Image by Scottish Guy from Pixabay DEAD FRED – GENEALOGY PHOTO ARCHIVE Dead Fred is both a website and a Facebook page. This is a free site started by Joe Bott 22 years ago. He named it “Dead Fred” after the German Emperor and King of Prussia Frederick III. He reigned for 99 days betweenContinue reading “WEBSITE WEDNESDAY”
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WEBSITE WEDNESDAY
Earth Point, in conjunction with Google Earth, can give you a bird’s eye view of the land where your ancestors homesteaded or houses in which they lived in public land states (or at least the place where their house used to stand). This website will work with either the downloadable software, Google Earth Pro, orContinue reading “WEBSITE WEDNESDAY”
100 Years Ago
Image by congerdesign from Pixabay I love old newspapers. I love peeking into people’s ordinary, everyday existence from long ago. I enjoy the juicy tidbits, the sensationalist stories, the crazy advertisements, the puzzling political cartoons – you name it, I like it. Of course, the news is not always good, pleasant, and fun. There isContinue reading “100 Years Ago”
GOLD DIGGERS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO
Picture in the public domain at the Library of Congress (ppmsc 01699 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.01699). #OhioHistory #GoldMining When I began going through census records of Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, using the FAN method (Family/Friends, Associates, Neighbors) to find more information about my ancestor George Lewis, I came across three men whose occupation was given asContinue reading “GOLD DIGGERS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO”
WEBSITE WEDNESDAY
CYNDI’S LIST You may already know about this wonderful resource for genealogy links online known as “Cyndi’s List” (https://www.cyndislist.com/). When I first started doing online genealogy in the late 90s, I ran across this website and I loved it. Searching online was vastly different than it is today and finding a compendium of source linksContinue reading “WEBSITE WEDNESDAY”
WEBSITE WEDNESDAY
TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTIONS FROM INTERMENT.NET It’s Wednesday again! Where does the time go? We’ve had some snow here in the Colorado foothills and I’ve heard there were snowstorms in other parts of the country. It’s winter and it’s cold outside. It’s a good time for indoor hobbies – like genealogy. (Actually, I could do genealogical researchContinue reading “WEBSITE WEDNESDAY”
FRANCIS ASBURY: METHODISTS AND MY FAMILY
I am taking part in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors Challenge this year. This week’s theme is “Namesakes”. It is a very common practice to name children after relatives. In my own family, the middle name of Arlen or Arleen has been passed down to successive generations. I have the same name as my great-grandmotherContinue reading “FRANCIS ASBURY: METHODISTS AND MY FAMILY”
WEBSITE WEDNESDAY
BYU FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY WEBINARS I love watching webinars. Before COVID, I thought webinars would not be the ideal medium for learning because I learn more through reading than with someone speaking. I found out I was wrong. I do retain many things from listening to a speaker, viewing the slides, perusing the syllabus, andContinue reading “WEBSITE WEDNESDAY”
AMEY AND THE OUTLAWS
I am participating in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This is week 2 and the topic this week is Legends. Most families have some sort of story or legend about their ancestors, some really cool tale about famous people their family members knew, about a family fortune won and lost, about someContinue reading “AMEY AND THE OUTLAWS”
WEBSITE WEDNESDAY
GENERAL LAND OFFICE RECORDS FOR GENEALOGY General Land Office (GLO) records at the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are wonderful if you happen to have an ancestor who purchased public land. The website is https://glorecords.blm.gov/. They have over 5,000,000 land title records starting in 1788. Not every single land titleContinue reading “WEBSITE WEDNESDAY”
Smart Canyon Genealogy 