Are you not sure where to go next after exhausting many online resources? Do you think the are more online resources you don’t know about? Wish you had a highly experienced genealogy professional with whom to discuss your research? Want to take other courses at an institute but know you aren’t quite ready to keep […]
The International Society of Family History Writers and Editors (ISFHWE) has an annual writing competition that is broad in nature. Whether you write for magazines, newspapers, journals, websites, or blogs, it’s time to think about entering the 2016 Excellence-in-Writing Competition. The competition is open to both members and non-members of ISFHWE. Members of ISFHWE receive […]
What a great combination of designations for this month. In many places, the temperatures are cooling down. We aren’t going on as many picnics, to the beach, or using the swimming pool. Children are back in school. The genealogist’s minds turns to FAMILY HISTORY. October seems fitting to be both Family History Month and American […]
My FTDNA ethnic makeup is not all that different from that on AncestryDNA as shown in the preceding post except that FTDNA doesn’t show my Danish and Swedish roots. My oldest son’s ethnic makeup is 100% European and does show some Scandinavian. On Ancestry I have 7% Iberian Peninsula and this FTDNA maps shows that […]
I have done DNA testing with Ancestry.com and FamilyTreeDNA. These show I am more Irish than anything. That’s not a surprise. I know that these estimates could change as the number of people tested grows. I have a bombed ancestral church, a church that neglected to keep records for a number of years, and some […]
I am at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City for several days. There are still some open seats here for you. The microfilm readers and computers are busy. I see many people pouring through books that are not yet digitized. It feels good to be back here. When is the last time you […]
Those state abbreviations in the title are listed for two reasons. First, to test you! Many people use AK for Arkansas, but AK is Alaska and AR is Arkansas. Second, I will be in those four states on weekends near each other this fall. I guess Minnesota is a bit different because that is where […]
A few tidbits that are really nice to know about. I already found one family will in the FREE Ancestry offering. It’s the will of Gottried Rohr of Watertown, Wisconsin. He is my Great Great Great Step Grandfather. He married my Maria (Kuschke) Fischer in Germany after her husband died. From the New England Historic […]
The 700 acre Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California, is joining in on saving water. According to an article in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Rose Hills once required 293 million gallons of potable water a year, as much used in several cities. The article further states: “On Wednesday, the cemetery put an end […]
This is Part 6 of my ongoing series of posts about great online resources from historical societies, archives, libraries, and other places around Minnesota. Don’t forget to check the websites of these organizations for lists, catalogs, and finding aids that tell you about the other extensive research resources that need to be used in person. […]