29 April 2010

1870 Non-population Schedules at Ancestry.com

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Ancestry added several non-population census schedules recently. This is nice. The problem is that the microfilm on some of these years was ...
27 April 2010

NGS in Salt Lake--It's ok if you can't go

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Not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to attend the NGS conference in Salt Lake this week. And you know what, it's ok if you are a...
24 April 2010

Links FromTopeka

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Here are the links from the Topeka workshop that weren't in the handout or were things I mentioned "off the cuff." I enjoyed m...
22 April 2010

Google Before You Blog

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The question is the occupation of two daughters of Christian Troutfetter in the 1880 census for Alexandria, Clark County, Missouri. I knew ...

Tired of the Way they Digitize Newspapers?

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Is your online database provider of digital images of newspapers putting them online in a really hit and miss matter? A few days for this mo...
20 April 2010

Burbank, CA for the Genealogy Jamboree

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I will be presenting at the Southern California Family History Jamboree, 11-13 June 2010 Topics are: Restacking the Blocks: Organizing Your ...

Loveland, Colorado 25 and 26 July 2010

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I will be presenting at the Family History Expos-Loveland, Colorado 25 & 26 June 2010 Searching Tips and Tricks Where Did the Farm Go Wh...

Cleveland County, Oklahoma Seminar 24 July 2010

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Cleveland County, Oklahoma Summer Seminar, 24 July 2010 --to be held in Norman, OK Topics: Using Probate Manuals and State Statute Barbara, ...

San Mateo County Genealogical Society 6 November 2010

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It's official when they start putting things in their newsletter. I'm looking forward to my first trip to the San Francisco area whe...
19 April 2010

Casefile Clues Discount TODAY

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Get issues 1-38 of Casefile Clues and a year of upcoming issues for only $29! (That's a $6 savings) Click h ere to process payment . Off...

Back Issues Topics of Casefile Clues

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Readers may know that I write a weekly how to genealogy newsletter, Casefile Clues. One of the neat things about the newsletter is that it...

Getting Ready for Topeka

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I'll be making four presentations for the Topeka, Kansas Genealogical Society's conference this upcoming Saturday, April 24th . The ...

Preserving versus Sharing

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Keep in mind that blogs, websites, genealogy "network" sites, etc. are great places to share and exchange information, but one sti...

Genealogy Blogs of 2009

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I took a look at the list of most popular genealogy blogs from 2009 and was surprised that several appear to have had infrequent updates ov...
15 April 2010

Still room to join Michael in Salt Lake May 2010

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Anyone who wants to join me in Salt Lake at the Family History Library in late May...check out my group trip page: http://www.rootdig.com/s...

Columns Out of Order in 1880 at Family Search

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I realize it is not a big deal, but the columns as displayed in the 1880 census results on FamilySearch are in a different order from the ac...
14 April 2010

Ancestry's RedBook

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I co-wrote the chapters on Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, and Ohio in the 3rd edition of Ancestry's RedBook.

San Mateo County Seminar 6 November 2010

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I will be the presenter at the November 2010 Genealogy Seminar sponsored by the S an Mateo County Genealogical Society in Redwood City, Cali...
13 April 2010

Tennessee Genealogical Society

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I will be the featured speaker at 16 October 2010 Genealogical Seminar sponsored by the Tennessee Genealogical Society. Mark your calendar a...

Preliminary Results of the Casefile Clues Genealogy Survey

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We had 595 respondents to our Casefile Clues Genealogy survey. Preliminary results are posted here: http://www.casefileclues.com/ survey_res...
12 April 2010

Genealogy of Commoners

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On a whim, I created a group on Facebook, Genealogy of Commoners. I think this link might work, but with Facebook and me you never know http...
11 April 2010

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

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I will be making the following presentations at the following upcoming conferences/workshops over the next several months: Topeka Genealogy ...

Casefile Clues: "Subscribe before it goes out Discount"

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I'm wrapping up issue 37 of my weekly newsletter Casefile Clues as this is posted. If you subscribe before issue 37 of Casefile Clues go...
10 April 2010

Can You Read It?

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This partial census entry comes from the 1880 Census for Walker Township, Hancock County, Illinois. It took me forever to find them in the o...
06 April 2010

Are these names the same?

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I've posted two images at Casefile Clues that are from an upcoming article. I don't normally crossblog like this, but readers might ...