The next two months bring me some fun travel to do genealogy presentations in several states. I hope to see my readers at these. Please be sure to let me know that you are a Genealogy by Paula reader and you will get an extra smile! Next week I will detail where I will be […]
DNA Day is April 25th. Celebrate by getting your DNA tested and that of aunts, uncles, parents, siblings, nieces, nephews and all the cousins. I have tested with both companies as have some family members. Ancestry DNA http://dna.ancestry.com/ $79 per kit for a savings of $20! For FREE shipping use the code FREESHIPDNA for each […]
From the Southern California Genealogical Society: When the deadline alerts start, it must mean that we are getting close to showtime! Don’t miss out on early-bird discounts for the 2016 Southern California Genealogy Jamboree and the Genetic Genealogy2016 conferences. When the calendar page turns from April 23 to April 24, the discount will disappear. The […]
The second Ancestry Academy course I taught is now live and ready for viewing. It is accompanied by an extensive handout. While viewing the Academy courses, you can start and stop at any time. The come back and it will be right where you left off. This new one is The Lure of the Train […]
A press release from one of my favorite websites and a library extraordinaire tell that “through April 13, American Ancestors by the New England Historic Genealogical Society is offering FREE access to one billion online records on AmericanAncestors.org. Free accounts ordinarily allow Guest Users only a sampling of the vast offerings that NEHGS provides family historians […]
It might be one of these projects that encourages us to celebrate: An index of state level birth and death records That newspaper card index in the local history room The newspaper clippings file at the county historical society Indexes and transcriptions of old probate records, naturalizations, county commissioner minutes List of burials in many […]
UPDATE: The registration limit has been reached. Watch the MGS website for more great webinars. If you join MGS, you will be able to view all past webinars. One more reason why genealogical society membership is important. Join me on Wednesday, April 6, for a FREE webinar sponsored by the Minnesota Genealogical Society. My […]
Have you signed up yet? The Ohio Genealogical Society Conferences are always great learning and networking events. The 2016 edition takes place at the Great Wolf Lodge in Mason, Ohio. That’s 25 miles north of Cincinnati. The dates are April 28-30 and I hope to see you there. Pre-conference activities on Wednesday, April 27 include […]
What am I doing this week? For one, you can stay at home wearing your slippers and listen to me. For the second one, you do have to get fully dressed, including shoes! Wednesday, March 30 Family Tree University webinar, “Census Problems and Solutions for Genealogy” Time: 7 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Central/5 p.m. Mountain/4 p.m. […]
If you aren’t among the many genealogists who are on Facebook, you have missed a fun project going around. My California friend, J. Paul Hawthorne, created a template in Excel on which you add the birth state or country for you and your first four ancestral generations. I added county names to mine and in […]