The Course Coordinators have signed their contracts and have been busy the last couple of weeks creating, updating, and finalizing our individual classes and courses for next June and July. The Instructors of the individual sessions have been working with us to be sure the titles and descriptions are accurate and, of course, tantalizing. For […]
To help celebrate National Archives Month and Family History Month, I have renewed some memberships in societies. At the top of my list are the Minnesota Genealogical Society (MGS, member 39 years) and the Minnesota Historical Society (member for 36? years). I’m also a member of other such organizations. with membership renewals spread throughout the […]
I think Family History Month should really be Family History Year or Every Year. If only more people would get involved in learning more about the research, records, analysis, and making sure that records back up what you think you know. I realized today that I don’t have the marriage date for my paternal grandparents. […]
We cannot do smart family history research without knowing what laws and related information govern the compilation and preservation of records. We need to understand the background of a record and why it differs by years and location. My friend and colleague, Debbie Mieszala, writes a series of blog posts to direct us to many […]
Indigenous Peoples’ Day. October 11. It’s who I pay homage to today. I am proud to say that my home city of Saint Paul and my home state of Minnesota have designated today as a day to celebrate this. The land on which I have lived all of my life belongs to those who first […]
A recent emailed press release from the Indiana Archives and Records Administration brought some exciting news. I found a couple items for which I need to research further. My children have ancestors in several counties including Greene, Crawford, and Dubois. Their lines moved to NW Arkansas. “Research Indiana Indexes Welcome to the Research Indiana Indexes, […]
A recent email newsletter from the University of Minnesota tells about acquiring a large map collection. I have toured and researched at the University’s John R. Borchert Map Library and it is an amazing collection. Additionally, the number of maps, atlases, and gazetteers that have been digitized is wonderful. This new collection is exciting! The […]
In case you missed the news from FamilySearch that appeared a couple weeks ago, here is part of it: “It is a milestone 83 years in the making. Today FamilySearch International announced the completion of a massive project to digitize its collection of millions of rolls of microfilm containing billions of family history records from […]
October means American Archives Month and Family History Month. Both are big parts of family historians’ lives. It’s a perfect month to reflect on all that archives at city, county, state, regional and national levels provide online and in-person for our continuing research. To help celebrate, I am offering a special $15.00 discount on registrations […]
A press release from MyHeritage states “We are pleased to announce the publication of a massive new collection of 982 million names, extracted from our U.S. and Canadian historical newspaper collections” and reports there are more to come. These are from U.S. and Canadian newspapers. It shows the person’s name, a bit of text from […]