Labor Day DNA test sales
Be sure to check all the genealogy DNA test companies for possible sales through the Labor Day weekend. Ancestry, FamilyTreeDNA, MyHeritage, 23andMe for example. Here is the offer from Ancestry.com
Author: Paula Stuart-Warren
Upcoming courses on Mastering Genealogical Documentation
Educational news from Cari Taplin and Cyndi Ingle is below. I have heard great things about these study courses. “Registration is now open for the MGD Study Group – Mastering Genealogical Documentation, an Eight-Week Beginning Principles Course, lead by Cari Taplin and Cyndi Ingle of Cyndi’s List. The course runs from September 27, 2023 through […]
5 Fridays in September means 25 free webinars for WEBTEMBER!
Take your genealogy skills to the next level with this FREE online genealogy conference, held each Friday in September: 25 live webinars in all. Join live for all five Fridays or just one, and if you can’t, Legacy Family Tree Webinars has you covered! Enjoy the recordings at your convenience — they’ll be free to […]
July 1, 2024. Original birth certificates accessible for most Minnesota adoptees.
The media has been reporting about the change in Minnesota about adoptees being able to obtain their original birth certificate (OBC) starting in July of 2024. I wanted a few more details and some official words from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) before I started writing about it. The MDH website page about the […]
Revolutionary War manuscripts being digitized at the University of Michigan Clements Library
It’s not just genealogical and historical organizations that have newsletters, enews, and blogs to tell us about new records, digitized records, and events. I subscribe to several college and university special collections emailed news. This one arrived this morning and now I need to find more open time for reading in these. The photos accompanying […]
This Minneapolis library has a hidden gem for record lovers
That headline came in a Google alert. It was from Minnesota Public Radio. My first thought was that it was about time that a reporter delved into the special collections at the downtown Minneapolis Central Library, which is part of the Hennepin County Library system. I have used these special collections for several decades. City […]
August 5, Free presentations on the WPA and our Poor Ancestors. Many records!
It’s soon! Saturday August 5, 2023. In a week, I will be presenting two topics for the Orange County California Genealogical Society. Please join us for these hybrid presentations. https://occgs.com/
U.S. National Archives says Alllllll Aboard!
The U.S. National Archives has several blogs and newsletters. Recently, the Catalog Newsletter invited researchers to “Come along for a fast track overview of the Cartographic Branch’s railroad records.“ Learn more about the collections: https://archives-20973928.hs-sites.com/all-aboard7-20-2023
1880s Rochester, Minnesota high school record book discovered
Another example has surfaced to show why we need to check again for family information we may have looked for 6 months or five years ago. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to learn that an 1880s high school record book for a family member’s high school had been discovered? If you have family who attended high […]
1973-2023 50th anniversary of the fire that destroyed many military veterans records at NARA
It was July 12, 1973, FIFTY years ago this week. A fiftieth anniversary is usually called a Golden Anniversary. There is nothing golden about what happened at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis, Missouri, part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). A fire broke out in the National Personnel Records […]