Friday, January 25, 2019
Genealogy Roadshow
PBS presents its Genealogy Roadshow on Tuesdays at 8pm EST on WEDU. It's also available on the PBS video app.
Friday, January 18, 2019
Dating photos: Womens Hats
One way to narrow down the date a photograph was taken is by dating the clothing of the subjects in the photo.
The Minnesota History Society has digitized a collection of 700+ women's hats, most from 1910 to 1950. This article discusses the project, and includes a link to the collection.
The Minnesota History Society has digitized a collection of 700+ women's hats, most from 1910 to 1950. This article discusses the project, and includes a link to the collection.
Monday, January 14, 2019
Becoming a Professional Genealogist
This webpage on the website of the Association of Professional Genealogists is a place to start if you are considering making a living as a genealogist.
Monday, January 7, 2019
Antebellum Georgia newspapers
The Digital Library of Georgia has grant dollars to digitize almost 54000 pages of pre-1861 Georgia newspapers. They will be available to the public at choniclingamerica.loc.gov. source: ResearchBuzz
Friday, January 4, 2019
Genealogy Research Plan
Avoid going down "rabbit trails" by planning your research- an article by Lisa Lisson on her website.
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Ted Talk: How We're Building the World's Largest Family Tree
From Ted.com in 2018.
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Back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when the mail moved slowly and some citizens had to travel a good distance to check for mail...
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Newspapers. com, which is available to library card holders from the library's website, has added 450 more papers from 15 states and 3...
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Over the course of U.S. history, county boundaries and names changed, and large counties were broken up into smaller ones. In 1883, for exam...