I was asked if I had stopped doing presentations for genealogy and history organizations. Not at all. I simply took off most of the first half of 2017. I turned down invitations, didn’t promote my lectures as much, and took the time off to do some catching up. 2016 was an amazingly busy year. I […]
Did you know that Ancestry is giving us all a gift of free, quality education? If you can log into Ancestry, as a subscriber at any level, or even with a DNA test or free family tree, you can see Academy presentations for free. You don’t have to be a subscriber, but you do have […]
A large array of Minnesota newspapers is on a new platform that will soon require you to change what you have bookmarked for your search. “The Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub has moved to a new platform – the same platform used by Swedish American Newspapers and Historical Minneapolis Tribune.” It’s just one part of the great Minnesota Historical Society […]
This appeared on Facebook this afternoon in a post by Cyndi Ingle. When does this woman sleep? “Today Cyndi’s List is 21 years old. To celebrate I’ve been busy on the site, yesterday alone I updated 937 links and added 78 new. Over the past couple of weeks I’ve updated almost 1,800 and added about […]
Under the guidance and in-depth research work of Eric G. Grundset, Director of Library Publications, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is publishing a series of guides related to Revolutionary War research in various states. The DAR website states this “provides detailed information on the availability of manuscript and archival material that exists for […]
This morning I gave a talk in Wisconsin and a question was asked that led me to talking about the Fopydo. You read that correctly, I didn’t make up the word or misspell it. According to the company’s website, it is an abbreviation of “photo-copy documents.” It’s a simple tool that comes folded flat, but […]
When is the last time you checked the FamilySearch’s Family History Research Wiki for your ancestral cities, counties, states, provinces, and countries? Many are continually being updated. How about the pages about genealogy topics such as census, tax lists and others? One page that has been updated and has added content is Hanover Military Records. It’s […]
Please join me next week in Hudson, Wisconsin as I present “Controlling Chaos: Organizing Your Genealogical Materials” at the Hudson Area Public Library. Thursday, February 9 at 10:30 a.m. Free, but registration required. www.hudsonpubliclibrary.org/ The presentation is accompanied by a five page handout.
I hope you already have July 28-30, 2017 marked on your calendar for the inaugural conference of the International German Genealogy Partnership (IGGP). It will be held in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota (Minneapolis area). The first-ever International Germanic Genealogy Conference has already created quite a buzz. The host hotel where the class sessions will be held […]
Genealogical institutes are great places for week-long in-depth learning. The Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP) is one place for that. Students sign up for one course that takes place from Monday through Friday. GRIP offers two different weeks in the summer and each offers classes on many topics and geographic areas. Air conditioned classrooms, […]