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Weekly Series: Researching Online – Newspapers!
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 Included in this grouping of historical documents are regional newspapers, military journals, ethnic groups’ journals, religious newsletters, political parties, rebellions, financial news, student newspapers, police gazettes and union communications, to name just a few!
Beyond 2022 – Discovering lost Irish records
One hundred years ago, the Irish Civil War commenced in Dublin, Ireland. On 30 June 1922, the Public Records Office of Ireland was destroyed by fire due to shelling at the onset of the conflict. While almost all of the records were destroyed, an initiative was started...
Joining Genealogical Societies
If you enjoy researching your family history, consider joining one or more of your local area's genealogy societies. In my case, I'm a member of several societies in my area: the Williamson County Genealogical Society, which meets in my city of Round Rock, Texas....
Locating ancestors in yearbooks
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,...
Interviewing older family members
Interviewing family members to capture an oral history is an excellent way to begin (or expand) your journey with genealogy. Many people rely on their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents to entertain with family stories at family gatherings, but often are...
Irish Ancestry in Pennsylvania
A recent research request focused on the client's ancestors who emigrated to Pennsylvania from Co. Donegal, Ireland in search of stability and financial opportunity. Life in Ireland was especially difficult in the mid-1850's, with 1.5 million adults and children...
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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.