Consider searching for the documents your ancestor left behind with his or her alma mater.
A black and white photo filled my computer screen. Even though it was sixty years old with no caption, I immediately recognized the young woman in the photograph as my mother. An e-mail to my mom confirmed my hunch, although she only vaguely remembered the circumstances and had never seen the picture.
National news in Section A, local news in Section B. Religious items on Saturdays, senior news each Monday. It doesn’t take long to learn where to find certain news in your local paper. But searching old newspapers for insights into your ancestors’ lives isn’t as easy. They may be dusty and dirty, microfilmed and fuzzy, or missing altogether.
Is technology really the problem behind bad online data, mailing list troubles, and poor communication skills?
My husband and I live in the remote Methow Valley in the north Cascade Mountains in eastern Washington. It wasn’t until the autumn of 2000 that phone lines were brought to the valley. Before then, members of the community used the pay phone in Carlton (a ten-minute drive) or went down to the ”phone barn,” where a community phone was set up.
Prior to the Civil Rights movement, many of my family members joined the thousands of African Americans who migrated from the rural south to northern cities in search of a better life.
Do you want to know what happened in the world while you were at work? Do you wonder what happened at the local council meeting last night? In today’s world, you might turn on the television to CNN or pull up your favorite news page on the Internet. You might even pick up the newspaper, just as your ancestors did.
What if you were at a genealogy conference and one of the lecture topics was titled: “Golfer Will Show You How To Do Your Genealogy”? Ridiculous, you say? These two hobbies have nothing in common, right? Well, before you dismiss such a seemingly odd notion, perhaps you should take a closer look.
We all know what a slippery slope genealogy is. Perhaps it began with innocent dabbling, trying to assemble enough information to craft a heritage album for Mom and Dad’s fiftieth wedding anniversary. Or maybe one of our children came home with a school or scouting assignment to construct a family tree.
For first-time author Lalita Tademy, finding and learning the stories of her female forebears was a project that started with curiosity and ended with a best-selling novel.
The nineteen-mile length of central Louisiana’s Cane River provides the setting of Lalita Tademy’s best-selling fictional account of her family’s history, Cane River.
Digital cameras, camcorders, scanners, and PDAs are just a few of the computer peripherals family historians are anxious to get their hands on.
Family historians use computers to collaborate around the world via the Internet, sharing their family history, research questions, and latest discoveries.