2010 Resolutions
Posted by David | Filed under Burger, Lankau, Reinmiller, Rick, genealogy
Last year at this time I was rehashing old resolutions that weren’t completed during the previous year. 2010 looks to be more of the same, though I did accomplish a few things. From 2009:
Order records or outsource research in Germany on at least five different family lines. I didn’t contact the Evangelical archives in Hessen [...]
This is Encouraging
Posted by David | Filed under Heaton, cemetery, genealogy
On a brief trip to the library the other night, I took a quick glance at a few films — one which will be written about soon for what I didn’t find — and pulled a few books.
I have been wanting to revisit an issue that came up regarding the Odd Fellows Cemetery near Granite [...]
Keep Dreaming
Posted by David | Filed under genealogy
Genea-Musings’ latest SNGF asks which databases we’d like to see made available online. In that post, Randy mentions that he’d like to see probate indexes and files, regardless of locality, digitized and indexed.
John at TransylvanianDutch writes that he’d like to see complete databases for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Globe-Democrat.
All three of those ideas would [...]
FamilySearch Indexing
Posted by David | Filed under genealogy
Too much time passed between my initial excitement about the FamilySearch indexing project and actually helping, so about a week ago I created an account and got started. I have no plans to index an enormous number of names, but every little bit helps.
The Beginner projects are very easy and most of the types of [...]
Another Way to Kill Time
Posted by David | Filed under St. Louis, genealogy
Late Monday, while working on a checklist of online resources to be used in conjunction with a new printed checklist I’ll put to use soon, I browsed the databases available on the local library’s web site. My favorites are America’s Obituaries & Death Notices and HeritageQuest Online, but a new listing caught my eye: St [...]
MRUA
Posted by David | Filed under Germany, Schoknecht, genealogy
For Randy’s lastest Saturday Night Genealogy Fun:
My “Most Recent Unknown Ancestors” (MRUA) would be the parents of #35 Sophia Maria Friederike Johanna SCHOKNECHT, #70 and #71. The problem I’ve run into is that American records are not specific enough about when or where she was born. I can narrow her origin to an area of [...]
FamilySearch’s San Francisco Funeral Home Records
Posted by David | Filed under Rick, funeral, genealogy
I checked Bloglines tonight after work and one of Randy’s posts mentioned a new addition to the FamilySearch Pilot site: San Francisco Funeral Home Records. It’s rare that I take notice of California databases, but there were some distant collateral lines that made their way that far west. In this case, a database having to [...]
Mapping My To Do List
Posted by David | Filed under genealogy
For some time I’ve been playing with Google Maps to display different subjects — local church and cemetery locations, family migrations, etc. — but haven’t gotten around to finishing any of those. Here’s another I can add to the unfinished list, prompted by Randy’s recent post: things I need to do or places I need [...]
2009 is Looking Pretty Good
Posted by David | Filed under Burger, Germany, genealogy, news
Back in July, I attended a panel discussion hosted by one of the St. Louis Genealogical Society’s subgroups, the German Special Interest Group. The one tip that stuck with me the most was to send letters to everyone who could possibly help. Send a letter to the mayor. Send a letter to the church/pastor. Send [...]
Cool tools
Posted by David | Filed under genealogy
Dict.cc, an online English-German dictionary with numerous examples of uses for some words.
Transcript, a program that allows you to view an image and transcribe it all in one window. Best yet, you never lose focus when making adjustments to the image. Just keep typing.
