Each summer, attendees from all over the United States and several countries come to the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP) for in-depth, hands-on week-long courses. Registration will open on Wednesday, March 8 at noon Eastern (9 a.m. Pacific) for the six courses being offered July 16-21, 2017 on the beautiful campus of La Roche […]
This appeared on Facebook this afternoon in a post by Cyndi Ingle. When does this woman sleep? “Today Cyndi’s List is 21 years old. To celebrate I’ve been busy on the site, yesterday alone I updated 937 links and added 78 new. Over the past couple of weeks I’ve updated almost 1,800 and added about […]
It’s almost here and I hope you are ready! I will be teaching again at the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh’s (GRIP) second summer week, July 16-21. My course is aimed at the intermediate level and is titled “Intermediate Genealogy: Tools for Digging Deeper.” Click on that link to learn more about the week. I […]
Under the guidance and in-depth research work of Eric G. Grundset, Director of Library Publications, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is publishing a series of guides related to Revolutionary War research in various states. The DAR website states this “provides detailed information on the availability of manuscript and archival material that exists for […]
This morning I gave a talk in Wisconsin and a question was asked that led me to talking about the Fopydo. You read that correctly, I didn’t make up the word or misspell it. According to the company’s website, it is an abbreviation of “photo-copy documents.” It’s a simple tool that comes folded flat, but […]
When is the last time you checked the FamilySearch’s Family History Research Wiki for your ancestral cities, counties, states, provinces, and countries? Many are continually being updated. How about the pages about genealogy topics such as census, tax lists and others? One page that has been updated and has added content is Hanover Military Records. It’s […]
Please join me next week in Hudson, Wisconsin as I present “Controlling Chaos: Organizing Your Genealogical Materials” at the Hudson Area Public Library. Thursday, February 9 at 10:30 a.m. Free, but registration required. www.hudsonpubliclibrary.org/ The presentation is accompanied by a five page handout.
I hope you already have July 28-30, 2017 marked on your calendar for the inaugural conference of the International German Genealogy Partnership (IGGP). It will be held in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota (Minneapolis area). The first-ever International Germanic Genealogy Conference has already created quite a buzz. The host hotel where the class sessions will be held […]
Genealogical institutes are great places for week-long in-depth learning. The Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP) is one place for that. Students sign up for one course that takes place from Monday through Friday. GRIP offers two different weeks in the summer and each offers classes on many topics and geographic areas. Air conditioned classrooms, […]
Budget and space dictate my book buying binges. It’s so tough to walk away from genealogy and history books. I see titles about the WPA, railroads, women’s history, and others but I am tormented. My winter 2016-17Minnesota History magazine arrived and it tells of three new railroad books: The Great Northern Railway Through Time (Dale […]