Family Tree photos, stories, and sources: MoCoGenSo Sept. meeting

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FT photos and stories

This week I will be presenting a class on Family Tree photos, stories and sources at the Monterey County Genealogy Society monthly meeting.  Family Tree is your very own pedigree chart and family record at www.familysearch.org.  I have posted about this feature previously, and every week discover new enhancements to it.

This week on FamilySearch I discovered online video tutorials for Family Tree that basically make me obsolete.  I feel like I could just hit “play” for the crowd and sit back eating one of the delicious cookies Jim brings each month.   Continue reading “Family Tree photos, stories, and sources: MoCoGenSo Sept. meeting” →

FREE Online Genealogy Conference from the National Archives! Sept 3-4

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I kid you not.  The National Archives is hosting a FREE virtual genealogy fair September 3-4 that you can attend in your pajamas. When was the last time you attended a FREE genealogy conference of this caliber? Never, right?  And did I mention it will cost you nothing? Thank you American Taxpayers.  I feel like I just got a little tax refund.   Continue reading “FREE Online Genealogy Conference from the National Archives! Sept 3-4” →

Historical Map Archive: How come I didn’t know about you sooner??

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How come I didn’t know about the Historical Map Archive sooner? It is a collection of online maps from various Alabama repositories which is simple to use, and has a wide variety of historical maps for the whole world. It is found at the University of Alabama website at http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/.

Maybe word got around about the awesome University of Texas map site and a rivalry was born. You know there is more to these Southern rivalries than football.

I was interested to see what it offered in the Western States region, and was happy to see it is possible to search by individual state or individual region.   Continue reading “Historical Map Archive: How come I didn’t know about you sooner??” →

Happy Birthday Annie Marie Tanner Pomeroy!

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On Granny’s Trail has to give a shout out to my very own Granny on the 112th anniversary of her birth.

Annie Marie Tanner was born at Tuba City, Coconino, Arizona on 18 Aug 1901 and died 7 Jul 1996 at Claremont, Los Angeles, California.  She eloped with Franklin Ivan Pomeroy on 12 Aug 1923 at Globe, Gila, Arizona.   Continue reading “Happy Birthday Annie Marie Tanner Pomeroy!” →

Wild West Digitized: Colorado Records

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This is third in a series of posts about digitized records available on FamilySearch.org for the Western States.  I previously introduced collections for Arizona and California and today would like to show you what is available for Colorado.   Some collections are more plentiful than others, and as of today there are only 5 Colorado databases available.  Two of them are valuable collections of marriage records, and the 1885 state census is also a good resource.  Continue reading “Wild West Digitized: Colorado Records” →