Zann Nelson, is a historian, writer, horse & cattle farmer and has been involved in Grass-roots political causes and museum management. She is now following her one true love: the investigative work of unknown histories. We were fortunate to attend a presentation of Connecting the Former Enslaved with the Freedman and now Vann has given us permission to publish her presentation on our website. She has a blog where you can enjoy more of her work: http://historyinvestigator.net Please be patient while this presentation loads, it may take several minutes as it is a large powerpoint. Connected the Former Enslaved… Continue Reading »
Use of Photographs in Genealogy
Dave Thomen gave a very interesting and educational presentation on Using Photos in Genealogy, including tips on how to identify the type and date range of photos. He also gave us permission to use the presentation on our website, it can be found at the link below. USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS IN GENEALOGY by Dave Thomen
Finding Those Elusive Maiden Names
Presentation by Ray Maki Records are based mainly on Life Events – “Hatch / Match / Dispatch”. Birth Certificates, Newspaper Announcements, Church Records, Civil / Church Marriage Records, SS Applications, Death Certificates/Indexes, Obituaries, Cemetery Records, Grave sites, to name a few, are all sources of hints for maiden names. Determining when records became available in the locality you are researching, is timesaving, in that you are not searching for records that are not available. familysearch.org has a Wiki Search Function, where you can search many facets of what was available and when; e.g. no births were recorded by New York… Continue Reading »