By: Carolyn L. Barkley
Heightened interest in African-American genealogical research, combined with the upcoming 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War, highlights the importance of the records of the United States Colored Troops (USCT).
Federal laws, dating from 1792, barred blacks from bearing arms for the United States Army. Just a few years earlier, [...]
By: Carolyn L. Barkley
I originally intended to write about why, as researchers and librarians, it is important for us to read genealogical blogs. As I began to consider the article’s contents, however, I realized that I had something more important to talk about that provided a larger context for the original idea. This insight occurred [...]
By Carolyn L. Barkley
One of the reasons I find family history research so interesting is the occasional discovery of ancestors who are a little out of the ordinary, perhaps an occasional black sheep or even a saint.
Kate E. Duncan was my great-great grandmother (aka my brick wall). In 1880, her brother, George H. Duncan, was [...]
By: Carolyn L. Barkley
If there were a twelve-step program for office supply addicts, I would be both a charter and life-time member. While I am fairly safe around an office supply catalog (I make great lists, but usually never get around to placing the order), I am completely ungoverned in an actual office supply store [...]