December 13, 2019 Last week I attended the annual LCGS Holiday Party at Mimi’s Restaurant with about 40 other intrepid genealogists and their guests. We all had a nice dinner and a chance to talk socially, although for most of us the conversation was dominated by one topic: genealogy. I think for many of us …
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My Favorite Relatives: the Unmarried and the Childless
December 6, 2019 Does every genealogist have pet ancestors? I don’t know for sure, but I’ll bet that they do. For some reason certain ancestors catch our fancy, and we spend way more time researching and writing about them than we do about the others, even though the others may have been just as famous …
Finding Probate Records
November 29, 2019 Probate files, or probate packages as they used to be called since the completed file was folded and stored in an envelope or packet, are all of the records relating to the disposal of a deceased person’s estate. These records are usually filled with valuable genealogical information including lists of heirs, married …