I will try to explain this best way I know how so you can help me if you can after you read my post.  I am confused and sure hope I don't make you confused along the way.

• My grandmother, Martha Ann Russell was  born 10 March 1931 in La Junta, Colorado.Source: Baby Book in her mothers writing and her…

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Have you ever wondered if there are secrets in your family’s past you don’t know about? Even if you have never wondered, what would your reaction be if you found out your family was not who you thought them to be?

The Flat (2011 Documentary by Arnon Goldfinger) examines this premise as the Director, Arnon Goldfinger, and his family begin to clean out the flat…

For Immediate Release

March 28, 2013

National Institute for Genealogical Studies Announces New Course Written by Genealogist

Jean Wilcox Hibben: Demystifying Culture &…

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National Genealogical Society Presents Research in Washington, DC

3–9 November 2013

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s (ELCA) birth, marriage and death records are only available on Archives.com. Originally, the records were kept by ELCA congregations across the United States. Until now, it was necessary to know which church your ancestors attended in order to find their…

Ancestry.com is partnering with FamilySearch to bring 140 million pages of US Probate Records covering more than 130 years.



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I got some exciting news! So out of desperation I sent off what I knew about my Great Grandpa Louis Boon and Great Grandma Mary Bauwens to the Dickinson County Michigan Rootsweb email group and GUESS WHAT?! I got an email from a group member that had info on the families INCLUDING where they lived in Belgium! This person lives in Belgium so he can do research in the area that mine lived in. I think our families married into each other or something but he's not directly related.

MOONRAKERS, QUAKERS AND CHOCOLATE MAKERS – HALF A MILLION HISTORIC WILTSHIRE RECORDS AVAILABLE ONLINE

Historic records from the South West now available on …

What are the odds....a sibling decided to move to another state, a small town surrounded by mountains.  A few years later, my mother decided to join him.  Neither sibling or parent had ever been interested in their family history, until I filled them in that they had moved to the same small town that my mothers 3rd great grandfather and family were buried.  They thought I was kidding and asked me to prove it.



On a recent trip to visit them, I took my mother to the small church and…

This week an article about the process of immortalizing one’s memories made it to a special Retirement section in the New York Times. My company, Legacy Multimedia, was prominently featured along with other projects and organizations that focus on the preservation of physical mementos and recording of memoirs.

For me, this is incredible validation of the work I do. The excitement I feel working with each new client, discovering who they…

The UGA South Davis Family History Fair is April 19th & 20th

Anticipation making my heart beat faster, eagerly I opened the envelope. Opening the first paper, I read my great-grandfather's Declaration to become a Naturalized Citizen of the United States.  The feelings I had were almost overwhelming. a mixture of elation, relief and satisfaction as I realized I had finally broken through the impasse and yet another piece of my family's history was now complete. After sixteen years of searching, I had his marriage record, census records, newspaper…

The last speaking engagement on Lisa B Lee's website, gotgenealogy.com, was Sept 2012, and the latest newsletter posted was Feb 2012.  She was supposed to speak at the Santa Clara County Historical & Genealogical Society in Feb 2013, but didn't show.  Is she okay?

                                                                                                          Enhanced photo of James Clark, Mary Cashman, Julia Cashman and Tom Keneavy

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