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 [...]
