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Recent news for Shaping Your Family Tree (SYFT)

Recent news for Shaping Your Family Tree (SYFT)

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Oct 27, 2024 | SYFT Genealogy Biz News

In Central Texas, Fall is here! The temperatures have finally dropped into the 80’s – not exactly the Fall weather so many get to experience, but it is no longer “hot”! I’ve been fortunate to travel in the Fall season in the past, to...
Spotlight on a Texas Schoolteacher – Martha Ersyl Battle

Spotlight on a Texas Schoolteacher – Martha Ersyl Battle

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Aug 30, 2023 | Mini-Biography, Texas

Southwestern University, 1920 “Hiking Club” Last year I completed my Master degree in Genealogical, Palaeographic & Heraldic Studies (at University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow, Scotland). My dissertation focused on the experiences of women who attended...
How to use the FamilySearch Catalog for Online Research

How to use the FamilySearch Catalog for Online Research

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Apr 2, 2023 | Research Services

A necessary tool for all genealogists, the FamilySearch Catalog describes over two million microfilm records and hundreds of thousands of books and maps. While it only contains descriptions of the records rather than the actual ones, it still proves to be an important...
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 Included in this grouping of historical documents are regional newspapers, military journals, ethnic groups’ journals, religious...
Joining Genealogical Societies

Joining Genealogical Societies

by Phyllis Zumwalt | Jun 16, 2022 | United Kingdom, United States

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,...

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