For Immediate Release: 18 December 2018 from BCG The Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) is excited to present the following free webinars through Legacy Family Tree Webinars in 2019: January 15 – Margaret R. Fortier, CG, “Visualizing Information for Genealogists” February 19 – Melissa A. Johnson, CG, “Applying Evidence to Genealogical Research Questions” March […]
January 2019 starts a new travel year for me. The first trip is to Salt Lake City to do client research and teach 3 sessions in the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy’s Native American course. Then I am excited to be off to Jackson, Mississippi to do a day-long seminar on 19 January for the […]
In case you haven’t see this exciting news over the past few days! Legacy Family Tree Webinars has announced the addition of closed captioning to its services. This includes my November 2018 webinar, Railroad Records and Railroad History: Methods for Tracking. From their press release: “Implemented as a full human-curated transcription via synced subtitles, closed […]
I had an enjoyable time this afternoon presenting “Railroad Records and Railroad History: Methods for Tracking” for Legacy Family Tree Webinars. If you wish to watch it again or missed it today, it’s now online for free for a week. The extensive handout is available to LFTW members. In the intro to today’s webinar, Geoff […]
If I shared all the press release emails and social media notices I have received in the last few days, I would be posting for several days. If you aren’t on social media such as Facebook, you are missing announcements of sales of genealogical software, subscriptions, and DNA tests galore. BIG sales. Some are ending […]
From 20-26 November, a Legacy Family Tree Webinar membership is 50% off. You read that correctly! That means: 12 months of 24/7 access to 800 full-length genealogy classes PLUS all 3,500+ pages of instructors’ handouts. For only $24.98 That means: Join today! Renew today! p.s. That is an affiliate link and the few cents […]
Yes, the pun in the title is intended. 🙂 Join me and Legacy Family Tree Webinars online on Wednesday, November 28, at 11:00 a.m. PST, Noon MST, 1:00 p.m. CST, and 2:00 EST for this presentation. For other time zones, when you click on the link below, you can check for your time zone. Have […]
Today I drove past 486 So. Hamline Avenue in Saint Paul and smiled up at the corner apartment. I had to do that today because it’s Grandma’s birthday. Great Grandma Gert, Dirty Gerty, Granny Grapefruit, and just Grandma. Those were all names of love. More on her names another time. She would have been 118 […]
From a My Heritage news release: MyHeritage has announced a new feature in our DNA matching. “Shared Ancestral Places refer to towns, countries, or U.S. states that appear in your family tree as well as in the family trees of your DNA Matches, where birth or death events of your ancestors (and those of your […]
Mark your calendars for February 16, 2019 and get registered before it sells out! The Minnesota Historical Society is having a full-day “Preserve & Organize Your Family History Conference” at the Minnesota History Center in Saint Paul. A variety of sessions presented by MHS staff and professional genealogists are being offered with a wide range […]