Ouch. During discussion of the proposed budget for the National Archives and Records Administration, Archivist Allen Weinstein admitted that the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2009 did not include funding to keep the restored evening and Saturday open hours [in Washington DC and College Park, Maryland]. This was in a hearing before the House Appropriations […]
The 38th annual St. Louis Genealogical Society Conference is Saturday, April 12th. I am one of the nine speakers and there is something on the program for everyone. The full program is at the Society’s website. Just tonight I checked with the conference chair, Pat Stamm, and she said they can still take reservations. I […]
The following is from a Press Release received from the National Archives. It’s a free, all day event and you don’t even need to preregister! Be sure to click on the link below to see the lecture titles and more about each speaker. NATIONAL ARCHIVES HOSTS FREE GENEALOGY FAIR APRIL 23, 2008 WHAT: The National […]
The Genealogy Cruise of a lifetime will be here before we know it. From October 25-November 1, 2008 join me and a lot of other excellent, fun, intelligent, caring, and sometimes downright hilarious speakers and registrants. This is a generous group of speakers who welcome your questions and conversation. Why a June 1st deadline when […]
How much extra money do you want in your wallet to spend in the Exhibit Hall at the NGS Conference this May 14-17? If you register online today, tomorrow or on Monday, March 31st, you will save $35.00 off the conference cost after that date. You can also mail your registration if it is postmarked […]
Today’s electronic world of history, archives, and genealogy offers us many ways to learn about new offerings, finding aids, accessions, classes, indexes, and other things helpful in our family history searches. When is the last time you checked an ancestral state’s historical society or state archives website? (or of a county historical , genealogical society, […]
Want to learn more about your Irish ancestry? Eileen O’Duill, a professional genealogist based in Ireland, has some comments at Ancestry’s 24-7 Family History Circle. The 2006 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Boston had many lectures on Irish research. For downloads of 60 Irish related lectures, visit here. These lectures can be downloaded as […]
I may be a mutt as far as my ancestral origins, but the Irish far outweighs the others. My Irish blood is on on my maternal side. I know that some of my Irish lines may turn out to have some English — but I need that trip to Ireland to work on that. My […]
I received this reminder from the Minnesota Genealogical Society. MGS meetings are always enlightening. “The Minnesota Genealogical Society Spring Conference will be held March 29, 2008 at the Rochester Community and Technical College in Rochester, Minnesota. The conference offers educational seminars and exhibits to help family historians and genealogists expand their research skills.Registration begins at […]
Reuters News Service reported today that the NBC television network has purchased the U.S. rights to the “Who Do You Think You Are?” series that has been a hit on BBC for the last four years. The BBC version involved tracing the family trees of celebrities and the ratings were fantastic. In the U.S., the […]