Well, I did it!  My last blog provided information about what to keep and what to throw away when you are trying to clean out family papers and photographs.  Immediately after writing that blog I took a week’s “staycation” at home.  The weather wasn’t great (a potential hazard of summers […]

My personal genealogy goal this summer is to finish cleaning out and organizing all of the family “paper” that I’ve accumulated as the family historian.  In all honesty this has been my project for every one of the past three summers […]

If you haven’t taken a look at the Brigham Young University Family History Library website, here’s a suggestion to check it out.

If you go here it will take you to their Subject List page.  It is exhaustive and I’m still […]

This past week is a good example of why I enjoy genealogy so much.  I took the Ancestry DNA test and over time have written and received emails from the folks on my “cousins” list.  Most of those connections were very […]

If you haven’t checked it out yet, take a look at the Digital Public Library of America at https://dp.la/ .

From their website:  The DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. […]

I thought this event might be of interest to local genealogists.  I particularly like the “Brick Wall Busters” part of the program and may attend just to take advantage of that resource – happy research!

The 2017 Maine State Genealogy Fair (July […]

If you are anything like me, not only do you have boxes and boxes of traditional paper photographs but you also have hundreds (thousands?) of photos on your telephone or tablet.  I’m having a hard enough time organizing my family’s photos.  […]