discovering your family history through cluster genealogy
Yesterday, I started writing about how I have been mulling and pondering about what is in my genealogy toolkit. And I came up lacking on tools to help me understand documents as clusters. I was looking at a petition that some of my ancestors had signed asking the SC General Assembly not to change the... Continue Reading →
I was poking around on South Carolina Department of Archives and History looking through their online digitized images, specifically looking for transcribed wills. And I discovered Petitions to the General Assembly while searching for my ancestor Bird Martin. And I found this entry: Inhabitants of York District, Petition Against the Proposed Altering of the State... Continue Reading →
Wouldn't it be nice if we had pictures of all of our ancestors? One of the joys of being on Ancestry (note: they employ me!) is that you can connect with so many people. I met a cousin a while back and we messaged back and forth. Lovely lady. And a week or so ago,... Continue Reading →
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If you are looking for your southern ancestors' story, you need to know about the textile mills. Join me at NGS in Raleigh May 9-13, specifically Thursday Morning at 8am (yes, you can do it!) for The Industrial Revolution Comes Home: Textile Mills and Your Ancestors and we will talk about Ruth, murder, communists, and... Continue Reading →
I have 3 conferences scheduled this year (so far) where you can hear me speak. At RootsTech I am doing a couple of military talks including one on my favorite subject, the Civil War! And I have three talks scheduled for NGS. The era of the textile mills is really fascinating and has an... Continue Reading →
I had a great time with the San Diego Genealogy Society and San Diego Historical Society! You can find the slides from my lectures How Do I Know I Am Right and Finding and Researching Women on my Slides and Presentations Page. (Note: I updated the How Do I Know I'm Right so it works!)... Continue Reading →
Amy Johnson Crow wrote about Breaking Out of Your Genealogy Comfort Zone. Seemed like a good idea. I've felt a little bit uninspired in my genealogy research lately. I needed a new approach. Amy broke out of her comfort zone by taking a non genealogy class and improving her social media skills. So this idea... Continue Reading →
On my latest research trip I stopped by Buffalo Baptist Church Cemetery in Blacksburg, South Carolina. Now I had seen the graves on Find A Grave. And I had looked on Google to see the cemetery. I could see it was broken into two sets of graves. But it is always so different when you... Continue Reading →