Crowe's Nest by Elizabeth Powell Crowe

2010 NGS Family History Conference – Early Bird Registration Ends 8 March   This year the annual NGS Family History Conference will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, 28 April─1 May 2010. Whether your family helped settle the nation, migrated across the country, stayed in the same place, or recently arrived...

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The graveyards are full of indispensable men. - Charles de Gaulle Especially if you’re a genealogist — Libbi Crowe The above quote by Charles de Gaulle made me think: for a genealogist, the graveyards are full of the indisensable, because they are our ancestors, and without them, we wouldn’t be here. I’m...

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A government genealogy service lets family history leap off the page - latimes.comYes, it’s little known. But it’s covered in my upcoming 9th Edition!!...

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Indexing Update: 1910 US Census initiative begins; 8 international projects added   As the 1920 U.S. Census project wraps up and the final states are published, FamilySearch has now opened up indexing for the 1910 U.S. Census! Patrons can freely search the indexes for the 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1920...

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Santa Rosa County Library SystemAmerica’s GenealogyBank (Library Resource)Quickly find your ancestors in over four centuries of rare documents and records. Search thousands of historical newspapers, books, pamphlets and genealogies. Plus, selected material from the American State Papers and U.S. Serial Set, the complete Social Security Death Index and more than...

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 The Genealogy Gems Podcast iPhone / iTouch app! Stream the show, get exclusive new Bonus Content and more. Get your app now!            It also has extra features such as .pdf files with background information. For only $2.99!  ...

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Monument to Judge Toulmin dedicated today in Baldwin County. He was also president of Transylvania University (where I attended as a Freshman)  1794-96. In 1804 he was appointed by President Thomas Jefferson as judge for a territory that included what is now Baldwin County, Alabama, where my daughter lives. ...

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This New Year’s Eve, write down for your descendants what this decade meant to you. This decade had bad parts, but for me good ones, too! Two editions of the book. Both kids graduated college. I got to move to the Gulf Coast, which is something I’ve wanted all my...

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My mother’s genealogy stuff is all still in Huntsville, and has been since she died. January will be three years. I need to get myself up there to retrieve  it all. That’s my New Year’s Resolution!In RE:New Years ResolutionsThe topic for the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy will be: New...

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My mother helped start, served as President, and organized the first reunion of the Spencer Historical and Genealogical Society. For years she and I edited the journal, LeDespencer. Today for Follow Friday, I’d like to point you to their site: http://www.spencersociety.org/The Spencer Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. (SHGS) was originally founded in...

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