Category Archives: GenBlog

Upcoming Genealogy Events in Illinois

There are several genealogy events coming up in the Land of Lincoln.  Here is a listing of just some of those events.                                                                   ~~FEATURED EVENT~~ Illinois State Genealogical Society Spring Tour & Workshops When:  April 10, 2010 Where:  Springfield Details:  Sign up for a tour […]

Friday Finds – 01/29/10

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve learned or found.

52 Weeks to Better Genealogy – Challenge #3, Assess Yourself

The challenge for week 3 is:  Assess Yourself! You’re great at researching everyone else’s history, but how much of your own have you recorded? Do an assessment of your personal records and timeline events to ensure your own life is as well-documented as that of […]

Saturday in the Attic – 01/23/10

I really do wish this item was in the attic, as opposed to where I actually found it.  It would be so neat to have an artifact this old in my personal collection. It’s a letter written by John Hopkins to Gov. John Winthrop.  It […]

Friday Finds – 01/22/10

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve learned or found.

Saturday in the Attic – 01/16/10

This is the obituary for my third great-grandmother, Margaret RYAN Murnane McMahon.  It, along with the 1880 census helped me to identify that she was married prior to marrying my third great-grandfather, Timothy McMahon in 1873.  The 1880 census provided the maiden names of the […]

Friday Finds – 01/15/10

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve learned or found.

New Development in the Emil Miller Case

Part of my next assignment is to create a research plan.  We are to pick a problem from our own genealogy and develop a research plan around that problem.  I’ve blogged (see related posts) about my second great-grandfather in the past, and two of those […]