By Carolyn L. Barkley
Call me a traditionalist, but for me Memorial Day is May 30th, not the last Monday in May (the dates will not coincide until 2011). While long weekends are certainly nice respites from the stress of the workplace, I think the purpose of Memorial Day has gotten lost in the calendar shuffle. [...]
By Carolyn L Barkley
Over 1600 people – conference attendees, speakers and exhibitors – met in Kansas City last week for the National Genealogical Society’s Conference in the States. In addition to attending lectures on skill building and methodology, Midwest resources, migration, ethnic resources, land records, and a variety of workshops, those attending had opportunities to [...]
Note: As I am at the NGS Conference in the States in Kansas City, this week’s blog is an adaptation of an article by William Dollarhide that appeared in “Genealogical Pointers� in December 2006. Be sure to check out next week’s blog for news from the conference. Carolyn
William Dollarhide
1. DEATH CERTIFICATES. Always start with a [...]
By Carolyn L Barkley
I’ve been happily doing genealogical research for over twenty years. As time has progressed, my learning curve, sizeable in the beginning, has flattened somewhat, increasing as I encounter a new location or resource. Recently, however, it has leapt to new heights as I begin a new role as the DNA surname project [...]
By Carolyn L. Barkley
Martha McCartney, author of Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, shared the following brief article which she wrote for a recent issue of Hickory Neck Nuggets, the monthly newsletter of Hickory Neck Episcopal Church in Toano, Virginia.
“On October 16, 1776, when the State of Virginia’s legislature convened for the first time, the delegates received [...]