I love newspapers. I truly do. Anything I can do to promote their accessibility is one of my passions. I am pleased now to learn that an African-American newspaper of Evansville, Indiana (where my husband’s family is from), is now available in it’s online! The Evansville Argus was published from June 25, 1938 – October […]
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Here is news that I like to hear! The Internet Archive (IA) posted recently that the Montana State Library has made the decision to use IA as their institutional repository in lieu of the contentDM platform. I’m a fan of the Internet Archive; the variety of their offerings is incredible. ContentDM is a popular choice
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Happy New Year everyone! If you read this in a feed reader – click through – my blog has a new look. For my 1st post of the 2011, I am sharing my new blog design. In January 2010 I also updated the look of my blog. At the time, I was aiming for a
Fellow genealogy blogger Tony Masiello recently posted about a less than satisfactory experience with Ancestry.com’s customer service. Reading his blog post prompted me to also share a less-than-satisfactory customer service experience I had with a genealogy library. I asked a question about a NARA microfilm set that is freely available in its entirety online. Let’s
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Yesterday, my mom visited her brother’s grave in Sarasota National Cemetery. The cemetery had decorated all the headstones and she says it was a gorgeous view. What do you think? And, here is Stanley’s headstone
Wordless Wednesday: Happy Holidays Stanley Read More »
A few weeks ago I had a chance to see in person the book, Edgecombe County Heritage, North Carolina, 1735-2009. I was thrilled to see in print my contribution to the book that I submitted in 2008. I contributed an article on my McNair ancestry, going back to my 3rd-great grandfather Rufus Tannahill McNair and
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The upcoming RootsTech conference is beginning to get blogged & tweeted about quite a bit. Official RootsTech bloggers have been announced and I’m looking forward to following along in the conversation. However, what do I do when I have to work all day and can’t follow along the Twitter feed like I hope? I
What the Hashtag?! RootsTech Version Read More »
Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, is a keynote speaker at the upcoming RootsTech 2011 conference. I’m planning a couple of posts within the next 14 days or so around the Internet Archive, so this seemed especially appropriate to post about him. As he, I too am a librarian, and I am absolutely
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The first annual RootsTech conference is scheduled to take place February 10-12, 2011 in Salt Lake City. The conference is sponsored by multiple partners, including Brigham Young University, Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Federation of Genealogical Societies and more. As described on the website, the conference will be a gathering of both family history enthusiasts and
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I can’t believe I’m only getting around to posting this, but last week I had a great connection on my Koonce ancestry. I was contacted by a distant cousin after she saw my great-grandfather, Barfield Koonce, on my tree on Ancestry.com. She sent me a message and we were able to speak the same night
She’s My Aunt Too! Read More »