Let’s chat census records. In addition to our little discussion and guidance below, check out this recorded webinar, “Using the U.S. Federal Census 1790-1940: Tricks, Tips, and Hidden Gems,” by the New England Historic Genealogical Society. It’s also important to note that census records are released every 72 years. The next set of census setContinue reading “Using Census Records … What’s There and What Isn’t?”
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Reflections On “One’s Antifa. One’s In A Militia. How An Ancestry Match Led To An Unlikely Bond”
I’m a sucker for my weekly morning routine. Once I get to work and settle into my desk, I pull up my local NPR station and listen to the news while drinking my coffee and catching up on my email. While listening to the news isn’t everyone’s favorite pastime, I personally find it important …Continue reading “Reflections On “One’s Antifa. One’s In A Militia. How An Ancestry Match Led To An Unlikely Bond””
What if our naming patterns were matrilineal?
As I lay in bed the other night, my mind drifted. I love that pre-sleep drift, when you’re so tired your mind begins to shut down, to settle into a shallow consciousness. Your body relaxes into the comfort of your bed to the softening of a stream of consciousness that is outside of your control.Continue reading “What if our naming patterns were matrilineal?”
Generational Trauma and Genealogy
*trigger warning* In the following post, I explore intergenerational cycles of abuse. I’m a survivor of child abuse. Writing those words feels uncomfortable, because I don’t want anyone to take what I’m about to write about and apply it to other people in my paternal family. I don’t know their experiences, and I have noContinue reading “Generational Trauma and Genealogy”
Contemplating Old Cemeteries
I love old cemeteries. The older the better. I’ve been drawn to these sacred locations since I can remember, and I still don’t know what caught my interest in the first place. I like to think that I always knew these cemeteries were filled with lives lived, with history, embodied in headstones both simply andContinue reading “Contemplating Old Cemeteries”
A Little About Our Resource Page
The advent of the internet and subsequent development of websites specializing in a variety of historical documentation, research, and connection opened a variety of convenient avenues for conducting genealogical research. Now, there are so many websites it’s sometimes hard to know where to start. Oftentimes, people will go straight to websites for conducting research ratherContinue reading “A Little About Our Resource Page”
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