I have many things I love to do when researching both family history and history in general. One is going to an archive, library, or courthouse and working with the original records. Being there in person means I can get that special emotion from touching that original record. Being there onsite also means I can […]
Six years ago on 9/11, I was in Davenport, Iowa for the 2001FGS/Quad Cities Genealogical Conference. The conference was to begin the next day. A cadre of volunteers had been planning this conference for five years. I was sitting in my hotel room working on the first of the daily newsletters for that conference. I […]
On Saturday, September 22nd, from 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., I will be teaching Tracing Your Family History Online and Off. This class is held at the Minnesota Historical Society. The full class description is: Do you need a refresher on research basics or are you just catching the genealogy bug? This session assists you […]
How popular is tracing family history? An article in today’s Guardian Unlimited http://www.guardian.co.uk/ tells that the BBC show Who Do You Think You Are? drew a 30% audience share that translated to 6.5 million viewers last night. I never thought I would see such a headline! Not that I didn’t believe it could happen — […]
Do you sometimes wonder if you have used the proper word and punctuation? At other times do you wish you could correct me? My favorite website for checking out proper useage is Grammar Girl’s Quick & Dirty Tips for Better Writing. Check it out at: http://www.qdnow.com/. I have it bookmarked in my Favorites.
I recently wrote a column for Ancestry’s Weekly Journal about the difficulty in finding ancestral homes due to street name and numbering changes. It is also posted on Ancestry’s 24-7 Family History Circle at: http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=1769 When I wrote, I asked for additional comments and thought that you might like to read the reader contributions at […]
I arrived back in Minnesota on Wednesday evening. I stayed after the FGS conference ended to research at the Allen County Public Library’s “new” Genealogy Center. What a great place. At the conference, I ran into a lot of genealogy friends from all over — including some fellow Minnesotans. I talked with 3 women who […]
It is very possible that I won’t be doing many blog posts this week. I am in Fort Wayne at the Federation of Genealogical Societies/Allen County Public Library genealogical conference. Between presenting lectures, volunteering at the booths of several organizations in the Exhibit Hall, and attending meetings, I may be on overload! Lectures begin on […]
A wide variety of newspapers are indexed online and many have a link to the associated images. The majority require a subscription, but some are available at no charge in libraries. These are the links to several from the long list I will discuss over the next few weeks in greater detail: http://www.ancestry.com/http://www.genealogybank.com/Google News Archive […]
If you need to contact me, the updated mailing and email addresses are posted online in the directories at www.apgen.org and www.bcgcertification.org. I am actually living in Zimmerman, Minnesota, but my mailing address is in Elk River. I wonder what business and personal billing items such as credit card, membership, subscriptions, and utilities I have […]