Thank the Photographers
Kudos! Early this week my friend Donna put a photograph on Facebook of her daughter’s “last first day of school” which was so nice it made me smile. I liked it so much I shamelessly set out to copy...
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Plat Maps – Land Ownership Maps
Land Ownership Maps are like photographs, a snapshot of a specific time and place. Sometimes land ownership maps can solve genealogical questions and others times they pose the questions themselves. The county courthouse should have the most up-to-date maps...
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Research the Source
Do not stop at the index, go to the source. Research in the source, read it page by page. See how the book, journal, card file, however it was kept, and then, read about the source, why was this...
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Would Little Orphan Annie’s Records Be Saved?
University of Cincinnati Libraries Digitized Historical Records Thank goodness some orphanage and orphan asylum records have been saved and preserved and thank the University of Cincinnati for the accessiblity of those from the Cincinnati House of Refuge. The Little...
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Research or Retrieve
Heritage Quest, Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org and various newspaper websites have made family history research rewarding so instantaneously, it has devolved into genealogical retrieval instead of research. The Soothsayer in Julius Caeser said “Beware the Ides of March.” For genealogists, it...
Read moreThe Cool Table at Lunch
Births, Marriages and Deaths are the Dates We Want. This week my niece and nephew-in-law joined the best club of all. They became parents. They can now sit at the cool table in the middle school lunch room, forever. Wow,...
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