tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324005795539645665Wed, 06 Nov 2024 03:02:05 +0000I hope you will enjoy this blog, and that reading it will lead you to join Hagaman Memorial Library's Genealogy Club. The Club meets the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00pm at the library. The club is free and open to the public. The group is led by Cynthia Gwiazda, Community Services Librarian.http://genealogyblog-cindy.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Cindy)Blogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324005795539645665.post-295141524470348591Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:49:00 +00002010-12-30T19:10:36.809-05:00Come to Hagaman Library's Genealogy Club on Wednesday, January 12 at 7:00p.m. and learn how to find Italian vital records. Professional Genealogist Kim Formica will explain the best places to search for your Italian ancestor's birth, marriage and death records. This workshop is free and open to everyone!http://genealogyblog-cindy.blogspot.com/2010/12/learn-how-to-find-vital-records-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324005795539645665.post-4775529837632787786Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:58:00 +00002010-07-14T18:09:38.508-04:00The Friends of the National Archives - Pittsfield and the National Archives Northeast Region at Pittsfield present Ethnic Heritage Day on Saturday, August 28, 2010 from 9am-2pm. We will have 5 of our ethnic experts on-hand for 15-minute consultations to help with that difficult to trace ancestor. The experts and ethnicities are: Michelle LeClair: French-Canadian; Peter Sisario: Italian; Lisa http://genealogyblog-cindy.blogspot.com/2010/07/friends-of-national-archives-announce.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324005795539645665.post-6565874848736179283Wed, 12 May 2010 22:44:00 +00002010-05-12T19:10:45.789-04:00You may be interested in the following websites to help in your research. Genealogy Forum.com lists new sites that are added to the Internet Center of the Genealogy Forum for a one month period. This is a quick way to see what's new on the Internet for Genealogy research. The next site of interest is Ancestor Hunt.com. Ancestor Hunt.com has an obituary search portal to search old obituaries on http://genealogyblog-cindy.blogspot.com/2010/05/some-new-websites-for-research.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324005795539645665.post-1915276722103165611Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:53:00 +00002010-03-12T15:39:46.423-05:00http://genealogyblog-cindy.blogspot.com/2010/03/check-out-this-im-my-own-grandpa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324005795539645665.post-2602569512631182332Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:57:00 +00002010-03-11T19:13:12.798-05:00If you are new to this blog and you are interested in joining our monthly Genealogy Club, please contact Cynthia at 203-468-3891 or You can register to join our club by visiting the library's website at http://www.hagamanlibrary.info/ and click on the "events" tab located on the horizontal menu at the top of the page.http://genealogyblog-cindy.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-to-join-genealogy-club.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324005795539645665.post-1503389985208493365Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:19:00 +00002010-03-10T16:45:54.815-05:00Check out the website below: It's called Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness. There are volunteers who will, on a limited basis, do look-ups for you from all over the Country. I am looking into getting someone to come and talk to the club about this particular site for next month. Some of you may already be aware of it but it's definetely a site to check out for us poor genealogists! http://http://genealogyblog-cindy.blogspot.com/2010/03/random-acts-of-genealogical-kindness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324005795539645665.post-3727155265103525543Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:18:00 +00002010-03-10T16:54:56.449-05:00If you are searching for vital records in England & Wales in Ancestry.com, you can purchase your record of interest from the General Register Office (GRO) for only 7 lbs. ($11.34 US$) as compared to the $23 that Ancestry.com charges! I have ordered many records using the following website and they deliver usually within 2 weeks - it's a wonderful service. The website is: http://www.gro.gov.ukhttp://genealogyblog-cindy.blogspot.com/2010/03/england-wales-genealogy-gro.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terry Thomas)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324005795539645665.post-2675203639518252551Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:16:00 +00002010-03-10T16:17:20.637-05:00Google Newspapers now include the "New London Day" and spans from 1880 to the 1990's.http://genealogyblog-cindy.blogspot.com/2010/03/google-newspapers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Terry Thomas)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324005795539645665.post-6631206492006523614Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:15:00 +00002010-03-10T15:44:11.648-05:00Hi everyone,It will be great to see you all tonight at our meeting! You all should be getting an invitation via email to contribute to our club's blog : ) To make a post to the blog simply click on the link given to you by blogger.com. You will come to a login screen that says "Cindy has invited you to contribute to the blog Family Foibles: A Genealogy Research Blog: http://http://genealogyblog-cindy.blogspot.com/2010/03/welcome-everyone-you-can-now-all-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cynthia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324005795539645665.post-1317757789137809080Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:36:00 +00002009-07-26T22:09:52.852-04:00If you are new to Genealogy research, never fear your library is here for you! Some tips for beginners are:1. Always begin with yourself and work your way back. This gives you a clear beginning place for your research and will make things less confusing as you move backward in your tree.2. Interview all living family members. Gain as much information from them as possible. You will want to ask http://genealogyblog-cindy.blogspot.com/2009/07/if-you-are-new-to-genealogy-research.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)2