Schools

Genealogy website hints do work. Don’t ignore them!

Paula Stuart-Warren  Ancestry.com, Genealogy, Schools  , , , , ,  2 Comments

Social media often has posts from genealogists that say “how do I turn off hints” or “why do we keep getting hints.” They are referring to emails and online hints on various genealogy websites. Me? Sometimes the hints bug me when they are off the mark. Yet, I do look at them. I wouldn’t want […]

Minnesota Normal Schools publications

Paula Stuart-Warren  Minnesota Discovery Center, Schools  Leave a comment

That’s Normal School as in teacher’s colleges. Many such schools across the country had newsletters and that includes those in Minnesota. These provide great insight into the school, curriculum, faculty, students, alumni, and education in general. In Minnesota most of these became state universities. Some of these school publications had literary offerings, ads from local […]