The Internet is both a boon and a bane to genealogical research. While it is easier to communicate and discover than ever before, it is also easier for lousy research to spread. It seems like bad genealogy goes around further and faster than Charlie Sheen’s tweets. Do genealogy long enough and you will find some,…
Resources
New Collections at the Ohio Historical Society
The Ohio Historical Society‘s Manuscripts & Audiovisual team has processed and catalogued several new collections. Some of them sound quite exciting, such as VFM 5699 “Civil War Muster Rolls, Payments and Enlistments” and VFM 5755 “30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry Muster Rolls.” The complete list can be found on the OHS blog.
Read More
Advice
So Many Records… So Little Time
Regular readers of this blog may have noticed that I’m behind in posting Tombstone Tuesdays. In fact, I’m behind in posting darn near anything! The problem has not been a lack of things to write about. On the contrary — I have LOTS of things to write about. The problem is time and the lack…