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 […]
It’s great! As they say ” The site is now fast, mobile-friendly, and easier to navigate.” Most webinars are free when first presented and for a week after. BUT members get many more benefits: Unlimited, on-demand access to all webinars, chat logs, and handouts (see the numbers in the image below!) New webinars every week […]
Today is National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools. It’s a day to remember the mostly tragic things that happened to children torn from their families. I have read through textual records at several locations of the U.S. National Archives (NARA) that relate to boarding schools, page by page, folder by folder. I […]
I have written many words over those twenty years. I watched the horrific scenes on a TV in Davenport, Iowa with a friend who lived not too far from the Twin Towers. I stood next to a friend waiting for word on her daughter who was working at a D.C. area airport. I heard from […]
My current workload includes updating handouts and PowerPoint slides for four webinars next week and two for the first weekend in October. It always amazes me how many website addresses need to be updated. I am always pleased at new records found online for each of the presentation subjects and love to share that with […]
Enjoy Free Access to Census Records on MyHeritage. Discover more about the lives of your ancestors this Labor Day with FREE access to all census records on MyHeritage. Search through this treasure trove of 1.3 billion census records for free from September 1 through September 8, 2021. This includes more than U.S. censuses! Minnesota Genealogical Society […]