tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63660806930459689742024-03-05T15:55:37.963-06:00Paula's Genealogical EclecticaBy Paula Stuart-Warren, CG.
Since 2007! A little of this, a little of that. Miscellaneous "stuff" and genealogical gold. Occasional fluff, but with a meaning. Notes from a full-time and Board-certified professional genealogist & friends on family history research, genealogical events, life, and family in Minnesota and elsewhere.Paula Stuart-Warren, CGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15670212981094181018noreply@blogger.comBlogger848125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-88396027656667130952014-11-23T03:00:00.000-06:002014-11-23T03:00:05.938-06:00Paula's Genealogical Eclectic is moving to a new websiteThis is my last blog post on <i>Paula’s Genealogical Eclectica</i>. I will still be blogging but it will now be on .<br />
<a href="http://genealogybypaula.com/"><b>GenealogybyPaula.com</b></a><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgQNol3tuc1vwfZLxCg59kyR-4NKRAkuwcbIIt0Sezyv4hae6gZFUE6ylqUnvjZ7ydMnCs3AUjvdJHI329_umM5LS9-Hyal56So1EGHR1eNaBsSkxyCtg38vFIq4pAi4nu3CvgqzzcRk/s1600/Moving+boxes.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgQNol3tuc1vwfZLxCg59kyR-4NKRAkuwcbIIt0Sezyv4hae6gZFUE6ylqUnvjZ7ydMnCs3AUjvdJHI329_umM5LS9-Hyal56So1EGHR1eNaBsSkxyCtg38vFIq4pAi4nu3CvgqzzcRk/s1600/Moving+boxes.JPG" /></a>That blogging will be just one part of my new website, <b><i>Genealogy by Paula</i></b>. If you have been a reader of this current blog, all the older content will be transferred to the new website. <br />
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I am able to share additional information with the new format. Be sure to bookmark the new website, continue to read my occasional posts, and peruse the tabs on the website for lots of added details. <br />
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See you over at <a href="http://genealogybypaula.com/"><b>GenealogybyPaula.com</b></a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-60923049412338249162014-11-19T17:42:00.000-06:002014-11-19T17:42:03.895-06:00Genealogy, Donny, David, and comedy all wrapped into one in February. <span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">Today's Press Release from the Federation of Genealogical Societies. This means Valentine's Day begins with Keynote Presenter Donny Osmond, followed by fantastic genealogy lectures, and ending with music and comedy. So glad I have already registered for this February 11-14 conference! <a href="https://www.fgsconference.org/"><b>www.fgsconference.org</b></a>/. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">"American
Idol finalist David Archuleta is teaming up with the popular comedy
sketch group Studio C from BYUtv to perform at FGS and RootsTech. The
two talents will be performing for the Closing Event at the Salt Palace
Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Both will be featuring new
original pieces for the event, including a new song written by David
Archuleta and a never-before-seen sketch by Studio C. </span><br style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">David
Archuleta has sold more than 1 million albums and earned numerous
awards. According to David, this gives him a chance to celebrate his
family and the influence they have had on his music. His father was a
jazz musician who introduced the family to jazz, as well as gospel, pop,
rock, and soul. His family’s heritage and history helped craft
Archuleta’s unique style. </span><br style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">“Music
was always a part of my life growing up. My mother was also big on
dancing and would teach my older sister and me to dance to traditional
music,” he remembers. “I can’t think about celebrating my family without
thinking about celebrating music.”</span><br style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">The
sketch comedy group Studio C from BYUtv has grown to become a household
name for people across the nation of all ages, but especially among
teens and millennials. Since its launch in October 2012, its loyal fan
base has helped grow the show’s online presence to more than 70 million
YouTube views to date. </span><br style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">David
Archuleta and Studio C will be performing for thousands of attendees at
the Closing Event on the final day of FGS and RootsTech, February 14,
2015. To reserve your ticket to see David Archuleta and Studio C, </span><a href="http://www.fgsconference.org/registration" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #7e1a1d; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;">register today for FGS 2015"</a><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-64929576607296338742014-11-19T16:51:00.001-06:002014-11-19T16:51:32.629-06:00A county clerk's 'Genealogy Corner' gets national recognition If you have heard me at seminars, you know that I often say things similar to "these records are so good because I don't have family in that locality" or in that particular set of records.<br />
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I have several localities where I wish my family had settled just because of the great information online from the county or city. A few of these are:<br />
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<li>Alachua County [Florida] County Clerk of the Court's website of "Ancient Records" <a href="http://www.alachuaclerk.org/archive/default.cfm"><b>www.alachuaclerk.org/archive/default.cfm</b></a></li>
<li>Oakland County [Michigan] Genealogy Research Service <a href="http://www.oakgov.com/clerkrod/vital_records/pages/genealogy.aspx"><b>www.oakgov.com/clerkrod/vital_records/pages/genealogy.aspx</b></a></li>
<li>Ulster County [New York] Clerk Archives Division <b> <a href="http://www.co.ulster.ny.us/archives/database.html">www.co.ulster.ny.us/archives/database.html</a></b></li>
<li>DeKalb County [Illinois] Clerk & Recorder Online Genealogy search <a href="http://www.dekalbgenealogy.com/"><b>www.dekalbgenealogy.com/</b></a></li>
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Then my news feed delivered news of another county with a great genealogy service and that has received a national honor from government colleagues. The C<span class="first-paragraph"><span class="paragraph-0">ollin County
[Texas] Clerk and staff have been "awarded the 2014 Best
Practices Award from the National Association of County Recorders,
Elections Officials and Clerks (NACRC)." Just two of the online databases for this county are: </span></span><br />
<ul>
<li> Marriage indexes, dating back to 1864</li>
<li> Birth indexes, dating back to 1903 with some delayed birth records from the 1800 </li>
