My email today brought me the Local History News from the Minnesota Historical Society. I want to attend just about every event that was listed in it. The spotlighted project in this issue is that of the Richfield Historical Society. Richfield is in Hennepin County and is a first-ring suburb located adjacent to the Minneapolis-St. […]
Stop by the findmypast.com booth in the Exhibit Hall to get your burning genealogy questions addressed. Three top family history experts will be in the booth to assist you in your family history quest. The cost? FREE. The consultants are: Wednesday: Debra Mieszala, CGThursday: Paula Stuart-Warren, CGFriday: D. Joshua Taylor, MLSSaturday: Debra Mieszala, CG
On June 1st, 2007, I posted the first entry on my own blog. Four years later and I am still here. I enjoy blogging both here and on the FGS Conference News Blog. I haven’t run out of things to say, share, or sometimes rant about. I have not shared all that much about my […]
Well, I am trying to get back to blogging more often after the last couple of weeks. I was sick for a week and then had so many work deadlines to meet that I had to ignore the other tasks. I will be playing some catch-up on things over the next week so check back […]
TODAY, February 2nd, is the Official Grand Opening of the FGS/ISGS 2011 Conference Registration. Hurray! The program is online, the luncheons, workshops, and special events are listed. The Conference Hotel (Hilton) is listed, the Exhibit Hall is filling, and most of all you can register online or print out a registration form and mail it […]
The Archdiocese of New Orleans has unveiled a new online database containing records of baptisms, marriages and deaths in colonial New Orleans — including those of African slaves, “who until now have been nearly invisible to genealogical research.” The website also has a lengthy explanation of the records of “Slave and Free People of Color […]
“Everyday Genealogy 2011” should fit the bill! Each day of the tear-off desk calendar gives a genealogy tip, website, blog, history fact, or other tidbit useful to genealogists. Everyday Genealogy is available on Amazon or on its own website http://www.everydaygenealogy.com/. Pattie Schultz, the creator, says “there is also an iPhone version available on iTunes. There […]
I am not talking about ancestors here. Well, maybe someday my descendants will think I was mad. My inspiration for this is the recent collapse of the Metrodome here in Minnesota and the subsequent need for the Minnesota Vikings to play tonight’s football game in the cold at the new stadium on the campus of […]
It’s the time of year when genealogists salivate about all the relatives they see on the various holidays. I thought about something this morning and realized I am guilty of neglecting someone very important. That would be me. Will my descendants know about my first bike, the places I lived, my elementary and high schools […]
This press release just arrived from the National Archives. November 3, 2010 New Options Now Available for Reproductions of National Archives Holdings Washington, D.C….The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has expanded the formats available to members of the public who wish to purchase copies of records from its holdings. Copy options for immigration and […]