NOTE: The following information was orginally posted by me on another blog I have created — NEOhio Genealogy Blog — on 13 JANUARY 2012. I am repeating it here with my current email address. Many of us with research interests in North East Ohio have utilized the Cuyahoga County Historical Marriage Index mounted on a database server
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Ancestor’s Life Recorded in Newspapers
Nelson Dinghman (b 1818-d 1907) was my great great grandfather. When I was growing up, I never heard a word about him, even though he had lived only about 15 miles from my childhood home in Andover, Ohio. Early on in my involvement in genealogy, I looked for information about Nelson and learned that he
Read on »What Does Your Family Tree Look Like?
You have an opportunity to find out this coming Friday, November 29, at the Western Reserve Historical Society . The Society is holding a Family History Festival from 10 am to 5 pm, with a wide variety of activities for the whole family. WRHS Staff and volunteers will be on hand to help you investigate
Read on »Workshop: “Create a Free Family Tree in FamilySearch”
On January 4, 2014, the Genealogical Committee of the Western Reserve Historical Society will present a hands-on workshop, in which you will learn how to use the website FamilySearch.org to create a free, sharable family tree, print out family group sheets and ancestor charts, and use the microfilm collection of the Family History Library in
Read on »WRHS Spring Seminar: Thomas Jones on Establishing Genealogical Proof
Most of us have an ancestor who, for various reasons, is difficult to “prove.” Such a case can be about a person for whom key records are missing or were never created, or it may involve several people in the same locality with identical names and similar ages. At one time, genealogists borrowed the concept
Read on »Amazing New Scanner for Family History Materials
On Saturday, 12 Oct 2013, I attended a presentation by Norm Henke at the computer genealogy group, NEOCAG (a local genealogical society focusing on using computers in genealogy–go to http://neocag.net/), on going paperless in genealogy with a Fujitsu ScanSnap scanner. This peaked my curiosity, so I went to the Fujitsu website http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/computing/peripherals/scanners/scansnap/, scrolled down the
Read on »WRHS Schedules All-Day German Seminar for Sept 14
I’m looking forward to attending the seminar, “Researching German Ancestors,” scheduled at the Western Reserve Historical Society for Saturday, Sept 14, 2013. The event is being hosted by the WRHS Genealogical Committee, an auxiliary of the Society. It will be presented by Warren Bittner, CG, at WRHS History Center at 10825 East Boulevard, in University
Read on »My Grandson Wins Family History Writing Competition
The following article was written by my grandson, Korey Wallace Huskonen, and entered in the Western Reserve Historical Society My Favorite Western Reserve Ancestor writing competition. He won $50 for first prize in the 18 and under category. Needless to say, I am quite proud of his article. My Favorite Western Reserve Ancestor: Walfrid Herbert
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