While working on a research project recently, I ended up with a long list of original (mostly digital) records I had checked for the group of individuals. I had also consulted family trees posted by other people and few had sources. Nothing pointed me to learning more about the background of some of the people […]
I hope you have your Legacy Family Tree Webinar membership ready to go for 2024. Today they released the photos of the big lineup of 2024 speakers. The speakers are in alphabetical order by first name. I follow Paul and Paul and am followed by Paula. As always, that makes me sing a few bits […]
It’s that time of year for sales related to family history research. My email and ads on genealogy websites, and various social media are full of discount sales. DNA testing is a big focus of the sales. Half-price and more are the discounts available from all the testing companies. For example, MyHeritage is offering a […]
Join me for “Railroad Records and Railroad History: Methods for Tracking” this Thursday, November 16, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. CT. It will be online and in-person in Muskogee. I will be online for this presentation sponsored by Oklahoma’s Muskogee County Genealogical Society and the Tulsa Genealogical Society. Both are great groups and deserve your support […]
In addition to my love of seeking out records related to railroad employees, I love to learn more about the workers on and about the steamboats that plied U.S. rivers. Newspapers, county histories, photographs, manuscript collections, and other records tell about the voyages, the workers, and much more. That’s why this press release about 138 […]
Legacy Family Tree Webinars now has 2,076 webinars from 387 speakers accompanied by 7,901 syllabus pages. Most webinars are free the first time offered and for a week afterward. The syllabus material is only available to members. A membership entitles you to view some special webinars plus everything else. These are great webinars! At the […]
Nice news from MyHeritage: We’re pleased to tell you about a very special, limited-time offer we’re launching this week: from October 1 to October 8, 2023, you can upload your DNA data to MyHeritage and get access to all advanced DNA features, including the Ethnicity Estimate, absolutely free — forever! It’s a great opportunity! Learn […]
Press release from MyHeritage for the Labor Day weekend. What better time to collect more census details on your family? I’m doing in my airconditioned apartment and looking at the outdoor temperature of 97 here in Saint Paul, Minnesota “MyHeritage offers the full set of currently available U.S. census records from 1790 to 1950, and […]
Be sure to check all the genealogy DNA test companies for possible sales through the Labor Day weekend. Ancestry, FamilyTreeDNA, MyHeritage, 23andMe for example. Here is the offer from Ancestry.com
That headline came in a Google alert. It was from Minnesota Public Radio. My first thought was that it was about time that a reporter delved into the special collections at the downtown Minneapolis Central Library, which is part of the Hennepin County Library system. I have used these special collections for several decades. City […]