Genealogy News

Spelling for Genealogists

July 26, 2019 Recently, while I was volunteering as a genealogy helper, I found what I thought was a good record for the ancestor the client was looking for. Dates and places seemed to be exactly what…

Citizenship for Children

July 19, 2019 Most Americans probably don’t think about citizenship much. After all, they were born in the United States, and most likely their parents were too. However, when doing genealogical res…

Finding Naturalization Records

July 12, 2019 One of the records that many genealogists particularly want to find is their immigrant ancestors’ naturalization records. For many of us, it’s a thrill to actually see the records th…

Women’s Citizenship Status Before 1922

July 5, 2019 Most genealogists are aware that, until the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920, women in the United States could not vote. Fewer may realize that until 1922, the vast majority of immig…

Writing Letters and Making Phone Calls

June 28, 2019 Way back when I began working on my family history, the internet was barely a presence. If I wanted to do some research, it meant a trip to the NARA-Rocky Mountain Region in Lakewood or …

Collaboration Can Help Break Brick Walls

21 Jun 2019 This week I visited Laramie, Wyoming and spoke to the local genealogy society, Albany County Genealogical Society. My presentation was called “Smith, Anderson and Jones” and gave hints…

LCGS Conference for a Cause Update

June 15, 2019 Registration for this year’s LCGS Conference for a Cause is well underway, and if you haven’t registered yet, now is a good time to do that. Just access registration information at t…

Attending Genealogy Jamboree

07 June 2019 Last weekend was the 50th Anniversary of the Southern California Genealogical Society’s Genealogy Jamboree in Burbank, California. I was lucky enough to attend the four-day extravaganza…

Never Say Never

May 29, 2019 I don’t know about other researchers, but for me, it seems when I hit a certain period about 1800 (at least in U.S. research), I tend to run out of records. Much as I search, some of th…

Memorial Day

May 25, 2019 Memorial Day has always been one of my favorite holidays. I suppose it’s the genealogist in me that appreciates a holiday that celebrates ancestors, but even when I was a child, I loved…

The Marvels of Modern Transportation

May 17, 2019 Today (May 10) marks the 150th anniversary of the first transcontinental railroad line in the United States, and I’ve been thinking about how that event impacted the lives of our ancest…

Want to Learn? Teach!

May 3, 2019 This week I’ve been spending some time preparing for an upcoming genealogy presentation in Estes Park. As I’ve been tweaking PowerPoint slides and verifying that the facts and figure…

Larimer County Genealogical Society