Carol Stetser
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Collaboration Can Help Break Brick Walls
21 Jun 2019 This week I visited Laramie, Wyoming and spoke to the local genealogy society, Albany County Genealogical Society. My presentation was called “Smith, Anderson and Jones” and gave hints on researching common name. On a whim, at the end of the presentation, I decided to discuss one of my own common-name brick walls. …
Never Say Never
May 29, 2019 I don’t know about other researchers, but for me, it seems when I hit a certain period about 1800 (at least in U.S. research), I tend to run out of records. Much as I search, some of these folks just don’t seem to want to be found. That’s been the status for …
Memorial Day
May 25, 2019 Memorial Day has always been one of my favorite holidays. I suppose it’s the genealogist in me that appreciates a holiday that celebrates ancestors, but even when I was a child, I loved Decoration Day, as we called it then. School had always finished just a few days earlier, and Memorial Day …