Posted in Articles, Front Page, How-to, News on Aug 18th, 2009
Dear Friends,
Most of us have family and friends that served in World War II. A beautiful memorial has finally been erected in Washington DC to honor these people. I had assumed that anyone who served in the military during that time would automatically be registered. This is not the case. Their [...]
By Kimberly Powell, About.com: Genealogy
Pictures are a wonderful way to document graveyards, from scenic views of the cemetery, to inscriptions of individual tombstones. It isn’t always as easy as it seems, however, to achieve sharp, clear photographs of stones that may be centuries old. That old stone may be easy enough to read when you’re [...]
by Carol Stetser
Like most family historians, I’d always felt that I was using newspapers effectively. After all, I’d looked up literally dozens of obits and marriage and birth announcements. Recently, however, I’ve come to realize that historic (and even modern) newspapers offer a whole lot more. Since they were written for contemporary readers, at the [...]
By Julie Miller, CG
The year is almost over, and already there have been numerous natural disasters that have hit close to home: the tornadoes in Northern Colorado, the floods in the Midwest, and the wildfires in California.
Watching the people on the news who have been affected has been heart-wrenching. Many folks have lost everything. Some [...]
by LCGS Researcher Carol Stetser
For many family historians finding a copy of their ancestors’ names on a ship’s passenger list is high on their list of priorities. With so many passenger records online, it would seem that finding an immigrant ancestor should be fairly simple, especially for those who landed in the later 19th century [...]
by LCGS Researcher Carol Stetser
I imagine that every family historian has said, or at least heard someone else say, “I can’t find my ancestors in the records; some of the records must have been lost.” Although at various times and places, many records definitely were lost, sometimes researchers assume records are lost, when really the [...]
by Patricia A Johnson
Some of us jokingly say that genealogy is an addiction. Now I have discovered a related addiction that is as much fun. Not that I have run out of people to track down, but now I am helping others find their ancestors.
As you know, the Family History Library in Salt Lake City [...]
By Bob Larson
I read an interesting newsletter article from Dick Eastman, a famous genealogist speaker and newsletter publisher, about a debate by professionals on whether genealogists should be called that name or a family historian. Webster’s Dictionary defines a genealogist as one who traces family descent whereas family historian is an authority on known or [...]
By Bob Larson
Last edition, I discussed the comparison of a genealogist to a family historian. This edition, I’m discussing the benefits of publishing your family history and highlight several people below, who have published family history books. Lissa Ann Forbes spoke at our last meeting about “What’s the Story Behind the Photograph?” Lissa is a [...]
