The Minnesota Genealogical Society has a new website!
It’s here! The new Minnesota Genealogical Society website in live! Check it out at https://mngs.org/
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Statehood day for Minnesota, May 11, 1858. Genealogists, what was it before?
I have lived in Minnesota for all of my life except for one year. In the state, I have lived in four different cities and have lost track of how many abodes! Minnesota (or parts of what it is today) resided in many places, too. The home of the Native Americans who first populated the […]
2 days left Legacy Family Tree Webinars 50% off for new subscribers!
Not yet a subscriber? This is a very big deal for you. It’s a celebration of the 1500th webinar being presented and on the website. Use my affiliate link http://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/?aid=1739 and then add the coupon code 1500 at checkout for 50% off. Valid through the end of day Friday for new memberships only. The regular […]
Irish ancestry connection? Do you belong to TIARA? Join my webinar on May 14th
The Irish American Research Association is offering a webinar presentation for members on Friday, May 14th, at 7:00 p.m. EDT. I am the presenter and my topic is “The WPA Era: Free Records Boon from the Government.” This U.S. federal government program produced much that still provides information for genealogists and historians. Audiences are surprised […]
Genealogy news from great websites
MyHeritage’s collection of birth records includes 115 collections containing a total of 1,144,541,613 individual records from all over the world. Some of the collections contain indexes which help you find out where the birth record is located, while others contain the actual image of the record. Guess what!!! Free access to these through April 24th. Geoff […]
My best, no, my favorite genealogical presentation topics
When I hear from some genealogical and historical organizations about doing a seminar or single talk for them, I get asked “what are your best topics?” The best topics have to be judged by those who listen and hopefully learn from them. I can’t always judge that but I can tell which are my favorite […]
Family Tree Webinars 24-hour marathon free for 1 week
Last week’s 24-hour Legacy Family Tree Webinars Marathon had 24 speakers from 7 countries that were watched by 32,000 people from 70 countries. For free. Missed all or 5, or need to watch some again? They are being placed online at https://familytreewebinars.com/intermediate_page.php?diply_nm=24. FREE for one week. It was actually 26 hours. The two bonus hours […]
U.S. National Archives in Seattle saved by Biden Administration
I hope you heard my big sigh of relief and that of many others. In 2016 a decision was made that this regional location of the U.S. National Archives was expendable. Federal records that are needed and used weekly were to be moved to NARA locations a distance away. I had blogged previously about that […]
Genealogy day-long seminars near and far: virtual all-day learning
Webinars, institutes, conferences, and seminars. Genealogical education is vital and, in many ways, so easily accessible in 2020 and 2021 as these have gone virtual. Don’t forget to check county, regional, and state genealogical societies to see what they have to offer. Some are free, but many have a fee associated. The organization needs to […]
Findmypast genealogy website records by state and country
I forgot that I had this page bookmarked. I probably do need to browse through all my bookmarked sites more often to see which ones still work. This page from Findmypast tells the records held by Fmp by country, state, subject , and country. I still do a variety of searches by names and some […]