Lyfmap is now LIVE and open to the public! What is this Lyfmap? If you have a connection to Saint Paul, Minnesota take a look at Lyfmap.com. a fantastic new way to preserve memories, history, and photos. Register and add your own. Imagine being able to save all your memories at the actual locations where […]
Did you know that RootsMagic has free and downloadable “Magic Guides” that each cover a single RM topic? These include step-by-step illustrations and and tips. The latest RM newsletter states “These guides may be freely copied and distributed (but not sold). You may use them as handouts in user groups or when teaching RootsMagic classes.” […]
Next Saturday, May 7, I am doing three presentations at the Brainerd Public Library in Minnesota. I do stay in Minnesota sometimes. 9:30am – Tho’ They Were Poor, They May Have Been Rich in Records 11:00am – The Farmer in the Dell . . . and in Many U.S. Records 1:00pm – Railroad Records and […]
The next two months bring me some fun travel to do genealogy presentations in several states. I hope to see my readers at these. Please be sure to let me know that you are a Genealogy by Paula reader and you will get an extra smile! Next week I will detail where I will be […]
DNA Day is April 25th. Celebrate by getting your DNA tested and that of aunts, uncles, parents, siblings, nieces, nephews and all the cousins. I have tested with both companies as have some family members. Ancestry DNA http://dna.ancestry.com/ $79 per kit for a savings of $20! For FREE shipping use the code FREESHIPDNA for each […]
What am I doing this week? For one, you can stay at home wearing your slippers and listen to me. For the second one, you do have to get fully dressed, including shoes! Wednesday, March 30 Family Tree University webinar, “Census Problems and Solutions for Genealogy” Time: 7 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Central/5 p.m. Mountain/4 p.m. […]
In 2016 we are fortunate to have a plethora of books and periodicals indexed online. Even with all of that and with the libraries in our home areas, there are undoubtedly books, microfilms, and periodicals to which you don’t have direct access. Think about all those genealogy books, county histories, family histories and other items […]
The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) announced today that presentation proposals are now being received for its 2017 Conference, “Building Bridges to the Past,” to be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania August 30 – September 2, 2017. The conference will be held in cooperation with the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society as local host. The deadline for […]
It was the late 1990s at a genealogy conference in some city. After so many years of attending them, it’s tough to remember which one I was at, but I do remember meeting this Cyndi who was in charge of Cyndi’s List. I had owned a computer for at least a dozen years at that […]
While I was in Salt Lake City the last two weeks, I accomplished significant client research and taught intermediate genealogy for a week at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. Now I am catching up on emails and press releases that arrived during that time. The following are excerpts from those. RootsMagic eBook Now […]