FamilySearch International and American Ancestors are collaborating on a project, 10 Million Names. The project seeks to recover the names and restore information to families of an estimated 10 million men, women, and children of African descent who were enslaved in pre- and post-colonial America, including what would become the United States. 10 Million Names […]
Have you heard about this two-day conference you can attend from the comfort of your own home? No matter where you reside! It takes place on March 15 & 16 during the daytime. 9:55 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. EDT. $69 NCGS members / $79 non-members Entitles you to 8 live lectures, the syllabus, and 60-day […]
I’m excited. Only 2 more days until the first day of registration opens. It’s an online registration process. A few more reasons to register for the Digging Deeper: Records, Tools, and Skills course for which I am the Coordinator and one of the instructors. It will be taking place online from 23-28 June in the […]
Only 3 more days till registration opens for the virtual Digging Deeper: Records, Tools, and Skills course and the other 19 courses of GRIP Genealogy Institute for 2024. June and July will be busy education months. I’ve already blogged about the Monday through Friday sessions in Digging Deeper, and the Friday sessions are below. Still […]
Treat yourself or convince your love interest that attending GRIP virtually in June or in-person in July is the only Valentine’s gift you need this year. February 20th is the opening date for registration. That is only SIX days away. Six, 6, or 3+3 days away. The virtual week is June 23-28 and registration begins […]
Syllabus. That’s a positive word for any institute student. Think 150-250 pages of links, book citations and annotations, reminders of session discussions, maps, diagrams, charts, examples, and records you should be checking, and more info than can be covered in each 75-minute session. Whew. That’s a lot of detail. If a course has been previously […]
A large client project was sent this morning and I am rewarding myself by doing my own research this afternoon. The Library of Virginia has updated its Virginia Chronicle digitized newspapers section with many more Virginia newspapers and years. It now encompasses almost 4.2 million pages from around the state. I have several collateral lines […]
One oft-repeated idea is that this Digging Deeper course is a perfect early step before taking some very advanced courses. We each judge our own ability and experience level. Digging Deeper is not a beginning level course, it’s more on the immediate level, but parts have some more advanced methodology and record background. We pride […]
Four Tuesday sessions, June 24, 2024 Virtual GRIP Institute PERSI: Using the Periodical Source Index (Cari Taplin)In this session, we will take a look at Allen County Public Library’s Periodical Source Index (PERSI). We will examine its history and purpose, and its new interface at the ACPL website. Participants will also gain valuable tips and […]
This is the first post about the actual sessions. Next up will be Tuesday’s sessions. Amazingly, that’s the day that follows Monday on my calendar! If I hadn’t been busy meeting an extra details research case deadline this weekend, I should have posted this Monday lineup on Monday! Monday Student and instructor introductions and tweaking […]