally. BCG’s next free monthly webinar in conjunction with Legacy Family Tree Webinars is “A Myriad of Slave Databases” by LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, […]
Minnesota North Star Genealogy Conference Oct 24-26 almost full!
Not yet joining us? There aren’t many seats left! Join well-known main speakers Judy G. Russell and Blaine Bettinger along with more than a dozen other speakers for this extravaganza of learning. I’ll be presenting sessions on Friday and Saturday and participating in the Northland Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists “Ask a Genealogist” […]