</ul>
Read the full article from the <i>McKinney Courier Gazetter </i>by <a href="http://starlocalmedia.com/mckinneycouriergazette/news/collin-county-clerk-office-s-genealogy-corner-gets-national-recognition/article_2ca38dea-6e90-11e4-b859-4ff84c75e99c.html"><b>clicking here</b></a>. To access the county's Genealogy Corner<a href="http://www.collincountytx.gov/county_clerk/genealogy/Pages/default.aspx"><b> click here</b></a>. <br />
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You may have already guessed that I have no ancestral connections to Collin County, Texas! Dangitall.<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-66308648526227860132014-11-12T00:51:00.001-06:002014-11-12T00:51:27.208-06:002 days left to register: Nov 22 genealogy seminar in TennesseeIt's been a while since I did presentations in Tennessee. That changes on November 22, 2014 when I will be the speaker for the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society's all-day seminar. I will be presenting four topics and will be around all day to help audience members with genealogy questions. These are my topics:<br />
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<li>Railroad Records and Railroad History: Methods for Tracking</li>
<li>The Three Rs: Reading, 'Riting and Research in School Records</li>
<li>The WPA Era: What It Created for Genealogists</li>
<li>Controlling Chaos: Organizing your Genealogical Materials</li>
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The event takes place near Nashville, in Brentwood. You must register by November 14th to be assured of a seat. The brochure and registration information is here: <a href="http://mtgs.org/calendar/2014%20Seminar%20brochure.pdf"><i>http://mtgs.org/calendar/2014%20Seminar%20brochure.pdf</i></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-52933458434072622014-11-07T02:00:00.000-06:002014-11-07T02:00:00.982-06:00Free weekend at Findmypast!<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From a Findmypast press release:</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-83418841057225372612014-11-06T18:36:00.000-06:002014-11-06T18:38:00.139-06:00Join us LIVE on your computer tonight for Connect with FGS How much can you learn about the upcoming February 2015 Federation of Genealogical Societies conference in 30 minutes? Join Cyndi Ingle, J. Mark Lowe, and me online tonight!<br />
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We are part of the inaugural edition of Connect with FGS. It is hosted by Caroline Pointer and Linda McCauley. Cheryl Hudson Passey is one of the FGS conference ambassadors and she will be on the show, too. <br />
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We are on live at 9 ET, 8 CT, 7 MT, and 6 PT.<br />
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You can watch all our smiling faces on <i>Connect with FGS</i> live from the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjnHGs5Hb0A" target="_blank">FGS YouTube Channel</a> or from the <a href="https://plus.google.com/events/c0jnu591hkq1ghfdgs3pkdnuc80" target="_blank">FGS Google+ Event</a>.<br />
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For more details visit the FGS Voice blog and also learn how to view the program later. <a href="http://voice.fgs.org/2014/10/fgs-launching-monthly-hangout-on-air.html"><b>http://voice.fgs.org/2014/10/fgs-launching-monthly-hangout-on-air.html</b></a><br />
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The Voice blog also carries many other conference, FGS, and general genealogy news.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-8383987754763101822014-11-04T01:31:00.000-06:002014-11-04T01:32:22.177-06:00Beyond online: important genealogy guidebooks for your shelvesThis past weekend I promised the audience at the South Dakota state archives that I would post a list of some basic genealogy guidebooks that are important to beginning and even more advanced researchers. If you are only checking online resources and yet wondering what else there might be, these guides will fill you with tons of ideas and places to look. This is not a list of all that is available<br />
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1. Croom, Emily Anne. <i>Unpuzzling Your Past</i>. 4th Ed. “Expanded, Updated and Revised.” Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2010. <br />
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2. Eichholz, Alice, ed. <i>Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources</i>. 3d ed. Provo, UT: Ancestry Publishing, 2004 [Overview guide to all of the states. [Online edition is part of Ancestry’s free Wiki <<a href="http://www.ancestry.com/wiki"><b>www.ancestry.com/wiki</b></a>>.]<br />
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3. Greenwood, Val D. <i>The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy</i>. 3d ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000.<br />
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4. Hinckley, Kathleen W.<i> Your Guide to the Federal Census</i>. Cincinnati: Betterway Books, 2002. [Includes case studies, appendices, glossary, forms, hints, and more. The best census guide! Out of print but in many libraries.]<br />
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5. Morgan, George. <i>How to Do Everything Genealogy</i>. 3d ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012. [Update will be out in 2015!]<br />
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6. Rose, Christine and Kay Ingalls. <i>The Complete Idiot's Guide to Genealogy</i>. 3rd ed. New York: Alpha Books, 2012.<br />
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7. Szucs, Loretto Dennis and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, eds. <i>The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy</i>. 3rd ed. Provo, UT: Ancestry, 2006. Now online at Ancestry's wiki <<a href="http://www.ancestry.com/wiki"><b>www.ancestry.com/wiki</b></a>>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-40879520124231605682014-11-03T12:26:00.000-06:002014-11-03T12:26:03.800-06:00Registered for the NE Illinois Lake Co Genealogy Seminar 8 Nov? I am home from a successful full day of presentations at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre, South Dakota. It's the home of the state historical society and the state archives. The audience was extra friendly as was the staff.<br />
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This next weekend I am off to northeastern Illinois to do a full day seminar. It's 8 November at the Round Lake Beach Cultural and Civic Center. The Lake County Genealogical Society is the host. Debbie Mieszala, CG and Daniel Hubbard, Ph.D. are also presenting lectures that same day.<br />
