Fantastic genealogy grant for students 18-23 is available!

This news release was received from the Southern California Genealogical Society today. I have met some of the past winners at the SCGS Jamboree and they are great as is Denise Levenick. The Suzanne Winsor Freeman Memorial Student Genealogy Grant Committee and the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree are pleased to announce the 2016 Student […]

Registration begins TODAY for the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh!

TODAY, Wednesday, February 10, at Noon EST is when registration opens for the first week (June 26-July 1) of the 2016 Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh.  GRIP takes place at LaRoche College in Pittsburgh. Then, on Wednesday, March 2, noon EST, registration opens for the second week of GRIP (July 17-22). This is the week […]

Pittsburgh, Burbank, Rapid City, Springfield, Tacoma, Jamaica, and other places: Are you ready?

Creating and updating PowerPoint slides and handouts and then presenting at classes, institutes, conferences, and seminars is a time intensive endeavor. I strive to find record examples that pertain to place where I will be presenting the lecture. It’s a bit more difficult when doing a webinar that will be viewed by people around the […]

Findmypast posts new records. The Copping names are drawing me.

Each Friday, Findmypast releases new or updated records. One of this week’s entries is the “Greater London Burial Index: Locate the final resting place of your Middlesex ancestors.” I immediately checked this for one of my surnames, Copping. Great, there are 33 entries. That’s exciting. It’s also dreadful as I have genealogy work deadlines but […]

Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh registration is getting closer!

The next institute for me is the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP). GRIP is held at LaRoche College in northern Pittsburgh. Sunday evening is check-in and classes run from Monday through noon on Friday each of the two weeks that courses are offered.  This institute has a dorm, classrooms, and cafeteria just steps away […]

Ancestry Academy courses: expert info on timelines, pensions, Native Americans, and more

The number of course offerings at Ancestry Academy continues to grow.  The categories and how many courses in each are listed below. Ancestry Products (14) Includes many areas of what Ancestry has to offer. Records (14) Includes early censuses, military pension applications, and the 1940 census! Methodology and Skills (8) Includes timelines obituaries, and resources […]