Genealogy conferences are a great place to grow. I was happy to spend time with Susan C. Murphy and the NYSFHC conference chair Nancy Maliwesky in between workshops, lectures and visits with vendors.
I just spent a week working in the Province of Frosinone with Janeen Bjork a professional researcher from America. She was working on a huge DNA project involving diverse families whose patriarchs were recruited to work in a stone quarry in Upstate New York...
Is it time to write an obituary for American newspapers? Where once almost every adult in America read a ‘broadside’ or newspaper, today hard-copy editions…
Locals of a certain age go back to school next month to pursue the second most popular hobby in the U.S.: Genealogy (second to gardening). Genealogy is a multi-billion dollar industry but genealogy courses offered at Norwalk Community College...
Twenty “Genealogy & Computers” students took part in Moving Up ceremonies on Monday, May 2, in recognition of the eight weeks of study they undertook starting in March at the non-profit Lifetime Learners Institute at Norwalk Community College. The students received certificates...
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Janeen shared the lessons she learned researching her first ancestor who was famous for more than 15 minutes. CNYGS’ Genealogy Technology Interest Group meets at the Salina Library, 100 Belmont Street, Mattydale (Syracuse), NY, less than four miles from where her ancestor was murdered.
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