Thanks to Jasia at Creative Gene for hosting the New Year’s Carnival. She posted the following: Call for Submissions! The topic for the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy will be: New Year’s Resolutions! This year is almost over and a new decade is knocking on the door. This is the perfect time to … Read more
The end is here, the end of the year, that is. It is time to see how Granny has done on her resolutions. On December 28, 2008 I considered my situation carefully and wrote: For my research: 1. Enter all the information from the BOX into my database. No exceptions, no cheating. 2. I will … Read more
Many years ago, I read the films for births, deaths and marriages for Wexford County, Michigan, where my ancestors lived from about 1878 forward. The films were of poor quality, and completely unreadable in some places. I found records for many of my ancestors, including the marriage of my great-grandparents, Jane “Jennie” Johnston and William … Read more
Thanks to Craig, of GeneaBlogie for the Kreativ Blogger award he has bestowed upon Granny’s Genealogy. According to the rules of this award, I am supposed to post seven things about me, and award seven bloggers. I was born and raised in a small town, but live in a suburb of 80,000 people. I am … Read more
OK, I admit it. I have been holding out information on George. I probably would have continued to hold off on some information, but one of Papa’s cousins reminded me, and I am coming clean! The Michigan Histories and Atlases have given me quite a few clues about our families, and here is a crumb: … Read more
Randy says: Hey, genealogy fans – it’s Saturday Night, and time for some Genealogy Fun! Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music…), is: 1) Find out the geographical distribution of your surname – in the world, in your state or province, in your county or parish. I suggest that … Read more
You remember last summer, right? Members of two pretty main-stream groups, genealogists and librarians protested in support of the Library of Michigan when funding was threatened. The Department of History, Arts and Libraries was abolished, the Library of Michigan and the services it provides were moved to the Michigan Department of Education. Some subtle changes … Read more
This article describes how to save a PDF file created from a view of the Michigan Subdivision Maps site. I was able to save a copy by printing it to PDF. If you have a PDF writer of any kind installed on your computer you can do this with any printable display. These instructions are … Read more
I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update with each post. The names of members of George W. Burdick’s family appear quite often in the … Read more
If you pursue genealogy professionally, or as a hobby, the odds are you collect a lot of information in electronic format. The items I have range in size and importance, but they include e-mail (with family information) from near and far, scanned information, photographs from the past and present, digital copies from far and wide, … Read more