Collecting Leaves Genealogy

09/03/2015

Ancestry.com will offer FREE access to all US birth, death and marriage records this weekend including updates to its new Wills collection! Access available starting TODAY September 2nd, at 11:00 am Central through Monday, September 7th, 11:00 pm Central. Visit http://www.geneabloggers.com/ancestryf…

08/24/2015

Breaking down two brick walls in one weekend? Feels pretty awesome. This photo: Edward Rubel's birth record from Alsace, 1850.

07/21/2015

Over the past few weeks, the response to our DNA test kit contests has been phenomenal! Many of you have asked for not just more contests, but different types of tests combined with other vendor products. Thanks to the generosity of MyHeritage, GeneaBloggers is proud to offer our best DNA contest ye…

02/26/2015

Looking for a list of free genealogy sites to search? Here are 50 no-cost family history resources where you will find birth, marriage and death records, o

01/22/2014

10/30/2013

Newest post to the blog: Photos of John and Isabel Marchel

10/23/2013

Early photobombing

A photobomb, a picture ruined by something unexpected - is something that even our ancestors had to deal with...

10/23/2013

Newest post to the blog: A photo from my great grandmother Cecelia Marie Marchel's scrapbook. Her father, John Bernard Marchel (1878-1968), owned the Timber Mercantile - a store in the small community of Timber in Washington county, Oregon.

06/04/2013

From Oregon Libraries PAC:
"As a part of its mission to make government information more accessible to the citizens of Oregon, the Government Research Services team of the State Library has digitized a run of newsletters published by the Oregon National Guard. This includes issues of The Oregon Guardsman, the Oregon Guard Bulletin and On Guard that were published between 1921 and 1962. These newsletters are a rich source of historical information, including news about Guard units across Oregon, promotions in rank of Guard members, and photographs of Guard members, facilities and activities. Scanned copies of the newsletters are stored in the Oregon Document Repository and can be searched or browsed from this page"

These newsletters are a rich source of historical information, including news about Guard units across Oregon, promotions in rank of Guard members, and photographs of Guard members, facilities and activities.

05/16/2013

Sometimes trying to get involved in the genealogy world is difficult for those who are younger. Even if its not intended you can feel overwhelmed, or intimidated because you haven't done this as long as the person next to you... sometimes having done research longer than you've been alive. A few weeks ago I joined a group that Kassie Nelson created called the Next Generation of Genealogists (https://www.facebook.com/groups/153966341438728/) and it's been taking off the last few days with the members excited about creating a genealogy society that fosters support of young genealogists. I'm usually a lurker, but this has me extremely excited. Here's Kassie's blog post about it!

Call it Serendipity, a stroke of good luck or the workings of God either way I am extremely thankful for what has transpired over the last few days. Last Friday night I unexpectedly had time to hop...

05/10/2013

This looks like it will be interesting http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/05/09/pbs-announces-new-series-genealogy-roadshow-premiering-this-fall/181694/

PBS announced today that it will add the new series GENEALOGY ROADSHOW to its fall lineup.

05/07/2013

Received my AncestryDNA kit in the mail... excited to see what I learn!