News from SLIG! SLIG Scholarship Opportunities Planning to attend the January 2018 SLIG? There are several scholarship opportunities available for SLIG students. SLIG Jimmy B. Parker Scholarship Deadline June 20, 2017 Named in honor of Jimmy B. Parker, whose legacy of service to the genealogical community covered more than 50 years, this full-tuition scholarship will […]
Findmypast added a bunch of items this week. Two jumped out at me. One is actually two, the 1881 and 1891 Canadian censuses. My guy still doesn’t appear but the collateral lines do. (Copping, Reinhart, Jones, and others). Canadian searches have been separated from the United States and that makes me happy! The Essex Burial […]
The Legacy Family Tree webinar I did on Wednesday, June 7, is now online for free until the 14th. I enjoyed presenting Researching Your Minnesota Ancestors. From the evaluations, it’s apparent I have convinced many people they need to come to Minnesota for research and tourism. For some who live here already, new resources were […]
I promised a few people I would share a packing list for this summer’s GRIP. I am teaching the week of July 16-21 in my intermediate level course. People seem to know that I like to be prepared for just about anything. Of course, your packing list will differ depending on whether you fly or […]
This Wednesday, at 1:00 p.m. CDT, join me as I talk about Researching Your Minnesota Ancestors. It’s a FREE webinar for Legacy Family Tree Webinars. Sign up soon. The webinar is accompanied by an extensive handout. This one will make you wish all your ancestors had spent time in Minnesota!
This afternoon I set aside a couple hours for my own research. I rechecked a specific database on Ancestry.com, U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925. Once again, I searched all my ancestral and collateral surnames from that time period. Whose passport did I find? Nobody’s. Zilch. Nada. Nothing. Nil. Zero. I know that passports were not required […]
June 2, 2007 was the first time I posted on my own blog. How can ten years have passed so quickly? I checked my mail today and looked for a package outside my apartment door but apparently everyone forgot to send me diamonds for the tenth anniversary! I had begun blogging earlier than that as […]
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps are a great resource to learn more about the building in which your family lived or worked. Today, the Library of Congress announced that it is placing more online. This means free access. You might have already found some Sanborn maps accessible via a library or historical society website or on […]
Many family historians in the U. S. view this time of year as genealogy travel time! Visits to libraries, historical societies, archives, and courthouses increase as we search for the extensive number of records that are not online today. Have you forgotten to add other visits to your travel itinerary? Might the ancestral areas be […]
I am excited to be going back to Brainerd for a day of genealogy lectures. The audience there is wonderful and the area is beautiful with lakes everywhere! The following press release is from the library. Each class is accompanied by an extensive handout. Press Release Genealogy Classes on June 1 Wednesday, May 24, 2017: […]