This press release was just received from the National Archives. Nice to see promotion of things genealogical. This year is the 75th anniversaryt of the Archives. May 6, 2009 NATIONAL ARCHIVES GRANTS “EXCELLENCE IN GENEALOGY” AWARDSEssay contest celebrates 75th Anniversary of the National Archives Washington, D.C. . . . Acting Archivist Adrienne C. Thomas has […]
I receive this press release today from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration’s Public Affairs Office. Spring Prologue Magazine Highlights National Archives Move into Kansas City. New issue also features Harry S. Truman’s 125th Birthday Washington, D.C. . . . In May, the National Archives at Kansas City will open a new location in […]
Yes, it’s been a while since I posted to my blog. The reason is family. After a week in Intensive Care, my father died on April 23rd, 2009. My Mom died 15 months ago and now they are together. We tried telling her she couldn’t have him yet and from the extreme ups and downs […]
Second Annual Family History Fair, April 18, 2009 Minnesota Genealogical Society1185 Concord St. N.South St. PaulFree Parking in lots next to the building and on the street. The second annual Minnesota History Fair will feature DNA Research, Ethnic Resources and Research Tools for beginning and advanced genealogists. The April 18 program is co-sponsored by MGS […]
The Minnesota Genealogical Society’s first quarterly meeting for 2009 is the second annual Family History Fair. It will be held April 19th at the MGS Office and Library site at 1185 Concord St. N., South St. Paul, Minnesota. Click here for a map. The April 18 program is co-sponsored by MGS and its ethnic and […]
I received this from the National Genealogical Society today: “The registration deadline for the early-bird lower conference rate for the NGS Family History Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina is approaching! Make your conference registrations by Tuesday 31 March 2009 to save $35! The NGS Family History Conference is scheduled for May 13-16 2009 at the […]
OK, I am dating myself. As a child I spent a lot of time borrowing books from the Highland Park Library in St. Paul and my Grandma Toots made sure I had plenty of Nancy Drew and Bobbsey Twins books to read. One other series I liked was Maud Hart Lovelace’s series about Betsy and […]
My very first national level genealogy conference was 1987 and the place was the NGS Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. NGS is back there this year. In 1989 the NGS Conference was held in St. Paul, Minnesota. I was part of the working committee for that conference. In 1990 I attended my first Federation of […]
Ancestry.com has updated and expanded their obituaries. Part of the announcement said “Improved Obituary Collection (Twice as many obituaries now added regularly and more fields available for improved search results.).” I immediately did a search and found the new fields to be what I needed! For a community study, I needed to do some searches […]
This press release just arrived from the U.S. National Archives. The budget reflects a 12% increase over the last fiscal year. In light of the many libraries, archives, and historical societies that are shutting down completely or partially due to budget inadequacies, this is a good budget growth. I do hope those in charge at […]