Friday Finds – 08/26/11

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

Interesting Article on Noah Webster

Ran across the article “Man of Many Words,” by Chris Goodrich of the Brookfield (CT) Patch.  It’s a pretty interesting article about Noah Webster, creator of the dictionary. As you may recall, I am related to Noah, although he is not a direct ancestor.  Instead, […]

Can You Spare a Dime?

Back in April I wrote Are You Up for the Challenge? discussing the project that FGS is working on to digitize the War of 1812 pension files. In that post I reported that Indiana Genealogical Society stated a matching program where they will match contributions […]

4 Resources for Writing Your Family History

Following are four great resources that can assist you in writing your family history.

Friday Finds – 08/12/11

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

Friday Finds – 08/05/11

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

10 Tips For Attending a Genealogy Conference

Since I’m gearing up for the FGS 2011 Conference that is now a month away, I have conference on the brain.  On Monday, I posted Reasons for Attending Genealogy Conferences and today I bring you tips for attending.

Find Your Research Mojo

There are so many factors that take us away from our passion for genealogy:  lack of time and money, limited access to records, and other obligations.  All of these suck the motivation right out of us and when we do find time or some extra […]