I have received some questions in regard to my appearance on TV last week. A couple people want to know what a genealogical consultation is and how does it help someone working on their family tree. That’s an easy one to answer. It’s as simple as hiring a professional genealogist to sit down and give […]
Yes, the economy is changing our research. Libraries, archives, and courthouses are not open as many hours. Some knowledgeable staff members are no longer employed. We are not doing as much distance travel for research purposes. At the end of this summer I am traveling to Little Rock for the 2009 Federation of Genealogical Societies […]
The blog prompt from the world of Geneabloggers is “Week #21: Lessons learned. Fess up to your research mistakes so others can learn from them.” Where do I begin? Seriously, I have done many things in genealogy the “correct” way. I had some excellent teachers early on in the dark ages of the 1980s. Did […]
The first African Americans to serve in Congress did so in 1870. An extensive website tells more about Black Americans in Congress. Based on a book, Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007, it tells the story of the painful and also successful road over time as these elected officials moved in and out of Congress. The […]
I read an article today that added a whole new range of time to our genealogical research. Archaeologists and anthropologists have pinpointed proof that humans were on the North American Continent earlier than the previous marker of Clovis, 10,000 years ago. That is, the oldest proof they now have shows that it was 14,300 years […]