Posts Tagged With: genealogist
FGS2011 Book Purchases
I returned home from FGS2011 this afternoon. Was a little sad to leave but anxious to get home and start back to work for my clients. I made a number of book purchases this week. When I have time to read them I’ll probably write a post about each book later. An Atlas of Southern [...]
Wisdom Wednesday – The Genealogist’s Companion and Sourcebook
Last month I was browsing Family Tree Magazine’s website looking for The Family Tree Sourcebook. I found it and Family Tree Magazine was offering it in a bundle with The Genealogist’s Companion and Sourcebook. I ordered the bundle. I wanted the Sourcebook so I didn’t have to run to the library to borrow it and [...]
Tuesday’s Tip – Read the NGS Magazine
I spent last week catching up on some of my genealogy magazines and journals. I read the latest National Genealogical Society Magazine (April – June 2011). There were a few very good articles in there that seemed to provide a few bits of information on a few projects I have going right now. Proving of [...]
Treasure Chest Thursday – A Genealogy Meeting
Last night I attended the Fountaindale Public Library‘s Genealogy Group meeting which is overseen by Debra Dudek, the Adult and Teen Services Manager. Debra has a fantastic high-energy, outgoing personality that livened up the beginning of the meeting. She introduced the speaker, Steve Szabados, a local genealogist. Steve spoke on Finding Grandma’s Ancestors. In May [...]
Second Life
I have heard a lot about Second Life, a virtual world online. Read a little about it in the APG (Association of Professional Genealogists) magazine too. Then I read an interview of Dear Myrtle and Second Life. The APG has a group in Second Life that I would like to become part of since my [...]
Ancestry.com’s Expert Connect is Gone
My friend Thomas MacEntee over at Geneabloggers suggested a couple of weeks ago that I join Ancestry.com’s Expert Connect. Well I waited because I had so many other things on my to-do list and now Ancestry has shut their Expert Connect down. If you are looking for a Chicago area, which also includes Indiana, Wisconsin, [...]
Italian Ancestors