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Welcome to SYFT!
Welcome to Shaping Your Family Tree, also known as SYFT, as in "sifting" through records for your family tree. Our primary purpose is to encourage you in your genealogical pursuits. While actively encouraging you, we can consult (check out our Services) and inform...
Honoring R.B. Stricklin’s sacrifice on Memorial Day
Note: In reading this blog, click on blue highlighted phrases to open links to other information which might be helpful in understanding the content and historical context. A bit of the history below was found in Shadow: A Cottontail Bomber Crew in World War II, a...
Focus on the Archives: Texas Archive of the Moving Image
This weekly series provides a view into various archives and their importance for genealogical research. This week's selection is Texas Archive of the Moving Image. This organization began collaboration in 2003 to "discover, preserve, provide access to, and educate...
Spotlight on a Texas Schoolteacher – Christine Carpenter
Southwestern University, 1929 Sou'wester Yearbook Cover This weekly series focuses on women who attended and graduated from three Texas religious, private colleges* in the 1920-1929 time period. The spotlight is on the small minority of women who developed teaching...
Focus on the Archives: Portal to Texas History
This weekly series provides a view into various archives and their importance for genealogical research. This week's selection is The Portal to Texas History (Portal). This system's design began in 2002 with a goal to grow into a long-term sustainable, digital gateway...
Spotlight on a Texas Schoolteacher – Martha Ersyl Battle
Southwestern University, Hiking Club, 1920
Focus on the Archives: Digital Public Library of America
This weekly series provides a view into various archives and their importance for genealogical research. This week's selection is the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). This digital endeavor started in April 2013 to act as an open, distributed national digital...
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Master of Science (Distinction), Genealogical, Paleographical and Heraldic Studies, University of Strathclyde
Accredited as Qualified Genealogist
Instructor for Genealogy Workshops
Photography Bibliography
Image 1: Images. Photograph. Pulteney Bridge. 17 November 2019. Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. Phyllis Zumwalt, photographer. Private collection. For more information: https://bath.co.uk/attractions/pulteney-bridge.