Genealogy Resources

Texas Marriage Records – a Free Resource

Nancy Hendrickson — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:05:20 +0000

The GenWed site has free Texas Marriage Records for many Texas counties. From this Texas page, click on the name of the Texas county of interest. In this case, I clicked on Limestone County. On the next page, to get to the free records, you’ll need to scroll down past all of the commercial search [...]

Genealogy and the Civil War Resources

Nancy Hendrickson — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:46:24 +0000

First Guide to Civil War Genealogy and Research, by Gerald Post The years 2011 through 2015 mark the Sesquicentennial (150th) Anniversary of the great American Civil War. This historic event will generate a renewed interest in “all things Civil War” and now is a good time to research and learn about your Civil War ancestors. [...]

Preserve Family Memories With Today’s Scrapbook Resources

Nancy Hendrickson — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:31:12 +0000

Scrapbooking Your Family History by Laura Best Genealogist Laura Best follows up her well-received Genealogy for the First Time® with a colorful volume dedicated to techniques for preserving precious ancestral memories through scrapbooking. Use those vintage photos, uncovered documents, and newly-found family stories to create scrapbooked family trees and pedigree charts, eight generation treatments, depictions [...]

Colorado and Philadelphia Cemeteries

Nancy Hendrickson — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:59:23 +0000

Two Great Cemetery Resources From The Grave: A Roadside Guide to Colorado’s Pioneer Cemeteries [Paperback], Linda R. Wommack (Author) With maps, photos and mini-biographies of some of the most famous of Colorado’s interred pioneers. From the Grave is an essential tool for any who wish to find the final resting place of the founders and forefathers [...]

Your Guide to Cemetery Research

Nancy Hendrickson — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:00:26 +0000

If you’re interested in doing cemetery research – and what genealogist doesn’t love a stroll among the tombstones! – this is a must-read book. Sharon Carmack is an expert genealogist and noted expert in cemetery research. I particularly loved the section on cemetery art and archaic medical terms. Your Guide to Cemetery Research – a [...]

Missouri Death Certificates

Nancy Hendrickson — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:38:37 +0000

Was Your Ancestor a British Sailor? Archaeologists Reconstruct Diet of Nelson’s Navy

Nancy Hendrickson — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:27:53 +0000

Salt beef, sea biscuits and the occasional weevil; the food endured by sailors during the Napoleonic wars is seldom imagined to be appealing. Now a new chemical analysis technique has allowed archaeologists to find out just how dour the diet of Georgian sailors really was. The team’s findings, published in the American Journal of Physical [...]

Genealogy in Regional Museums

Nancy Hendrickson — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:00:13 +0000

[adsenseyu1] When my sister and I traveled through Nebraska, we stopped at the North Platte Valley Museumin Gering. The museum is a short distance from Scotts Bluff–a major landmark on the Oregon Trail. The museum itself, although small, was one of the best I’ve ever seen for displaying local history. The main building was filled [...]

Behind the Scenes of the 1940 Census Release

Nancy Hendrickson — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:36:13 +0000

Building a Family Tree Scrapbook

Nancy Hendrickson — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:33:02 +0000

I have to admit it – I’m not one of the world’s most craft-savvy people. But as klutzy as I am, I do have an interest in scrapbooking. And, like most people who are new to the hobby, I get hung-up with the “where do I begin” syndrome. In the past, I’ve concentrated on creating [...]