October 2 & 3, 2020. Let’s all pretend we are in Des Moines, Iowa attending the fall conference of the Iowa Genealogical Society. However, it’s 2020 and we will really have to pretend, but thankfully we can get together live via Zoom. I am the keynote presenter doing three presentations each day. Therese Liewer and […]
Between now and the middle of January 2021 I will be doing presentations in Iowa, Minnesota (2), Wisconsin, Florida, Texas, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Utah. I have updated my presentations calendar for all these events with links to the organizations that have contracted with me. That’s where you will learn how to register. You won’t have […]
My popular course Researching U.S. Government Records 101 is being offered right now with a special discount available only through September 15th, 2020. Use the code PAULA30 at checkout. I compiled this four-session course to introduce students to the vast number of records held by the United States government. Federal records are found with the […]
The Genealogy Guys Podcast, co-hosted by George G. Morgan and Drew Smith, producers of the oldest continually produced genealogy podcast, and Vivid-Pix, makers of RESTORE photo and document restoration software, are pleased to recognize the winners in the Unsung Heroes Awards at the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference being held online. The Unsung Heroes Awards […]
According to my calendar, I should be arriving in downtown Kansas City, Missouri right now. I will have driven 7.5 hours from Saint Paul, Minnesota. I would be at the front desk checking into the hotel for the last ever Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference as it will merge into NGS later this year. The […]
Another recent press release really touched me as it makes more Holocaust-related records widely available. I grew up in a neighborhood that had close Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant neighbors. My first babysitting jobs were for Jewish neighbors and my second job outside of babysitting was for a Jewish boss. We had lots of connections in […]
I’m catching up on some press releases recently received. This one from FamilySearch details a new scanning project with the Ontario Genealogical Society excites me because of my own Ontario connections and those of many clients. FamilySearch and Ontario Ancestors Announce Book Scanning Project FamilySearch Canada Digital Book Initiative Ontario Ancestors and FamilySearch International announced their new book […]
“2020 North Star Goes Virtual!Join us October 8-10, 2020 for our first ever Virtual North Star Genealogy Conference. Featured speakers Judy Russell and Rev. David McDonald will start things off with plenary sessions Thursday evening, Oct. 8 followed by more plenaries and 12 breakout sessions on Oct. 9-10. We’ll give out awards, select a winning photo […]
I was planning to visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri later this month before I was at the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference that was to begin on September 2d. That nasty coronavirus has caused that conference to go virtual instead. I was reminded of the Negro Leagues anniversary today as […]
I shared this news in recent online teaching and forgot to blog about it until I saw a reminder on Twitter tonight. JSTOR [Journal Storage] has scholarly articles from worldwide publications on topics including history, genealogy, ethnic studies, railroads, steamboats, immigration, burial customs. Civil War, citizenship, and many more topics. One of the beauties of […]