By Carolyn L. Barkley I first heard these attention-getting words from frequent national genealogical conference speaker, Paul Milner. As both a librarian and a researcher, I could not agree more. Many customers come into a library and ask “Where is your genealogy collection?” These customers may lack well-developed search strategy skills, may think that all[…]Read more
Death Records: A Checklist of Ten Documents Every Genealogist Should Own, By William Dollarhide
This blog is an adaptation of an article by William Dollarhide that appeared in a Genealogical Pointers in December 2006. Here are ten places to look for a death record. All ten sources should be obtained for every ancestor on your pedigree chart and every member of a family on your family group sheet. 1.[…]Read more