Photo by Wesley Tingey on Unsplash I have been going through old financial records and papers this week to prepare for a shredding opportunity. Whew! It made me think about all the genealogical and family history documents, artifacts, and digital items that I’ve collected and discovered over the years. Another “whew”! It’s a lot of stuff. And how can I best organize this information for myself and eventually pass it on to others? Let’s look.
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Many of us have heard stories of the olden days when our pioneer ancestors first settled on the plains. If they were lucky to acquire land via the Homestead Act, they were required to build a home or more specifically a building of a particular size with windows and doors. In addition to this they were to improve the land by clearing it to use for fieldwork. What does this have to do with family history today? Let’s look.
Photo by Egor Vikhrev on Unsplash Like most of the main genealogy databases, MyHeritage has digitized newspapers to explore. While you can view newspapers while in MyHeritage, you also can search for newspapers using their new OldNews.com: Historical Newspapers Online Archive site. Let’s look.
Photo by Mrika Selimi on Unsplash While technically not another data base for researching your Irish roots, IMIRCE – the University of Galway host the Kerby A. Miller Collection (Irish Immigrant letters and memoirs). If you have an Irish Immigrant, you will want to check out this growing collection. Let’s look.
You’re probably like me and tend to do your research at tried-and-true sites and while we know there are other resources, we often don’t take the time to use them. NARA is one of those lesser used sites that contains a wealth of information. Let’s look.
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash The Toronto Branch of Ontario Ancestors recently hosted an online presentation by Matthias Sorg of Transkribus. This site is to transcribe documents both printed and handwritten text from various languages and sources us Artificial Intelligence (AI). Let’s look.
Photo by Eilis Garvey on Unsplash Despite the best laid plans, I couldn’t join any of the RootsTech 2024 sessions online this past weekend. Perhaps you were more fortunate and were able to attend. The wonderful thing about this conference is that they provide recordings for free, so I’ve spent some time looking to see which classes I want to watch. Here are some thoughts.
Photo by Dan Dimmock on Unsplash In the February/March 2023 issue of the Internet Genealogy Magazine, one of the sites that were reviewed was the Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC). Let’s look.
Photo by Erica Marsland Huynh on Unsplash Perhaps it is our unseasonably warm winter weather, but I find myself thinking about decluttering and organizing. I’ve recently started watching an interesting television program “Legacy List” with Matt Paxton. As keepers of so many genealogy items, do you wonder about how and what you should save and value? Let’s look at some of their ideas.
Photo by Rasa Kasparaviciene on Unsplash As family historians we love finding records about our ancestors. The only thing worse than not finding those records is perhaps finding conflicting information on the records. How do you resolve this? Let’s look at some ideas.
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