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 I’m at day two of the Advanced Research Methodology course, led by Thomas W. Jones, in Pittsburgh!! So happy to be here! I’m blogging abou the week at A Well Lit Path. You can follow that blog here :-) Share: You might also like:GRIP 2013 Day TwoGRIP 2013, Advanced Land Records Day Three: Military Bounty LandsAmerican State Papers GRIP  I’m taking a Journaling Your Life e-course, which has been all kinds of wonderful even though it only started a week ago. In preparation, I spent a few days digging through boxes, dusty bookshelves, and dark closets, on a quest to find every begun-then-abandoned journal I own, and there are a LOT….. but, back to the point, tucked inside an old, cast-off (about 75% abandoned ) journal, was a folded bit of teal paper covered in my handwriting. It was dated June 22, 1996 and began with: “stories from Aunty Helen and Aunty Jeannette…” I have to say, I have absolutely no memory of this particular conversation with two of my Great Aunts (siblings in my Grandfather’s family of 14 children), and no recollection of having ever heard these stories. And for that, I’m grateful beyond belief that June 1996 was among the few, brief periods when I was (…more)  This morning in Advanced Land Records, we’re learning about the papers of the U.S. Government; a source which is under-utilized and yet rich with genealogical information. Much of the land records referenced in the published record of the U.S. Congress exist nowhere else. To be honest, I knew about these government papers before this morning’s lecture, but had never thought to seek them out. I misunderstood their purpose and content and certainly underestimated their value to my research. Now, thanks to Rick Sayre, I know better! Rick made the interesting point this morning that, before we had the U.S. government structure we have today, a citizen’s only recourse for complaints and other issues with Congress was to go to congress and tell them. It was a more personal approach; and the journals and (…more) 
Wordless Wednesday is a daily blogging prompt sponsered by Geneabloggers. Share: You might also like:Wordless Wednesday – 22 September 1962Wordless Wednesday: Why Didn’t People Write Names on Photos Back in the Day??Wordless Wednesday: A headache in the making… 
Wordless Wednesday is a daily blogging prompt sponsered by Geneabloggers Share: You might also like:Wordless Wednesday – Elsie Mae (Ebert) VarrieurWordless Wednesday: The Old Ebert HomesteadWordless Wednesday: A headache in the making…  Awaking this morning to the first snowfall of the season and the accompanying groans of my children getting ready for the windy walk up the hill to the bus stop, it occurred to me that a trip to somewhere warm this Spring Break might be a nice idea; however, while others in my house are day dreaming of being somewhere tropical on April 2, 2012, I’m thinking only about the need to choose a hotel with free Wi-Fi. April 2nd, the day the 1940 census is officially unveiled to the public on Archives.com , is not a day I plan to spend anywhere else but in front of my laptop. Needless to say, I am holding off mentioning this to the rest of the family—the ones who get that glaze-of-the-eyes look at the mere mention of the word census. Still, it’s never too early to make a plan! UPDATE: The (…more) 
Miss Elsie Mae Ebert 7 April 1914-12 January 1999 Share: You might also like:Rediscovered PhotosRediscovered Photos Part 2…Wordless Wednesday: Why Didn’t People Write Names on Photos Back in the Day?? |
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