Step Away from the Laminator!
Today’s Wisdom Wednesday: step away from the laminator! When you’ve got a crumbling, fragile document that is precious to you and your family history, it can be very tempting to think that lamination will [...]
Today’s Wisdom Wednesday: step away from the laminator! When you’ve got a crumbling, fragile document that is precious to you and your family history, it can be very tempting to think that lamination will [...]
Today's Surname Saturday post is about finding my Prussian Schumanns in Canada. I've been tracing my great-great uncle, Friedrich August Wilhelm (Fred) Schumann. I'll admit that when I was planning my Midwestern research trip, I [...]
Today's Follow Friday is a new (to me) database: the Minnesota Official Marriage System or MOMS. This is a nice complement to the Minnesota Birth Certificates Index and the Minnesota Death Certificates Index maintained [...]
Today’s Treasure Chest Thursday is going to be quick but meaningful – my Norwegian great-grandparents' Loe-Moe marriage license (above). I vividly recall the day years ago that I found it online and was (a) quietly appalled [...]