On St. Patrick’s Day, I am Irish. I am Irish all year round due to several ancestors from Ireland. All my Irish blood is from my Mom’s forebears. Her mother was 1/2 Irish and her father was totally Irish. Instead of having a party, I want to spend the evening with you. I am putting […]
This is the first of occasional posts regarding websites that are helpful to researchers working on their Minnesota ancestry, a community history, biographies, and other projects. All are free sites unless otherwise noted. Even though searching is free, some have a cost involved when ordering a record that is not digitized. Dalby Database: www.dalbydata.com [The […]
Nice news for researchers who haven’t yet explored Findmypast.com. It is free this weekend, March 6-9, 2015. Specifically, from 7 am on Friday, March 6th (EST) to 7 am on Monday, March 9th (EST), the collections of billions of historical records will be open to everyone, totally free. As the website says: “Why try Findmypast? […]
Thank you to those of you who were able to join me for tonight’s Minnesota Genealogical Society webinar on Midwestern and Plains State Level Censuses. In the next couple of days, it will be archived on the MGS website along with the handout. Not a member of MGS? Join for just $35 a year and […]
I love statistics and tonight I had a thought about the genealogical organizations for which I am doing webinars or in-person presentations in the upcoming months. I checked and found that eight of the organizations are members of the Federation of Genealogical Societies. That’s an impressive number that understand the importance of having a strong […]
It’s a common theme. I am a guilty party, too. Not on all of these, but partially on some. Are you? Saying you have a brick wall because you have been looking everywhere online for info about a certain family member. It’s not a “brick wall” unless you have also been to every possible archive, […]
Tonight I am creating some new lecture handouts and I also updated the Speaking Calendar page on this website. I try to make sure it is updated and includes a live link to the organization that has hired me to present at their event. Some are webinars and others are in-person presentations. I love the […]
It’s time to think about summer. It can’t come fast enough for me. Summer means the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh. It’s a week of courses to help advance your family history knowledge, methodology, and circle of genealogy colleagues. I am coordinating the intermediate course again. It is offered during the second week of GRIP, […]
It was a great but overpowering week in Salt Lake City. It began with the FGS board meeting (I am on the Board of Directors), a partial day of research at the Family History Library, and then the explosion of presentations, people, talking, volunteering and more. The excitement was palpable. The throngs of people were […]
The press release below just arrived in my email inbox. 2.2 million is wonderful but hopefully NHPRC is kept functioning and with sufficient funds to continue more projects before more history is lost. National Archives Awards $2.2 Million in Grants for Historical Records Projects Washington, DC…Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero today awarded […]