The news reports of so many deaths and recent passings of relatives, I’ve been thinking about ancestors and their passing. As family historians we are excited to find those death dates but pausing to remember the humanity is important too. We’ve discussed records related to death some time ago. This week let’s look at those past blogs.
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Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash https://useproof.com/ A recent webinar speaker talked about his research and the importance of genealogy proof when researching ancestors. We haven’t talked about this for a long time, so I thought it would be a good topic this week. Let’s look.
Photo by Gabby Orcutt on Unsplash This past month I was able to visit with vendors at a genealogy workshop and had the opportunity to learn more about Forever. Focused on protecting memories for genealogy, it is an interesting company. Let’s look at what I learned.
Photo by Museums Victoria on Unsplash This past weekend I attended the Family History Workshop 2023 organized and hosted by the Heritage Education Commission Moorhead. It was a great day with interesting topics and excellent speakers. As you probably have surmised, I do love old newspapers. They are a wealth of information. The Community History Archive includes newspapers that local libraries have digitized. Let’s look.
Photo by Ayla Verschueren on Unsplash Today I learned a valuable lesson about researching onsite. I decided to visit the local FamilySearch Center which has a lovely bank of computers to access those “locked” files online. Oh, if only they would unlock them for home use…but that is another story. Let’s look at lessons learned.
This week’s blog will be short and sweet. All is good but it has been a crazy week, but I wanted to share some Irish resources that were presented in a presentation by Dr. David R. Elliot for the Lambton Genealogical Society of Ontario. Lambton County Branch – Ontario Ancestors – – Lambton County a Branch of The Ontario Genealogical Society (ogs.on.ca) Let’s look.
Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash This time of the year triggers thoughts of school and learning, no matter how long it has been since I stepped foot in a classroom. While I’ve resisted the urge to stock up on pens, paper, and other school-related items, I have found myself searching for online opportunities to learn more about family history research and genealogy opportunities. I thought I’d share a few things I’ve discovered. Let’s look.
In a previous blog we talked about house names which are different than the house numbers we typically use for addresses. In fact, the name of the house might not have anything to do with our family surname or might have been the reason that our family surname was changed to match the house. I have been looking for older maps to better understand what a village in Luxembourg might have looked like when my ancestors’ lived there. I thought I’d share useful map links for your quest. Let’s look.
You have probably squinted and tried to magnify a blurry old photo to see the house number of an ancestor or relative, usually without much success—unless you know the house number and are just confirming that the photo is of the house at that address. Or perhaps you have an ancestor who lived on a farm that had a name. I’ve learned a few things about house names recently. Let’s look.
Photo by Laura Fuhrman on Unsplash As a long-time supporter, and former board member of the Heritage Education Commission of Moorhead MN, I wanted to share information on their upcoming 47th Family History Workshop - "Your Immigration Story".
You can find details at the main page of their site: Family History Research Workshop (heritageed.com). For those who live in the Red River Valley area, this is information packed day at a reasonable price, including lunch! Topics range from Swedish ancestry, writing, DNA, genealogy technology and more. Take a few minutes to check it out. The workshop will be September 23rd from 8:30 to 4 at the Ramada by Wyndam of Fargo. While it is great that we can spend time learning and researching online, it is good to take time to attend a genealogy workshop in person. Not only will you get great ideas from the presenters, but you can also exchange ideas and stories with fellow attendees. |
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