Julie's Genealogy & History Hub

With RootsTech 2013 only a few short weeks away, I thought I’d share some tips for attending the conference.

It’s the last day of the challenge and time for my final report.  And even though this was a super-busy week for me, I still managed to get in four out of seven days of writing.  Let’s see how the last week went. On Friday […]

No ties to South Carolina for me.  That being the case, I decided to just poke around the South Carolina Digital Library (SCDL).  SCDL is a portal to online digital collections held by institutions in South Carolina.  There are a variety of collections including full-text […]

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, […]

These photographs were taken by the same photographer, Dowe, and you’ll notice that the same chair is used in both.  I can tell by the board and the different style imprints that they were taken at different times.  Upon closer inspection, I have a feeling […]

I received the following press release earlier this month and completely forgot to post it.  Maybe I’ll be able to find something on my second great-grandaunt who lived in England for awhile in the early 1900s.

I received the following press release a few days ago about a new collection available at Findmypast.com.  Sounds like an interesting set of records.

My Leppin line currently ends at my second great-grandfather, Herman LEPPIN. I don’t know much about his roots other than he apparently came from Germany and settled in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.