I am behind in scanning old photos. This past week I added a few and then tried MyHeritiage’s new PhotoDater™. I am not experienced in dating old photos so this helped narrow down some dates and that gave me some new parameters to search. Try it! Read more on the MyHeritage Blog.
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
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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/
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
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 […]