Category Archives: Resources

A Chicago Firehouse: Stories of Wrigleyville’s Engine 78

I just learned about the book, A Chicago Firehouse: Stories of Wrigleyville’s Engine 78, written in 2001 by Karen Kruse.  It sounds like an interesting read, so I’ve added it to my “To Read” list on Goodreads (I think I’ll add it to my Amazon […]

Friday Finds – 10/11/13

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

Genealogy By the States – Week 40 – South Dakota

If you have family that lived in South Dakota, and you haven’t already checked out the state censuses for 1905 to 1945, you must head over to FamilySearch and do so now! For each of these five censuses, each person is enumerated on their own […]

Friday Finds – 10/04/13

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

Friday Finds – 09/27/13

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

Genealogy By the States – Week 38 – Colorado

  Back in 2011, I wrote about a new development pertaining to the research of Philip Rottman in And all the Stars Aligned.  Basically, I discovered that there was some truth to a notation my grandmother made about Philip and a story my cousin Barbara […]

New Irish Newspaper Collection at Findmypast.com

I received the following press release yesterday from Findmypast.com announcing a new collection of Irish newspapers from 1820-1926.  Details below. New Online Irish Newspapers Make Ireland’s History Searchable Titles cover all four provinces of Ireland with articles dating 1820-1926 LOS ANGELES (Sept. 23, 2013) – […]

Friday Finds – 09/20/13

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