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Professional – Stan Lindaas Counting “up” alphabetically, next on our list of the professional helpers for our Salt Lake Christmas Tour is Stan Lindaas……………. I’ve known Stan for a decade or more and know he’s extremely knowledgeable and helps us Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………………. Another Week’s Peek
The follwoing excerpt is from the October 26, 2012 edition of the Great Falls Tribune: Talk began in 2004 among genealogy buffs about writing a book about Great Falls’ early residents. Members of the Great Falls Genealogy Society and others Continue reading New Books on the Early Settlers of Great Falls, Montana
The following news release of October 26, 2012 is from Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL: Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL, President of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, announced trustee changes to the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG), effective Continue reading Board for Certification of Genealogists Announces Trustee & Website Changes
The following announcement is excerpted from an October 25, 2012 article by Donnie Summerlin, published in the blog of the Digital Library of Georgia. The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the expansion of the South Georgia Historic Continue reading The South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive Expands
Central Pennsylvania Marriages 1700-1896 is a small straight forward book of marriages as compiled by Charles A. Fisher. Originally compiled and published in 1946, the book was last reprinted in 2005. Apart from the actual entries, the author makes only this Continue reading Central Pennsylvania Marriages 1700-1896
Genealogy is a hobby for many, a profession for others, and a passion for almost all practitioners. However, the one word that may be least used but best describes genealogy is science. Research science takes both skill and creative thinking. Continue reading Becoming An Excellent Genealogist: Essays On Professional Research Skills
They say that five people can see the same event unfold and all remember what they saw differently. That’s bad enough, but now there’s solid evidence that our memories change with recall. That’s downright scary for the genealogist. I found Continue reading Memories are Fragile & Easily Distorted
The following snippet is from a short article posted in the October 25, 2012 edition of Coventry Telegraph. Mary Scary, Fran Pire and Frank N Stein are among the peculiar names unearthed by a family history website. Ancestry.co.uk said a Continue reading Scary Names From the Old Records
Innovative project uses citizen scientists to transcribe historic weather data Washington, DC…For the first time, the public will have free online access to historic Navy, Coast Guard and Revenue Cutter ship logs between the pre-Civil War period through World War Continue reading National Archives and NOAA Announce Historic Navy Deck Log Digitization Partnership
We picked the last of the tomatoes, cucumbers, and cabbage on Tuesday, Wednesday the temperatures began to drop dramatically, and we woke up to snow this morning (Thursday, Oct 25, 2012). I doubt the snow will last long and temperatures Continue reading Winter Time is a’Coming… and it’s Time for Research, Grandchildren & the Salt Lake Christmas Tour
New databases added this week at The Original Record: 1702 – Irish Pensioners of William III’s Huguenot Regiments From an original return in Miscellaneous Bundle 17 of the Civil List books preserved in the Public Record Office, William A. Shaw Continue reading New Databases at The Original Record
The following article was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide. Enjoy… Dollarhide’s Genealogy Rule No. 29: The page on the census where your ancestor’s town was enumerated has no page number. Name indexes to the U.S. Federal Censuses have Continue reading If He’s Not in the Census Index
The Teesdale Mercury is a weekly newspaper sold in Teesdale in County Durham as well as in the towns of Richmond, Darlington and Bishop Auckland. The newspaper was founded in 1854 as the Teesdale Advertiser and Monthly Chronicle in Barnard Continue reading The Teesdale Mercury Newspaper Digitization Project is Now Complete
We’re very excited to announce that Thomas MacEntee, the creator of Geneabloggers.com, and a motivating force behind genealogy bloggers and social media genealogists, will be with us again this year. Thomas will be giving us TEN presentations to update our Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour……… Another Week’s Peek
The following excerpt is from an article by Kristina Torres, published in the October 18, 2012 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The Georgia Archives will stay open. Gov. Nathan Deal and Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp made that announcement Continue reading Georgia State Archives Will Stay Open