A non-genealogist recently asked “what should I do with a bunch of old pictures?” They were mostly snapshots left loose in a box and tucked inside the original film-processing envelopes. He wasn’t interested in family history, and without names or notes the photos were meaningless to him. In … [Read more...]
How to Use Evernote for Genealogists Book Review
If you’ve wanted to try Evernote but been reluctant to take on a new tool or if you’re an Evernote user who wants to use this powerful free software to the max, How to Use Evernote for Genealogists is the kind of tech guide that will show you how to become a more efficient and effective … [Read more...]
Getting a GRIP on Preserving Family Archives
News and photos from the June 2016 session of GRIP, the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh are helping me revisit my own GRIP week as a sort of “instant replay” review. I was so busy as course coordinator for the first run of “Family Archiving: Heirlooms in the Digital Age” that I didn’t … [Read more...]
Ask The Curator: How to Preserve and Archive Old Family Documents
I inherited my grandparents’ marriage certificate / an ancestor’s property deed / my uncle’s army discharge papers. How should I preserve my family history documents to share and use in my genealogy research? What do birth and marriage certificates, letters, and land deeds have in common? If you … [Read more...]
Southern California Genealogist Awarded Memorial Grant
Melanie Frick, an advocate for youth genealogy from Monrovia, California, is the 2016 recipient of The Suzanne Winsor Freeman Memorial Genealogy Grant and Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree Scholarship. The award was presented Sunday, 5 June 2016 at the SCGS Jamboree Scholarship … [Read more...]
New Genealogy Book Offers Help for Researching Immigrant Ancestors
Why is it that the book you needed a few years ago isn’t published until now? The Family Tree Polish, Czech & Slovak Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Family Tree in Eastern Europe by expert Lisa Alzo is more than a regional research guide; it’s an indispensable roadmap for anyone researching … [Read more...]
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