Today’s Washington Post carries the story of remains found in New Mexico that were identified and the steps that were involved. The young man was a Buffalo Soldier, one of many African American men who served in the U.S. army in the “west.” The bones and skull had to be matched after those from this […]
The Genealogy Guys Podcast, the longest regularly running genealogy podcast in the world, will be recording a LIVE session on Thursday, September 3rd at 3:30 PM during this year’s Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference. You can be in the audience and submit questions for possible inclusion in the episode! The Genealogy Guys are George G. […]
This press release from the U.S. National Archives was just received: National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis Opens Agency Civilian Personnel Records to the Public The National Archives’ National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) opened more than 6 million individual personnel files of former federal civilian employees from the mid-1800s through 1951. These records will […]
The places to find snippets or full reproductions of music albums, plays, movies and other entertainment industry history are voluminous. The U.S. Library of Congress is just one of those places. The LOC has announced the recent additions to the National Recording Registry. Click here for the full story and links. I have the original […]
In February, the almost 150 year old Rocky Mountain News closed its doors. It is just one of the many recent newspaper casualties. What happens to the records, clippings, reference files, photos, and other material that such newspapers had? In the case of the RMN, several online sources report that agreements are in the works […]
First cousins David Gustafson and Paula Stuart. Both of us were born in 1948, but Dave is 6 weeks older as I keep reminding him. We are on the swing in our Grandma and Grandpa Stuart’s basement at 2019 Princeton Ave. in St. Paul, Minnesota. Grandpa kept his basement so clean you could eat off […]
The 9th Annual British Institute —– Offering Irish and English Research The courses are taught by experts in their field of genealogy research. The International Society for British Genealogy & Family History (ISBGFH) is sponsoring the ninth annual British Institute in Salt Lake City, October 5-9, 2009. The Institute will be held at the Crystal […]
I just received this press release from the National Archives. Now I know what a friend at the USCIS has been working one. Thanks to everyone involved in this! June 1, 2009 Signing Ceremony Permits Millions of Alien Files to Become Permanent Records at the National Archives WHO: Adrienne Thomas, Acting Archivist of the United […]
The blog prompt from the world of Geneabloggers is “Week #21: Lessons learned. Fess up to your research mistakes so others can learn from them.” Where do I begin? Seriously, I have done many things in genealogy the “correct” way. I had some excellent teachers early on in the dark ages of the 1980s. Did […]
Today’s [Minneapolis] StarTribune.com carried an interesting column “Small Towns Need to Dust off Websites” by James Lileks. His comments about towns and websites hit home with me. I am sure that it will have great meaning for vacationers, genealogists, and others looking for information on a specific place. When I travel, I often look for […]