Writing-Related Sessions at NGS 2017

The National Genealogical Society 2017 Family History Conference will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina, from May 10-13, 2017. There are so many sessions available, covering a wide array of topics.  Following is a list of the writing-related sessions. The entire schedule can be found […]

What’s Your Number? Revisited, Again!

Back in 2012, I wrote What’s Your Number? (…and an Epiphany), which prompted me to evaluate known ancestors in my direct line. I revisited the numbers again in 2015  in What’s Your Number? – Revisited. The point of the posts was to illustrate that genealogy […]

Locate Newspapers in Other Towns

Newspapers are great resources for genealogists. Sometimes newspapers are overlooked because they can be difficult to search and/or hard to access. The efforts by many genealogy record-providing websites, Chronicling America, and local libraries are making it easier to access newspaper collections, and because of OCR […]

Entries for the 2017 Connecticut Society of Genealogists Literary Awards & Essay Contest Now Being Accepted

The Connecticut Society of Genealogists is now accepting entries for both the Literary Awards and Essay Contest. Submission deadline for both is July 15, 2017. Winners for both will be notified by September 1, 2017.  Details for each are below. 6th Annual “Tell Me Your […]

Super Sale on DNA Tests – Autosomal Down to $59!

In honor of National DNA Day, which celebrates the discovery of the DNA helix and completion of the Human Genome Project, Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) has marked down all their DNA tests for one week starting today, April 20, 2017. The last time I wrote […]

Attend Up to 10 NGS 2017 Conference Sessions At Home

Since 2014, the National Genealogical Society has been offering live streaming of ten sessions (broken down into two tracks) during their annual conference. Although they are streamed live, those who register for one or both of the tracks can watch them live or on-demand at […]

Not Quite “On the Clock,” but Getting There

Part of the reason I haven’t had a lot of time to dedicate to my blog is because my “free” time has been spent working on my portfolio for BCG certification. As we’ve discussed in previous posts, life can get in the way, so instead […]

Genealogy Blog Reading Philosophy

A few days ago, I posted What Happened to Genealogy Blogging? because I wanted to know why so many genealogy bloggers that I follow hadn’t posted in over a year. A flood of comments came in sharing all sorts of wisdom, which you can read […]