A recent news item from the Georgia Archives led me to see what other state level and historical societies list for their hours for the type of research genealogists need to do. They hold voluminous books, newspapers, manuscripts, and local and state records that are not online. I began with my home state of Minnesota […]
FamilySearch continues to add new records and expand or index others. The December update states it has “added 49.8 million new records to its free online archives. Some exciting additions include over 22 million additions to the United States City and Business Directories collection and over 19 million new records from the Philippines, covering civil […]
After my December 1st blog post about Native American research, two people asked me if I was no longer doing Native American research. I am still doing Native American and general United States and Canadian research. As I have said before, I love my profession. Today I am doing a two-hour genealogy consultation with a […]
This Wednesday, August 28, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, I will be presenting “What’s Next? Developing Step by Step Research Plans.” It is an online event hosted by the The Villages Genealogical Society. I love doing this presentation because it involves the participants, sound advice, and methodology. It shows many reasons why we need the assistance […]
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 […]
My special offer of a two-hour consultation by phone or via Zoom or a Google Hangout has had success the last few months. I am not booking any in-person consultations due to the Covid-19. I love helping people get started in genealogy research, to figure out a plan to get past some issues with the […]
2007 seems so long ago. Both of my parents were still alive. I lived in Saint Paul. Many changes have taken place in life and my residence since then. Yes, I am still in Minnesota. I’ve been busy with my genealogy business of research for clients, consultations to get clients going, and lecturing all across […]
A couple weeks ago, Cyndi Ingle asked me to do an educational guest post on The Genealogy Squad (TGS) Cyndi is one of the administrators of TGS and also is the Cyndi of CyndisList.com. We talked about several ideas and this morning 15 April) I posted my tips on Native American research. Now I have […]
Staying at home to be safe is not a problem with the consultations I do with clients and prospective clients. I have done them by Zoom, Google Hangout, and by phone over the last few weeks. I do have openings on my calendar starting next week for more. I can assist you with using any […]
It’s a common theme. I am a guilty party, too. Not on all of these, but partially on some. Are you? Saying you have a brick wall because you have been looking everywhere online for info about a certain family member. It’s not a “brick wall” unless you have also been to every possible archive, […]