Leland Meitzler asked me to post this press release for my readers. New Online Edition of Everton’s Genealogical Helper will debut July 1! Subscribe today for only $10.00! LOGAN, Utah, June 12, 2008. Genealogy Online, Inc., publisher of Everton’s Genealogical Helper, today, announced the publication of the Genealogical Helper in an Online Edition. The Online […]
A colleague from Massachusetts, Christine Sweet-Hart, posted an amazing link on a professional genealogists’ discussion list. That link is to Curious Expeditions and the pictures of libraries and books is literally thrilling. I have only been to six of those libraries. Christine warned that viewing this site would make us grab our passport and run […]
On one of the news services I subscribe to, I ran across an interesting article “South Africa: Genealogy Project to Connect Family History.” Click on this article title for the whole story. It comes from BuaNews (Tshwane) and states that “KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sibusiso Ndebele is to officially launch the Family Tree Project aimed at facilitating […]
It was dark and dreary here today and I hope that didn’t ruin any of the Memorial Day Celebrations. This morning I spoke with my Dad and said he was my favorite veteran. Dad served in the Army Air Corps in World War II. He was in the 1103rd Army Air Forces Base Unit.He was […]
This afternoon, I was doing some research in the digitized books at Google Books. I found some thing about my German family I hadn’t come across before. I knew that my step-Great Great Great Grandfather Gottfried Rohr and my Great Great Granduncle Frederick Fischer ran a tailoring establishment/clothing store in Watertown, Wisconsin. What I found […]
May 30-31 Newberry Library, Railroad Ancestors Workshop. I am one of the several lecturers for this exciting event. Learn more about the Railroad Retirement Board and its records, how to search for railroad workers, indexes, databases, books, what the National Archives holds for RR research, employee records and more. June 1 Registration deadline for a […]
At this month’s National Genealogical Society Conference in Kansas City, winners were announced for many special awards. Among the winners was the Irish Genealogical Society International, which is based here in Minnesota. The IGSI quarterly journal, the Septs, won first place in the NGS Newsletter Competition under the category of Major Genealogical or Historical Society […]
I happened to see the front page of the USA Today newspaper this morning and saw this story headline “Census considers rewards for data.” Of course I read the article which is also here. One of the persons commenting on the matter alluded to the problems of census cooperation that stems from the “fear and […]
May 11th, 1858 is the date of statehood for Minnesota. 150 years ago. Probably seems pretty young to those of you with New England and Mid-Atlantic roots. I grew up in historic Reserve Township in St. Paul, Minnesota and have been a lover of history from childhood. Today I spend much of my work time […]
The National Genealogical Society Conference begins in a week, May 14-17. If you live in the Midwest or into the eastern plains states, it is a nice drive to Kansas City. Visit the NGS website for more details on the lectures, exhibit hall, and for details in case you haven’t signed up and plan to […]