Announcing My New Website: Buckeye Family Trees
As many of you know, I’ve been working toward becoming a professional genealogist for some time now. For over three years, my primary focus has been genealogical education. I’ve completed the 15-part...
View ArticleFinding Reeb's Restaurant in the 1940 Census
Lately I’ve been busy indexing batches of the 1940 U.S. census from Franklin County, Ohio. It’s been fun to recognize some of the streets, as well as some of the surnames, from my hometown. I hadn’t...
View ArticleLast Call to Pre-Register for the 2012 NGS Conference
For anyone who’s still on the fence about attending the NGS Conference in Cincinnati, which is coming up in two short weeks, here’s a quick reminder: pre-registration for the conference ends tomorrow,...
View ArticleThe Tragic Fate of Marshal Clark
It seems to me that people who research their family history share an important trait: empathy. Empathy for people long dead, whose lives played out before we were even dreamt of. Nowhere is this more...
View ArticlePlanning My Visit to the University of Cincinnati Archives
I’ll be heading to Cincinnati a day before the NGS 2012 Family History Conference next week in order to do a little research. Cincinnati has a number of great libraries and archives, and the conference...
View ArticleBut How Can I Choose? Tips for Picking Conference Lectures
I’m delighted to have been named one of the Official Bloggers for the NGS 2012 Family History Conference (thanks, NGS!). I’m busy getting things ready to go to Cincinnati, and a big part of that is...
View ArticleA Fine First Day in Cincinnati
Well, the time for the 2012 National Genealogical Society Conference, “The Ohio River: Gateway to the Western Frontier,” has finally arrived. For me, it’s wonderful to have this conference so close to...
View ArticleGenealogy on the Banks of the O-HI-O
We’ve just finished day three of the NGS 2012 Family History Conference, and genealogists are everywhere you turn in downtown Cincinnati. I’ve enjoyed a number of great lectures and a lot of good...
View ArticleSpecial Mother's Day Edition
Happy Mother’s Day to two of the most important and loving women in my life:My MomAnd my other Mom (aka mother-in-law)Thank you both!
View ArticleWrapping Up a Great Time at NGS 2012
The whirlwind that swept through Cincinnati last week—otherwise known as the 2012 NGS Family History Conference—is officially a wrap. I spent a wonderful week going to classes, exploring exhibits, and...
View ArticleThe Joy of Holding History in Your Hands
As genealogists, we’re taught to always seek the original record whenever possible, rather than relying solely on a transcription, abstract, index, or database for information. That’s because the...
View ArticleHonoring Civil War Veterans at The Ridges
On a pastoral hillside in Athens, Ohio, is one of the most poignant cemeteries I’ve ever seen. Called simply “The Ridges” by locals, it’s the burial grounds for the old Athens State Psychiatric...
View ArticleTaking Stock in June: Motivation Monday
What summer plans? This koala at the Columbus Zoo knows how to take it easy.I can’t believe we’re nearly halfway through 2012 already. The year is flying by, isn’t it? The last two months have been...
View ArticleFlorida's Silver Springs, 1952: Wordless Wednesday
These photographs of the glass-bottomed sightseeing boats at Silver Springs near Ocala, Florida, were taken in 1952 by Leatha Evans Baxter, my husband’s grandmother. The boats were—and continue to...
View ArticleFinding Historical Maps for Genealogy
Maps and history go hand in hand. While they may not be the first resource that springs to mind, maps and atlases are great visual aids to learning about your family history as well. While a current...
View ArticleA Kiss for Daddy
Home from work on a summer evening in 1962Happy Father's Day to my Dad, and to all the Dads who've cherished those small, sweet kisses.
View Article200 Years Ago Today: The War of 1812 Begins
Perry's Monument, Put-in-Bay, OhioThis marks the 200th anniversary of the day President James Madison declared the United States of America to be at war with Great Britain and its American Indian...
View ArticleWedding Wednesday: Preserve Those Memories
Today marks the anniversary of one of the most exciting, nerve-wracking, and happiest days of my life: my wedding. Every once in awhile, I pull out the album of 8”x10” wedding photos that my parents...
View ArticleHelp Index 5 Million Names from the 1940 U.S. Census on July 2nd
In the three months since the 1940 U.S. Census was released, volunteers have been busy scouring batch after batch for the information that will ultimately create a free index to World War II America....
View ArticleA Town Called Freedom
For the Fourth of July, Geni.com has created an Independence Day info-graphic showing, among other things, patriotic place names in the United States. Towns by the name of Liberty, Freedom,...
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