Information
Research Topics
-
-
Family History Updates
Eastman’s Online Genealogy
Tag Archives: research
Your Brother Kings: Preservation and Dissemination
Your Brother Kinds has an interesting post on “Preservation and dissemination” that caught my eye. Canterbury5 writes about how a recent purchase of old family history documents promotes a great deal of thought and consideration: What I have been thinking … Continue reading
Bringing History to Life – Annotated Genealogy
The Carroll County Comet of Indiana shares “Bringing Family History to Life” by Jennifer Archibald and tells of Phyllis Hornback Myers and her family history research. Myers doesn’t call herself a genealogist. Myers says her historical research goes beyond genealogy. … Continue reading
Follesdal’s How To Trace Your Norwegian Ancestry
John Follesdal has provided a great list of 12 articles he’s written on How to Trace Your Norwegian Ancestry, a great aid to anyone researching their family history back to Norway. The articles cover a wide range of information to … Continue reading
For Our Children’s Children: Journaling Family Memories
I tried forms. I tried interviews. Some family members are really cooperate, sharing what they know and have willingly. Others are definitely more challenging and not so open. After a bit of trial and error, I found a book that … Continue reading
Genealogy Research on the Google Directory
Have you explored Google Directory? It’s like Google the search engine but is categorized as a directory, helping you find information and resources by category, topic, and subject rather than keywords. It’s more like a Yellow Pages for websites. Based … Continue reading
Family Tree Maker Website Feature Can Be Difficult To Use
Dana Huff’s Family History Blog makes an interesting point about using the Family Tree Maker website feature to upload information from the Family Tree Legends software program to the Family History site, and making your own websites with Family Tree … Continue reading
The Mysteries and Joys of the Family Cookbook
NPR Radio’s “Kitchen Window” series featured “Dog-Eared Cookbook Relays Mother-in-Law’s Love” recently, a wonderful radio essay about how the life of a mother continues after her death due to the heritage left behind in a cookbook. A few days after … Continue reading
Genealogy Research With Google Book Search
Google Book Search offers a way to help genealogists find online books and information to aid in their family history research. If you choose to search All books you will be given a list of all books within Google’s book … Continue reading
Wisconsin Family History Detectives Flock to Marinette County
The Marinette Times of Marinette County, Wisconsin, has an interesting article on “Quests for family roots draw history detectives to Marinette”, a county important to my own family’s history. It was five years ago in April that the new genealogy … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Genealogy Resources, Knapp
Tagged family history research, genealogy, genealogy research, knapp, library, marinette county, research, robert knapp, wayne knapp, wisconsin
1 Comment
Google Offers Historical Newspaper and Archive Searches
Google now offers timeline listings of Google News Archive Search. This is a great way of searching historical newspapers and documents for your mention of your ancestors. Many of those search results currently come from NewspaperARCHIVE.com. Your Portal to the … Continue reading
