Safer at Home: Watch a Genealogy Webinar

This post contains affiliate links. You can read my full disclosure statement here. With so many of us practicing social distancing and staying safe at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, now’s a good time to catch up on some genealogy education. Pick up a magazine […]

Free Genealogy Guide

On Thursday, I announced that I was officially relaunching my business, with a slightly different focus and a new name, Brass Oak Genealogy. Part of my business plan is to continue to provide value to fellow genealogists through blogging, providing information items (guides, templates, etc.), […]

Announcing Brass Oak Genealogy: A Relaunch of My Business

Yesterday, I announced to my family, friends, and colleagues on Facebook that I was officially relaunching my genealogy business. Today, I’m making a public announcement. Last year I began working on restructuring my business. I decided to revamp my service offerings and choose a business […]

Book Review — The Family Tree Italian Genealogy Guide

Title: The Family Tree Italian Genealogy Guide Author: Melanie D. Holtz  Format: Paperback Published: 2017 My Rating: The following review first appeared in the Federation of Genealogical Societies FORUM magazine (Spring 2019); reprinted with permission. This post does contain affiliate links. The Family Tree Italian […]

Book Review — In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin, and Russian Documents, Volume 4: German

Title: In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin, and Russian Documents, Volume 4: German Author: William F. Hoffman & Jonathan D. Shea Format: Paperback Published: 2017 My Rating: The following review first appeared in the Federation of Genealogical Societies FORUM magazine […]

Book Review – Or Go Down in Flame

Title: Or Go Down in Flame: A Navigator’s Death Over Schweinfurt Author: W. Raymond Wood Format: Hardcover Published: 2013 My Rating: On October 14, 1943, otherwise known as “Black Thursday” to the United States Eighth Air Force, nearly 300 bombers set out on a mission […]

12 Week Research Challenge–Fixing Citations

Week 4 of the 12 Week Research Challenge is about documentation. The goal was to add or fix documentation. I actually started a “fix citation” project many years ago. I started with myself and moved backward on each line, fixing the (really terrible) citations I […]

Western Michigan Genealogical Society 2020 Writing Contest

The Western Michigan Genealogical Society 2020 Writing Contest kicked off on January 1, 2020 and will run through March 31, 2020. You do not have to be a WMGS member to enter and there is no entry fee. Entries must be 1,500 to 3,000 words, […]