Today I was finishing up adding the library bookmarks for the websites recommended in the Fall 2008 issue of RUSA Quarterly. There a quite a few good websites in there. I was amused by a comment in the description of the last one I did. The reviewer said the site was useful for genealogists who want to know why great-great granddad was transported ( Read more... )

Off and on I get bitten by the genealogy bug and research my family history. One of my cousins did a good job with my maternal grandfather's line. We corresponded for a while and he sent me lots of good stuff. Then other things took my attention away from it ( Read more... )

I just love little instances of serendipity. I was sitting at the computer in telephone reference. I looked at the open book on the cabinet nearby. I noticed that it was a list of names starting with "S". And right there at the top of the middle column was Seagrave, one of the surnames on my mother's side. Okay, our surname is Seagraves, which the ( Read more... )