The Genealogy Search

The National Archives will be presenting a 2016 Virtual Genealogy Fair to be held October 26th and 27th.  No need to register just go to  Genealogy Fair  to attend. Session Schedule (eastern daylight time EDT) Day 1: Wednesday, October 26 Watch entire day on YouTube   Time Activity 10 a.m. Welcoming Remarks by Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero 10:05 a.m. Introduction to Genealogy at the National Archives by Claire Kluskens 11 a.m. The Best National Archives Records Genealogists Aren't Using by Lori Cox-Paul 12 p.m. National Archives Innovative Online Resources and Tools to Help with Your Genealogical Research by Sarah Swanson and Kelly Osborn 1 p.m. You too can be a Citizen Archivist! Getting the most out of the National Archives Catalog by Suzanne Isaacs and Meredith Doviak 2 p.m. Department of State Records for Genealogical Research by David Pfeiffer 3 p.m. American Battle Monuments Commission by Ryan Bass Day 2: Thursday, O...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun --  The Wayback Machine Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:   It's  Saturday Night  again -  time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! Join in the fun with Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Prompt for Saturday Night Fun Original post at http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/08/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-wayback.html   1)  Do you have a website or a blog?  Or know someone with one?  Pick yours, or theirs or another. 2)  Now go to the Wayback Machine ( https://web.archive.org/web/ ) and put the web site address in the search field.   3)  Share your Wayback adventure with us in your own blog post, in a Facebook or google+ post.  Be sure to leave a link in a Comment on this blog. Here's mine: The Wayback Machine starts for The Genealogy Search on 11 January 2012.  Here are four of my posts from that period of history:  ...

National Archives Press Release January 4, 2012 For the first time, the National Archives has launched online videos of its most popular genealogy “how to” workshops. These videos cover “hot topics” in genealogical research such as census, immigration and military records. Now, these popular workshops led by National Archives experts are available on the  National Archives YouTube channel  [www.youtube.com/user/usnationalarchives]. The National Archives-produced  Know Your Records  video shorts cover the creation, scope, content, and use of National Archives records for genealogical research. "The National Archives is proud to make our most popular genealogy lectures available online and ready for viewing by anyone, anywhere, at any time," said Diane Dimkoff, Director of Customer Services. Genealogy Introduction: Military Research at the National Archives:  Volunteer Service  (8:22) [www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zgKBrsVpxY] Archives specialist John De...