Julie's Genealogy & History Hub

Yesterday I received an email from the Publicity Chair, Tina Lyons, for the 2013 Conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies.  All genealogy bloggers, societies, writers, and editors are encouraged to become an Ambassador for the conference, which will be held August 21-24 in Fort […]

Poor thing, she looks frightened!

Heinrich WACH is my third great-grandfather. He was married to my third great-grandmother, Emilie WIETZKE, and I suspect he died between 1876 (last known child born) and 1884 (Emilie’s child with second husband born). The family is from Pommern, Preußen, and I suspect that both […]

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

Another state in which I have no family ties, however, my husband does.  Hubby’s third great-grandfather, William Lindsey lived in Smithfield, Providence Rhode Island, for a time before relocating to Illinois by 1860. I don’t really know a whole lot about William, his wife Hannah, […]

Long story short.  I have a civil death record for a child of Heinrich Wach and Emilie Weitzke.  I have translated the record, except for one line.  Normally in this section it would name the spouse of the deceased, but since this was a child, […]

For 26 weeks I will take you on a family history journey through the alphabet, one letter at a time.  I have decided that each post will be educational in nature, focusing on topics related to resources, methodology, tools, etc.  Although the challenge is complete, […]

Title:  13 Ways to Tell Your Ancestor Stories Author:  Dr. Bill Smith Format:  Paperback Published:  2013 (second edition) Synopsis:  (from the author)  Do you have family history and ancestor stories collected and researched?  Do you want to share them and tell your stories, but don’t […]