Well, the day is here – it is “officially” the last day of the RootsTech Connect conference, the global family history event put on by FamilySearch. In years past, the conference has been a popular in-person event. I have not been able to attend in person, but I avidly followed along each year #NotAtRootsTech, trying […]
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Genealogy angels exist – they really do! Last night, I was visited by one. One of the family branches that I work quite actively on is my maternal grandmother’s family – the McNair family of Washington and Edgecombe counties in North Carolina. This branch is an active one – with reunions held every year since
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When I started working on my family history about 14 years ago, one of the resources I quickly developed a love for were historical newspapers. I found them fascinating as they are full of so many different types of information! When I reached a point where I wanted to give back to the genealogy community,
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I received the most incredible email yesterday! Mr. Eddie Ellis Jr., A historian of Havelock, NC in Craven County, NC shared with me incredible details about a family member of mine. That family member is Rev. Wright L. Lawhorn and he was a brother of my 2nd great-grandfather, Samuel Becton Lawhorn. We are fortunate to
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Oh what fun to be able to write this blog post! Back during the first season of Genealogy Roadshow, my husband and I interviewed with producers as we were hopeful one of the stories I submitted would be used. Unfortunately, it was not, but every now and then I revisit the research that prompted me
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My thanks go to one of my blog readers, Janette, for sharing this news with me – that the Tarboro, NC newspaper, The Daily Southerner, is going to cease publication. The blog of the National Genealogical Society has a post about it written by Diane Richard. If you’ve been reading my blog lately, you may have seen
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Over on the FamilySearch TechTips Blog, James Tanner has written a great article about the availability of newspapers that are becoming increasingly available online. I absolutely love his opening statement Throughout the world, local and national organizations, including governments, are realizing that much of their national heritage, culture and history has been chronicled in
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The National Endowment for the Humanities announced their latest round of funding today. Included in the awards are several to institutions who participate in the National Digital Newspaper Program who will be contributing material to the Chronicling America website – yeah! more digital newspapers! Papers included will have been published between 1836-1922 and will be
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…is on the way! The University of Tennessee and the Tennessee State Library & Archives have received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize historical newspapers for inclusion in the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America newspaper portal. The goal of the project is to digitize 100,000 pages from 1836-1922 with representation from
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This week Randy’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun is one I could do quite easily without a second thought. Here’s the task: 1) Think of the genealogy related wishes you have – what education, database, or information would make your genealogy research dreams come true? Be specific – as many wishes as you want to list!
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