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Beginning Your Genealogy Research: Learn Through Examples

Beginning Your Genealogy Research: Learn Through Examples

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Mar 7, 2023 | Births, Marriages, Deaths, Burials, Newspapers, Person Records, Texas

One of the best ways to learn genealogy research (second to practicing yourself) is through the accuracies, errors, and methods of other genealogists. Examples of genealogical research can be as simple as the finding and analysis of a certain record, to the research...
Obituaries for the Win! BTW – Have you drafted yours?

Obituaries for the Win! BTW – Have you drafted yours?

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Oct 23, 2022 | Births, Marriages, Deaths, Burials, Newspapers

Gosh, what a headline! Those of you who are family historians or genealogists can understand the excitement one feels when an obituary reveals new information (especially from decades or centuries before). Written usually by family members or friends during a...
Weekly Series: Researching Online – Historical Books, Journals and Publications

Weekly Series: Researching Online – Historical Books, Journals and Publications

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Sep 4, 2022 | Archives, Books, Journals, Publications

Did you know that many historical books, journals, theses, manuals, even yearbooks, are accessible online at no charge? While many of us may have used subscriptions sites to browse newspapers, city directories, military manuals, and more, there are numerous free...
Weekly Series: Using City Directories between Census Years

Weekly Series: Using City Directories between Census Years

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Aug 27, 2022 | Archives, City Directories, Publications, Research Services

In our “Researching Online” series this week, we will review how city directories can assist in telling an ancestor’s story by providing residence information for years between the decennial census records (which we reviewed last week). Click here to...
Weekly Series: Researching Online – Newspapers!

Weekly Series: Researching Online – Newspapers!

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Aug 6, 2022 | Archives, Newspapers, Publications, Research Services

In our “Researching Online” series this week, we review commonly used online historic newspapers sites and their usage. Included in this grouping of historical documents are regional newspapers, military journals, ethnic groups’ journals, religious...
Locating ancestors in yearbooks

Locating ancestors in yearbooks

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Jun 12, 2022 | Archives, Books, Publications, Texas, United States

Finding my maternal grandmother in a Texas Baptist college 1922 yearbook was an enlightening experience. I had never known my grandmother, Eva Cutbirth; a rodeo queen, skilled marks-woman, and Texas cattle rancher. She died in 1936 after her appendix ruptured,...

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