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My four lectures are:<br />
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<li>Your Anytime Library: Success in the Virtual Stacks</li>
<li>Research Reports for Ourselves: More than a Research Log</li>
<li>Midwestern Gems: Back Issues of Genealogical, Historical, and Sociological Journals</li>
<li>Major Midwestern Archives and Their Records </li>
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The lectures and syllabus material is recently updated just for the attendees.<br />
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You may register at the door, but as with other day-of-event registrations, lunch and syllabus is not guaranteed for those who did not preregister. Caterers and printers usually need several days advance notice of the total numbers. My advice? Get there plenty early. It's a nice meeting place. Another reason to attend is that I have been told there are some really nice door prizes, vendors, and a silent auction. <br />
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The details are here:<a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~illcgs/lcigs%20flyer%202014%20final.pdf"><b> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~illcgs/lcigs%20flyer%202014%20final.pdf</b></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-15475171241117182792014-10-28T01:30:00.000-05:002014-10-28T01:30:02.830-05:00U.S. National Archives free online lectures todayToday is the first of three days to join the free U.S. National Archives 2014 Virtual Genealogy Fair. It runs on YouTube on
October 28, 29, & 30. The first lecture each day begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. There are four presentations each of the days.<br />
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It's live and there is an opportunity to ask our questions at the end of each talk. No need to register, just log in online. To learn the schedule and obtain the handouts: <a href="http://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair/"><b>http://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair/</b></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-75236020854034877642014-10-27T16:56:00.000-05:002014-10-27T16:56:05.540-05:00FGS free talk show online debuts Nov 6 with 3 "interesting" guestsWant more information about attending a big FGS genealogy conference? Join me, Cyndi Ingle, and Mark Lowe on <b><i>Connect with FGS</i> that debuts November 6 at 9:00 p.m. EST. </b>We are all speakers at the 2015 Federation of Genealogical Societies conference being held next February in Salt Lake City in conjunction with RootsTech. Caroline Pointer and Linda McCauley host the show. <br />
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<i>Connect with FGS</i>
will be a 30 minute FREE show broadcast on the first Thursday of the month as a Google+ Hangout and also on the FGS YouTube channel. Between now and February it will focus on the FGS 2015 conference
scheduled for February 11–14 in Salt Lake City, but other FGS news and
events will also be discussed.<br />
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Mark recently posted on Facebook that we will have a crazy time on this hangout. Yes, we will! It will be informative about FGS and the conference but I think we each might have some ideas up our sleeves. Will 30 minutes be enough for us? Will Caroline and Linda be able to rein us in? <br />
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<a href="https://www.fgsconference.org/assets/images/SpeakerBadge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://www.fgsconference.org/assets/images/SpeakerBadge.jpg" width="184" /></a>To learn more about this new monthly event, check out the free FGS Voice blog<br />
<a href="http://voice.fgs.org/2014/10/fgs-launching-monthly-hangout-on-air.html"><b>http://voice.fgs.org/2014/10/fgs-launching-monthly-hangout-on-air.html</b></a><br />
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For more about the conference <a href="https://www.fgsconference.org/"><b>https://www.fgsconference.org/</b></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-88162351458855486182014-10-27T03:00:00.000-05:002014-10-27T17:23:04.466-05:00Brief genealogy news from the past weekI am in the midst of packing to move in a few weeks and am doing three seminars in other states in the next month so my blogging may be limited. I still have some neat things to share and decided to blog about them in brief. <br />
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<li>From time to time I see newspaper articles about generous individuals that are preserving the memory of downtrodden people whose death and burial may have gone largely unnoticed or marked. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-forgotten-cemetery-dunning-20141021-story.html"><b>The Chicago Tribune </b></a>carried such an article last week about Barry A. Fleig and the Cook County Cemetery at Dunning in the Chicago area. You might need a subscription to view the story. The <a href="http://www.newberry.org/genealogy-blog"><b>Newberry Library's genealogy blog</b></a> posted about the results of his work on the Dunning Cemetery. Learn more about this project and do a search of the database at <a href="http://www.cookcountycemetery.com/"><b>http://www.cookcountycemetery.com/</b></a>. According to that website "With over 38,000 burials spanning some seventy years, it served as an institutional cemetery
for the Cook County institutions. These consisted of the County Poor house and farm opened 1854,
the Insane Asylum opened 1869, the infirmary opened 1882, and the Consumptive hospital (TB),
opened 1899 and was the official Cook County potters field serving the poor and indigent of the county."<br /> </li>
<li>The Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington, DC no longer charges non-members to use its library. It's a beautiful place full of books, periodicals, films, databases, traditional library tables, and great staff. Most of the books are on open shelves and the browsing is fun. <a href="http://www.dar.org/"><b>www.dar.org</b></a> <b><br /> </b></li>
<li><b>T</b>his Friday, October 31 (also known as Halloween!) is the last day for the $50 registration discount for the January 2015 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. Three courses still have a few seats. <a href="http://www.infouga.org/"><b>www.infouga.org</b></a></li>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-1392319456209599072014-10-24T19:28:00.001-05:002014-10-24T19:28:23.316-05:00Hmmm. Genealogy and personal cremation urns?According to a story in today's <i>Bring Me The News</i>, a firm located here in Eden Prairie, Minnesota is urging people to designing an eternal vessel “as unique as the life it represents." As in a specialty urn for your beloved family member's ashes after cremation. Not only is it a specialty item, these are done via a 3-D printer!<br />
