Family Research - Classes - Workshops - Consultation
This will be a series of blogs that I should have started January 1st. By sheer luck, I happen to have the diary that my maternal grandfather kept while he worked for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad. He made an entry every day during the year 1913. That’s right; the diary is exactly 100 years…
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Last night was Session 2 of a 4 part class I’m holding at the Wilbraham Public Library on the basics of genealogy and family research. The first session went very well and everyone in attendance seemed to get a lot out of it. Well, I guess it was a good session because last night, about…
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I just listened to a DNA presentation by Roberta Estes, the author of the blog where I found this article. By far, the best DNA presentation I’ve ever participated in. She really knows her stuff!! So I went to her blog at dna-explain.com and found this article: Bigfoot is Real???. At first I thought it might be…
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Here’s the video of my interview with “Mrs Buttercup” for Ludlow Community Televisoion. I’m describing the value of contacting relatives for the purpose of learning about their childhood, where they grew up, what their family life was like, what games they played as children and dozens more questions. All of this in the interest of making…
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Great news…I think! I’ve finally figured out how to get my debut performance on Ludlow Community TV uploaded to YouTube. Click here http://youtu.be/3GqKT2WEov4 to view. This one is about basics. But I just recorded the second session where we talked about interviewing relatives as a part of your family research. I’ll be uploading that one later this week. …
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Two programs are coming up. I’ll be presenting “Introduction to Genealogy and Family Research” in at least 2 locations in the coming months. First, at Wilbraham Public Library, a basic “Intro” program will take place in four sessions, one per month beginning November 19th. The second and more comprehensive program will be held at YELLOW HOUSE…
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In last night’s “Introduction to Genealogy”, I took some time to discuss the web site www.findagrave.com. I explained that it’s certainly not a “Primary Source” as the data is uploaded by volunteers who scour public records, family stories and even obituaries. Many volunteers are well intentioned and put up either their own family’s information or…
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“It’s All Relative!” That’s the title of the 3 session program I’ll be leading at the Palmer Public Library in Palmer, MA. It begins September 20th at 6 PM and continues each Thursday until October 4th. Mary Bernat, Assistant Director of the Palmer Public Library, is sponsoring the program for the library. She’ll have it…
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Tonight we begin Session II of the 5 week course “Introduction to Genealogy and Familly History”. Session I was a “full house” and Session II looks like it’ll be the same. The whole program is being conducted as a fundraiser for the First Church in Ludlow which is, appropriately enough, the first church that was established…
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A basic error by some family researchers is to insist that their family name is spelled one way and one way only. My own ancestors found no less than 6 ways to spell Robison….Robertson, Robison, Robinson, Robson, Robrson (4th ggrandfather’s gravestone), Roberson, Robeson…OK, that’s 7. And there’s probably a few others that I’ve overlooked. Here’s…
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