I’m excited to share the announcement that the 2021 webinar series topics and speakers for Family Tree Webinars is now live. All 120 live webinars in 2021 are initially free and for one week, but you need to sign up. After that, viewing or reviewing them needs a membership. I can’t yet tell you my […]
If you get a spammy foreign language post when you try to read my blog posts, hit refresh and usually that takes care of it. We have been working on clearing up the mess that happened to many WordPress blogs earlier this year. Tried to do it the less expensive way, but we are going […]
Christmas, Kwanzza, and New Year’s celebrations are being scaled back due to the coronavirus. Many of us are meeting safely via Zoom, Google Meet, Skype, and some other platforms. My family is doing so the first weekend of the New Year. Some of our virtual get-togethers will involve food, gifts, maybe something silly, and of […]
Ten years ago, four course coordinators sat at a table with the directors and discussed the very first Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP). We were having dinner with Deb Deal and Elissa Scalise Powell who were the architects of GRIP. The first four coordinators were the late John T. Humphrey and Thomas W. Jones, […]
Since my blog is designed to be more educational in nature and to also discuss my own family and presentations, I have decided to change how I promote other businesses and offers. I still want to share these with you but will not be doing single posts on each. I will periodically post a list […]
Dear Mytle’s Wacky Wednesday is featuring genealogical education. I was privileged to be part of the November 13th edition with Liza Alzo who created Research Write Connect Academy. I give a lot of credit to Pat Richley-Erickson and Cousin Russ (Worthington) who guided us along and made the hour full of great info on Lisa’s […]
Education has always been important to me and has continued throughout my personal family history research and in my job as a professional genealogist. I love to tell people that I went to the same building for high school as my grandmother attended in grade school. That usually brings a quizzical look from anyone who […]
The Facebook page of the Gale Family Library at the Minnesota Historical Society in Saint Paul carried a recent update on what is available for researchers while the library is closed. Read about more details after this graphic from the MHS post. Attention Researchers: Library Services Update!
GenealogybyPaula is back and running. We changed servers and are working on the stupid Pharma hacking that still pops up here and there. I appreciate readers who have informed me about issues.
The Houston Public Library’s Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research along with the Clayton Library Friends are hosting my presentation on October 23, 2020 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. CDT via Zoom. I will cover the basics of a variety of Tribes and areas. It’s time to get started on your indigenous heritage research. From the website: […]