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)  What is the best or important image or document that you have recently found online? [Thank you to Linda Stufflebean for suggesting topics!] 2)  Write your own blog post, or add your response as a comment to this blog post, in a Facebook Status post or note. When Fold3 had their yearly free access to military records, I jumped at the opportunity to search for my 3rd great-grandfather, Oscar Barton. There I found a muster roll for him during his service in the American Civil War. I had not downloaded the image above yet, though I believe it is also on the National Archives website. 

       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)  Do you have plans to travel to do onsite genealogy research?  [Thank you to Linda Stufflebean for suggesting topics!] 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 don't have many plans to travel to do onsite genealogy research in the near future. If I could go anywhere, I would love to go to Illinois to meet Jennifer Holik. We made a connection and I see her as a mentor.  I would go to New York to research my NY ancestors and to solve mysteries. I would go to the National Archives in St. Louis and in Washington D.C. to gain military records for my ancestors.  On my mother’s side there are possible traces of English ancestry. If I can prove this, I would like to go to the ancest...

I know that Lorine McGinnis Schulze wrote a blog post on the same topic several years ago, but I feel there are even more categories. So with that said, which kind of genealogist are you? The Grave Hunter - Goes to every local cemetery and takes photos of headstones, then uploads them to FindAGrave. The Reunion Planner - Plan every yearly family reunion. Picks the date, the location, and the place the event is held. Creates genealogy-themed activities. The Learner - Always asks questions, attends genealogy conferences, webinars, and watches many videos. Always excited to learn and use new techniques and tools. The Time Traveler - Questions every aspect of family circumstances. Tries to gather the whole picture. (Social, economic, historical context) (ie, why did so and so do that, how did they feel making that decision, how did it affect them).  The Cycle Breaker - Heals the beliefs, behaviors, and patterns for themselves, their ancestors, and their family. The Traveler/...