Love the free newspapers on Chronicling America? News this week from the Library of Congress: We’re Upgrading on August 4! On August 4, 2025, users will automatically be sent from the legacy version of Chronicling America to a new version of Chronicling America with added features and tools. If at any point we are […]
I’m seeing DNA test sales begin for Father’s Day. Here’s one example from Ancestry.com.
Do you read the blogs, newsletters, and social media posts of a variety of genealogical websites? If not, you are missing a lot of updates, new services, new databases, DNA sales, and more. The MyHeritage Blog is one that has has several new posts this week. From June 5-8, 225 million Swedish records and 124.9 […]
18 years of my own blog preceded by many previous years of blogging and other writing for the former Federation of Genealogical Societies. I am not a daily blogger. My client consultations and research and webinars pay the bills. I only have a couple affiliate connections where I received minor sums for promotion. Those posts […]
June already? One of my nephews turns 45 today. Two of my children have birthdays in the next couple of weeks. June is also a month for honoring some specific groups among us. Canada begins National Indigenous History Month and on June 21st honors National Indigenous Peoples Day. A large part of my genealogy and […]
One month from now, you’ll be sitting in your most comfortable chair and reading through the fabulous syllabus that accompanied the virtual GRIP Genealogy Institute course “BEYOND Digging Deeper: Sources, Methods, and Practices.” It will be the day AFTER the course ends. But, only if you have registered and attended this online course! It’s not […]
Today’s AP News (Associated Press) carried a report on the 23andMe DNA company. “Biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is buying 23andMe for $256 million, two months after the genetic testing company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.” Be sure to scroll down the page to read all parts of the article including this important paragraph. “Regeneron […]
August 8-9, 2025. Two-day in-person Institute as part of the Minnesota Genealogical Society‘s education programs. The NEW Upper Midwest Genealogical Institute (UMGI)! Join us for this special institute and related activities held at the Midwest Genealogy Center in the Saint Paul suburb of Mendota Heights. Free parking, an extensive syllabus, comfortable classroom, and a pizza […]
Press release info from the U.S. National Archives. “This year’s #Genealogy Series begins TODAY, May 13! Join us for a series of five presentations, all free and available on YouTube, by experts on US National Archives staff. See the full list of times and topics: https://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-series/2025.” Missed today’s? Catch up on these and past years […]
For Part 2, this is an exercise in following up on something written or told to you. Where should we look for additional information on the general topic or specific item. Because the newspaper article discussed in my blog post of May 10th was referring to a Minnesota place, I began some searching for more […]