Chronicling America, which includes fantastic and free access to digitized newspapers, grows constantly and is gearing up for a whole new website. It includes newspapers that are digitized by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) which works with newspaper repositories around the United States. It operates under The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and […]
Have you attended a genealogy institute course this year or in recent years? Maybe it’s been a few years. What have you done with the syllabus? Whether it is in Dropbox, in a file on your computer, printed and on a shelf in your genealogy workspace, it’s time to pay more attention to it. Hundreds […]
Friday, August 2, 2024 is just under a month away. That is the date for the release of the course titles for the 2025 edition of the GRIP Genealogy Institute. The announcement will be live on Facebook. I’ll share more details about 2025 once I receive them later in July. The virtual Zoom week of […]
Last week, as some of you already know, I taught in three courses of the virtual week of GRIP Genealogy Institute. On Friday night, the adrenaline was still present. Slept very well that night and the next two nights. I guess the exhaustion had set in. A good kind of exhaustion. The students were amazing, […]
I was fortunate to have been raised by the parents who gave birth to me. I knew all four grandparents and two great grandparents. I have not had to wonder where my Irish, German, Danish, French, other ethnicity, or where my short stature came from. I have friends who have provided a really wonderful family […]
The updates to digitized newspapers for Minnesota keeps adding to my research task list! I already found one new item about my late father-in-law. MN Digital Newspaper Hub – May 2024 content updateA content update to the Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub today added 10,025 new issues and 158,877 new newspaper pages. New publicly available titles […]
We all debate about things in life. Then we might miss a deadline. A BIG DEADLINE is approaching. ONLY 1 week till registration ends for the June 23-28 week of virtual classes with GRIP Genealogy Institute. The last day to register for that week is 14 June. I’d love to share the great education, instructors, […]
Syllabus sections all turned in and from what I have seen, there are a lot of reminders, tips, images, charts, websites, and published material. My PowerPoint presentations are in the fine tuning stage. Still time to join us June 23-28, 2024 for some amazing education, sharing, networking, and some laughter, too. Weeklong Virtual Courses. GRIP Genealogy Institute. I will […]
I love press releases like this from a few days ago. I plan to watch some and unfortunately have a couple conflicts on dates. I will later watch them on YouTube. The National Archives channel there already has extensive presentations and short videos. https://www.youtube.com/usnationalarchives National Archives kicks off annual online Genealogy Series for May, June […]
I haven’t posted much this month. Like other instructors preparing for institutes, webinars, conferences, and seminars, it has been a busy month. The lilac photo is for my late maternal grandmother. Giving her a bouquet for Mother’s Day was our tradition. I miss her and my lilac bushes. Just seeing this picture shouts spring at […]