University of Strathclyde – fall archive tours


My office today is terminal five at JFK airport in New York. I am on a somewhat lengthy layover on my way to Glasgow, Scotland. Next week I have two wonderful days full of tours and lectures in Edinburgh and Glasgow. This is in conjunction with my post-graduate course in…

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Sensitive information and the professional genealogist


As many of us have discovered delving into our family research, families and in particular the individuals that make up that ancestral past, have histories or even the proverbial skeleton hidden in the closet. Investigating for our own knowledge affords us space to digest information uncovered of a sensitive nature….

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Poem – Ancestry


Ancestry By Edgar A. Guest   Some would know what lies ahead; Others search the dusky past Wondering whose, among the dead, Are the shadows that are cast; Who the weak ones and the strong And the foolish and the wise, Sharing all the right and wrong Of this morning’s…

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In Search of Organization – Evernote

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IGHR One thing is for sure after a week of intensive study at the Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research (IGHR) there is no lack of inspiration for blogging. This past week in Georgia was no different. This post is a shout-out to Evernote. A little piece of free software…

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Poem – Argyll


  Argyll Anonymous   Why blame you, Argyll, for its rain or its mist, When the “Goddess of Beauty” each acre has kissed. Why frown, when its pathways are not of the best? When all else around your heart be at rest, Where else – may I ask – is there…

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