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"Requests so far have included urns in the shape of a guitar, a car, a piano, and a cowboy hat, as pictures on the firm’s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Foreverence.US">Facebook page show</a>." <br />
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Is this a product for a family historian? We like to remember our dear departed relatives for more than just a date and place. We want to know more about the, what they did, and how they lived. We ask our older relatives about their hobbies, favorite things, and what they like to do. Might we want to keep our loved ones' ashes in a container specially designed for them?<br />
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Might they design a model microfilm reader or a scanner for a genealogist? How about an urn designed to look like an archival box, laptop computer, or DNA kit? How about a tombstone shape with all the proper information on it?<br />
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Read the full story here:<a href="http://bringmethenews.com/2014/10/24/firm-uses-3-d-printers-to-create-personal-cremation-urns/"><b> http://bringmethenews.com/2014/10/24/firm-uses-3-d-printers-to-create-personal-cremation-urns/</b></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-5035814141906345972014-10-24T05:00:00.000-05:002014-10-24T05:00:00.307-05:00My Nov. 1 free full day of presentations in Pierre, South Dakota<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Next Saturday, 1 November 2014, I will be presenting two genealogical workshops at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre, South Dakota. The workshops are free and open to the public. Free parking is
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<b>9:15-12:00: Research Rewards in County Courthouse and Town Hall Records</b><br />
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It’s more than looking for land, probate, birth, death, and marriage records. The records found in courthouses and related repositories fill in many details about the lives of our ancestral families and the communities and time periods in which they lived. <br />
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Courthouses, town halls, and other repositories of local and county records all across the U. S. are treasure troves of records for family history research. Learn about tax, divorce, naturalization, deeds, criminal and civil court records, vital records, and even the scallywags in the family. Today the records might have been transferred to an archive, historical society, may be on microfilm via the Family History Library, or even online. Learn what these records hold, and how to find and access them and indexes. The examples used in the lecture span a wide variety of localities. Part of the presentation covers readily available finding aids that determine the existence of specific records, help locate some of these records no longer in the courthouse, and that open a whole new world of research materials. This lecture focuses on historical rather than current records and on the county and town level records but not state and federal records. <br />
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<b><br />1:15-4:00 Lord Preserve Us! Church Records for Family History Research </b> <br />
From the beginning of our country, many of our ancestors belonged to an organized or semi-organized religion. For those who did, the records which have survived until today can often be<br />
a goldmine of details. Names, dates, relationships, places of new and former residences, burial location, <br />
<a name='more'></a>entire family listings, and other details may be learned. With some background knowledge of your family, and of the area in which they lived, it may be possible to find church records for your ancestor. Churches were often the stronghold of a community. Church related records are important for ancestors and siblings who were involved in the ministry. Often a biography or specialized obituary can be found for these individuals. Churches related to specific ethnic groups may give us clues to the old country. More and more southern church records are surfacing and serve to replace many burned civil records. Church records may predate the civil recordings of births, deaths, and marriages. This presentation explores records, record differences, access issues, and specialized repositories and finding aids. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-42485287012691575342014-10-23T16:57:00.001-05:002014-10-23T16:57:52.101-05:00Kandiyohi County Minnesota township recordsThe October 22 edition of the Minnesota Historical Society's <i>Local History News</i> carried a story about another important use of the Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grants. The Kandiyohi County Historical Society recently microfilmed township records for six of the county's townships and the films are available the county historical society in Willmar.<br />
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In Minnesota we are fortunate to have these records which include birth and death information. Usually this is in the format of a register book rather than separate certificates. These exist from roughly 1870-1953. <br />
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Records for some townships around the state are in the state archives collection at MHS. <a href="http://www.mhs.org/"><b>www.mhs.org </b></a>Others are in historical societies, town halls, and county courthouses. I don't know of any comprehensive list of these. Some of the records no longer exist due to a variety of reasons. My hope is that each is soon stored in a place with the proper conditions to preserve them. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-72438426494005364422014-10-22T15:11:00.000-05:002014-10-22T15:11:30.921-05:00Donny Osmond and Cyndi's List. A connection.Now that Donny Osmond has been named as one of the keynote speakers for the joint Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and RootsTech 2015 conference, I have a story to share. It's not exactly my story but I have permission from Cyndi to share it.<br />
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I am pretty sure you all know about <a href="http://cyndislist.com/"><b>Cyndislist.com</b></a>. Many years ago at a genealogy conference, Donny Osmond was there to promote a genealogy service. He was introduced to Cyndi Ingle of Cyndi's List. Of course, she was very happy to meet him. The surprise was that he was impressed to meet THE Cyndi of Cyndi's List.<br />
