UPDATE 18 August: The car show has been cancelled. The pressure to not do other things like this got to the cemetery board. It makes me sad. I love watching house buying shows on cable TV. I laugh every time the realtor or buyer mentions the negative feature of a house being across the street […]
The title above is for one of my presentations at the 2016 Federation of Genealogical Society’s annual national conference that begins later this month. It is being held August 31 through September 3 in Springfield, Illinois. Everyone with a interested in family history is welcome. For full details and registration: https://www.fgsconference.org/ The topic of river […]
Imagine knowing details about the town in which your family lived back about 1200 a.d. An archeologist from Saint Louis University , history professor Thomas J. Finan, is providing us those details. Along with his students, he has spent time for 13 summers excavating the site of “Purt Na Carce (“Port Nah Carr-rick”). It is […]
Another new preservation venture for the genealogy world under the auspices of the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Park Service. “The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and the National Park Service’s Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park announce a partnership to develop a searchable database of more than 130,000 soldiers of the U.S.-Mexican […]
Many Buffalo Soldiers interacted with Native Americans in Nebraska, South Dakota, and other places. In my research, the names of some have been found. I am glad to see that in many places, both private and government, attention is being given to these soldiers. According to the National Park Service’s website, “The National Park Service […]
Lyfmap has been noticed by the media! Thank you Star Tribune and James Lileks. I especially liked the article because it was published on my birthday! Click on the StarTribune link to read what James had to say about Lyfmap. Today is a good time to share your Twin Cities memories and photos. We have […]
Registration is only two days away! This Saturday, July 9th, registration opens for the January 2017 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy at 9:00 a.m. MDT. The 2017 SLIG week is January 22-27. There are many courses to choose from. Descriptions of the courses and registration details are found here. slig.ugagenealogy.org Saturday is also the day […]
I was just checking our DNA results on Ancestry.com and see that a sale is taking place. A holiday present for those needing more DNA test kits! Visit Ancestry.com and order lots at the price of $79. That represents a $20 savings per kit.
The following press release is from Findmypast.com. Get ready for some searching this weekend and more, a total of 8 days! Findmypast celebrates 4th of July with free access to more than 1 billion records From June 29th until July 6th 2016, over 1 billion UK, US and Irish records will be completely free to […]
I love my chosen profession. I work hard, but enjoy what I do. Sometimes, that hard work gets me some nice pats on the back. From the Washington State Genealogical Society blog about its conference I spoke at a week ago: “Can’t express enough superlatives about the 2016 WSGS Conference hosted by the Tacoma-Pierce County […]