Dublin’s grande dame hotel, the Shelbourne—actually employs a genealogy butler. Guests can send relevant information, such as ancestors’ names, dates of birth and death, and names of villages, to resident genealogist Helen Kelly, who can then comb through records to help paint a fuller picture of a family tree. Since starting at the hotel in 2007, Kelly …
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At the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, a Genealogy Butler Can Find Your Irish Roots
Dublin’s grande dame hotel, the Shelbourne—actually employs a genealogy butler. Guests can send relevant information, such as ancestors’ names, dates of birth and death, and names of villages, to resident genealogist Helen Kelly, who can then comb through records to help paint a fuller picture of a family tree. Since starting at the hotel in 2007, Kelly …
(+) Selecting an Appropriate Database Program for Genealogy Uses
The following is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman. I often receive e-mails asking questions about converting genealogy databases. The questions usually are more or less like this example: My organization has been entering data for a long time in a general-purpose database program, not a genealogy program. We use …