I find that I go up and down on my enthusiasm to do genealogy research. When I am interested and excited to go looking for any new tidbits I generally subscribe to Ancestry.com for a while and see how much I can get done. Hopefully, I remember to cancel the subscription when I slack off... and I admit, I have paid for several months in the past with no research!
The beginning of this year I decided to give it all a look-see again. I signed up for Ancestry and scoured records. I did find a few new items and some other trees that had photographs of some of my ancestors. Yay! I also went to a genealogy workshop with a friend at a different library. I knew quite a bit of the information already, but it did help motivate me to get going again. They had a special speaker from the LDS Family History Center. She spoke about what is available on FamilySearch.org and at the Family History Centers. I confess, I did not use FamilySearch very much, but that was because I didn't know what was really available. Since the workshop, I have been searching for records and found loads of goodies! I found proof of my children's Great Grandfather's REAL name - and he WASN'T born out of wedlock! I found death certificates that listed cause of death (one burned to death!, one died in childbirth, and others died of illnesses that can be passed down!) along with family members' names.
It was bonus for me that I had signed up for Ancestry at this same time, because some of the records on FamilySearch would take you to Ancestry's site - so if you want to see the actual record and not just an index, it was great!
Now, if I can work with other sites at the same time, I might find more!
The Barrington Genealogy Club is going to have Patty Shorland from the LDS Family History Center at the July 1st meeting at 6pm at the Barrington Public Library, 105 Ramsdell Ln, Barrington, NH 03825. Everyone is welcome!
The beginning of this year I decided to give it all a look-see again. I signed up for Ancestry and scoured records. I did find a few new items and some other trees that had photographs of some of my ancestors. Yay! I also went to a genealogy workshop with a friend at a different library. I knew quite a bit of the information already, but it did help motivate me to get going again. They had a special speaker from the LDS Family History Center. She spoke about what is available on FamilySearch.org and at the Family History Centers. I confess, I did not use FamilySearch very much, but that was because I didn't know what was really available. Since the workshop, I have been searching for records and found loads of goodies! I found proof of my children's Great Grandfather's REAL name - and he WASN'T born out of wedlock! I found death certificates that listed cause of death (one burned to death!, one died in childbirth, and others died of illnesses that can be passed down!) along with family members' names.
It was bonus for me that I had signed up for Ancestry at this same time, because some of the records on FamilySearch would take you to Ancestry's site - so if you want to see the actual record and not just an index, it was great!
Now, if I can work with other sites at the same time, I might find more!
The Barrington Genealogy Club is going to have Patty Shorland from the LDS Family History Center at the July 1st meeting at 6pm at the Barrington Public Library, 105 Ramsdell Ln, Barrington, NH 03825. Everyone is welcome!