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Fast forward to this upcoming February and, as mentioned in my previous post, Donny is the keynote speaker for Saturday morning, February 14th during the conference. PLUS Cyndi is one of the FGS speakers for this upcoming February 11-14, 2015 huge family history event. <br />
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I wonder if we can orchestrate another meeting of these two nice people who love family history?<br />
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Register for this great 4 day event at the FGS conference website <a href="https://www.fgsconference.org/"><b>https://www.fgsconference.org/</b></a>. Then for just $39 more you can add the RootsTech side. A win win win win. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-1908349089290306042014-10-22T14:43:00.002-05:002014-10-22T14:43:33.433-05:00FGS & RootsTech Sat. Keyote speaker is Donny Osmond.Just received a press release from FamilySearch about the Saturday, February 14th keynote speaker. How appropriate that it will be Donny Osmond on Valentine's Day. I will add more details later. Now will you quickly register for the 2015 conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies and RootsTech?<br />
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Just visit <a href="https://www.fgsconference.org/"><b>https://www.fgsconference.org/</b></a> to quickly register for this exciting family history conference. Then check the box to add RootsTech to that registration. Then work on your packing list and your "to do" list for the Family History Library. Soon, FGS will be adding a list of more hotels to the lodging page on the website. There is definitely room for everyone. <br />
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I had a feeling that was going to be today's big conference announcement. Hurray!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-77524620017169814762014-10-22T03:00:00.000-05:002014-10-22T03:00:02.246-05:00FGS Conference 2015: Connect. Explore. Refresh.<div>
<a href="https://www.fgsconference.org/assets/images/AmbassadorBadge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://www.fgsconference.org/assets/images/AmbassadorBadge.jpg" width="184" /></a>I am officially registered for the Federation of Genealogical Societies 2015 Conference. It is being held earlier than usual to take advantage of a one-time joint opportunity with RootsTech in Salt Lake City. I hope February 11-14 is already on your calendar. </div>
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I have not missed a FGS conference since 1990. That is 24 years of great education, networking, shopping and even lots of fun. Yes, I am hooked. I even became a volunteer at many of these conferences. Now I am on the FGS Board of Directors. Really hooked on FGS.</div>
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The 2015 theme of <b>Connect. Explore. Refresh. </b>really tells why I love these conferences. </div>
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During all those years I have <b>connected</b> with many other genealogists, librarians, vendors, and others who are now my friends. They have shared valuable research advice, names of people to contact, and have held my hand through some tough times. I didn't make all these connections right away, but these developed as we recognized each other at subsequent conferences. I hope to add more of my readers to that list of friends after this coming February in Salt Lake City. </div>
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Attending a FGS conference allows me to <b>explore</b> in two main ways. I love exploring topics that are presented in lectures I might not have a chance to attend elsewhere. I often choose to attend a session on something totally different from my areas of research or experience. Exploration equals enlightenment. Then there is always the large hall filled with vendors of all kinds. They demo and sell software, books, subscriptions, magazines, office supplies, preservation materials and much more. </div>
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I find that the lectures, vendors, fellow genealogists, luncheons, and other parts of a conference allow me to hit the<b> refresh </b>button in my research. When I return from a FGS conference I am able to continue my research with a refreshed energy and new knowledge. It's an energy that's difficult to express, but it's a new level of excitement filled with paths to try. </div>
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Where exactly shall we meet in the Salt Palace Convention Center next February? The program, hotel info, and many more details are here:<a href="https://www.fgsconference.org/"><b> https://www.fgsconference.org/. </b> </a>Online registration is a breeze on that same website. </div>
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If your chosen hotel is full, check <a href="http://www.visitsaltlake.com/"><b>http://www.visitsaltlake.com/</b></a> for many more lodging places. Rumor has it that additional choices will soon appear on the FGS conference website. This is already a popular conference. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-32041674447934448602014-10-20T20:16:00.000-05:002014-10-21T00:56:01.620-05:00NUCMC and its cousins: "missing" manuscript locatorsRecently on Facebook, I promised Sue Hawes of Maine that I would tell her more about NUCMC and access to all those wonderful manuscript descriptions. I thought others might also appreciate this information. It's a long post so you will need to follow the "Read More" at the end of ths main page post. <br />
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This blog post contains some content from my seminar handouts and presentations that include details about manuscripts, finding aids, and the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) and its newer cousins. These are frequently requested lectures and I love watching the eyes of the audience as they realize what they might be able to locate for their own families. In case you are wondering how to pronounce NUCMC, that’s easy: nuckmuck.<br />
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<b>NUCMC & its Cousins</b><br />
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Did you ever wonder if a family bible might be in a historical society somewhere? Maybe that missing set of Justice of the Peace records is in an archive in a distant state. Where are the records of the fraternal organization that Uncle Sylvester joined? Might the records of the local midwife still be in existence?<br />
