By: Carolyn L. Barkley
With abject apologies to Sir Walter Scott: “Breathes there the genealogist, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my favorite form!”
Personally, I love to complete forms. Well, having just refinanced our house, perhaps, I should qualify that statement – I love to complete genealogy forms. [...]
by Bonnie Lynn Cary
It was a crisp winter day in 1991 and I was filled with nervous excitement, for this was my very first research trip to the National Archives in Washington, D.C. That day would be the start of an exciting and thrilling “treasure hunt.” On entering the researcher’s entrance on Pennsylvania Avenue, [...]
By: Carolyn L. Barkley
For every genealogist who functions adventurously at technology’s cutting edge or just rides the crest, there are many more who paddle happily in the gently rippling backwaters until the more adventuresome get all the “bugs” worked out. Before I retired, I rode the crest, as librarians continually explore new forms of online [...]
We apologize for the late posting of this week’s article, but still unexplained glitch prevented its posting until just now.
I attended my first national genealogical conference in 1985, when I traveled to Baltimore for the National Genealogical Society’s Conference in the States. While I had been to local and state genealogical seminars prior to that [...]