The site Family Search, has a project where volunteers can transcribe genealogical documents for general use. I found out about the site and it’s services shortly after I stumbled into family history research. And signed up to do some indexing shortly after that. I would guess that I’ve been indexing since last December. I find [...]
I had an evening out. Actually, I spent an hour, at the library. Yeah, I’m not exactly a party animal. The Forsyth County Library had a genealogy class. It was pretty disappointing. I had imagined that it would be a small group, all on the computers, in a hands-on setting. But it was a lecture, [...]
It’s really hard when researching ancestors, not to see the records of those people who are still alive. Public records are, obviously, public. However, if your living uncle has the same name as his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, you’re going to end up looking at all of the records to determine which is which. It’s [...]
Whenever I get bored with the family tree I seem to discover something really interesting that captures my attention. Over the weekend, I relented and decided to try the Ancestry.com two week free subscription. I try never to do such things. Because I tend to forget to cancel and spend a bunch of money that [...]
In my typically obsessive manner, I have been researching the family tree and doing as little else as possible. I had begun to tire of it when I discovered the names of my great-grandmothers sister. That led me to more previously unknown family members. And voila, I was sucked back in. It’s easy though, to [...]
