8 Billion!! Read on for the official FamilySearch press release. Nonprofit FamilySearch published its 8 billionth free searchable name from its worldwide historic record collections online. The milestone is even more astounding when you think that each name is someone’s ancestor—8 billion family connections just waiting to be discovered. Explore the free databases at […]
How did it get here so fast! Get yourself registered today for the Iowa Genealogical Society’s 2020 Virtual 2-day conference for October 2 & 3. The syllabus is almost ready for your viewing, you get to listen and view four presentations each day, ask questions, and maybe have a bit of fun with the presenters, […]
1,274 and counting webinars, 283+ instructors, and more than 5200 pages of handouts! I’m proud to be among that great lineup of instructors. I’m proud to have presented 7 of those webinars, all accompanied by extensive handouts. Click here for my webinars. Need a membership? Click here to sign up and as an affiliate, I […]
The MyHeritage Blog for September 13, 2020 includes the list of newly added material for the month of August. Here’s the link.
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 […]