2019 NW Florida Family History Fair

Access this web link for information about the Family History Fair "Topics, Teachers, and Schedule"; location of the classrooms are included in most cases, but there will be folks who can assist you with finding the right classroom.

Family HIstory Fair Stuff 2019

Here is a LINK for registering for the Family History Fair, 2019.  

I obtained a "flier" for the NWF Family History Fair at my local Family History Center today.  The schedule for that resource is Thursdays 10 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Saturdays is  10a.m.-1:00 p.m.  

We Love our Snowbirds!  Safe Travel to all!

Many "snowbirds" have been visiting the FHC, but will be leaving soon!  

Not sure if the Family History Fair has up to the most up-to-date info at their Facebook Page, but will check it out and get back to you.  

I'm also posting some information that I received from the fellow who is in charge of organizing the event (March 9th, 2019)!

Video Archive at Roots Tech Site: I'm watching one, now!

An excellent choice: tell me what you think!  

Are we using our brains to preserve our own personal genealogical archives?!!

Watch this presentation and see if you get a clue about that challenge...what happens to our "stuff", our research, after we're gone! 

The Link is Here.

Spotlighting History in the United States

https://dp.la/exhibitions/civilian-conservation-corps/nature-conservation-recreation


Enter the halls of historical events; was your ancestor a member of the CCC?  Did all of the men return home when their job was done?  

As I compared the names of those who were serving in Niceville, Okaloosa County, Florida with the surnames familiar to me (via my genealogical searches), I noticed that several local family names jived with the several names of men who were in the Civilian Conservation Corps! 

I'm fortunate to live in Okaloosa County, Florida at a time when one individual in particular has gathered the information and posted it online.   Check it out!  http://boggyflorida.com/Niceville/CCC.html

Useful to me in locating historical information was the "Digital Public Library".

Homework for Family Historians

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Did you do your homework last night?  
Not that I assigned you anything, but I thought I might have inspired you to try out ArchiveGrid!

I put in my zip code and the closest "hit" that I got was Pensacola.  It was the University of West Florida site.  One of the items that caught my eye (after I entered a search for "Covey" was a packet named,

Covey family of Vermont genealogical research notes, 1945.  So via the UWF, I am getting access to this info by virtue of an internet hook-up, I assume, from the New York Public Library.  This is what the packet contains: 1945 letter from Deuel Richardson with information on the Joseph Covey family and photostat of partial list of Joseph Covey's male descendants.  I know that none of us are likely to be related, but is the kind of information you might be looking for on one of your own family members?

Let's bring up the UWF page and put in a search that might be relevant to this area.  I found this entry:  Tapes, typescripts -- This collection is an oral history interview of Lola Lee Daniels Bruington of Pensacola, Florida, by Sandra F. Whitehead, with tapes and typed transcripts. Mrs. Bruington discusses area cemeteries, especially that of St. Michaels, the red light district, bootlegging, her work as an educator and nurse at Camp Dix, Bellevue Hospital, and at Vassar, her childhood and life in Pensacola, and her father's work at Blount, Blount and Carter...

Now, you try it.  Go to ArchiveGrid and enter a location in which you might hope to find something relevant to your family history.  Meanwhile, I'm going to take a look at another website mentioned in yesterday's post: "What Was There".

Don't forget: I would like to know what your favorite genealogy (or of genealogical interest) link.  E-mail me at margaretdotharris@gmail.com.  

Sneak Peek of My Presentation at the Family HIstory Fair

I have a history of getting off topic when I teach classes or do presentations, so I thought that just in case I do that at the upcoming Family History Fair, I will share some sneak peeks with you via this blog.  

First, before I lose my train of thought (I am getting aged!), I have to thank the editor of the newsletter for our Genealogical Society of Okaloosa County.  Thanks, Ed Crosby for the article, "23 Non-Genealogy Websites That Genealogists Really Should Use", [from Family Live Magazine].  

This article can also be found at https://www.familytreemagazine.com/premium/nongenealogy-websites/.

Anyway, for my presentation I hope to discuss some of these websites, plus a few more that I've run across over the years.  Do you have a favorite website?  Please e-mail me your favorite websites for finding ancestors!