Julie's Genealogy & History Hub

Back in February, I spent quite a bit of time at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.  I hadn’t planned on working on my Miller/Wach/Wietzke clan, but after discussing German research with some friends over dinner, I shifted gears.  Later that night, I […]

Turns out, my German handwriting is even worse! On Saturday, I attended the Tazewell County (IL) Genealogical Society fall workshop, where Carol Whitton presented four great lectures.  Truth be told, I was strictly in it for the two lectures on German research:  Using and Understanding […]

This first photograph is Joseph and Louise Waldvogel.  It was taken in Antigo, Langlade, Wisconsin, presumably when the couple married, about 1898.1  The photographer is Frank H. Prosser, who by age 17 was already in the profession in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.2 He is found living in […]

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

For the second year-in-a-row, I have been selected as an Official Blogger for RootsTech!  The third annual RootsTech conference will be held March 21-23, 2013 in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Building on the success and growth over the past two years, RootsTech 2013 is shaping […]

I just received my copy of the Fall 2012 issue of The New York Researcher, a publication of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.  In it, they announce a new book that contains 500+ pages of information for researching your family history in the […]

I took a few minutes today to review the details of the 2013 International Society of Family History Writers and Editors Excellence in Writing Competition.  Right off the bat I noticed a few changes that I think people will be interested in learning about.