Today I attended a meeting of the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society and what a wonderful presentation we had! Our guest speaker was Carol Roberts of the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA). Carol heads up the Conservation Lab at TSLA and has many years of experience in the preservation of many different material types. Today, […]
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How fun it was to receive a tweet from my genea-peep Jim today that at the annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies I won an award! I served on this year’s Program Committee so it seems they acknowledged us today. If only I were in Salt Lake City! Shout out to @Taneya and
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Had another great day at the Annual Conference of the African-American Historical and Genealogical Society today! This morning I did my 2nd presentation – one that discusses the potential of using WordPress for genealogy. If you know me, you know I love WordPress, so I was more than pleased to spend the time sharing it
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Today has been a great day – I attended my 1st genealogy conference! Well, my first physical attendance at one. I’ve been doing my family history research for about 8-9 years now and have not had the fortune of ever attending a conference in person. My family and work schedule is quite demanding so I
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FindMyPast has recently announced their partnership with the Allen County Public Library to revolutionize the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) – a database well known to many genealogists. PERSI is a fabulous resource in that the ACPL has, over the past 30 years, been indexing publications from genealogy society newsletters and journals. However, as great as
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A few years ago I posted my thoughts sharing frustrations I’ve had with genealogy societies, and since then, I continue to experience much of the same. Not one to just complain though, I do try and do my part – which is why I am excited to now be a part of the Nashville Chapter
This summer, I did my first webinar sessions – they focused on WordPress and DearMyrtle was my lovely and gracious co-host. I had a wonderful time doing them. More recently, I was given another opportunity – a chance to submit an webinar idea for the Southern California Genealogical Society. Last year they started a webinar
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