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Maureen Taylor, the “Photo Detective,” will be the speaker at the St. Louis Genealogical Society’s all-day seminar on Saturday, July 30 at Orlando Gardens on Watson Rd. in Webster Groves, Missouri.  The seminar, “Clues to the Past in Family Photos,” will feature four lectures: Identifying […]

There was a great article in the Geneva (IL) Republican about genealogy and its popularity.  The Kane County Genealogical Society was also highlighted in the article.  This is so wonderful to see.  And I am especially excited since I have ancestors from Kane County!  You […]

I recently found an article about a genealogist in Maryland who found an old photo album in an antique store, purchased it, spent several hours researching the photos, and eventually reunited the album with family.  The article can be found here. The article also mentioned […]

I’m very excited!  As I write this post, the FGS 2011 Conference is 50 days away.  In a way, it seems a little far off, but when you’ve been working on the conference behind the scenes for over a year, 50 days is actually not […]

The Unclaimed Persons project, which helps find next of kin for the deceased, has move to a new home at http://www.unclaimed-persons.org/forums.  Even if you were a member of the group on Facebook, you will need to register at the new site.

Time is running out to save $50 on the full registration fee for the FGS 2011 Conference.  Registration must be received online (or postmarked) by 11:59 pm on July 1st in order to take advantage of the discount price.

Ancestry has a new collection, just in time for the 4th of July.  You can now search the Sons of the American Revolution applications, which are indexed by all of the names found in the lineage of the application.

So I finally registered for the FGS 2011 Conference, which will be held in Springfield, Illinois, September 7-10, 2011.  There’s plenty of time to register for the conference, but if you want to save some $$ you’ll have to register before July 1. This is […]