A press release from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History on December 27th tells about a research opportunity. Individuals working on their own family history rarely have a chance to do research supported by a fellowship. This project will help to document the Great Migration of African American Mississippians to the north and west […]
Each week, FamilySearch releases a list of new and updated collections and notes on indexing of these. This week a variety of records from around the world are represented. I think Mexico wins as far as the number of collections. Argentina and Brazil are close! The U.S. is represented but in lesser numbers than other […]
Native American genealogical research, consulting, and presentations on the topic are a major interest and part of my business. For some of my Native American individual, tribal, and law firm clients, I have spent time investigating records related to Indian boarding schools. This involved the reading of letters from parents to the school begging for […]
This week. Today through Friday. 1,652 webinars that cover records, methodology, many countries, technology and so much more. 6,149 syllabus pages. PLUS a full year of access to these archived webinars, syllabus pages, and those of upcoming webinars. You can’t miss with this much education. It’s a 50% savings on new memberships through Friday, December […]
Between Black Friday and Thanksgiving sales, this is a great time to do DNA testing. Many are 50% off for the autosomal test. Check out MyHeritage, FamilyTreeDNA, Ancestry, etc. Many are discussed on Facebook pages dedicated to DNA and genealogy. The MyHeritage blog is one of the places that discuss a big discount.
Discussing Native Americans and U.S. military service was not my original plan for Part 2. November 11 was Veterans Day and that changed my focus and thinking. I have spent many hours at the U.S. National Archives delving into military service, pension, and Indian Scout files for Native Americans. The family details in these records […]
During the Vietnam War era, I lived near and then on the base at Moffett Naval Air Station in Mountain View, California. My now ex-husband was stationed there and at the Naval Air Facility on Adak, one of the Aleutian Islands. Our oldest son was born in Mountain View during that time, and we later […]
Any month is important when learning more about personal Native American heritage. November is Native American Heritage Month. The National Congress of American Indians states it’s more commonly “referred to as American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month.” The White House issued a proclamation about it, as have some states, like my own state of […]
A new society based on genealogy: The Society of Descendants of Presidents. The members are descendants of Presidents of the United States, and some members are descendants of Presidential siblings. Roxanne Roberts produced an interesting newspaper article about the inaugural dinner of the new society and stories told by descendants. The article is in the […]
A bit morbid, but exciting for family historians! Daniel Horowitz at MyHeritage sent a Press Release for Halloween. He shared that the site is “opening up all the death records added to MyHeritage before October 2021 for free access during the week of Halloween, from October 27–November 2, 2021!” He also shared that since last Halloween, […]