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3 Reasons to Revisit Your Research: Discovering the Story of C.B. Royston, Confederate Soldier

How long has it been since you looked at some of your oldest research? A year or two? Several years? You might be surprised and in for a treat if you pick up one of your loose ends. With the number of new databases added daily to the internet, the answer to a nagging question might be waiting. Need more convincing? Keep reading for three reasons to revisit your research. I recently revisited a Confederate […]

By Diana Elder August 25, 2016 Records, Research Tips

Favorite Reads of the Week: 21 August 2016 – Native American genealogy, grandma’s teenage diaries, productivity tools

News Noted Native American genealogist donates collection by Hillary Rosencrants at Sioux City Journal Genealogy Today: Genealogy societies — dying or thriving? by Betty Malesky at Green Valley News Steve Rockwood: 4 Four Ways Innovators Can Redefine the Genealogical Industry by Tyler S. Stahle at the FamilySearch blog Creating and Sharing Family History Libraries Are Helping Patrons Digitize! by Diane L Richard at Upfront with NGS I Went On an Epic Month-Long Family History Vacation. Here’s What I Did. at The […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer August 21, 2016 Favorite Reads of the Month

Becoming An Accredited Genealogist: Levels 2 & 3 Study Group – Session 2, Research Planning

Do you have a strategy for researching or do you just start clicking around and hope for the best? One of the characteristics of an excellent genealogist is planning. Taking a few minutes to analyze a pedigree or document and come up with a research plan can turn an hour of research from ho-hum to productive. Today I’m going to share what I learned about research planning in session 2 of my Accreditation Study Group for […]

By Diana Elder August 18, 2016 Accreditation, Research Tips

HONORING those who lived before me is extremely rewarding. It is through their struggles to get here that I have THE LIFE I CURRENTLY LIVE.

Family History is for Everyone: Spotlight on Teresa L. Thyden

Today I’d like to introduce you to my second cousin, Teresa L. Thyden. Although our grandfathers were brothers, we had never met, corresponded, or even known about each other’s existence. Teresa found our blog when she happened to come across my post: The Search for William Henry Kelsey’s Journal. Also a Kelsey descendant, she shares my love of researching family. She inherited photos and documents of the family I had never seen and has been […]

By Diana Elder August 15, 2016 Creating and Sharing Family History, Family History is for Everyone Spotlights

Favorite Reads of the Week: 15 August 2016 – Mexican war soldiers database, online photo collections, heirloom quilt

News Federation of Genealogical Societies & National Park Service Partner to Create Database of U.S.-Mexican War Soldiers by Diane L Richard at Upfront With NGS Genealogy firm is the first recipient of Ludgate fund by SIOBHÁN CRONIN at The Southern Star Healing Hands: Exploring your ancestry brings spiritual awakening by Lou Lombardo at Livingston County News BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy BYU Family History Conference Focuses on Emotion, Spirit of the Work by Marianne Holman Prescott at LDS Church […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer August 15, 2016 Favorite Reads of the Month

Life in the Key of Family

I’m happy to introduce a guest blogger today. Mike Gibson is a singer/songwriter who grew up in East Tennessee. As a young boy he discovered an old guitar tucked away in the back of a closet. Influenced by such artists as James Taylor, Dan Fogelberg and Jim Croce, he has been playing, singing and writing for over four decades. He will be sharing his experience writing a song about his grandparents in conjunction with a […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer August 11, 2016 Creating and Sharing Family History

Close Out Summer with a Free Family History Seminar or Conference

Summer is coming to a close. Among the vacations, picnics, and other fun did you get a chance to do any family history? You may have done more than you thought. Did you reunite with extended family at a reunion? Maybe visit some ancestor graves or historic sites? How about attend a family history or genealogy conference? If you’re ready to get back on track with your research, then I have just the thing for […]

By Diana Elder August 9, 2016 Records, Research Tips

Favorite Reads of the Week: 6 August 2016 – Giant family tree, don’t overwhelm newbies, researching at the courthouse

News Human Remains Accidentally Discovered in Iowa Likely from Several Mormon Pioneers by Danielle B. Wagner at LDS Living Bowie’s family, roots provide strength for Olympian by Jason Munz at The Clarion-Ledger Family history moment: Aunt Mandy by Joyce Baggerly at Deseret News Families and Children Our Family History Staycation by Jana Greenhalgh at The Genealogy Kids Giant Family Tree by Jana Greenhalgh at The Genealogy Kids Our ‘Relative Race’: Extended Stay by Melissa Finlay at Finlay Family Our ‘Relative […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer August 6, 2016 Creating and Sharing Family History

What I Learned at the BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy

After an exciting and exhausting week at Brigham Young University’s Conference on Family History & Genealogy, it’s time to digest all of the information swimming around in my head. Nicole and I attended the conference as official bloggers and met people from all over the country who share our passion for finding their family. Four days, three keynote addresses and nineteen classes later, what did I learn? Keep reading and I’ll fill you in! Vendors A […]

By Diana Elder August 5, 2016 Accreditation, Records, Research Tips

Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box

Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box is a poignant, true story about a boy named Michael who went with his granddaddy to vote in the civil-rights era segregated south. It’s the kind of family story that gets told and retold because it is filled with joy, excitement, pain, and inspiration. This post contains affiliate links. If you click the link and make a purchase, we receive a small commission but it doesn’t change the […]