I love mail. After posting Organize and Preserve Original Documents Used in Your Genealogy Research, I took a closer look at the 1917 marriage certificate used to illustrate the article. Although I had examined the certificate many times, the certificate posed at least three more questions … [Read more...]
Brown and Obama are Cousins, NEHGS Research Reveals
It's always interesting to see how fast the New England Historic Genealogical Society can research and write up the newsmakers of the moment. This morning I recieved word from Tom Champaux that researchers at NEHGS had uncovered the common ancestor of President Barack Obama and Republican … [Read more...]
Organize and Preserve Original Documents Used in Your Genealogy Research
It doesn’t matter what kind of filing system you use for your genealogical research and sources, sooner or later most family historians need to file a primary document, or Heirloom Original. The easiest solution is to just file it with your census printouts and photocopies of birth certificates in … [Read more...]
Organize and Preserve Your Family History Documents
If "Getting Organized" is at the top your TTBD List for 2010, you might want to visit Elyse's Genealogy Blog where Elyse is posting a series of How To articles on getting your genealogy papers in order, appropriately titled "Organizing the Paper Mountain." Elyse really has her act together as far as … [Read more...]
and the rain was upon the Earth
. . . and on the eighteenth day of the first month of the new year, the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth five days and five nights which in the land of Disneyland and Hollywood is for-ever and ever and ever. And the flood was five days upon the earth; and the waters … [Read more...]
Eastward Ho! Getting Out the Boat and Oars for Family History Expo, Mesa
We may live in a desert here in Southern California, but natives know that sometimes watercraft is a necessity to navigate our city streets. Mom recently told me about her childhood experience in Anaheim (you know, the home of Mickey Mouse) during the Flood of 1938. After 30 days of rain, beginning … [Read more...]
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