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These are manuscripts. These are original records. You may be scratching your head trying to find such items. Of course you check the historical society and archives websites of the counties and states where the person or family resided. Yet, any of these records could be in a distant state. We are fortunate to have several finding aids that assist us in locating these records no matter where they might be housed. <br />
<b><br />What will finding aids tell researchers? </b><br />
A typical descriptive entry includes: collection title, years it covers, number of items, volumes or boxes, total linear or cubic feet, name of repository, descriptive highlights, and if there are other finding aids. Many entries tell how the collection was acquired, i.e. by donation (and by whom) or by purchase. The descriptions often include places, names, subjects, and related collections. <br />
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<b>The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections</b><br />
An important finding aid is the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC), a cooperative <br />
<a name='more'></a>cataloging program via the Library of Congress. In 1959, repositories all across the U.S. that held manuscript collections began providing the LOC with the descriptions of ones they held. Think about how many years these places had been collecting items and that it is unlikely that each and every thing was thoroughly catalogued and described in detail. <br />
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<b>What else might you find via NUCMC and other finding aids?</b><br />
In addition to the items mentioned earlier, you may find records of individuals, churches, schools, and businesses. The records might include military detail, tax records, justice of the peace papers, records of birth, death, marriage, maps, photographs, account books, personal letters, and oral history transcriptions. It might be the records of the community midwife, the local funeral home, or the last secretary of that book club grandma joined.<br />
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<b>Repository participation </b><br />
The range of repositories participating in the NUCMC cataloging program has changed since its inception. Per the Library of Congress website, eligible repositories must be located in the U. S. and territories, must admit researchers, and today must lack the capability of entering their own manuscript cataloging into national library databases. Not every repository with manuscript collections has participated in NUCMC or other cataloguing programs over the years.<br />
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<b>Some participating repositories</b><br />
Among the thousands of participants in NUCMC and other major manuscript finding aids have been the University of California, Bancroft Library; Yale University Library; University of North Carolina, Southern Historical Collection; California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento; University of Kentucky Library; Duke University Library; Radcliffe College Library Women’s Archives; Rosenberg Library in Galveston, Texas; Minnesota Historical Society; American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati; Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina; Miami Public Library, and the Seattle Municipal Archives. Not all continue to contribute since they now participate in several other electronic cataloguing programs.<br />
<b><br />In print format for submissions 1959-1993</b><br />
NUCMC printed volumes, 1-29 (covering submissions from 1959-1993), include descriptions of approximately 72,300 collections located in 1406 different repositories with more than 1million index entries by subject, and personal, family, corporate, and geographic names. These NUCMC volumes are out of print but still are found in many larger public, university, and historical libraries. Some may have the microfilm edition. These 29 volumes were published from 1962-1994. Each volume was indexed and a couple cumulative indexes were published:<i> </i><i> </i><br />
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<li><i>Index to Personal Names in the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections,1959-1984</i>. 2 volumes. Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey, 1988.</li>
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<li><i>Index to Subjects and Corporate Names in the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1959-1984</i>. 3 volumes. Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey, 1994.</li>
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<b>Accessing the descriptions from NUCMC </b><br />
The older printed volumes, printed indexes, and now electronic databases provide entry to NUCMC with its descriptions and locations of specific manuscripts. As of 2013 it had more than 130,000 collection descriptions from 1,800 repositories. You can certainly do a search just using a state or county name, but your results may be numerous. Think along the lines of a keyword search or a limiting search. Instead of looking for just “railroads” try looking for railroads in Ohio or Pennsylvania. Try sheriff + Green County + Ohio. Some time spent browsing in a couple printed volumes will help you better understand NUCMC.<br />
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<b>Electronic format finding aids </b><br />
The Library of Congress Website offers a free NUCMC search for descriptions submitted 1986 till the present time at <<a href="http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc"><b>http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc</b></a>>. <<a href="http://worldcat.org/"><b>Worldcat.org</b></a>> also has this component plus other manuscript and archival descriptions.<br />
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<b>ArchivesUSA™,</b> Publisher Chadwyck-Healey (Now ProQuest) has all NUCMC cataloging from 1959 - 2009 in its electronic publication for libraries, ArchivesUSA™. It is part of Archive Finder <<a href="http://archives.chadwyck.com/infoCentre/about.jsp"><i>http://archives.chadwyck.com/infoCentre/about.jsp</i></a>>. It is an expensive database marketed to libraries, historical societies, and archives. It is an easily searchable format; the chore is finding a library that allows patron access to it, but is well worth the search. Individual subscriptions are not offered.<br />
