Lacie's Genealogy Blog

    It's  Saturday Night  -  time for more  Genealogy Fun!   Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music here) is to: 1)  Who is in your paternal grandfather's matrilineal line (i.e., the mother of your paternal grandfather, and her mother, etc.) 2)  Write your own blog post, or add your response as a comment to this blog post, in a Facebook Status post or note. *  My paternal grandfather was Fletcher Pearson (1919-1986). *  His mother was Gussie Gable (1896-1963), who married George W. Pearson (1892-?). *  Her mother was Mary B Burns (1877-1946), who married John Welsey Gable (1872-?). *  Her mother was Rhoda (1842-?), who married William Burns (1834-?).

Do you have a workflow when you find a new document? If you don’t, I will share one you can use. Here are some steps you can follow once you find a document online.   Step 1: Download the image Generally, there is an option on genealogy sites to download images.  On Ancestry, you can click on the tool icon, which is on the right side of your screen once you view the image in full screen, then select "download". Step 2: Name It If you have already established your naming convention for your digital files, you can use that. If you haven’t already, you can use mine. My naming strategy is  Year State Name of Record - Ancestor Name.jpg Step 3: File it Select the file in which you want to put the document in. Step 4: Attach images to your genealogy software program  First, add a fact and details (which may include notes) to the person(s) the document mentions. Then import images into the person's media album. Add a caption, description, and date to the document. Step 5:...

Last week, I watched a video on Lisa Louise Cooke’s YouTube channel about the closure of the National Archives, and it inspired me to write a blog post about the subject. It’s been over two full years since the National Archives fully opened. (It opened briefly this past November in two locations then closed again).  Now, in St. Louis, you have  to request an appointment for a research room or you can’t go inside. Researchers and genealogists, can’t obtain records, photos, and films, needed to complete projects for clients and themselves. Veterans can’t but need to gain access to their military records to apply for benefits. Geoff states in the video he is not saying fully open up, but slowly open up to pre-pandemic level. One of the guest speakers, Jessica Taylor said that a man was told "shame on me for building my business model around relying on the National Archives".  I was looking at a military researcher's services to see if they were available again to potential...

  It's  Saturday Night  -  time for more  Genealogy Fun!     Your mission, should you accept it(cue the Mission Impossible music here) is to 1)  What genealogy search/research did you do last week?  Did you have a research goal or plan?  Tell us about one or more search/research session. 2)  Write your own blog post, or add your response as a comment to this blog post, in a Facebook Status post or note. I didn't do any research last week, but the week before that, I did a little research on my 2nd great-uncle, Jesse Jay Barton. I reviewed old research to possibly explore new avenues on his experience in an orphanage with his brother, Oscar. Last year, I found a newspaper article about the arrest of my potential 2nd great-grandmother, Rosa Mott, which could play a part in why Oscar, Jesse, and Clara were placed in children's homes. I have to write an email to the Broome County Historical Society to see if there are any jail...

I will be sharing my point of view on this subject. I originally wasn’t going to write about the recent uproar that has occurred in the genealogy community, but here we are. It’s been a problem for many years  (I have written about it back in 2020),  but it's gotten really loud this past week in light of the recent elementary school shooting in Texas - especially on Twitter - almost   unbearable not to say anything. *Please read Judy Russell’s and Roberta Estes ’s blog posts to understand this issue.* I can understand both sides of the issue.  1. Do I think family members should only create   memorials for their loved ones? Yes and No. Yes- They are the ones that lost that person. If they have to arrange things after their loved one's death, they should be able to create a memorial when they are ready . No- Some people don’t know about the site and may never find it. Is there really a need to restrict FindAGrave contributors when the family may neve...