Do you have binders full of research notes?  Can you remember what records you’ve already searched and what you’ve already found?  Do you have stacks of photocopies waiting to be organized and filed?  If so, there’s a product I saw at the BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy 2012 that I think you’ll like.  [...]

If you haven’t put the date on your summer calendar for BYU’s Conference on Family History and Genealogy, now’s the time to do it.  I’ve attended this conference for many years.  Since each year has been an improvement over the past one, I’m betting this year will be the best yet.  The conference will be [...]

Wouldn’t you love to find a website indexing courthouse records?  There is one!  It’s not complete, but it’s better than nothing, and new indexes are constantly being added.  If you find a family member in this index, you may order the copy of the record directly through this site, or note the volume and page [...]

Whether you want to attend an institute, a cruise conference, or virtual conference, there’s something for everybody in this line up! Family Tree University Virtual Conference, March 9-11, online!  Instructors include Thomas MacEntee, Lisa A. Alzo, Lisa Louise Cooke, Diana Crisman Smith, and Nancy Hendrickson.  Since the classes are pre-recorded, you may download it during [...]

Are you not able to attend RootsTech this year and wishing you could?  Now you can!  RootsTech organizers have announced they will be broadcasting LIVE presentations for you to view from home … FREE! Here’s the schedule: Thursday, Feb 2: 8:30-10:00 am: Inventing the Future, as a Community (Keynote Address) by Jay L. Verkler 11:00 [...]

This morning in Thomas Jones’ Advanced Methodology course he counseled us that the most important things we can do as genealogists is (1) record the oral family history stories in our family and distribute that record to others, and (2) contribute our DNA.   Then, he drilled deeper into source and evidence analysis.  Here’s some key [...]

Last night I checked in at the Radisson Hotel in Salt Lake City, dropped my luggage in my room, and headed to the SLIG check in.  Christy Fillerup, Director, has done a fantastic job pulling this institute together.  The check in went so seamless, everyone that had arrived had picked up their materials within the [...]

I’m sure you caught it on the news:  A Costa cruise ship captain sailed too close to the Italian shore, the ship grounded, quickly took on water,  and listed to the side as it began to sink.  Four thousand passengers on board were told to abandon ship.  In the midst of all the confusion, when [...]

Are you feeling blue, wishing you were going to the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) next week to be taught by the experts?  If you can’t attend, I just want to remind you there are other ways to gain a genealogical education, even from the experts.  Elizabeth Shown Mills is one of our prime [...]

A year ago I asked my IT daughter, Sarah, to explain “the cloud” to me.  For those of you who don’t have an IT person in the family and don’t know what “the cloud” is, Sarah has written a great post, “What is The Cloud?” Even this cloud has silver linings.  One is the ability [...]