Genealogy News

Waiting for 1950

January 10, 2020 Now that it’s 2020, it occurred to me that it’s only a little more than two years until the 1950 census will be released – on 1 April 2022, to be exact. While I know two years i…

A Sad Story – Finding Details in Newspaper Articles

January 3, 2020 On Sunday morning December 15, 1899, Jane Ann Terry left her younger sister, Edith, to watch over Jane Ann’s baby Fannie while she went to take care of some chores outside the house.…

A Research Trip to New Jersey

December 28, 2019 Last week I spent a few days in southern New Jersey doing research on my husband’s family. It’s the first real research trip I’ve taken for a while, and it reminded me how impo…

The Source that Got Away

December 21, 2019 Most folks who have been doing genealogy for a while probably have a story or two about mistakes they’ve made. These mistakes often involve neglecting to properly source informatio…

Relatives Around Me

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 so…

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 research…

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 …

LCGS 2019 Holiday Party

November 22, 2019 The Larimer County Genealogical Society’s annual Holiday Party is coming up on Thursday, December 5. It’ll be held from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Mimi’s Restaurant at 1450 Fall River …

Administrators and Executors: Understanding Probate Records

November 15, 2019 Many years ago when I was a baby genealogist, I ran across the terms administrator and executor. I had no idea what they meant but was aware that they had something to do with wills …

Looking for Long Generations

November 8, 2019 A few weeks ago when Judy Russell was in town for our C4aC, she mentioned that she loves “long generations.” That started me thinking about exactly what constitutes a “long” g…

Finding Marriage Records

November 1, 2019 Marriage records are the bedrocks of genealogical research; they provide information on the founding of a new family and are often one of the only ways to discover a woman’s maiden …

A Divorce in the Family

October 27, 2019 Most genealogical articles that discuss divorce emphasize how rare it was in earlier times. I’m sure that’s true in colonial or early American eras, but, at least in my own experi…

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