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<<a href="http://archivegrid.org/"><b>ArchiveGrid.org</b></a>> This is another way to search for specific records and locations with over one million collection descriptions from repositories all over the world. It includes much from NUCMC plus more descriptions not found in NUCMC. Archive Grid is now in beta format with a WorldCat.org search and free to us via our home computers! For more on ArchiveGrid and NUCMC see the ArchiveGrid Blog at <a href="http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/blog/?p=1751"><b>http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/blog/?p=1751 </b></a> <br />
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<b>Worldcat</b> <<a href="http://worldcat.org/"><b>worldcat.org</b></a>> is free online and may be accessed from your home computer. This offers access to catalog listings of thousands of libraries worldwide. The in-library counterpart of Worldcat has some extra features, including advanced search, "Find similar items," and links to published reviews and excerpts of books. Searches on WorldCat can be limited in several ways by the user, including the category of “Archival material” which includes manuscript collections. <br />
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<b>JSTOR.</b> An online resource (aka Journal STORage) that currently features more than 2,000 searchable scholarly journals in several fields including history and other disciplines with articles that are helpful to family historians. One of the great uses I find for these articles is in the footnotes or endnotes of the articles. It’s a great way to pick up a manuscript resource that you might not find in any other way. <<a href="http://jstor.org/"><b>jstor.org</b></a>> Use your own computer or go through a library for full access. <br />
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<b>Archives, libraries, and special collection department websites.</b> Check for online digitized guides, pathfinders, inventories, and descriptions of what they hold. It can still be beneficial to do this even if you find something in one of the above electronic finding aids. You may be rewarded with more detailed information. <br />
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For optimum research success, I highly recommend checking all of these finding aids for your individuals, families, locations, and types of records. <br />
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<li>The National Catalog of Manuscript Collections: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/about.html"><b>http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/about.html</b></a></li>
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Note: The figures used in this post are from the respective finding aid websites. Watch for future blog posts about manuscripts. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-81436865530985251792014-10-19T03:00:00.000-05:002014-10-19T03:00:03.557-05:00Salt Lake Genealogy Institute savings deadline October 31How can it be past the middle of October already? I do see the leaves changing and the weather is definitely cooler. The 2015 edition of the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy is rapidly approaching. It takes place January 12-16.<br />
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The early bird deadline for the 2015 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy ends on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1538409264" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Friday, October 31</span></span>.
Register now to take advantage of the discount. Most of the tracks have
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available classes and register on the <a href="http://ugagenealogy.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36d2cc4a583e69f24afacf672&id=290ee08f3c&e=f3c74201f7" style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">UGA website</a>.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://www.ugagenealogy.org/cpage.php?pt=331">Beyond the Library: Researching in Original Resource Repositories</a> (John Colletta, Ph.D., FUGA)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://www.ugagenealogy.org/cpage.php?pt=332">Finding Immigrant Origins</a> (David Ouimette, CG)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://ugagenealogy.org/cpage.php?pt=330">Resources & Strategies for United States Research, Part I</a> (Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FUGA, FMGS) Part 1 and Part 2 may be taken in any order. This course is directed at intermediate level researchers and features lectures, problem solving, individual consultations, and four great instructors for the week. The syllabus is lengthy and includes hints, books, websites, and more. You will also have some free time that week to research in the Family History Library. </span></span></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-33654317116281679652014-10-12T18:30:00.001-05:002014-10-20T20:47:27.505-05:00Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives serves researchers!The<i> Great Falls Tribune</i> [Montana] has a wonderful article about the Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives, the holdings, and the mission of the repository. This is the way I wish all localities felt about historical researchers. That's what a genealogist does. We are searching for the history of our ancestors, collateral family, and the place in which they lived.<br />
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The article does have a few errors, but overall it is really great! I still have no connections to the area, but wish I did!<br />
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<a href="http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/life/my-montana/2014/10/12/butte-archives-solves-mysteries-past/17061571/"><b>http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/life/my-montana/2014/10/12/butte-archives-solves-mysteries-past/17061571/</b></a><br />
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<b>p.s. </b>The Butte-Silver Bow archives website is<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1328702782"> </a><b><a href="https://buttearchives.org/">https://buttearchives.org/</a> </b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-91043657488325472362014-10-10T04:00:00.000-05:002014-10-20T20:47:39.232-05:00Just might be 300+ reasons to attend SLIG 2015The annual Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy is getting closer. January 12-16, 2015 marks the 20th anniversary of SLIG. Those 300+ reasons in the title of this blog post? It's networking with more than 300 fellow genealogists all gathered in the same place and willing to talk about family history research. Time before and after each class, during meals, and at the Family History Library is perfect for the usual networking. The Hilton Hotel has many great spaces for just sitting and talking about families and research. I wonder which students will make the most family or research locality connections this year?