by mbarker | Feb 7, 2018 | 01 What's New, Archive Lady, Archives
Vertical files in archives are like Forrest Gump’s proverbial box of chocolates: you never know what you’re going to get. The Archive Lady Melissa Barker shows us the fabulous genealogy finds that may be awaiting you in an archive somewhere. The family history you may...
by Sunny | Jun 29, 2018 | 01 What's New, FamilySearch, Records & databases, Swedish
It’s a Scandinavian genealogy dream come true: over 135 million new free records at FamilySearch! Also new (and free): church records for England, France, Germany; Italian and Mexican civil registration; archival indexes for The Netherlands; South African court...
by Lisa Cooke | Mar 7, 2018 | 01 What's New, Adoption, MyHeritage |
MyHeritage Launches DNA Quest: A Major Pro Bono Initiative for Adoptees and Their Biological Families to Find Each Other via DNA Testing MyHeritage will distribute 15,000 DNA kits, worth over one million dollars, for free in the first phase of this initiative....
by mbarker | Mar 28, 2018 | 01 What's New, Archive Lady, Research Skills |
This isn’t a mess—it’s a pile of unprocessed records at an archive, and buried within may be clues about your family history. Eventually, these items may be filed away neatly for you to find. But how can you access them in the meantime? As an archivist who works in an...
by mbarker | Apr 14, 2018 | 01 What's New, Archive Lady, Craft & Displays
Old scrapbooks are a great resource for discovering your family history, whether you find them in your family’s attic or you stumble across an obituary scrapbook in a local archive. Check out The Archive Lady’s tips for finding these one-of-a kind resources....