Thursday, December 27, 2012
Monday, December 17, 2012
Genealogy for food lovers
Followers of the Armchair Genealogist blog have submitted these family recipes. The blog's author invites readers to submit their own. No doubt someone from Hernando County can serve up a good old Cracker recipe, or maybe something more ethnic? This blogger is partial to beef stew, like Mom used to make it.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Personal History writing prompts
If you are interested in putting your own personal history in writing for your descendants, here's a list of weekly writing prompts from the Olive Tree Genealogy blog. The author began the list in January, and there's 50 prompts, to date. In case you didn't know, the library offers Personal History Workshops at all branches throughout the year. Check our events calendars for dates, times, and locations.
Friday, December 7, 2012
Other sources of genealogical data
We return again to the What's Past is Prologue blog for this brief article on "unusual resources" for genealogy.
We like the blog- colorful, informative, well laid out, and well-written. Helpful for newbies like us.
We like the blog- colorful, informative, well laid out, and well-written. Helpful for newbies like us.
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New titles added to newspapers.com
Newspapers. com, which is available to library card holders from the library's website, has added 450 more papers from 15 states and 3...
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Sometimes information about our ancestors can come from places where we'd rather not find it, such as arrest and prison records. This ...
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The Soldiers and Sailors Database maintained on the National Park Service website contains the records of six million men who served both...
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Records encountered when doing genealogical research often include abbreviations. Family History Daily published this list of abbreviatio...