I love my webinar audiences. They listen and learn for an hour and then have great questions and comments that I love to address then or research more after the webinar. Questions at the end of some one-hour presentations show me that more info is needed on certain subjects. Commenters say “you didn’t mention” or […]
Finishing the updating of my PPT for tomorrow’s presentation on the WPA and the Historical Records survey and all the indexes, records, and descriptions that genealogists should be using today. Many already research in some of these without knowing the how, when, why, and where. Join me tomorrow for this free webinar sponsored by the […]
It’s one of my favorite topics. FREE is a great word. Registration is FREE. Access to most of what I will be discussing is FREE. We have lots of space available in this online presentation. The Family History Research Center at the Clayton Library Campus is part of the Houston, Texas, public library system and […]
When I hear from some genealogical and historical organizations about doing a seminar or single talk for them, I get asked “what are your best topics?” The best topics have to be judged by those who listen and hopefully learn from them. I can’t always judge that but I can tell which are my favorite […]
85 years ago today, on May 6, 1935, the Works Progress Administration became a part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal programs to get the United States back to stability. It was on that date that he signed Executive Order 7034. In 1939 it was retitled the Work Projects Administration and it had many […]