Road Trip: Clayton Library, Center for Genealogical Research
Posted by Liv | Filed under Libraries, Research, Resources, Road Trip
My road trip this quarter (on 20 August 2011 to be exact) was to join other family historians for an orientation of the fourth largest genealogy library in the United States — the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research. Let me say that this wasn’t my first visit to the Clayton Library. Before United States [...]
Tags: ancestry, Clayton House, Clayton Library, family history, genealogical research, genealogy, houston, library, road-trip, texas
Mocavo.com
Posted by Liv | Filed under Research, Resources
A new free search engine for genealogists and people interested in learning more about their family history launched Tuesday, March 15, 2011. According to an official press release on GeneaPress, “Mocavo.com enables the search of more than 50 billion words – including billions of names, dates and places, all within fractions of a second. Mocavo.com [...]
Tags: genealogists, mocavo.com, resource, search engine
Grave Curiosities
Posted by Liv | Filed under Cemetery, Research, Resources
The more I delve into my family’s history, the more I’m coming to the conclusion that — I love dead people! LOL! I know this sounds creepy, but it’s true. All of the great leads and information I’ve been able to pull together about ancestors has come from death certificates, funeral programs, and/or visiting graveyards. [...]
Tags: cemetery, funeral directory, funeral services, grave curiosities, graves, imortuary.com, resource