<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Don't let the savings deadline pass you by. Easy registration at </span><a href="http://infouga.org/"><span style="font-size: 14px;">http://infouga.org/</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;"> There is still some availability in the following courses:</span></b></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://www.ugagenealogy.org/cpage.php?pt=331">Beyond the Library: Researching in Original Resource Repositories</a> (John Colletta, Ph.D., FUGA)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://www.ugagenealogy.org/cpage.php?pt=332">Finding Immigrant Origins</a> (David Ouimette, CG)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://ugagenealogy.org/cpage.php?pt=330">Resources & Strategies for United States Research, Part I</a> (Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FUGA, FMGS) </span></span></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-5340557576417956812014-10-07T12:57:00.001-05:002014-10-20T20:47:48.236-05:00Vermont middle schoolers learn history in a cemeteryIn Sharon, Vermont, middle schoolers are doing schoolwork in a cemetery. "An abandoned cemetery is turning into a classroom for middle-schoolers
at the Sharon Academy in the Upper Valley. They’re mapping the grave
sites, researching the people buried there, and creating a website for
genealogists who might not be able to visit the plots in person."<br />
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This makes history real. It gives these students a respect for their community, history, and for the cemetery. I wish all schools had classes like this. <br />
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Read the article here: <br />
<a href="http://digital.vpr.net/post/old-cemetery-sharon-middle-schoolers-hunt-clues-local-history"><b>http://digital.vpr.net/post/old-cemetery-sharon-middle-schoolers-hunt-clues-local-history</b></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-8165509144288165982014-10-03T05:00:00.000-05:002014-10-20T20:48:05.708-05:00Findmypast only $5 for October, Family History MonthThis information was received in a press release from <a href="http://findmypast.com/"><b>Findmypast.com</b></a>:<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">2014 has already been a record breaking year at Findmypast, and we’re ready to celebrate!
<b>Family History Month 2014</b> is an opportunity for us to share our
amazing collection of records, significant moments in history, and the
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<span lang="EN-US">The ground breaking projects we’ve launched in 2014 have added millions of names to our database.
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gave us 100 record sets in 100 days, and a total of 38,400,460 new
worldwide records. Our digitization effort with the Genealogy Center at
the Allen County Public Library
to put the <a href="http://search.findmypast.com/search/periodical-source-index" target="_blank">
PERiodical Source Index</a>, or PERSI, online for the first time is well under way with over 23,000 images already available.
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Our England and Wales National School Admission Registers and Log-books</a> was a collaborative project working with 25 archives and schools, and included more than 2.5 million historical records. </span><br />
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"Findmypast has been a leading family history website for more than 10 years. It’s a searchable online archive of over 1.8 billion family history records, from parish records and censuses to migration records, military collections, historical newspapers and lots more. For our members around the world, Findmypast is a crucial resource for building family trees and doing detailed historical research. "Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-65747740559529405602014-10-01T22:21:00.000-05:002014-10-01T22:21:46.925-05:00Northern Pacific Railway employee records on Ancestry.comDuring the railroad records webinar I did this evening under the auspices of the Minnesota Genealogical Society, I mentioned some Northern Pacific Railway employee records that were on Ancestry.com. I had several questions about where to find these and I have posted the direct link below. <br />
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The originals are at the Minnesota Historical Society as are many other Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railway. The personnel files are not complete for either railroad but do include some subsidiary lines, too. As I shared during the webinar, these files include many people working from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest and who were born in many other states and countries,.<br />
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<li>Finding aids for the NP:<a href="http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/01010.xml"><b> http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/01010.xml</b></a></li>
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<li>Finding aids for the GN : <a href="http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00901.xml"><b>http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00901.xmlhttp://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00901.xml</b></a></li>
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NP employee records at Ancestry: <a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2157"><b>http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2157</b></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366080693045968974.post-42837853404508620492014-10-01T22:06:00.000-05:002014-10-01T22:06:25.397-05:00Yes, I am on YouTube courtesy of Mocavo<div>
I have done a couple regular Fireside Chats with Mocavo.com chief genealogist, Michael Leclerc. These are available at<a href="http://www.mocavo.com/fireside"><b> http://www.mocavo.com/fireside.</b></a></div>
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The dates for these two are November 14, 2013 and April 25, 2014. </div>
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At the FGS Conference this past August, Michael interviewed me and several of my colleagues. The first batch of those can be viewed under the September 30th, 2014 date on the list of chats. It is also on YouTube. </div>
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The YouTube link is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xys7_X_FW0&list=UUiQqixNRSMyDlv-9YlL1wow" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/<wbr></wbr>watch?v=9xys7_X_FW0&list=<wbr></wbr>UUiQqixNRSMyDlv-9YlL1wow</a>. </div>
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